Will the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi discourage dissent or further galvanise the 10-month-old resistance to Myanmar's coup? Two years under house arrest is the first of several sentences to come against a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who, at 76, may or may not ever walk free again. Before the putsch, critics called her too accommodating to the generals. Now silenced, is Suu Kyi reinstated in her status as the face of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement?
Resistance now comes in many forms. From flashmob protests to tax strikes, will the pressure of ordinary citizens pay off? What about armed rebellion in an ethnically diverse hinterland?
As for the junta, can it ride out the storm? Or will it take the nation back to the reclusive state it was in during the military's previous half-century-long stint in power?
Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Juliette Laurain and Imen Mellaz.
