Anti-coup protesters poured back onto the streets in Myanmar on Sunday, as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military's ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This rally came after the largest protests to date on Saturday, a huge crowd came out in cities across the country to condemn the coup that brought a 10-year experiment with democracy to a crashing halt.

Thousands of protesters marched in Yangon, They held up banners that said "Justice for Myanmar" and "We do not want military dictatorship". Some waved the signature red flags of Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy (NLD) party.

Inspired by the "Hunger Games" films, many protestors flashed the three-finger salute inspired by which was used as a symbol of resistance by pro-democracy protesters in Thailand last year. The crowd planned to hold a rally at Yangon City Hall, but access to the area was blocked by police and barricades. Demonstrators were forced to split into different groups as they tried to find a way around the checkpoints.

Meanwhile, "#Myanmar's military and police must ensure the right to peaceful assembly is fully respected and demonstrators are not subjected to reprisals," the United Nations Human Rights office tweeted after Saturday's protests.

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