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Military rule in Myanmar (also known as Burma) lasted from 1962 to 2011 and resumed in 2021. Myanmar gained its independence from the British Empire in 1948 under the Burma Independence Army, as a democratic nation. The first military rule began in 1958 and direct military rule started when Ne Win captured power through a coup d'état in 1962. Burma became a military dictatorship (Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma) under the Burma Socialist Programme Party that lasted for 26 years, under the claim to save the country from disintegration. During this period there was some democratic landscape in the form of giving rights to the citizen to elect and to stand for election.[1]
For most of its independent years, the sovereign state has been engrossed in rampant ethnic strife and its myriad ethnic groups have been involved in one of the world's longest-running ongoing civil wars. It's also known as one of the most brutal nations of all time for its mass human rights violation. During this time, the United Nations and several other organizations have reported consistent and systematic human rights violations in the country.[2]
- ^ "Myanmar country profile". BBC. 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Burma". Human Rights Watch. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
"Myanmar Human Rights". Amnesty International USA. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
"World Report 2012: Burma". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.