The military coup in Myanmar is a dispiriting reversal for the cause of democracy in one of Asia’s poorest countries, and globally. The transition towards greater political freedoms over the past decade had, to be sure, been flawed and incomplete. Its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was badly tarnished internationally by her defence of the 2017 military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims. Yet, apparently against the trend elsewhere, the country seemed one of the few where democratic progress was continuing — including in the latest parliamentary elections in November. A month into 2021 it has, for now, been stopped in its tracks.
缅甸的军事政变，是这个亚洲和manbetx app苹果 最贫穷国家之一的民主事业的一次令人沮丧的逆转。可以肯定的是，在过去10年里，缅甸向更大政治自由的转变是有缺陷的，也是不完整的。缅甸领导人昂山素季(Aung San Suu Kyi)因维护2017年对罗兴亚(Rohingya)穆斯林进行的军事镇压而在国际上受到严重谴责。然而，与其他国家的趋势明显相反的是，该国似乎是少数几个民主进程仍在继续的国家之一——包括去年11月的议会选举。而如今，2021年的第一个月过后，缅甸的民主进程停下了脚步。