Showing posts with label 100 days. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 days. Show all posts

Friday, May 14, 2021

100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control

The News & Observer
GRANT PECK ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANGKOK
MAY 12, 2021
FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters stand beside burning tires as they fortify their position against the military during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar. One hundred days since their takeover, Myanmar’s ruling generals maintain just the pretense of control over the country. There are fears the military takeover is turning Myanmar into a failed state. (AP Photo, File) AP


After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, it couldn’t even make the trains run on time. State railway workers were among the earliest organized opponents of the February takeover, and they went on strike.

Health workers who founded the civil disobedience movement against military rule stopped staffing government medical facilities. Many civil servants were no-shows at work, along with employees of government and private banks. Universities became hotbeds of resistance, and in recent weeks, primary and secondary education has begun to collapse as teachers, students and parents boycott state schools.

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Myanmar coup: 100 days of turmoil

Dhaka Tribune
AFP
May 10th, 2021
An anti-coup protester walks past burning tires after activists launched a ‘garbage strike’ against the military rule, in Yangon, Myanmar on March 30, 2021 Reuters

The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi and her top allies in pre-dawn raids

Myanmar's military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

The 100 days that have followed have seen mass street protests, bloody crackdowns by the junta, economic turmoil and growing international concern.