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Myanmar coup: six months of turmoil
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Myanmar coup: six months of turmoil
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
More than 900 people have since been killed and thousands of others arrested after the violent suppression of mass protests against junta rule.
Here is a look back at the six months since the military brought Myanmar’s nascent democracy to a sudden end:
Dawn raids
Soldiers detain Suu Kyi and her top allies during pre-dawn raids on February 1, in a coup that ends Myanmar’s decade-long experiment with democracy after half a century of military rule.
Voices of Myanmar’s Martyrs Will Not Be Silenced by the Junta
Anti-regime protesters gather in downtown Yangon on Feb. 17. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 11 May 2021
“I miss my son everyday,” said U Thein Zaw, father of 17-year-old protester Khant Nyar Hein, who was gunned down by regime forces about two months ago.
“He is always on my mind from the moment I wake up in the morning through the day until my bed time and even when I wake up in the middle of the night. All his pictures and memories well up before my eyes,” the father said.