Advocacy group says 550 have been killed since February coup by the Myanmar’s military

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) an advocacy group in Thailand, the amount of people killed by Myanmar’s military after the February coup that overthrew the elected government reaches 550.

Pre-democracy demonstrators have been filling the streets all over the nation spanning two months after the military overthrew the government

The ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged with violation of the Official Secrets Act. The AAPP said the number of people who had been detained since April 2 is at least 2751 including politicians, government officials, journalists, activists and protesters, trade unionists, writers, students and children during nighttime raids.

Myanmar junta has cut all wireless internet services as more pre-democracy protesters have been detained in an effort to minimize communications across the nation.