That includes the future of the independent media. Political observers expect only the worst. ![]() ![]() Following a military coup in early February, the first against a civilian government since 1962, the army took back the power, replacing ministers and arresting Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Counsellor of Myanmar, a role akin to a head of government. They all hoped that, finally, Myanmar was going to open as democracy was dawning in the country.įast forward ten years and all you see are shattered hopes. ![]() ![]() Many of them, living for years in exile, began to up sticks and move back home. When the army made way for a new government in Myanmar ten years ago, ending decades of military rule that isolated the country, Burmese journalists were among the first to cheer.
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