The Mandalay marches started at 13:00 local hour. Protests spread to Mandalay and to the Pyinmana township of Naypyidaw on the afternoon of 6 February 2021. Police water cannon trucks were set up in Hledan and police barricades were prepared in Sule. Livestreaming of the protests was attempted by mainstream media and citizen journalists but was limited by internet restrictions, estimated to have dropped to 16% by 14:00 local hour. Workers from 14 trade unions participated in the protests. Police cordoned off the protestors at the Insein Road–Hledan junction, preventing them from moving further. Chants included 'military dictator, fail, fail democracy, win, win'. 20,000 protestors took part in a street protest in Yangon against the coup d'état, calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. The protests have largely been leaderless, organised organically by individuals. On 6 February 2021, the first large-scale protests were organised in Myanmar. On 4 February 2021, thirty citizens protested against the coup d'état, in front of the University of Medicine in Mandalay, an act that led to four arrests. On 2 February 2021, some Yangonites staged a brief 15-minute protest rally at 20:00 local time, calling for the overthrow of the dictatorship and Suu Kyi's release. People from Hpa-an protesting against military coup (9 February 2021) On the evening of 30 January, approximately 500 pro-military protesters incited a riot near Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda.

None of the protesters were arrested and were then transported away from the site by ten unmarked vehicles.

On 28 January, pro-military protesters incited violence, hurling bricks at a police car in Yangon.

On 14 January, about a thousand protesters gathered in Mandalay's Pyawbwe Township to dispute election results, waving military flags. On 30 December, approximately 400 pro-military protesters and nationalists demonstrated in front of Yangon City Hall, in violation of COVID-19 guidelines. Wai Wai Nu of the Women's Peace Network noted the potential for violent attacks on pro-democracy protesters by pro-military protesters. In the lead-up to the coup, pro-military protesters had begun rallying in an attempt to de-legitimise the results of the 2020 elections. 4.1.2 Continuing anti-military protests.

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