Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, par Frontier Myanmar
As tensions peaked between Karen and Bamar in early 1949, Burmese irregular forces committed a series of mass killings on the outskirts of the then-capital that have never been officially acknowledged. Ninety-six year old Saw Maung Tin says he « will never forget the blood and the sound of (...)
, by Thant Myint-U
Myanmar is at a point of no return. The army’s February coup, meant to surgically shift power within the existing constitutional framework, has instead unleashed a revolutionary energy that will be nearly impossible to contain.
Over the past four months, protests and strikes have continued (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
“In Myanmar’s long history of revolution, poets have fought injustice with the power of art.”
[Photo; K Za Win, Kyi Lin Aye, Khet Thi]
Poet Khet Thi was arrested by some 100 junta troops on the evening of May 8. The following day, he was dead. His wife reportedly had to ask the authorities for (...)
, by The Irrawaddy
Since the military coup on Feb. 1 people have been furious about the violence committed by the junta’s police and soldiers. But their civilian accomplices and informants caused just as much anger.
They are among the people, closely monitoring anti-regime activists and informing on their (...)
, by Wei Yan Aung
Yangon — On this day in 1976, 25-year-old student leader Salai Tin Maung Oo, a strong voice of dissent against the military regime led by dictator General Ne Win, was hanged in Insein Prison.
The ethnic Chin zoological student at the University of Yangon (then Rangoon) participated in student (...)
, by LOVETT Lorcan
The moment Kay Khine Tun, 22, was arrested at her nursing job in Yangon Children’s Hospital, her father readied for an exhausting battle with his former employer, the Myanmar Army.
“The military has no shame at all,” said Sein Mya, a 53-year-old taxi driver, as he spooned half a dozen sugars into (...)
, by CAMPBELL Stephen
Authoritarianism casts a long shadow over the left intellectual history of post-colonial Burma. This can been understood as a legacy of Burmese political and military organizations that advanced top-down agendas of nationalization and central planning. The historical prominence of such (...)
, by EGRETEAU Renaud
A. Context
Since the military coup of March 2, 1962, the Burmese armed forces (Tatmadaw) had been holding power in Burma. Under the leadership of General Ne Win (1910-2002) who established a socialist and autarchic military regime, Burma isolated itself from the outside world for almost three (...)
, by LAMB Jon
This month is the 20th anniversary of Burma’s “8888 uprising”, which began on August 8, 1988, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Rangoon, the capital, to protest against decades of military rule and economic mismanagement. The protest included all sectors of Burmese society — (...)
, by Aung Naing Oo
Camp Thay Baw Boe, 1989: Despite our resolve to fight the Burmese army and sacrifice our lives for freedom and democracy, the All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) was poorly equipped and extremely under-funded. So the battle against Burmese troops that many idealists, including me, (...)
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