Myanmar: Security forces attempt to break a strike against the coup

Myanmar's security forces have begun evicting railway workers from their homes in an attempt to break a general strike against the coup. There have been appeals to find those expelled food and shelter. Earlier images on social media showed the security forces forcing workers in Yangon back to work at gunpoint.

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(Photo: Protesters have taken to the streets in their thousands since the coup - and have been met with increasing force. Credit: EPA)