(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military took power in a coup on Feb. 1 final year after complaining of fraud in a November 2020 basic election gained by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi’s get together. Election monitoring teams discovered no proof of mass fraud.
Following is a timeline of occasions:
Feb. 1, 2021: Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and different senior figures from the National League for Democracy (NLD) are detained in morning raids.
The military declares a state of emergency for a year – later prolonged – and fingers power to military chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Feb. 3: Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments cease work in protest. Many put on crimson ribbons as half of a civil disobedience marketing campaign.
NLD places of work are raided, paperwork and computer systems are seized.
Police file prices towards Suu Kyi saying military officers looking out her residence discovered six hand-held radios imported illegally and used with out permission.
Charges are additionally filed towards the president over violating coronavirus restrictions.
Feb. 4: Protesters wave banners and chant anti-coup slogans in Mandalay.
Feb. 6: Blocks are ordered on Twitter and Instagram, the place protesters had been sharing info. The junta orders the web shut down.
Feb. 7: Protests sweep the nation in the greatest present of anger since 2007 anti-military protests.
Internet entry is restored however social media platforms stay blocked.
Feb. 9: Police hearth weapons, largely in the air, water cannons and rubber bullets at protesters in the capital, Naypyitaw. A girl is shot in the head and dies 10 days later.
Feb. 13: The junta suspends legal guidelines constraining safety forces from detaining suspects and looking out property.
Feb. 22: General strike shuts companies as crowds collect throughout the nation.
Feb. 25: Facebook bans Myanmar military from its platforms.
About 1,000 supporters of the military assault opponents of the coup in Yangon.
Feb. 26: Myanmar’s U.N. envoy urges the United Nations to make use of “any means essential” to cease the coup. He is fired the subsequent day.
March 2: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) international ministers maintain a name with a junta consultant. They urge Suu Kyi’s launch and an finish to deadly pressure towards protesters.
March 4: At least 19 police cross into India saying they do not need to take orders from the junta.
March 5: U.S. officers freeze a $1 billion Myanmar account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The United States blocks Myanmar’s defence and inside ministries and high military conglomerates from sure commerce.
March 22: The European Union imposes journey bans and asset freezes on 11 individuals linked to the coup, together with Min Aung Hlaing and appearing president Myint Swe.
March 27: Troops kill at the very least 160 individuals as the military marks Armed Forces Day with a parade.
March 28: About 3,000 villagers flee from Karen State to Thailand after the military launches air strikes in territory managed by the Karen National Union rebel group.
Security forces additionally open hearth at a funeral in Bago city for 114 individuals killed in a crackdown the earlier day.
April 1: Suu Kyi is charged with breaking official secrets and techniques legislation.
April 16: Junta opponents announce a National Unity Government together with ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests, aiming to finish military rule and restore democracy.
April 24: Southeast Asian leaders say they’ve agreed on a plan with Min Aung Hlaing to finish the disaster.
April 27: The KNU captures a military output close to the Thai border. The military responds with air strikes.
May 4: Junta-controlled media announce a ban on satellite tv for pc tv receivers.
May 24: Suu Kyi seems in court docket for the first time since her authorities was overthrown.
Danny Fenster, 37, an American managing editor of the Frontier Myanmar information website, is detained at Yangon airport as he prepares to fly to Malaysia.
June 8: The United Nations says some 100,000 individuals in Kayah State have been displaced by combating that included “indiscriminate assaults by safety forces” in civilian areas.
June 21: Min Aung Hlaing and Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, decide to strengthening safety and different ties at a Moscow assembly.
Aug. 1: Min Aung Hlaing takes the function of prime minister in a caretaker authorities. He repeats a pledge to carry elections by 2023.
Aug. 18: The dying toll as a end result safety pressure crackdowns on protests since the coup tops 1,000, in keeping with the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Oct. 16: ASEAN international locations exclude Min Aung Hlaing from a summit citing lack of progress on its plan to finish the disaster.
Oct. 29: Win Htein, 79, an aide to Suu Kyi, is jailed for 20 years on excessive treason cost.
Nov. 15: Fenster freed and returns to the United States after being jailed for 11 years on numerous prices.
Dec. 5: Suu Kyi is discovered responsible of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions. She is about to serve two years in detention at an undisclosed location, a sentence decreased from 4 after a partial pardon from military chief.
Jan. 7, 2022: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen meets Min Aung Hlaing in two-day Myanmar go to, the first by a head of authorities since the coup.
Jan. 10: A court docket jails Suu Kyi for 4 extra years on prices together with possession of unlicensed walkie-talkies.
Jan. 14: Five new corruption prices towards Suu Kyi, 76, are introduced. In all, she faces as much as 164 years in jail.
(Compiled by Karishma Singh; Editing by Robert Birsel)
