PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 2023
After claiming voting irregularities in the 2020 General elections, the Myanmar military staged a coup on February 1, 2021, and formed the State Administrative Council (SAC).
The first violent crackdowns on civic freedoms began on February 9, 2021, when a protester was shot dead by police using live rounds to disperse a peaceful protest. In the two years since the coup, there have been violent crackdowns by SAC security forces on many civic freedoms and human rights.
Read more Civic Freedom Violations Committed by Myanmar’s Military Junta – ICNL
