Myanmar's story

Since its independence in 1962 to 1988, Burma, or Myanmar, as it is now known, was a military dictatorship.

In the 2010’s, the military loosened its grip on the country and finally held elections, which saw Aung San Suu Kyi,

the 1998 Nobel peace prize winner and the leader of the National League for Democracy, win.

This victory was short-lived though, as in 2021, another coup took place after only 10 short years of democracy and economic prosperity. The author of this coup, Min Aul Hliang, the commander in chief of the armed forces seized power.

Aung San Suu Kyi, a widely recognized icon of democracy, started the her movement

in the 1980’s but the military, wanting to strengthen its leadership of the country, arrested her, and put her under house arrest for 15 years, from which she was released in 1991.

 

After the coup in February 2021, Aung Saan Suu Kyi was charged, under mysterious circumstances, with importing walkie talkies illegally into the country. Myanmar only lived a few years of democracy before the military decided it wanted no more. It is imperative that we help them, so that they regain ground, and have an equal chance to succeed.