Thousands protest in defiance of curfew in Myanmar's Yangon

Thousands of people defied a nighttime curfew to protest in Myanmar's largest city Yangon on Monday, with some 200 demonstrators being trapped for a period by security forces in the central part of the city, Reuters and other media reported.The security forces pulled back from the Sanchaung district on Tuesday morning, enabling the demonstrators to disperse, Reuters said, citing an activist who had been in a building with about 15 to 20 others.Michelle Bachelet Jeria, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, on Monday issued a statement calling for their immediate release, as did the U.…READ FULL ARTICLE