In this file photo taken on Feb 22, 2021, protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay. On Feb 1, 2022, Myanmar marks one year since Myanmar’s military seized power, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (Photo: AFP)
The United Nations Secretary-General has urged Myanmar’s ruling military to allow humanitarian aid access and address the “desperate needs” of its people, highlighting a year since a coup ended a decade of democracy and plunged the country into turmoil.
The Feb 1 overthrow of an elected government triggered months of nationwide protests and a bloody crackdown by the military, whose use of heavy weapons and air strikes against armed resistance in the countryside has reignited old conflicts and displaced tens of…
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