ASEAN and its allies, as well as the U.N. A recent so-called partial pardon for ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was essentially a scam - six years were shaved off the 78-year-old’s 33-year prison sentence, deflecting attention from another extension of the “state of emergency” the junta has invoked to try to justify their crackdown.ĭiplomatic efforts on Myanmar since its 2021 coup have floundered. The junta has committed arbitrary detentions, summary executions, torture, and unlawful military attacks, much of the brutality amounting to crimes against humanity and war crimes. A key agenda item for the ASEAN meetings will be Myanmar, where a military junta in power after a 2021 coup has engaged in a mass crackdown on opposition movements and ethnic armed groups. President Joe Biden will be in the region attending the G20 with several ASEAN and G7 leaders. Participants will include several G7 leaders and U.S. World leaders will gather in Jakarta in early September for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia Summits. This is the message the junta is sending to the population of Myanmar.