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Members of the FFSS’s rescue team assist in sending an injured person to the hospital on March 3 in Yangon. (Free Funeral Services Society / Facebook) 
Security forces raid Free Funeral Service Society office in Yangon
Emergency response teams from the organization had helped treat injured protesters in attacks by police and military
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Police and soldiers attack anti-coup protesters in Yangon on March 3 (Myanmar Now)
Military council says it is ready to endure sanctions 
Vice-Senior General Soe Win tells the UN special envoy for Myanmar that the junta will persevere ‘with few friends’
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Frontline protesters protect themselves with gas masks, goggles and makeshift shields in Yangon’s Insein on March 3 (Myanmar Now)
A day after the regime murdered dozens of their comrades, defiant protesters return to the streets  
Demonstrators in Yangon blocked off streets with sandbag barricades to delay the advance of soldiers and police
Published on Mar 4, 2021
Despite lethal crackdowns on Sunday, anti-coup protesters have returned to streets in Yangon on Monday and Tuesday. (Myanmar Now)
Senior legal advisor becomes highest-ranking civil servant to join anti-coup movement
Thant Sin, the vice permanent secretary of the Union Attorney-General’s Office, announced the move on social media
Published on Mar 3, 2021
Lt-Maj Tun Tun Win (left) and Capt Kyaw Kyaw Oo (right), senior police officers in Mandalay who have joined the CDM (Supplied)
Two high-ranking police officers in Mandalay join CDM
Some welcomed the news, but others were more suspicious in the wake of brutal police crackdowns on protesters in the city
Published on Mar 3, 2021
The victims have been identified as 37-year-old Myo Naing, who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, and 19-year-old Kyel Sin, who was shot in the side of the head. (Myanmar Now)
Two more protesters shot dead at Mandalay demonstration
Using live gunfire, security forces kill a 37-year-old man and 19-year-old woman in a crackdown on anti-coup protests
Published on Mar 3, 2021
An anti-junta protest is held in Pae Nwe Kone, a town in Bago region, on March 1.
Ousted MPs defy junta by appointing new government ministers
The elected lawmakers are already facing charges for their efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the new regime
Published on Mar 3, 2021
Protesters protect themselves as security forces open fire and throw stun grenades in an attempt to break up a demonstration in Mandalay on March 3. (Myanmar Now)
At least 18 killed, several injured as junta wages war on unarmed protesters
Many of those killed on Wednesday by security forces across Myanmar died of gunshot wounds to the head
Published on Mar 3, 2021
Anti-coup protesters in Kale brave violent crackdowns by the security force on March 2 (Supplied)
‘Sickening’ - soldier stationed inside building shoots protesters in Kale, says medic 
At least 20 people have been shot, including one whose condition is critical
Published on Mar 2, 2021
Myanmar Now journalist Kay Zon Nway is taken by police officers on February 27 in Yangon’s Sanchaung township (EPA)
Myanmar Now reporter among at least eight charged for covering anti-coup protests 
Kay Zon Nway is being held at Insein prison and has been denied access to her lawyer
Published on Mar 2, 2021
Myanmar army soldiers hold up three-finger salutes in a show of solidarity with anti-coup protesters. 
Myanmar army soldiers defect to KNU to side with anti-coup protesters
The soldiers approached the ethnic armed group through local villagers, the KNU reported
Published on Mar 2, 2021
The door of the Kachin Baptist church in Lashio that was raided by police on March 1. (Supplied)
Police raid Kachin Baptist church in Lashio; 10 arrested, including ministers
Witnesses said police beat and then arrested several bystanders after forcing their way into the church in pursuit of protesters
Published on Mar 2, 2021

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