Myanmar coup: 100 days of turmoil
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Myanmar coup: 100 days of turmoil
AFP / May 10, 2021, 09:20 IST
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YANGON: Myanmar s military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
The 100 days that have followed have seen mass street protests, bloody crackdowns by the junta, economic turmoil and growing international concern.
A recap of events:
The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi and her top allies in pre-dawn raids.
It ends Myanmar s decade-long experiment with democracy after close to half a century of military rule.
The generals claim fraud in November s elections, which Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won by a landslide.
Myanmar coup: 100 days of turmoil
10 May 2021 By AFP 2 min 28Approximate reading time Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The 100 days that have followed have seen mass street protests, bloody crackdowns by the junta, economic turmoil and growing international concern. A recap of events: – Back to the old days – The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi and her top allies in pre-dawn raids. It ends Myanmar’s decade-long experiment with democracy after close to half a century of military rule. The generals claim fraud in November’s elections, which Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won by a landslide.
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