Article 5G0NT ‘People were going crazy’: Myanmar detainees recount military’s cruelty

‘People were going crazy’: Myanmar detainees recount military’s cruelty

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Guardian reporter in Myanmar
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Freed protesters and a journalist detained by the junta describe beatings and squalid conditions

Released from detention in Myanmar, protesters and journalists have described beatings, squalid conditions and cruelty under the military dictatorship that is opposed by most of the population.

Hnin, 23, was arrested along with 400 other young people in a haze of stun grenades and teargas in the commercial capital Yangon on 3 March for protesting against the military coup.

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