On the morning the newly elected parliament was due to convene, the Myanmar military, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, seized power and detained civilian leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint. The generals claimed that the November 2020 election, which the National League for Democracy had won by a large margin, was marred by fraud, a claim rejected by election observers. A state of emergency was declared, and mass protests and a civil disobedience movement followed, which security forces repressed with deadly force. Opposition politicians formed a National Unity Government, and many protesters took up arms, leading to a widespread civil conflict. The coup ended the country's decade of partial democratic opening.
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