P.K.BALACHANDRAN
5 JULY, 2021
On July 1, Myanmar’s military junta completed five months as the ruler of the country after the overthrow of the democratically-elected Aung San Suu Kyi government on February 1.
Over 800 were killed and 6000 detained in crackdowns targeting pro-democracy agitators from February 1 to June 30.
Military action is continuing against ethnic non-Bamar communities and non-Buddhist religious minorities in the North East and North West of the country.
The United Nations and the Western powers led by the United States continue to condemn the forcible take over. The US has imposed a series of new sanctions against the regime, including freezing US$ 1 billion in reserves that Myanmar’s Central Bank was holding at the New York Fed.