Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for a third day on Monday to protest against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government.
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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said his junta would hold a new election and hand power to the winner.
Julian Braithwaite, Britain’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, told an organisational meeting of the Human Rights Council that the detention of elected politicians and civilians by the military “has grave implications for human rights in the country”.
He noted that Thomas Andrews, the UN investigator on human rights in Myanmar, has called for convening a special session to show Myanmar citizens “they are not alone in their hour of danger and need.”
