âNow We Are Unitedâ: Myanmarâs Ethnic Divisions Soften After Coup
Amid the resistance to military rule, some are saying that democracy canât flourish without respecting the minorities that have been persecuted for decades.
A student protest against military rule in Yangon, Myanmar, earlier this month.Credit.The New York Times
The Myanmar militaryâs disinformation was crude but effective.
Army propagandists claimed an ethnic group called the Rohingya was burning down its own villages and wanted to swamp Buddhist-majority Myanmar with Islamic hordes. The Rohingya were spinning tall tales, the military said in 2017, about soldiers committing mass rape and murder.