Why Have the Reforms in Myanmar Slowed Down?

After three years of the international community’s euphoria and enthusiasm about the political reforms in Myanmar, since mid 2014 there has been talk of them slowing down and even of backsliding on democratization in the country. Ms. Yanghee Lee, the recently appointed new UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar, has prepared a report on the results of her first visit to Myanmar in July 2014. In it, she expressed concerns over the human rights situation in Myanmar that had demonstrated substantial progress since forming a new ...