Timeline since Myanmar's military coup as junta dissolves Suu Kyi's party

Record ID: 1718017

  • Title: Timeline since Myanmar's military coup as junta dissolves Suu Kyi's party
  • Date: 30th January 2023
  • Summary: Protests swept Myanmar, in the biggest show of mass anger since the 2007 protests that helped lead to democratic reforms. In Yangon, residents banged on pots and pans for multiple nights, to drive away "evil" or bad karma. Police used water cannons to try to clear protesters in the capital Naypyitaw. YANGON, MYANMAR (FILE - FEBRUARY 7, 2021) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) (NI
  • Embargoed: 13th February 2023 02:17
  • Keywords: ASEAN Aung San Suu Kyi Five-point Consensus General Min Aung Hlaing Karen National Union Mae Sot Myanmar Myanmar coup Myanmar's military-owned TV NLD National League for Democracy National Unity Government President Win Myint Tatmadaw United Nations Security Council junta military coup refugees
  • Location: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, YANGON, NAYPYITAW, MANDALAY, KACHIN STATE, KAREN STATE, MYANMAR / TANGERANG, JAKARTA, INDONESIA / VARIOUS UNKNOWN LOCATIONS / TAK PROVINCE, BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • City: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION, YANGON, NAYPYITAW, MANDALAY, KACHIN STATE, KAREN STATE, MYANMAR / TANGERANG, JAKARTA, INDONESIA / VARIOUS UNKNOWN LOCATIONS / TAK PROVINCE, BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA006059801011970RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: PART AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING
    Myanmar's military government has dissolved the ousted ruling party of former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and 39 other parties, state media announced on Tuesday (March 28), over their failure to register for an election set to prolong the army's grip on power.
    The National League for Democracy (NLD) is among dozens of parliamentary parties that were severely weakened by the military's 2021 coup against Suu Kyi's elected government and its crackdown on protests against its rule.
    The polls, for which no date has been announced, will come amid a deepening crisis in Myanmar, where the military is fighting on multiple fronts to crush ethnic minority armies and a resistance movement formed to counter its lethal suppression of anti-coup dissent.
    The election is almost certain to be swept by the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a military proxy that was trounced by the NLD in the 2015 election and in a 2020 vote that the generals eventually voided, citing unaddressed irregularities.
    The hugely popular Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, 77, is among scores of NLD members jailed since the coup and is serving 33 years for multiple counts of corruption, a breach of a state secrets law and incitement, among other crimes.
    The shadow National Unity Government (NUG), which the junta has declared "terrorists," said the military had no authority to hold what would be a sham election.
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