In the wake of a February 1 military coup in Myanmar, experts are concerned the change in power will further endanger human rights protections, especially for Rohingya Muslims an ethnic minority that faced atrocities potentially amounting to genocide under the previous, and freely elected, administration.
“The man who oversaw genocidal acts against the Rohingya, and war crimes and crimes against humanity against other ethnic minorities, is now the sole leader of the country: Min Aung Hlaing,” said Shayna Bauchner, a researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Asia division.
Since gaining independence from the British colonial rule in 1948, Myanmar’s government has shifted back and forth between military and civilian control. The most recent period of military rule ended in 2011, with the newly deposed leader, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, taking office in 2015 after winning the first free election in 25 years. With the coup, the military removed and detained Suu Kyi and other
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