After yesterday night's neighborhood wide resistance to police attempting to arrest doctors and other involved in the #CivilDisobedienceMovememt, and the increased fear of crime, expect to see neighborhood night watches being organized and put into effect by tomorrow night.
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Myanmar may be chaotic at times, but the people here are used to working together to common ends without (and even against) government.
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None of this is new of course. The military also released prisoners and incited engineered distrust and mob violence in 1988. So far, the crowd have been able to detain the strangers in their neighborhoods, but the threat of more extreme violence is there.
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It will be vital for CDM to avoid falling into the same patterns from the past if they wish to succeed.
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I don't know exactly what this means, but some items are conspicuously missing at the grocery store - mobile top-up cards and makeup.
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According to knowledgeable sources the internet will be shut off from 1 am to 9 am tonight. Tanks were also spotted rolling into downtown Yangon earlier in the evening.
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I just saw videos from a source (can't share the video because the location would be too identifiable) of 4 personnel carriers with dozens of what looks like soldiers in each vehicle. The coup has largely not seen military in the streets, just police. Things are escalating.
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The pot banging commences regardless.
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The US embassy is advising us to shelter-in-olace tonight. This is the first such advise from the embassy so far.
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The internet blackout is real. Neither my wifi nor my Myanmar sim card allow me to connect to the internet anymore. At least 2 journalists have been arrested so far tonight. Social media is very quiet now.
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I guess I will go to sleep now and hope I don't wake up to soldiers at the door. Good (?) night everyone.
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Good morning from day 15 of the #Myanmarcoup. Here is your day 15 summary on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar.
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Oops. I meant day 14. Sorry. I'm sleep deprived.
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For those wondering how some people managed to stay online, shows some connectivity. So there is internet in certain places; those on the borders can connect using foreign cell towers; and roaming works for some foreign sim cards.
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Good morning from day 16 of the #Myanmarcoup. Here is my summary for day 15 o. #WhatsHapppeningInMyanmar. If you are noticing a lack of news in the last 8 hours, it's because they cut off the internet again.
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Good morning from day 18 of the #Myanmarcoup. I'm back on my don't-do-a-suicide medicine again and it's really messing with me. I won't be posting an daily summary today.
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I saw these two outside of the Myanmar Business Bank. I was struck by how young and vulnerable some of the "security forces" can be. This system does violence to us all, and even to those holding the guns.
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Also, Myanmar people come in all phenotypes, you racists. Both of these men are Myanmar and I'm really horrified by all the people spreading unsubstantiated and racist rumors about China sending foot soldiers to Myanmar. Don't let (understandable) fear lead you to racism.
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Good morning from day 19 of the #myanmarcoup. This is the summary for day 17 of #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar that I didn't post yesterday. Day 18 summary will be up in a couple hours.
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