YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Hundreds of peaceful anti-coup protesters were “barricaded” by Myanmar security forces in apartment buildings in Yangon on Monday, the UN secretary-general said, calling for their release “without violence or arrests”. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered mass protests against the new military junta. The police and military have responded with an increasingly brutal crackdown on […]