JURIST EXCLUSIVE – After a fifth day of overnight internet blackout imposed from 1AM – 9 AM MMT by the Myanmar military government, our law student correspondents in Myanmar reported Friday that protests against the junta continued across the country. A group of young orchestral musicians made quite an impact on a crowd in front of the British Embassy in Yangon, the old capital, playing “Heal the World” by Michael Jackson and making a presentation to the British Ambassador. Teachers and students marched in Mandalay. A march of female teachers near the Education College in the northern city of Myitkyina was violently broken up by riot police, however, and our correspondents say two teachers were arrested and beaten.

It was also reported Friday that a student who was shot in the head by police at a protest in Naypyitaw on February 9 has died. Ma Mya Thwet Thwet Khine had just turned 20 and had been on life support. She becomes the first protester to die at the hands of authorities since the military deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, and is likely to celebrated as a martyr for the cause of democracy in Myanmar.