Mission Statement from a local humanitarian group
One of the groups that we support in central Burma has shared with us their organization’s overall mission statement. Please take a moment to read about their good works, and consider a donation if you’d like to support their mission.
“On the first February, Sr. General Min Aung Haling, Commander in Chief of Military, declared that they controlled and took the power on Administration, Legislation and Judiciary and also declared the whole country as a State of Emergency for one year. Later they continued to another two years announced in the Press Conference held in August. Their reason of staging coup is that Daw Aung Sann Su Kyi and National League for Democracy (NLD) did ballot fraud in 2020 election held in November. The reason is their so-called reason which is not even close to the truth. They seized power because of their private interest to protect their own interest. Min Aung Hlaing and the superior generals had a huge number of businesses in every sector of Myanmar’s Economy. Min Aung Hlaing initiated State Administration Council (SAC) to govern the country within this one year. Form that day, SAC’s released a lot of laws to violate and oppress the rights the civilians including freedom of expression, internet restrictions, and so forth.
Starting from 4th February, a young man called Tay Zar San and group came onto the roads to protest followed by the other protests in Yangon lead by the political activists. These protests spread all over the country and thousands of protestors come out of the roads to show civilians want democracy back. Most of the government staff do Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) by not going to the office to delay the government mechanism. As there are comparative large number of government staff in Myanmar’s Bureaucracy, CDM affect the government mechanism enormously and the government can’t operate anymore.
How our own group is resisting the Coup Government:
1. Various forms of Protesting/ striking all around the country
a. 1100+ innocent civilians have been killed by the military and policy and they are still murdering people (as of 30 September)
b. Brutal tortures by the police and military and thousands of injured people
c. Around 7000 have been detained in the prisons and interrogation centers.
d. Shutting down the internet connection in order to cut off the communication.
2. Civil Disobedience Movement by the civilians
a. Most of the government staff actively participate in CDM
b. Staff do not paid salary from the government since they join the CDM
c. CDM support team appeared in every region to contribute the requirements of CDM staff (funding, counseling, legal aids)
3. National Unity Government
a. Legitimate Government of Myanmar recognized by the UN, US, UK and other countries except China, Russia and most ASEAN countries
b. Start coordination with EAOs (Ethnic Armed Organizations), ethnic political party and international community.
Starting from the 19 February when the first innocent civilian victim has got a headshot by a police officer, the military and the police has been committing murders, massacre in the remote villages and brutal tortures. They also burnt down the cities and villages making the residents and villages fled away from the homes and workplaces. The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) due to the military attack reached approximately 32,000 in Kachin, Chin State and Magway Region (OCHA,2019).”