This evening, thousands of Sydney’s Burmese community turned out at Sydney Town Hall for a candlelight vigil for the nearly 350 people that have been killed so far during recent protests against the military junta’s coup in Myanmar last month.
Dozens were killed earlier today, a date marking Armed Forces Day in Myanmar, making it the deadliest day since the February 1 coup. According to protestors, an additional 2,000 people have been arbitrarily detained, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while 5,000 others have been ‘disappeared’.
Speakers at today’s vigil in Sydney called for greater action by the Australian Government to pressure the junta, such as imposing tougher sanctions, and for Australian corporations and mining companies to divest from the country and cut ties with the Burmese military regime altogether.
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