In pictures: the key events since the military junta reclaimed power after the '8888' Burmese uprising

Ed Sol-Tommaso Villani - AFP - Getty Images-Today (18 September) marks the 25th anniversary of the Burmese (Myanmar) military brutally crushing one of the largest uprisings in the country’s history, and retaking power in a bloody coup. The 8888 protests (named as such as they began on 8 August, 19…


Ed Sol-Rex Features - SIPA Press-In the months leading up to the 8888 uprising, there had been growing unrest following Burma’s economic problems, which led to a currency devaluation in 1987. By the summer of 1988, large demonstrations of students and pro-democracy sympathisers were commonplace…

Ed Sol-Pornvilai Carr - AFP - Getty Images-The protests lasted for several weeks, but were brutally crushed following an internal military coup d’état by General Saw Maung (pictured), which led to the imposing of martial law and the establishment of SLORC, an even more draconian regime than that…

 Ed Sol-Rex Features - SIPA Press-The new regime renamed Burma Myanmar and Rangoon, the capital, Yangon in 1989. SLORC continued to exercise martial law and arrested thousands of people, in particular pro-democracy and human rights advocates. National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi,…