Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail – later reduced to two – but this shows no sign of slowing all kinds of resistance against military rule, reports France 24.
Much of this is down to younger generations who “were just used to speaking their mind on social media”, Mark Farmaner, director of Burma Campaign UK, told France 24. “They are used to more freedom of expression. They had a future ahead of them, and the military took that all away.”
“In 100 small ways, people are protesting every single day,” Mark Farmaner said. “No one is sitting around and waiting for Aung San Suu Kyi to be released. Things are not dependent on one leader anymore, and they cannot arrest enough people because it’s not the same kind of resistance as before.”