“There have been no positive memories of human rights in Myanmar.”
This statement was made by Mu Sel, who works with a human rights education program under Kyae Lak Myay group, during the ceremony marking the 76th International Human Rights Day. She recounted the hopes of people in the Magway Region for human rights education before she began her work in 2018. The people in Myanmar have struggled to identify human rights violations for what they are.
The 76th International Human Rights Day is being observed worldwide under the slogan “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.” In Myanmar, where a military coup was orchestrated by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, movements are taking place in areas controlled by revolutionary forces—free from the junta—under the slogan “Let human rights and justice flourish in the liberated areas.”
Burma News International (BNI)-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s (MPM) bi-weekly News Review for this week focuses on the unprotected civilians and those granted impunity during the military coup, as well as movements across Myanmar commemorating Human Rights Day.
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