Four Years from the Military Coup in Myanmar
Today marks four years since the Myanmar military regime overthrew the democratically elected government in Myanmar, creating one of the largest crises in the Indo-Pacific. Since the coup, the people of Myanmar remain subject to military rule that has deprived many of their rights, democratic aspirations and, for thousands, their liberty and ...
2021 Myanmar coup d'état - Wikipedia
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military, which then vested power in a military junta.
Myanmar: Four years on, coup leaders ramp up violations to ...
5 days ago · GENEVA – Myanmar’s military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since they launched their coup four years ago, the UN Human Rights Office reported on Friday.. An analysis of the conflict throughout 2024 found that as the military’s grip on power eroded, it launched wave after wave of …
2021 Myanmar coup d’etat | Explained, Summary, & Photos
Jan 25, 2025 · 2021 Myanmar coup d’état, maneuvering in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, in which power was seized from a democratically elected government and handed to the military. The coup was rejected by the civilian population and sparked civil disobedience, protests, and enduring armed resistance to military rule. Background
Myanmar: Four years on, coup leaders ramp up violations to ...
6 days ago · An analysis of the conflict throughout 2024 found that as the military’s grip on power eroded, it launched wave after wave of retaliatory airstrikes and artillery shelling on civilians and civilian populated areas, forced thousands of young people into military service, conducted arbitrary arrests and prosecutions, caused mass displacement, and denied access to …
Four years on from the Military Coup in Myanmar - GOV.UK
5 days ago · Since the coup, the people of Myanmar remain subject to military rule that has deprived many of their rights, democratic aspirations and, for thousands, their liberty and their lives.
Myanmar’s Civil War—and What Comes Next, Explained | TIME
Nov 1, 2024 · The Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military, stages a coup to overthrow the civilian government—on the same day the parliament is set to swear in the winners of the 2020 election, in which Aung San Suu ...
Myanmar’s Troubled History: Coups, Military Rule, and Ethnic …
Jan 31, 2022 · The 2021 coup returned Myanmar to military rule and shattered hopes for democratic progress in a Southeast Asian country beset by decades of conflict and repressive regimes.
More than two years on, impact of Myanmar military coup …
Mar 16, 2023 · The Myanmar military has continuously used arbitrary lethal violence against its own people amid an expanding humanitarian emergency, and a worsening economic crisis, the UN rights chief told...
Myanmar’s Coup and Its Aftermath, Explained - The New York Times
Dec 9, 2022 · Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a coup d’état in February 2021, has ruthlessly sought to consolidate its authority since then, killing and imprisoning opponents and attacking...