Protests sweep Myanmar to oppose coup and support Aung San Suu Kyi

Protests sweep Myanmar to oppose coup and support Aung San Suu Kyi

Tens of thousands of people rallied across Myanmar to denounce the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The nation-wide demonstration is believed to be the biggest protest since the 2007 Saffron Revolution that helped lead to democratic reforms. The junta has ended a day-long blockade of the internet that had further inflamed anger since the coup that has halted the Southeast Asian nation's troubled transition to democracy and drawn international outrage