Event Background For over five years now, the people of Myanmar have been fighting to restore democracy following the coup on 1 February 2021, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power to prevent the National League for Democracy (NLD) from forming a government after its landslide victory in the 2020 general election.  State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President Win Myint and other key officials and political activists were arrested. People’s lasting opposition has come at a heavy…