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What is going on here? I'm not going to pretend I understand because I don't. All I know is that the leader was arrested and hasn't been seen for days or weeks and that the country now appears to be under a military dictatorship.
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Yes it's quite complicated, a military coup and their leader missing but she has been in the news for years and is not quite the angel the West always thought she was. There is some major persecution of minorities in that country too. I'm only really commenting as when I was growing up it was called Burma (not Myanmar) and the major city called Rangoon (not Yangon).
That's what I was thinking Tigger, we never really know what the truth is in some of these far flung places. From wiki about the Rohingya and the current missing leader
"The 2016 military crackdown on the Rohingya people drew criticism from the UN (which cited possible "crimes against humanity"), the human rights group Amnesty International, the U.S. Department of State, the government of neighbouring Bangladesh, and the government of Malaysia. The Burmese leader and State Counsellor (de facto head of government) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was criticised for her inaction and silence over the issue and did little to prevent military abuses. Myanmar also drew criticism for the prosecutions of journalists under her leadership."
They all seem corrupt to me.
"The 2016 military crackdown on the Rohingya people drew criticism from the UN (which cited possible "crimes against humanity"), the human rights group Amnesty International, the U.S. Department of State, the government of neighbouring Bangladesh, and the government of Malaysia. The Burmese leader and State Counsellor (de facto head of government) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was criticised for her inaction and silence over the issue and did little to prevent military abuses. Myanmar also drew criticism for the prosecutions of journalists under her leadership."
They all seem corrupt to me.
The Rohingya people ( / roʊˈhɪndʒə, - ɪn -, - ɪŋjə /) are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the displacement crisis in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an estimated 1.4 million Rohingya lived in Myanmar.
Myanmar was British and gained Independence in 1948.
In 1962 there was a military coup which lasted until 2015.
In the 2015 elections Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party won. She had held by the military for years. They remained heavily involve in politics in the country and were still a threat in the background.
Last year they had their second elections. The military supported the far right opposition Party. They were well beaten, so the milirary have taken over again.
In 1962 there was a military coup which lasted until 2015.
In the 2015 elections Aung San Suu Kyi’s Party won. She had held by the military for years. They remained heavily involve in politics in the country and were still a threat in the background.
Last year they had their second elections. The military supported the far right opposition Party. They were well beaten, so the milirary have taken over again.
// military supported by china..nothing new there. //
Not so.
China tolerates them not supports them. In fact the Myanmar military are a bit of an irritation. China has not condemned the coup and block a UN resolution, but that is more about looking to gain from the chaos.
// China has invested billions of dollars in Myanmar mines, oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure and is its biggest trading partner. But while China’s ruling Communist Party tends to favor fellow authoritarian regimes, it has had a fractious history with Myanmar’s military, sometimes related to its campaigns against ethnic Chinese minority groups and the drug trade along their long, mountainous border. //
Not so.
China tolerates them not supports them. In fact the Myanmar military are a bit of an irritation. China has not condemned the coup and block a UN resolution, but that is more about looking to gain from the chaos.
// China has invested billions of dollars in Myanmar mines, oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure and is its biggest trading partner. But while China’s ruling Communist Party tends to favor fellow authoritarian regimes, it has had a fractious history with Myanmar’s military, sometimes related to its campaigns against ethnic Chinese minority groups and the drug trade along their long, mountainous border. //
despite her many faults
she was elected recently on 80% of the vote
and the Burmese are revolting on the straightforward grounds of
" we dont want another election: we have spoken clearly"
her more obvious faults are
that despite being a fave of the media,
she created two million refugees
which is kinda a lot - and then behaved as tho she kinda meant to all along
she was elected recently on 80% of the vote
and the Burmese are revolting on the straightforward grounds of
" we dont want another election: we have spoken clearly"
her more obvious faults are
that despite being a fave of the media,
she created two million refugees
which is kinda a lot - and then behaved as tho she kinda meant to all along
oh I love the bit about the rohingya being stateless
well they are now !
uprooting people and chucking them out was such a problem in 1945 that it is now specifially against international law
suu chi upped and defended the army's actions in an international court which caused the fluffy marxist tree hugging commentators to have convulsions
well they are now !
uprooting people and chucking them out was such a problem in 1945 that it is now specifially against international law
suu chi upped and defended the army's actions in an international court which caused the fluffy marxist tree hugging commentators to have convulsions
I wouldn't say that, Jackdaw
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