NAYPYIDAW, 02 May, 2021(TON): Thousands of protestors marched out early on Sunday in Myanmar’s cities to oppose military rule more than three months after a coup that halted democratic reform and economic growth and sparked unrest.  

Despite a relentless crackdown in which at least 759 protesters have been killed, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) advocacy group, crowds come out day after day to reject the junta.  

The protests, which the military has been unable to stop with lethal suppression, were coordinated with expatriate communities around the world to mark what organizers called "the global Myanmar spring revolution". 

Organizers said in a statement, "Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people's unity.  

Streams of protesters, in some case led by Buddhist monks, made their way through several cities and towns including the commercial hub of Yangon, the second city of Mandalay, the central town of Kale and Dawei in the south, media reported. 

The protests are only one of the problems the generals have brought on with their Feb. 1 ouster of an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. 

Wars with ethnic minority insurgents in remote frontier regions in the north and east have intensified significantly over the past three months and according to U.N. estimates, is displacing tens of thousands of civilians. 

Civilians with crude weapons have battled security forces in many places while in central areas military and government facilities that have been secure for generations have been hit by rocket attacks and a wave of small, unexplained blasts. 

The United Nations Development Program warned last week that the impact of the pandemic and political crisis could see as many as 25 million Burmese fall into poverty by 2022.