Description:
"One year has now passed since the
Burma Army’s attempted coup on
1 February 2021. The Human Rights
Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) began
documenting atrocities being perpetrated
against civilians by the military junta in
Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi
region on 7 February 2021. The crimes
that have been committed speak to the
unrelenting horrors which continue to
be forced upon innocent clusters of the
population. The majority of the people in
Burma strongly reject the military coup
and have been collectively strengthened
by a commitment to toppling the
terrorist regime.
More than anything, the Burma
Army craves legitimacy and has used
violence as a tool to try and submit
the people to their will. However,
despite the grave horrors projected
onto civilians, the Spring Revolution
remains unbroken. It is a struggle that
civilians feel they cannot step away
from until their freedom and rights are
restored. One year ago, the Burmese
military made clear its disregard for
democracy and peace. They reaffirmed
the reality that they would not follow
the rules of international, democratic
governance but would rather try to
rewrite their own playbook which went
even beyond the 2008 military drafted
Constitution. By dismissing key pillars of
a functioning, free and fair government
in their refusal to accept the victory
of the National League for Democracy
(NLD), the people very quickly resisted
– and have continued to show their
strength through protests, underground
organizing and even taking up arms to
join local civilian defense forces.
Despite the mass momentum which
has fueled the revolution, the Burma
Army has only wielded more violence
including air and ground strikes to force
civilians to submit and for armed groups,
including ethnic armed organizations
(EAOs) to surrender. However, the
people remain vigilant and committed
to ensuring that they are victorious in
their long deserved quests for peace and
security..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
Date of Publication:
2022-01-31
Date of entry:
2022-02-02
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
- Human Rights
- Discrimination
- Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups
- Discrimination against the Mon
- HURFOM and other human rights material about the Mon
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
Local URL:
Format:
pdf
Size:
215.53 KB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good
Remote URL:
pdf (215.53 (Original version) - 9 pages)