The creative classes are providing a mass uprising in the country with an imaginative verve and rebellious spirit that has caught the military generals off guard.
Tag: National League for Democracy (Myanmar)
Military Imposes Full Grip on Myanmar in Overnight Crackdown
Armored vehicles rolled in along with soldiers in camouflage in cities across the country as generals moved to crush the protest movement against the Feb. 1 military coup.
Myanmar May Target Free Speech in Bid to Stop Anti-Coup Protests
Civil society groups say a proposed measure to limit online expression and privacy rights could lead to mass arrests of those who criticize the military government.
Myanmar Erupts in Protests After Military Coup
Dozens of arrests, beatings by mysterious thugs and telecommunication cutoffs are the new reality across the country. But civil disobedience defiantly persists.
In Myanmar, a Cult of Personality Meets Its Downfall
The party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi won an election landslide in November. But with its singular leader once again in detention, the future of the National League for Democracy is unclear.
Myanmar’s Army Is Back in Charge. It Never Truly Left.
With the coup, the generals are ripping apart their prized project: a democratic front for a political system that still heavily favored them.
In Myanmar Coup, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Ends as Neither Democracy Hero nor Military Foil
The army’s detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi brought an abrupt end to the theory that she might strike a workable balance between civilian and military power.
Myanmar Coup: What We Know About the Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi
The coup returns the country to full military rule after a short span of quasi-democracy. Here is what we know.
Myanmar’s Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup
Communications were suspended and flights disrupted as the military took power from an elected government and declared a one-year state of emergency.
How a Human Rights Angel Lost Her Halo
Ten years after she left house arrest and vowed to fight for justice, Myanmar’s civilian leader has instead become a jailer of critics and an apologist for the slaughter of minorities.