'Garbage strike' and candle-lit vigils as Myanmar death toll passes 500

Calls for ethnic minority forces to help those standing up to the unfair oppression' of the military as casualties mount

Myanmar protesters have held overnight candle-lit vigils and launched a civil disobedience campaign of hurling garbage on to streets after an advocacy group said security forces had killed more than 500 people since the 1 February coup.

Out of 14 civilians killed in Myanmar on Monday, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said at least eight were in the South Dagon district of Yangon.