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From the Archive
Three decades on, family and citizens remember two students whose shooting deaths at the hands of police put the country on a course that led to the 8888 uprising
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Burma
Businesses and homes were deserted nationwide as people from all walks of life joined the ‘22222’ uprising, undeterred by security forces’ increasingly violent tactics.
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Commentary
To stage a coup, the armed forces would have to defy their own Constitution, which currently provides the legal justification for the political power they already enjoy.