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Myanmar economic capital ‘Yangon has become a warzone’, exiled student activist says

FRANCE 24 joined a Burmese student activist who has fled Yangon, as Myanmar's military junta continues the repression on the opposition protests. The UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet has expressed her fears of Myanmar heading to a full-blown Syrian-class conflict. More than 700 people have been killed since the military coup in February. But the Commissioner quoted reports saying more than 3000 people have been detained and 23 have been sentenced to death in secret trials.

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