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Protesters against the military coup won’t be helped by threats. They need support to press for change from within
Protests against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 26 February 2021. Photograph: Reuters
Protests against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 26 February 2021. Photograph: Reuters
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Protests against the military coup continue in Myanmar; aerial images of the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who converged in towns and cities in recent days have helped show the scale of animosity towards the country’s military, which now faces the fallout of a nationwide strike. These events highlight the fragility of Myanmar’s political landscape. But they have also prompted a reckoning with the shortcomings, if not worse, of western engagement in Myanmar, a decade on from the start of a transition away from authoritarian rule that saw Myanmar held aloft as a