The recent actions of Min Aung Hlaing and the current junta have only further affirmed this perception. After decades living under a military dictatorship, in which laws were used as tools of oppression and could change at the whim of those in power, the people of Myanmar have, understandably, little trust in law. The word “law” (or “upaday” in Burmese) has long been a tenuous concept in Myanmar. 1, 2021 military coup and the deplorable violence that has followed. Unfortunately, they are not isolated ones, and they show how the idea of “law” has been perverted to justify both the Feb. These are the chilling words of a Tatmadaw soldier. “When protestors refuse to listen to our orders to disperse, we shoot at the protestors in accordance with the law.” The series is a collaboration between Just Security and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School). The series brings together expert local and international voices on the coup and its broader context. ( Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series on the Feb.
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