US EditionMyanmar coup 5 years on: 'It has gone horrifically wrong for the military'
The military junta has used staged elections, increased conscription, and intensified attacks causing over 3.6 million displaced and widespread human rights abuses, according to multiple reports.
- Today marks five years since the February 1, 2021 coup, and Amnesty International, Fortify Rights, and Human Rights Watch say Myanmar's military junta has imposed widespread repression.
- The heavily controlled three‑phase elections were widely dismissed as fraudulent and formed a centerpiece of the junta's effort to entrench military rule.
- The junta intensified airstrikes, used armed drones, paramotors, and gyrocopters, with over 135 paramotor attacks since December 2024 and the October 6 Sagaing Region paramotor attack killing at least 24.
- Civilians now face a deepening humanitarian crisis, with at least 3.6 million internally displaced, at least 92,000 killed, and over 15 million facing acute food insecurity.
- Resistance forces are increasingly coordinating, with PDFs forming the Spring Revolution Alliance of up to 15,000 fighters, while China and Russia support the junta, said Davis.
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At six o'clock on the morning of February 1, 2021, Khing Hnin Wai, a physical education teacher, placed her camera and tripod in a large roundabout in the centre of Naipyidó,...
Myanmar coup 5 years on: 'It has gone horrifically wrong for the military'
This Sunday will mark five years since the military re-took control in Myanmar in a coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The military celebrated the anniversary by declaring a sweeping win for their political party in a general election, widely denounced as a sham. But, according to Mark Farmaner, director of the NGO "Burma Campaign UK", the five years since the coup have gone “horrifically wrong" for the military junta, which has l…
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Human Rights WatchMyanmar: Junta Atrocities Surge 5 Years since Coup
Myanmar’s military junta has committed widespread repression and abuse in every facet of life in the country since seizing power on February 1, 2021, Amnesty International, Fortify Rights, and Human Rights Watch said today. The military’s atrocities since the coup, which include war crimes and crimes against humanity, escalated over the past year as the […]
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