AFP

YANGON — Activists praised Myanmar authorities Saturday for allowing a peace march through Yangon calling for an end to the nation’s civil conflicts, after several people were charged for rallying without permission last year.

Around 300 people joined the colourful International Day of Peace rally through the city — the majority wearing blue t-shirts printed with anti-war slogans — with just a handful of police watching the event.

“The government needs to listen the voice of the people. I think they are beginning to acknowledge that responsibility,” organiser Moe Thway, of Generation Wave, said referring to the granting of permission for the march.