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HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONSIN BURMA
Moo Keh Blue Kusay
Karen Student, Myanmar
a major voice for human rights and freedom in Burma
Won Nobel prize in 1991 1988 – decided to join National League for
Democracy (NLD) 1989 - placed under house arrest for 15 years 1990 - won more than 80% of the legislative
seats but military government didn’t recognize the election results
CNN (2015)
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi:
What are the causes and effects of human rights abuses in Burma by the country’s military government, and what are some
possible solutions to this problem?
Brief outline:
Causes and effectsSolutions Where I standConclusion
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status (UNHCR, 2015)
Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948
Definition:
Land confiscations:
Infrastructure projects Natural resource Commercial agriculture
projects Military purposes Armed ethnic groups
Consequences:
Loss of Private property Loss of ancestral lands Health issues Loss in income and employment Environmental risks Land rights activists imprisonment Displacement
Freedom of expression violation:
Military junta wants: To limit the activities of political movements To suppress the reports/critiques from media
outlets To take control all section of education system
Outcomes:
1989 – 2004: 1,300 political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi have been imprisoned after unfair trials (Amnesty International, 2004)
Heavy censorship on media(Committee To Protect Journalists, 2015)
Parties/reporters face severe consequences for criticizing government officials and policy (Reuters, 2015; Freedom house, 2014)
Prohibit formation of students & teacher unions (National Network for Education Reform, 2014)
Possible solutions:
Protests against the military government Complaints to government authorities and
reports to international human rights agencies Educate farmers related to land ownership rights Spreading the news via media outlets NLD wins the oncoming election (November,
2015)
My perspective: Myanmar is overwhelmed with
basic human rights abuse but there is one most effective solution: National League for Democracy (NLD) wins the oncoming general elections in November, 2015.
Conclusions:
Problems:Land confiscations freedom of speech
violations Best solutions:
National League for Democracy
Reference:
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Myanmar’s 2015 general elections explained. (2015, July 20). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33547036
PNA people’s militia confiscates farmers’ land. (2015, May 18). Burma News International. Retrieved from http://www.bnionline.net/news/karenni-state/item/517-pna-people-s-militia-confiscates-farmers-land.html
10 Most Censored Countries. (2015). Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved from https://cpj.org/reports/2012/05/10-most-censored-countries.php
Burma: land rights activists are newest political prisoners. (2015, August 15). Human Rights Watch. Retrieved from https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/15/burma-land-rights-activists-are-newest-political-prisoners
Karen Human Rights Group. (2015). ‘With only our voices, what can we do?’: Land confiscation and local response in southeast Myanmar. Retrieved from http://www.khrg.org/2015/06/with-only-our-voices-what-can-we-do-land-confiscation-and-local-response
Myanmar Sentences Journalist to Prison for Reporting Accurately. (2014, July 11). Freedom house. Retrieved from https://freedomhouse.org/article/myanmar-sentences-journalists-prison-reporting-accurately
Myint, N. (2014). Land-grab demonstrators step up protest outside Yangon City Hall. Mizzima. Retrieved from http://archive-3.mizzima.com/mizzima-news/myanmar/item/15812-land-grab-demonstrators-step-up-protest-outside-yangon-city-hall/15812-land-grab-demonstrators-step-up-protest-outside-yangon-city-hall
Parties banned from criticising army in state media. (2015, August 30). Reuters. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/29/us-myanmar-politics-elections-idUSKCN0QY0K720150829
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