Suu Kyi faces court as UN envoy warns of Myanmar civil war

Ethnic Karen people taking part in an anti-military coup demonstration in Hlaingbwe township, in eastern Myanmar's Karen state.

Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced a court hearing Thursday, after a UN envoy warned of the risk of civil war and an imminent ‘bloodbath’ as the junta represses pro-democracy protests. More than 535 people have died in daily demonstrations since the military overthrew Suu Kyi on February 1, halting Myanmar's decade-old experiment in democracy. The UN Security Council held an urgent closed-door session on the escalating crisis on Wednesday, and special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener urged it to act. ‘I appeal to this council to consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve,’ she said, in remarks obtained by AFP.