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Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s power trap

FRANCE24, 30 Apr 2021
On February 1, a military coup plunged #Myanmar into a new spiral of #violence, with the junta responding with a brutal, and often deadly, crackdown on the pro-#democracy demonstrators who took to the streets to protest the takeover. More than 3,000 people have been arrested so far, including the country’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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