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From Humans of Myanmar:
Today, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates her 78th birthday, which unfortunately also marks her third consecutive birthday spent in detention following the military coup in 2021.
To honor her on this day, a #flowerstrike took place in the country, and a banner expressing the sentiment "We Miss You" was displayed from a bridge located in Yangon.
Additionally, it has been reported that the military council has been arresting individuals who choose to adorn their hair with flowers as a symbol of solidarity.
Let us continue to stand united, work towards justice, and strive for the day when she is released and can contribute to the progress and prosperity of Myanmar once again. 🇲🇲
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1947-Aung San
Aung San (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ် အောင်ဆန်း; MLCTS: aung hcan:, pronounced [àʊɰ̃ sʰáɰ̃]; 13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized. Aung San is considered the founder of modern-day Myanmar and the Tatmadaw (the country's armed forces), and is commonly referred to by the titles "Father of the Nation", "Father of Independence", and "Father of the Tatmadaw".
After World War II, he negotiated Burmese independence from Britain in the Aung San-Attlee agreement. He served as the 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1946 to 1947. He led his party, the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League, to victory in the 1947 Burmese general election, but he and most of his cabinet were assassinated shortly before the country became independent.
Aung San's daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, is a stateswoman, politician, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She was Burma's State Counsellor and its 20th (and first female) Minister of Foreign Affairs in Win Myint's Cabinet until the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.
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Former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is now being held in solitary confinement, the junta announced yesterday.
Junta Information Minister Gen. Zaw Min Tun announced that 77-year-old Suu Kyi had been moved from house arrest to a prison in Naypyidaw “in accordance with the law.”
The move further advances the military government’s goal of diminishing the de facto head of the civilian government it drove from power in February 2021.
Multiple court cases against her that are moving forward will now be tried at the prison.
One month ago, a special court ruled there was enough evidence to indict her on additional corruption charges bought by the junta relating to allegations regarding land granted to a foundation established in memory of her mother.
Suu Kyi had already been sentenced to 11 years in prison on prior convictions.
On April 27, she was sentenced to five years in prison under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law for taking bribes of gold and US$60,000 from former Yangon Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein. The 76-year-old state counsellor, who still awaits trial on other charges of bribery, also faces a lawsuit brought by the junta under the Government Secrets Act along with an Australian codefendant and her former business adviser, Shawn Turnell.
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8888 Uprising: how one gun ruled a thousand people
Today is August 8th, 2022. Internationally, it’s just any other day.
But in Myanmar, on this day exactly 34 years ago, began an uprising that would became known as 8888 Uprising, one of the most monumental moment of defiance and tragedy in the long bloody history of Myanmar’s struggle for true freedom.
1988, August 8, was just like any other day in the misty mornings of Yangon (then Rangoon). Except, it was slightly different today. There had been news of political uprisings, slowly spreading across the country. Burma, as it was known then, had been under the rule of General Ne Win since the 1962 coup d’etat. Ne Win had transformed the country into a military ruled socialist regime that had oppressed political opponents. Unsurprisingly, the regime was rampant with corruption, with Ne Win at the head of it all. The population had perished under such circumstances. Economic woes were high leading up to the year 1988, especially with the withdrawal of 20, 50, 100, banknotes. It wouldn’t be surprising that such a state in dire states would brew trouble for the authorities.
It was around morning when students started piling onto street. Rangoon, then, was the capital of Burma. Many university students were already buzzing with the news. Unsurprisingly, university students were at the forefront of the revolution. A new generation that was ready to be defiant.
The march begins. A loud chorus of group swept up people from all vendors and stalls. Students who were political, students who were apolitical, watcher-bys, were all willingly pulled into the sea of demonstration. As Pascal Khoo Thwe, one of the first-hand survivors of the 8888 Revolution, had written, “words like ‘boycott’, ‘strike’, ‘demonstration’, ‘human rights’, ‘democracy’, ‘student union’, and the like during this time was like learning a new language.” Workers rushed to their storefront to get the rare and euphoric chance of shouting, “MAY THE REVOLUTION SUCCEED!” Like a forest lit aflame by one stray ember, the nationwide uprising had begun.
It was when the Rangoon protest was at its peak that the first bullet was shot. And then another. And another. And another. Before anyone knew what was happening, corpse were piling on the street. People rush left and right, and on the Pyay Road, the main road of Yangon, begun the massacre of hundreds and thousands of students. The streets were painted red, and many perished in the struggle for life. Those who were shot but lived were then dragged and buried alive with the corpses in the aftermath. Some were simply burned. Inya Lake, now a park, was one of the epicentre of it all. Students ran to nearby houses seeking shelter. It was futile. The soldiers rounded them up, and nothing was known of them. Owners who welcomed the runaway students into their houses did not leave the event unharmed either.
This was the state of Burma for several days. One first-hand survivor told me that they were using machine guns to fire into the crowd of weaponless student. He merely escaped because he was at the end of the crowd, and his teacher dragged him onto a jeep and drove away.
Another first-hand survivor was from Mandalay, whose family members were rounded up and tortured for just watching the protest.
A family who witnessed the massacre on 8888 had entirely moved away to the United States.
The scar of 8888 is real, and it is still with us today. The amount of people killed, the amount of people traumatised, and the amount of people whose future was changed forever.
8888 is a dark date that the people of Myanmar still remember. Two, three generations later, the memory of 8888 is fresh anew on our mind. With the 2021 coup d’etat, we are given a harsh reminder of how truly bloody our struggle for democracy had been. On this day today, August 8, 2022, we yet watch again the tragedy that unfolded 34 years ago and still haunts our life.
Our fight is not ever yet. When we ask the world to help support our path to democracy, we are not just asking for ourselves. We are asking for the generations and generations to come. We are asking for our future children and grandchildren, to whom we cannot as humans pass this pain and trauma onto. We have been oppressed and silenced by violence, multiple times.
But this time, we will not let ourselves be. We will not cower under them again. We will not sit still under people who have foraged and terrorized our life. In our path to democracy, we are struggling for independence, for justice, for peace, and above all, for our future generations.
We ask you, and ourselves, one last time, to make this the last ever struggle for democracy.
May the Revolution Succeed.
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Note: Most of the report here are taken from first-hand accounts of 8888 survivors. Their names have been hidden to protect their identity.You can find Pascal Khoo Thwe’s quote in his book, “From the land of green ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey”.
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Please remember
The brutal actions of the military government in a coup against a democratically elected government were largely pushed aside amid COVID, Trump, and the assault in Ukraine, but the good people of Burma (known only as Myanmar by the military and the ignorant) have suffered for decades under the heel of oppression. Yesterday, in the first such actions in many years, two of the most prominent and well-known democracy activists apart from Aung San Suu Kyi herself were executed under trumped up false charges. Fellow democracy activists Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw were also executed.
ALL THESE BRAVE MEN DID WAS TO SEEK FREEDOM AND PEACE FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR PEOPLE, AND THEY ALL PAID WITH THEIR LIVES.
The military also cremates the bodies so that loved ones may have no remains to cherish. After both being held and tortured repeatedly for years, both Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy were executed at the weekend, in a further attempt to subdue and frighten the people.
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6.23.22 Headlines
WORLD NEWS
Afghanistan: Buries dead, digs for survivors of devastating quake (AP)
“Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that state media reported killed 1,000 people. The Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to bring help to the disaster’s victims.”
Ukraine: European Union leaders set to grant Ukraine candidate status (AP)
“European Union leaders on Thursday are set to make Ukraine a candidate for joining the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to navigate. Making Ukraine a contender now seems to be a done deal after national leaders were initially divided on how quickly to embrace the war-torn country’s request to become an EU member, which the Ukrainian government submitted only a few days after Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24.”
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, ex-leader, sent to solitary confinement (BBC)
“Myanmar's deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. The Nobel laureate, 77, was arrested when the military overthrew her elected government in February 2021. For the past year she has been held at an undisclosed location in the capital. Ms Suu Kyi has already been sentenced to 11 years in jail and denies a host of charges which have been widely condemned as politically-motivated.”
US NEWS
Gun Control: Supreme Court ruling expands US gun rights (BBC)
“The US Supreme Court has struck down a New York law restricting gun carrying rights. The law required residents who want a licence to prove "proper cause" to carry concealed weapons and that they faced "a special or unique" danger. The 6-3 decision stated the requirement violates the Constitutional right to bear arms. The ruling jeopardises similar restrictions in other states and expands gun rights.”
Public Health: FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge (AP)
“Federal health officials on Thursday ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the latest blow to the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. The action is part of a sweeping effort by the Food and Drug Administration to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays.”
Title IX: Biden administration moves to expand Title IX protections (AP)
“The Biden administration proposed a dramatic overhaul of campus sexual assault rules on Thursday, acting to expand protections for LGBTQ students, bolster the rights of victims and widen colleges’ responsibilities in addressing sexual misconduct. The proposal, announced on the 50th anniversary of the Title IX women’s rights law, is intended to replace a set of controversial rules issued during the Trump administration by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.”
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Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from a Myanmar prison to house arrest due to heat wave
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday.
Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly…
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Villa: Auction Fails, Signifying Resilience
The attempt to auction off Aung San Suu Kyi’s beloved villa in Myanmar nestled on 54 University Avenue in Yangon, ended in disappointment as no bids were received.
This villa holds profound significance, akin to a living monument of her journey towards democracy. Its tranquil lakeside setting and colonial-era architecture echo tales of resilience and determination, embodying the spirit of Aung…
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30 femmes exceptionnelles qui ont changé le monde
Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/30-femmes-exceptionnelles-qui-ont-change-le-monde/
30 femmes exceptionnelles qui ont changé le monde
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1945-Aung San Suu Kyi
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Libres de Miedo…
"No es el poder lo que corrompe, sino el miedo. El miedo a perder el poder corrompe a los que lo tienen, y el miedo a la violencia del poder corrompe a los que sufren sus efectos."
Aung San Suu Kyi
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New Post has been published on Books by Caroline Miller
New Post has been published on https://www.booksbycarolinemiller.com/musings/a-passage-to-america/
A Passage To America
In my mid-forties, one of my duties as the head of a local teachers union was to attend a national convention in Florida. My mother, in her sixties at the time, and, always eager to travel, suggested we take this opportunity to make a cross-country motor trip together. Though different in many ways, the pair of us were amiable traveling companions, preferring by-ways to highways, so I agreed. The journey had its challenges. Our rental car suffered a flat tire along a seldom traveled country road; a sudden storm forced us to take lodgings in a place that might have passed for the Bates Motel; and one afternoon, we found our road-weary selves seated in a restaurant that served cold biscuits and omelets crisp enough to break apart with our fingers. The time was somewhere in the 1970s, a period when an AAA trip tik served as automotive navigation. Not only did the thick pamphlet contain maps of our route but it provided information about lodging and places to eat along the way. Having served us well on the outward-bound leg of our journey, we were confident when the time came for the return trip. Even so, somewhere in Florida, I took a wrong turn and found myself in an area where billboard messages were written in Spanish. My mother could read them, being born in Costa Rica, but I could not. Afraid I’d speak English with an accent if I were bi-lingual, my father refused to allow me to learn my mother’s native language. So, on the day she and I were lost, I relied upon her translations to find my way. Unfortunately, these directions always came after the fact, making them useless. “You should have turned right two blocks ago.” Eventually, I pulled the car to the side of the road in front of an eatery that was ablaze with light. Perhaps a waiter could guide me. Trip tik in hand, I entered the premises to the sound of a bell jangling above the transom. Though not much larger than a thimble, it made a piercing sound, like a kettle on the boil, so I was not surprised when the restaurant’s patrons looked up from their plates with startled expressions. Not wanting to remain the center of attention, I hurried toward the cashier standing behind a counter. A man somewhere in his early fifties with a crown of black hair and a girth to suggest he never said no to a tamale stared at me with the same expression as his customers. When I pointed to my map and asked for the way to the road north, his eyes became more vacant. Repeating my question failed to garner a response other than to cause him to scratch his head. Either he was deaf or did not speak English. Rather than guess, I turned to two men seated at a nearby table. Did they know how to reach the northbound freeway? Like the cashier, they answered me with silence, their expressions suggesting that if I wanted conversation, I should try the morgue. “Wake up and come with me,” I said as I rapped on the car window behind which my mother was snoozing. “No one inside speaks English.” A cat-like grin stretched across her face which I found annoying but she was quick to follow my steps to the restaurant. The bell overhead rang a second time, and as if a spotlight had flared on center stage, my mother came to life. I don’t know what she said to her audience, but after some well-chosen words, the diner filled with laughter. The young men I’d spoken to earlier scrapped back their chairs in response and came toward us. Their heads almost touched as they studied my trip tik, joined by the cashier who seemed eager to add to their consultation. They murmured to one another for some time, though I was unable to understand their conversation. Eventually, the cashier lifted his head to address me and then used his pen to trace a route on my map for me to follow. “The freeway’s not far. Maybe five minutes. You can’t miss it,” he said. His English was flawless. After a cursory, “Thank you,” I stormed from the restaurant. “What was that about?” I snapped to my mother as if she were to blame for what had occurred.“Why did they treat me like I was foreign?” I turned the key to the car’s engine hard enough to make a grinding noise which seemed to amuse my mother. “Pay no attention, Petunia. They’re Cubans. Not like the rest of us Latins.” I tell this story because if the goal of our county is to embrace inclusion, people of all social and ethnic cultures have to make an effort. That steamy day in Florida, when I was made to feel like a stranger opened a wound. Particularly when the prejudice came from a segment of society that I least expected. The child of an immigrant, I understand why ethnic enclaves exist. People build barriers when they fear rejection or want to feel safe. But, Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling and walling out.* Solid fences can become prisons where the landscape offers a dreary sameness. Take food for example. Who wants a steady diet of biscuits and gravy when they could add pizzas? Or curries? Or Gveltifisch? Well, maybe not Gveltifisch. But Baklava, yes! As a writer, I appreciate the foreign terms that enrich our language. Hopefully, English may one day become as varied as that of the Inuits. They have dozens of words for snow. Why should English struggle with less? Ezra Pound peppered his poetry with foreign terms. English, he decided, was too spare. I agree. Sometimes I’m tempted to invent onomatopoeic words to express my meaning the way Lewis Carroll did in Jabberwocky. A blend of different cultures also helps expand our horizons. Getting Lost to Find Home cites several East […]
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