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, 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 (...)
September 16, 2010 — We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the military junta of Burma for its new decree to curb workers’ right to form trade unions and its harsh punishments against any industrial action.
The military junta of Burma — the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) (...)
, 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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