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[Link] Yangon’s silenced streets: how a hotbed of anti-coup resistance was extinguished

Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

As Thitsar* walked through her neighbourhood one December morning, she was struck by its emptiness. The bamboo shacks that line the streets of Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial township on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, lay in tatters, overgrown with weeds.

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[Link] State of emergency declared in Kazakh capital as protests escalate

Read: 5/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

Protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, have stormed the presidential residence and mayor's office and set both buildings on fire, according to news reports, as demonstrations sparked by a rise in LPG prices in the Central Asian nation escalated sharply.

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[Link] Hackers Disrupt Gas Stations in Iran and Deface Billboards to Blame Supreme Leader

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

It’s unclear who is behind the attack. But the methods and impact are reminiscent of a hack in July that paralyzed Iran’s train system.

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