Events of 1988

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Description: Background Biographies; Bomb Blasts in Burma—A Chronology; Burma Diplomatic Missions; Burma?s Regional Commanders; CCB forms Investigation Body to investigate money laundering offenses; Cabinet of Burma; Chronology of Burma?s Laws Restricting Freedom of Opinion, Expression and the Press; Chronology of Chinese-Burmese Relations; Chronology of the Press in Burma; Committee Representing the People?s Parliament [CRPP]; Dialogue between Military Government and NLD; Diplomatic Trips; Foreign Companies Withdrawn from Burma; Foreign Embassies to Burma; Foreign Investment in Burma; Full List of the Prisoners - Page1; List of Cease-fire Agreements with the Junta; List of Journalists, Authors and Poets Who Received Sentences After 1988; List of the Prisoners (Authors); List of the Prisoners (Death in Custody).
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Research Pages
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: Struggle for Peace: The 25 Year Journey of the ABSDF....."ABSDF မာ နားလည ဖ ခက ခဲတဲ ၊ ဖော ပြလ မရန င တဲ ၊ လက ဆ ပ လက က င မပြန င တဲ အရာတစ ခ ရ ပါတယ ။ ကျနော တ အ မ က ထွက ခွာလာစဥ က ကျနော တ ဟာအသက ငယ ရွယ ပါသေးတယ ။ ကျနော တ ဟာ တ က ခ က ရဖ ကလွဲလ ဘာက မ မစဥ းစားခဲ ကြပါဘ း။ ကျနော တ ဟာ ထောင နဲ ချ တဲ ကျောင းသားတွေဖြစ ကြပါတယ ။ ကျနော တ ထွက ခွာခဲ စဥ က ကျနော တ မ သားစ တွေဟာ သ တ ရဲ့သားသမ းတွေက လ ခြ ုဘေးကင းမ ရ ကြဖ ဆ တောင းလ ျက ကျန ရစ ခဲ ကြပါတယ ။ သ တ ဟာ ကျနော တ အတွက အလွန စ တ ပ ပန ကြပြ း ကျနော တ ဘေးကင းလ ခြ ရေးအတွက အမြဲဆ တောင းလ ျက ရ ကြတယ ။ ဒါပေမဲ ကျနော တ ကတော သ တ အတွက စ းစဥ းမ မတွေးမ ခဲ ကြပါ။ ကျနော တ မ သားစ တွေက လ းဝ မေ လျော နေခဲ ကြတယ ။ တစ ခါက KNU ဒေသ၊ တပ မဟာ ၆ မ ာ အစ းရစစ တပ နဲ ထ ပ တ က ကြု ခဲ ဖ းတယ ။ အဲဒ အခါ KNU က စစ ကြောင းတာဝန ခ တွေက စည းဝေးပွဲရ လ ခရ းသွားရမ ာဖြစ တာကြောင စစ ကြောင းတွေက တပ မ ူးငယ တွေနဲ ထားခဲ ရတယ ။ သ တ ကအတွေ့အကြ ုပ င းအားနည းတာကြောင ကျနော တ ဟာ ဗမာစစ တပ ရဲ့ ပစ မ တ အဖြစ အလွယ တက ဖြစ ခဲ ရပါတယ ။ အဲဒ ည ၉ နာရ ခန မ ာ ဗမာစစ တပ က ကျနော တ က စတင ပစ ခတ ချ န ကျနော တ မ ာ အဆင သင အနေအထား လ းဝရ မနေခဲ ဘဲ ပြန လည ပစ ခတ န င ခြင းမရ ခဲ ပါ။ ချက ခြင းက တပ က ဆ တ မ န ပေးခဲ ပြ း တပ ဆ တ ခဲ တာ မနက ၄ နာရ လောက မ လ ခြ ုတဲ နေရာတစ ခ က ရောက ရ ခဲ ကြပါတယ ။ က ကောင း ထောက မစွာပဲ အလစ အင က တ က ခ က ခ ခဲ ရပေမဲ လည း ဘယ သ မ ထ ခ က ဒဏ ရာမရခဲ ကြပါ ဘ း။ ကျနော တ မ သားစ တွေရဲ့ ဆ တောင းမေတ ာ ပ သမ တွေကြောင လည း ဖြစ န င ပါတယ ။ ဒ အရာတွေက လက ဆ ပ လက က င ပြလ မရန င တဲ ၊ သက သေပြဖ ခက ခဲတဲ အရာဖြစ ပါတယ ။ ကျနော တ မ သားစ တွေကကျနော တ က အမြဲက ည စောင မနေတဲ ပ ရ ပ လ ကျနော စ တ ထဲမ ာ ရ နေပါတယ ။ ပ ပ းက ည ပေးတဲ ပ စ အမျ ုးမျ ုးရ ပါတယ ။ တချု ့က ခင ဗျား မြင န င တွေ့န င ပေမဲ အချ ု့အရာတွေဟာ မျက စ နဲ မမြင န င မတွေ့န င တဲ အရာတွေ ဖြစ ပါတယ ။ ( ရဲဘော ကျော က )..."
Source/publisher: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS)
2014-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-26
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: "Expressed through the voices of All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) members, this book tells the story of the organisation?s birth from the August 8, 1988 student uprising through its 25 years of living and fighting in the remote jungle areas of the country. It provides an in-depth examination of the experiences of ABSDF members, from their time as protesting students, to revolutionaries, to their current involvement in the Myanmar peace process. From hardships caused by disease and food supplies, to the fears, hopes, joys and disappointments of young men and women trying to realise their dream of fighting against oppression, Struggle for Peace takes readers on a journey of change and transformation..."
Source/publisher: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS)
2014-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-09-26
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: Review of "The 1988 Uprising in Burma" by Dr Maung Maung (Foreword by Franklin Mark Osanka), Monograph 49/Yale Southeast Asia Studies...."...Dr Maung Maung?s memoirs of the 1988 Burmese uprising "misremembers"; oft times it falsifies, misrepresents, distorts, obfuscates, whitewashes and can in its best light be described as an "apologia"in a fully uncomplimentary sense. Hence the author?s "memory" hinders rather than helps the cause for human rights as far as the struggle is concerned. Nevertheless, from a consequentialist viewpoint, it is hoped that the publication of the book will help some people who were involved in, affected by or take a genuine and concerned interest in the events of 1988 in Burma- to rise from their "forgetfulness" and also to help properly freshen their memory. In this review, the reviewer has attempted to highlight some of the misremembrances of the author with the hope that a small step can be taken towards refreshing and articulating the "memory" of those who were and are affected by the 1988 uprising in Burma..."
Creator/author: Myint Zan
Source/publisher: Newcastle Law Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 101-119, 2000
2009-11-06
Date of entry/update: 2014-08-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: "...Twenty three years ago today, on 8 August 1988, hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Burma demanding an end to the suffocating military rule which had isolated and bankrupted the country since 1962. Their united cries for a transition to democracy shook the core of the country, bringing Burma to a crippling halt. Hope radiated throughout the country. Teashop owners replaced their store signs with signs of protest, dock workers left behind jobs to join the swelling crowds, and even some soldiers were reported to have been so moved by the demonstrations to lay down their arms and join the protestors. There was so much promise...The leaders of the 88 generation have a particularly important role to play in the future of Burma. Not only are they widely admired but they have repeatedly shown their ability to unite ordinary people from all walks of life under a common cause: equality; self-determination; and democratization. This struggle for a unified Burma has been ongoing since independence and cannot be achieved unless there is an inclusive dialogue between the ruling ?civilian” regime, the National League for Democracy, and representatives of all ethnic nationality groups to discuss the future of a unified Burma. Until these issues are resolved, Burma will not transition into a peaceful, democratic, and developing country..."
Source/publisher: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma)
2011-08-08
Date of entry/update: 2011-09-08
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Table of Contents: * A. Context; * B. Decision-Maker, Organizers and Actors; * C. Victims,; * D. Witnesses; * E. Memories; * F. General and Legal Interpretations of the facts; * G. Bibliography
Creator/author: Renaud Egreteau
Source/publisher: Sciences-Po (Encyclopedia of Mass Violence)
2009-02-25
Date of entry/update: 2010-04-20
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: During the democracy uprising in 1988, Paw Oo Htun, whose nom de guerre, Min Ko Naing, means Conqueror of Kings, emerged as one of the movement?s most prominent student leaders. Together with other student leaders, he revived the umbrella students? organization the All Burma Federation of Student Unions. Today, while serving out a twenty year prison sentence, Min Ko Naing remains a symbol of the Burmese student movement. In this essay, interviews with close friends and student colleagues help document his story.
Creator/author: Megan Clymer, Min Ko Naing
Source/publisher: "Journal of Burma Studies" Vol. 8, 2003
2003-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-01-01
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: A journalist recalls clandestine visits to Burma to report the country?s story to the world, in an historic period of upheaval... "WORD reached Bangkok in late August 1987 that the Burmese economy was grinding to a standstill, and that the rice harvest could be compromised by weak rainfalls in some areas. As a reporter who liked to operate alone, I was assigned by Asiaweek, the Hong Kong-based newsweekly, to slip into the country. I would get no byline, no credit, not much pay, but a lot of satisfaction..."
Creator/author: Dominic Faulder
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 8
2008-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-08-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: Burma?s democracy movement needs some serious soul-searching if it wants to secure its aims... "IN this 20th year of Burma?s democracy movement it?s time to ask what it has achieved in those two decades. Is it any nearer now to its goal?..."
Creator/author: Kyaw Zwa Moe
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 8
2008-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-08-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: How communists played a shadowy role in Burma?s 1988 pro-democracy uprising
Creator/author: Aung Zaw
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 8
2008-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-08-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: After 20 years at a political standstill, the iconic images of Burma?s 1988 pro-democracy uprising have lost none of their immediacy..."BURMA imploded on August 8, 1988. Students and monks governed the country for months as millions marched through the streets, demanding democracy and an end to one-party rule. Economic mismanagement and the demonetization of the Burmese currency in 1987 finally forced many to come out in protest. The regime that had ruled the country for 26 years wasn?t wise enough to negotiate with the protesters but countered with brutal force, at a cost of many lives. Politicians, a new generation of student leaders and the general public joined forces in a movement for change that became known as the ?four eights? uprising. Its foundation coincided with the 50th anniversary of the ?1300 Movement,? the Burmese resistance against British colonial rule. This time, Ne Win was the public enemy No 1, inflaming popular anger still more with a speech in which he warned: ?If the army shoots, it has no tradition of shooting into the air. It will shoot straight to hit.? ..."
Creator/author: Yeni
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 8
2008-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2008-08-17
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: "BBC reporter Christopher Gunness was in Burma during the nationwide 8.8.88 democracy uprising. He conducted clandestine radio interviews with several Burmese students and activists that were broadcast to millions of Burmese. The military government accused the reports of triggering the August 1988 uprising. Fifteen years later, Gunness remains blacklisted from entering Burma and is still considered a top enemy of the junta. The Irrawaddy reminisced with him via email about his reporting experiences from 1988... Question: When you worked in Burma as a reporter in 1988, did you get the sense that the sporadic student protests early in the year would flare up into a nationwide uprising?..."
Creator/author: Christopher Gunness
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 7
2003-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-06
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: Sagaing-dead and wounded list
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Research Pages
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: Rangoon General Hospital dead and wounded list 1 (7th Aug-17th Aug 1988)
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Research Pages
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: Cast of 1988 Players • Burma?s Unfinished Revolution • Calm before the storm • August 8, 1988 • "They are killing us" • "Something of ourselves" • Filling the power vacuum • The threat to law and order • Prelude to the coup • Eleven years later... • The Sagaing Massacre • A Sketch of Taunggyi
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 7. No. 7
1999-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: For every person who experienced Burma?s democracy summer of 1988, August will always be remembered as a month of bloodshed and crushed hopes. For it was in August 1988 that literally millions of Burmese from every walk of life joined to demand an end to more than a quarter-century of unenlightened despotism, onlyto be gunned down in untold numbers throughout the country.
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No. 8
2000-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: July 23: The Extraordinary Session of the BSPP Congress opened at 8:30 am at the Saya San Hall, presided over by Yebaw Aung Tha Ban. 1062 of the 1089 delegates were present, or 97.52%. It heard five addresses: one by Chairman U Ne Win (full text); one by General Secretary U Aye Ko on the convening of the Congress [excerpts]; one on by U Aye Ko changes in State economic policies (excerpts]; one by Joint General Secretary U Sein Lwin on investing the Central Committee with the right to amend the guiding philosophy, "the System of Correlation of Man and His Environment"; and one by U Htwe Han on investing the Central Committee with the right to amend the Party Constitution.
Creator/author: Hugh MacDougall (compiler of BPS)
Source/publisher: The Working People's Daily (via Burma Press Summary)
1988-07-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "The 1988 Uprising in Burma" by Dr Maung Maung (foreword by Franklin Mark Osanka), Monograph 49, 1999, Yale Southeast Asia Studies, New Haven, Connecticut..."Despite its title, this is not an account of the dramatic events that engulfed Burma in 1988. It is an attempt to rewrite history, a whitewash of one of the most brutal massacres in modern Asian history. More precisely, it is a blind eulogy to Burma?s aging strongman Gen Ne Win. And the reverence for the "Old Man," as he is usually referred to in Burma, is extended even to his children and grandchildren. For these reasons alone, Dr. Maung Maung?s book is worth reading because it shows how far an academic sycophant is prepared to go to please his mentor..."
Creator/author: Bertil Lintner
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No.8
2000-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: 1) Reminiscences & Reflections on 8-8-88 by Burton Levin2) Voices of 88: selections from Voices of ?88, a traveling exhibit compiled under the sponsorship of the Open Society Institute.
Source/publisher: "Burma Debate", Vol... V, No. 3
1998-06-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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Description: A veteran journalist gives a personal recount of his experiences in covering Burma and the 8-8-88 movement.
Creator/author: Dominic Faulder/Bangkok
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 8. No. 8
2000-08-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Events of 1988
Language: English
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