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A protester has a wound on her head treated after being beaten by security forces during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay on February 20, 2021. AFP pic
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YANGON, Feb 21 Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, arresting the country’s democratically elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
As protests spread across the country, here is a recap of events:
Back to the old days
The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel Peace Prize-winner Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in pre-dawn raids.
Myanmar coup: Protests continue despite crackdown
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Myanmar s military seized power on February 1, arresting the country s democratically elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
As protests spread across the country, here is a recap of events:
- Back to the old days -
The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel Peace Prize-winner Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in pre-dawn raids.
In doing so they end Myanmar s decade-long experiment with democracy after close to 50 years of military rule.
The generals justify the coup by claiming fraud in November s elections, which the Suu Kyi s party won in a landslide.
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Protesters face off with police standing guard on a road during a demonstration against the military coup in Naypyidaw, Myanmar yesterday. PHOTO / AFP
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Brahma Chellaney, a Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, says imposing sanctions on the country is not the solution to its problems.
Directly or indirectly, the military has always called the shots in Myanmar. And now that it has removed the decade-old façade of gradual democratisation by detaining civilian leaders and seizing power, Western calls to punish the country with sanctions and international isolation are growing louder. Heeding them would be a mistake.