Al Jazeera reports on the seizure of power by the Burmese army, who have declared a state of emergency and detained civilian leaders.
Al Jazeera interviewed Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, on the arrest of her father Mya Aye, one of the leaders of the 88 Generation, the pro-democracy group dating from the student-led uprising against military rule in 1988.