Also this week, Moscow’s aid was sought on the electricity crisis, and the coup boss continued his personal vendetta against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, moving her to a prison.
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Junta Watch: Regime Shrugs Off Outcry on Executions; Claims Troops Uphold Human Rights, and More
Also this week, the junta sent mixed messages to PDF members and a US diplomat delivered a scathing assessment of the regime’s failed efforts to control the country.
Junta Watch: Defying the World on Executions; Splashing Cash While Urging Frugality; and More
Also this week, striking teachers continued to reject the regime, and the coup maker hailed as hallowed ground the site where the pro-military 2008 charter was drafted.
Junta Watch: Coup Leader Urges Belt-Tightening While Declaring Return of ‘Stability’, and More
Also this week, the regime said civil servants would once again have to undergo military training, and revived its fantasy of launching an electric rail system.
Junta Watch: Cops Told to Brace for Front Line Duty; ‘Peace Talks’ Attendees Draw Flak, and More
Also this week, the regime shows once again it is living in fantasyland, discussing plans for food security and tourism, even as it undermines both.
Junta Watch: A Softer Tone to Woo Teachers Back; Harsh Words for the UN, and More
Also this week, the regime praised China as a model neighbor and warned the Arakan Army its patience has limits as the junta’s relations with the group continued to sour.
Junta Watch: Summit Snub Stings Regime Boss; Tech Giants Shun Junta App, and More
Also this week, the regime’s diplomatic spat with the UK escalated and Min Aung Hlaing resorted to old clichés about ‘foreign interference’
Junta Watch: Regime Admits It’s Not in Full Control; ASEAN Rebuffed, and More
Also this week, the KIA spurned the junta’s ‘peace’ bid, an official tasked with crushing the PDF was replaced and the junta’s No. 2 tried to shore up sagging morale.
Junta Watch: Regime Chief’s Thingyan Party Backfires; Billions Wasted on Honorary Titles for Dictators and More
Also this week, the regime goes into defensive mode as it puts its troops on “emergency alert” and Karen State has become the deadliest place in Myanmar for junta soldiers.
Junta Watch: Regime Plans Thingyan Party Amid Chaos; Official Retirement Age Raised and More
Also this week, the most high-profile regime official to be targeted so far was shot at her home, and foreign embassies complained about a harsh new foreign-exchange law.
Junta Watch: Police to Face Front-Line Duty; Slain Informers ‘Honored’, and More
Also this week, the coup boss was praised as a savior and said there would be no vote until ‘terrorists’ are wiped out, and the generals paid respects to their elders.
The Day Civilians Took Office in Myanmar After 53 Years of Military Rule
A civilian was sworn in as president on March 30, 2016, in what turned out to be a brief interruption from military rule.
Junta Watch: ‘What Defections?’ Says Regime No. 2; ASEAN Envoy Throws His Hands Up, and More
Also this week, the junta said the NLD’s poll victories were social media propaganda, and responded to a US finding of genocide in Rakhine by blaming a few rogue troops.
Junta Watch: Myanmar Coup Boss’s Food Promise Rings Hollow; the Regime Deploys a Horrific Weapon, and More
Also this week, the UN called for steps to end the regime’s targeting of civilians and the ASEAN special envoy’s plan to meet with EAOs was scrapped.
Myanmar Junta Denies Medical Treatment to Prisoners Sick With COVID-19
About 20 IDPs Test Positive for COVID-19 in Camp in Myanmar’s Karen State
Myanmar Faces COVID-19 Spike as Junta Prepares Ceremonies
Myanmar Junta Locks Down Indian Border Town After COVID-19 Outbreak
Myanmar LGBTQ Makeup Artist Swaps Beauty Salon for Border Hideout and Revolution
Ten Myanmar Women Who Inspired Us in 2020
Politicians in Myanmar’s Rakhine Must Stop Fighting Each Other: Independent Candidate
Myanmar Court Sentences Man to Five Years in Prison Under Colonial Sodomy Law