Timeline of Myanmar’s coup crisis

Diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar’s political crisis are intensifying as protests continue across the country calling for the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the restoration of civilian rule

Blockaded road to parliament in Naypyidaw, Feb 1, 2021


Feb 1: Suu Kyi (right) and other leaders of ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party detained as military takes control and declares one-year state of emergency, alleging fraud in Nov 2020 election that NLD won by landslide

Feb 6: First large-scale street protests against coup take place in Yangon and other cities

Feb 9: Police use water cannon and rubber bullets to try to clear protesters in Naypyidaw. One woman shot and wounded with live bullet – she later dies

Feb 11: U.S. slaps sanctions on Myanmar’s acting president, Min Aung Hlaing, and several other military officers

Feb 17: Hundreds of thousands of people protest across Myanmar, defying military buildup. Drivers in Yangon block key roads as civil disobedience grows

Feb 20
At least two people killed when security forces open fire on striking workers in Mandalay

Feb 22: Protesters launch general strike. U.S. sanctions two more generals involved in coup. EU also announces sanctions on military

Feb 24: Indonesia and fellow ASEAN* members seek diplomatic solution to crisis. Human rights organisations call for arms embargo on Myanmar

Feb 25: Social media giant Facebook bans all accounts linked to Myanmar’s military. Clashes break out in Yangon between opponents and supporters of coup


300km 185 miles
INDIA
CHINA
Mandalay
MYANMAR 
Naypyidaw
Yangon
THAILAND


*Association of Southeast Asian Nations


Source: AP 
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