'Myanmar's democracy hopes being crushed'

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 08, 2023 12:11 am

JAKARTA: Hopes of a return to democracy in junta-ruled Myanmar are being crushed by 'systematic repression,' United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at a summit with American, Chinese and regional leaders in Indonesia.

Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since its military mounted on Feb. 1, 2021, a coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government, unleashing a bloody crackdown on dissent.

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