Can Myanmar return to democracy? | Inside Story

 Aljazeera 

Feb 1, 2021

Soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and leaders of her National League for Democracy party that won a landslide election victory in November. 

World leaders have condemned the power grab as an assault on democracy. 

The army says it will organise new elections in a year. 

But can it be trusted? And is this the end of Myanmar's 10-year journey to democracy?  

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom 

 

Guests: 

Maung Zarni - Myanmar human rights activist 

Phil Robertson - Deputy Asia Director, Human Rights Watch. 

Ronan Lee - Visiting Scholar, Queen Mary University of London -

 

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Has the world failed the Rohingya Muslims?

Aljazeera
17 Sep 2019
 
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar face a 'serious risk of genocide', the UN has warned. 

     
Two years after Myanmar's military crackdown on the Rohingya, UN investigators say conditions remain "deplorable" for the Muslim ethnic minority in the country.