After claiming voting irregularities in the 2020 General elections, the Myanmar military staged a coup on February 1, 2021, and formed the State Administrative Council (SAC).
The first violent crackdowns on civic freedoms began on February 9, 2021, when a protester was shot dead by police using live rounds to disperse a peaceful protest. In the two years since the coup, there have been violent crackdowns by SAC security forces on many civic freedoms and human rights.