As if it felt sheltered from view by the vacillation of a world absorbed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Burmese junta, on February 1, brought the country of the Irrawaddy River into the past. Burma and the "Lady of Rangoon" then experienced a brutal return to the old order. Ten years after his release, the intimate enemy of the Myanmar military was again under house arrest and the democratic experience was cut short, as the army confiscated power after being stripped in the elections. As in the past, the major Western capitals called on a junta relapsing into autism to free Aung San Suu Kyi and the figures of his party. But one thing had changed in this strange return to the future.The one the Burmese nicknamed "Daw Suu" (Madame Suu) was no longer the heroine of the internationally celebrated struggle for democracy. This Tuesday, October 26, the former leader, kept in total isolation, must testify for the
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 86% left to discover.
Freedom has no borders, like your curiosity.
Continue reading your article for € 1 the first month
I ENJOY IT
Already subscribed?
Log in
