UN chief António Guterres had called for security forces to release hundreds of people ‘without violence or arrests’
Hundreds of peaceful anti-coup protesters have been allowed to leave an area of Yangon where they were cornered in apartment buildings by Myanmar security forces.
The south-east Asian country has been in turmoil since a 1 February coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered mass protests against the new military junta.
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