Front page: military coup in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi arrested
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Burmese de facto Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi with the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, General Min Aung Hlaing, in Naypyidaw on May 6, 2016. (Illustrative image) AP - Aung Shine Oo
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This coup "
marks a halt in the country's transition - from military rule to democracy - which began about 10 years ago,
" comments the
Washington Post
, which points out that the tension "
had been rising. a notch in recent days
”, on the eve of the meeting of Parliament for its 1st session since the election last November.
An election won by the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of the country, supported by the military.
But the generals -
Le Post analysis -
have apparently taken umbrage "
at the persistence of its popularity in the country, and have visibly started to lose patience with the facade of civilian rule that they themselves have designed
".
Aung San Suu Kyi's Pale Star
"
The former icon of democracy
", Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1991, who had spent 15 years under house arrest before being released in 2010, has changed a lot since the military installed her "
as a civilian leader
" , notes the
New York Times
.
"
It has since disappointed all its old Western allies by defending Burma and its military against accusations of genocide against the Rohingya minority
."
Allies who demand his release today and respect for the election results, without hiding their concerns.
And the American press to publish the very dark tweet, of the Burmese historian and writer Thant Myint-U for whom "
nobody will be able to control the continuation of the events
".
"
Burma
," he writes, "
is a country awash in weapons, with deep divisions between ethnicities and religions, and where millions of people can barely feed themselves
."
Putin on the streets
The photos of the brutal repression of the demonstrations of this weekend, all over Russia, appear this week again in the front page of the international press.
“
More than 5,000 demonstrators arrested
”, headlines the Spanish daily
El Pais
.
"
Putin's rigid system is being put to the test
", analyzes the
Suddeutsche Zeitung
for its part,
which estimates "
that if the demonstrations are not more important than in previous years, the demonstrators today seem more daring, more determined
», To fight the regime of Vladimir Putin.
Even if "
the Kremlin has ample resources to silence these protests, -
adds the daily,
it will not make the resentment of the people disappear
", in the face of corruption and low wages.
Die Welt
, for its part, underlines "
that it takes a lot of courage to take to the streets against a leader who treats his political opponents like a mafia boss
".
And the Berlin newspaper called on European governments and in particular the German government to have as much, by "
abandoning the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project
" with Russia.
"
We need a clear signal now
", orders
Die Welt
"
No pipeline, if the opponents in Russia lose their freedom or their life
".
Vaccines: EU under fire
The
Financial Times
reports in front page that the European Union has drawn the wrath of the whole world "
because of the restrictions it has imposed on the export of vaccines
".
Canada and Japan have thus "
expressed their concern
", underlines the
FT
, while South Korea warns governments which "
take more vaccines than they need
".
The
Financial Times
correctly notes that "
Brussels has obtained advance orders for 2.3 billion doses of vaccines, an amount sufficient to vaccinate more than double the 446 million inhabitants of the EU
".
A young woman at the head of the Muslim Council of Great Britain
Her name is Zara Mohammed, she is 29 years old, she is a development consultant in Glasgow and she was widely elected yesterday as head of the Muslim Council of Britain.
The Guardian
welcomes a historic first, "
great news
," said Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
Zara Mohammed hopes her election will inspire “
other young women to come forward for leadership roles
”.
The Guardian
reports that its first mission will be to tackle "
the consequences of the pandemic in the Muslim community, in particular the promotion of the vaccination program
".
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