Review of the coup d'état in Burma on February 1, 2021
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Riot police block a street as protesters gather for a protest against the military coup in Yangon on February 6, 2021. AFP - YE AUNG THU
By: Clea Broadhurst
5 mins
The November elections left little doubt: with 83% of the vote, Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the League for Democracy, won the ballot hands down.
But after a decade of democratic transition, the military seized power again just before the meeting of the new parliament, as when the military refused the victory of the NLD in the 1988 elections. The Nobel Peace Prize , was then placed under house arrest, and the international community had given him wide support.
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But since the Lady of Rangoon came to power in 2015, the UN has accused Burma of genocidal intentions against the Rohingyas.
The organization has dissociated itself from the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which defended the abuses of the Burmese army in 2017.
How did we come to this situation?
What to expect for the months, years to come?
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