World accused of ‘sitting and watching’ as Myanmar slides to war

A year after the coup, there are growing demands to hold the Myanmar military to account for the crackdown on protesters and attacks on civilians [File: AFP}

One year since the military coup in Myanmar, calls for international action are growing louder, notably from the National Unity Government (NUG), made up of elected politicians who were thrown out of office by the generals.

“The world is doing nothing but just sitting and watching,” NUG Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung told Al Jazeera.