The country’s global standing is plunging as Xi Jinping attempts to whitewash atrocities in the name of empire-building
A terrible scream of pain contorts a little girl’s face and tells the story of the army’s brutal crackdown in Myanmar. Shwe Yote Hlwar, five, is standing beside an open coffin containing the body of her father, Ko Zwe Htet Soe, shot dead by security forces.
Her face is a picture of searing, bottomless grief. Women try to help. But there is no comforting her. Who can explain her dad’s needless killing? Who can say why men in uniform think it’s OK to do such things?
Shwe’s agonised scream is that of an entire nation. It echoes around the world.
from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3cxRfZ8
