Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured above in FRONTLINE's 2018 film "Myanmar's Killing Fields," was removed from office in a military coup Sunday. Experts worry human rights protections, especially of Rohingya Muslims, could suffer.
In the wake of a January 31 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.