At least 788 civilians have died, including 52 children, while over 3,000 have been detained. Since then, the country has been in a state of unrest as citizens continue to protest the military takeover. In February, military forces seized control of Myanmar, detaining elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy, her political party. As Miss Universe Myanmar, since the military coup I have been speaking out as much as I can,” she said in Burmese as the video flashed photos of her attending protests. “Therefore, I would like to urge everyone to speak out about Myanmar. “Our people are dying and being shot by the military every day,” she said in a video spiel played after she made it to the top 21 at the pageant’s finals night on May 17 (May 16 in Florida, where the pageant is being held). The military took Suu Kyi into custody on the day of its takeover, and she has not been seen in public since then, though she has appeared in court in several of her trials.Myanmar’s Thuzar Wint Lwin again used her Miss Universe platform again to speak out about the crisis in her home country. With severe restrictions on nonviolent protest, armed resistance has grown in the cities and countryside, to the point that UN experts have warned the country is sliding into civil war. They have killed about 1,300 civilians, according to a detailed tally compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Win Myint was sentenced to a total of four years and Myo Aung to two years.įebruary’s seizure of power was met by nationwide nonviolent demonstrations, which security forces quashed with deadly force. The former mayor of Naypyitaw, Myo Aung, was another defendant in the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a fine.
People hold the Myanmar national flag and placards as they attend a public gathering to listen to the live speech of Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi in front of City Hall in Yangon on September 19, 2017.
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