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Myanmar's Security Forces Intensify Efforts To Squash Opposition Protesters

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More demonstrators were killed by security forces in Myanmar on Friday. Opposition to the Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically-elected government remains strong.

But as NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from neighboring Thailand, security forces are intensifying their efforts to squash it, with more than 200 protesters killed so far.

This segment aired on March 19, 2021.

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