MYANMAR CALLING

Domestic civil resistance efforts in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. As of 16 March 2021, at least 2,175 people have been detained, and at least 211 protestors have been killed by military or police forces. Protesters have employed peaceful and nonviolent forms of protest, which include acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes, a military boycott campaign, a pot-banging movement, a red ribbon campaign, public protests, and formal recognition of the election results by elected representatives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

The color red, which is associated with the National League for Democracy (NLD), has been donned by many protesters. "Kabar Ma Kyay Bu", a song that was first popularised as the anthem of the 8888 Uprising, has been revitalized by the civil disobedience movement as a protest song. The three-finger salute has been widely adopted by protesters as a protest symbol.

 
In response to the growing protest movement, the military leaders of the coup enacted a number of countermeasures. These include internet and social media blackout, a media blackout, pursuit of arrests and criminal sentences against protesters, the spread of disinformation, political overtures to competing political parties to participate in the self-appointed State Administration Council (to replace the elected government body), deployment of pro-military protesters and instigators, and the violent use of force to suppress protests. They target and shoot the protesters in the head and neck.

 

Artists and activists are still on the street fighting with several strategies agains the dictatorship.

 

     

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