A month ago the military lost massively in the elections and demanded that the voting commission reject the election as rigged. The commission instead declared it was a fair election. So the military, still insisting they lost because of fraud, did a coup, arrested Aung San Suu Kyi*, and have killed protesters almost daily since, up to 40/day. They've since said they'll hold new much fairer and better elections in a year.
The US and EU denounced the coup and threatened huge sanctions, but have only enacted a few targetted against some generals. China waited a while before offering muted criticism of the military, true to their policy of non-interference. SE Asian states like Malaysia have attempted diplomatic pressure to reinstate the election results.
*they've charged her with about 6 random charges, including smuggling radios. Just anything they can think of.
I saw some rumblings going on in r*ddit. I still have no idea what’s going on over there.
A month ago the military lost massively in the elections and demanded that the voting commission reject the election as rigged. The commission instead declared it was a fair election. So the military, still insisting they lost because of fraud, did a coup, arrested Aung San Suu Kyi*, and have killed protesters almost daily since, up to 40/day. They've since said they'll hold new much fairer and better elections in a year.
The US and EU denounced the coup and threatened huge sanctions, but have only enacted a few targetted against some generals. China waited a while before offering muted criticism of the military, true to their policy of non-interference. SE Asian states like Malaysia have attempted diplomatic pressure to reinstate the election results.
*they've charged her with about 6 random charges, including smuggling radios. Just anything they can think of.
/r/publicfreakout tends to be the main source of warcrime videos coming from the coup.