Francis Khoo Thwe

About 300 soldiers entered a neighbourhood to clear the activists' barricades. Seven weeks after the coup, the death toll has reached 261. The army spokesman blames violence on demonstrators and recalls that nine soldiers have also died. The European Union imposes sanctions on 11 junta generals. Indonesia and Malaysia are pushing for an urgent ASEAN meeting.

Car processions, honking horns and three-finger hand salute. Yesterday two people killed in Mandalay and Monywa. The death toll is over 250. Teachers threatened with dismissal if they do not stop civil disobedience. Singapore's foreign minister goes to Brunei.

Protests are reported today in Tarkata (Yangon), in the north of Shan State, in Dawei, Mandalay, Kyaukme, and Hpa-an. The NDL’s Win Htein is set to stand trial on charges of “sedition” and faces up to 20 years in prison. The wheelchair-bound 82-year-old militant is ill with respiratory problems, diabetes and prostate hyperplasia. His application for bail was refused. “We need democracy,” said the mother of a 17-year-old ethnic Chinese man who was killed.

Security forces shot dead seven people In Aungban, another died in hospital from serious injuries. Yesterday one death was reported in Yangon, one in Monywa and one in Bao. So far, at least 232 people have been killed, and 2,258 activists or protesters have been arrested with 1,938 still in prison. Some 37 journalists have also been arrested.

A businessman says he gave her a $ 500,000 bribe. Lawyers prohibited from meeting the "Lady". House-to-house night raids to track down protesters. Residents forced to dismantle the barricades. More than 210 dead and 2200 arrests.

The Mahana, the state committee of the Sangha Maha Nayaka, is preparing an official statement condemning the violence against the demonstrators, along with the torture and killings. Threats of strike in activities in Buddhist temples and schools.

According to local media, 63 were killed three days ago, in Yangon alone. UN secretary Antonio Guterres appeals to "regional actors". 32 Chinese factories damaged. Huawei mobile phones boycott: they allowed the military to use facial recognition technology.

Chinese factories set on fire in Hlaing Tharyar. Protesters accuse China of supporting the military with anti-guerrilla weapons and advisers, and of protecting them from UN criticism. A 15-year-old girl among seriously injured. Since February 1, security forces have killed 126 people and taken 2,150 prisoners. The parallel government's call for a "revolution" and federal democracy.

At the UN Commission for Human Rights, Thomas Andrew demands international sanctions against the junta and the state owned oil company in the hands of the military. So far the security forces have murdered "at least 70 people" and jailed over 2,000 in an arbitrary manner. One third of those killed are young people under the age of 18. Testimonies about the death in prison of U Zaw Myat Lin, tortured and killed. New charges against the "Lady": she allegedly pocketed $ 600,000 illegally. "A joke".

Today alone, there were 7 deaths in Myaing, 3 in Myeik, 1 in Mandalay, 2 in Bago, 1 in Myingyan, 1 in North Dagon, a neighbourhood near Yangon. Since the beginning of the demonstrations, there have been at least 60 deaths, including killed and tortured, hundreds of injured and about 2 thousand arrests. The UN Security Council condemns the violence, but not the coup d'état following opposition of China, Russia, India, Vietnam. Hypothesis of a federation between all the armed ethnic groups to counter the junta.

The railway workers among the first to adhere to civil disobedience movement. The country's economy, largely in the hands of the military, is suffering with a boycott of products linked to foreign companies, especially from Singapore and China. The Japanese Kirin breaks its contract with a holding company owned by the junta. At least 100 policemen who fled to India seek political asylum: their superiors told them to "shoot [the demonstrators] until they die".

The majority of arrested are university students. Citizens try to distract soldiers from conducting searches. Demonstrations in North Okkalapa (Yangon), Loikaw, Pekhon, Monywa. In Loikaw a priest tried to stop the military. Five media licenses revoked. Raids on newsrooms.