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| - Myanmar's military seized power on February 1, arresting the country's democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This sparks a massive month-long street movement with dozens killed Wednesday in the deadliest day of the junta's crackdown on protests. A recap of events: The generals stage a coup on February 1, detaining Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi and her top allies in pre-dawn raids. It ends Myanmar's decade-long experiment with democracy after close to half a century of military rule. The generals claim fraud in November's elections, which Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won by a landslide. The putsch draws global condemnation, from Pope Francis to US President Joe Biden. Two days later 75-year-old Suu Kyi is charged with an obscure offence over unregistered walkie-talkies at her home. Resistance to the coup begins with people banging pots and pans -- a practice traditionally associated with driving out evil spirits. The junta tries to block social media platforms including Facebook, which is hugely popular in Myanmar. Nightly internet blackouts are later imposed. Suu Kyi, not seen in public since the coup, is under house arrest and "in good health", her party says. Popular dissent surges over the weekend of February 6 and 7, with tens of thousands of people gathering on the streets calling for the release of Suu Kyi. Workers begin a nationwide strike on February 8. The military warns of a crackdown and imposes night-time curfews including in Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw -- the country's three biggest cities. A young woman is shot in the head and another person is wounded after police fire on crowds in Naypyidaw on February 9. Despite the violence, tens of thousands of people protest for a fifth successive day in the city. UN special rapporteur Tom Andrews warns that the junta "can't steal the hope and resolve of a determined people." The same day Washington announces sanctions against several military officials, including General Min Aung Hlaing, the army chief now in charge. On February 16 Suu Kyi's lawyer says she has been hit with a second charge, this time under the natural disaster management law. The next day thousands rally in Yangon vowing to "fight till the end", despite the build-up of troops. Britain sanctions three Myanmar generals on February 18 for rights violations, as Canada takes similar measures. The woman shot 10 days earlier dies on February 19, becoming a symbol of opposition to the junta. Over the next days, two more demonstrators are killed and around 30 are injured as police fire on a protest in Mandalay. In Yangon, a man on neighbourhood patrol against night arrests is shot dead. UN chief Antonio Guterres rebukes the junta's "brutal force" on February 22, with the European Union later agreeing sanctions. The G7 group of the world's wealthiest nations add their condemnation the following day. The next day the social media giant and its subsidiary Instagram turn the screw on the junta by banning all accounts linked to the military. The World Bank also confirms it has told the regime all lending will be cut off. In a significant escalation of force on Sunday, troops and police fire live bullets on unarmed demonstrators across the country. The UN says at least 18 people are killed. Suu Kyi is hit with two new criminal charges Monday. Her lawyer says she is now accused of inciting unrest and breaking telecommunications laws. At 38 people die Wednesday in the bloodiest day of the protests after security forces fire into crowds. The US says it is "appalled and revulsed" by the military's violence and French President Emmanuel Macron calls for an "immediate end to the repression". Despite the bloodshed, protesters take to the streets again Thursday in Yangon and Mandalay. bur-fg/pdw/rbu
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