Dictatorship

Myanmar, four years into the military dictatorship

By: George Shwe Zin, Peak Associate Content warning: Mentions of murder, massacres, conflict, and brief mention of mutilation. It was the last day of January, coup rumours from the previous days were dying down and I went to bed, hoping for a normal school day the next morning — as normal as the pandemic’s online classes allowed, of course. Maybe I should have savoured that night more.  As the sun rose upon Myanmar’s capital city, armoured vehicles and trucks loaded with soldiers pulled up to the country’s parliament, where the newly-elected civilian government was gathering. Elsewhere, the power went out,…

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