A year of fear and failure in Myanmar

A demonstrator holds a placard in front of a police line as he protests against the military coup in Naypyidaw, Myanmar last year. - Reuters

DHAKA (The Daily Star/Asia News Network): Feb 1, 2022 marks the first anniversary of Myanmar's audacious military coup, which has gone down in recent history of the country as the beginning of the most repressive regime.

Since February 2021, the situation in Myanmar has reached an abyssal depth, with an ongoing civil war between the military and the pro-democracy front. 2021 was a tragic year for human rights conditions as the military — popularly known as Tatmadaw — resorted to extreme violence to quell the demand for democracy.