A demonstrator in front of Yangon University holds a monk＇s bowl upside down, a symbol of opposition in Myanmar, Yangon, Myanmar, Nov. 15, 2014. (Steve Herman/VOA )
Students in Yangon have held a second day of demonstrations against Myanmar＇s new education law.
Civic groups say the measure allows centralized control of universities and curtails efforts to bring about autonomy of Myanmar’s institutions of higher learning,
Hundreds also marched Friday during U.S. President Barack Obama＇s visit to Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Saturday, they marched to the locked gates of Yangon University, and climbed over to let themselves in when officials did not open them.
The students shouted "Arrest Us" as they continued their protest at the site of the university＇s student union building, destroyed by the military 26 years ago.
Students bowed their heads in memory of earlier generations of protesters, killed by the British colonial forces and the Myanmar military regime.
The students left the campus peacefully, but said their protests would continue.
The protest for democracy in education was on the same campus where Mr. Obama met students just a day earlier. |
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