1. Min Aung Hlaing and the Generals Staged a Coup Against Myanmar's Demo
Que: 1. Why did the military coup in Myanmar occur?
An: 1. Min Aung Hlaing and the generals staged a coup against Myanmar's democratically elected civilian government and declared State of Emergency because of alleged 2020 voting problem issues.
Queue 2. How long is the military rule in Myanmar likely to last?
Ans: 2. Military Junta has failed to protect its citizens, it has forced Myanmar into a failed State and it will help the Military to step down when the UN security Council consider responsibility to protect a failed state Myanmar. Military regime always ruled Myanmar with 2008 Military controlled Myanmar constitution, isolated the citizens and favoured enormous power to the military regime. The 25% of Army personnel sat in the Parliament house since the coup in 1962 by General Ne Win made the civilian government to democratically control and rule Myanmar.
Que: 7. What can or should Australia do to support the return to stability and democracy?
Ans: 7. Australian government can take a lead in working out and resolving the complex issues, putting more pressures to the UN general secretary and the international governments to take urgent steps and support Myanmar’s plight.
Barbara Taylor, Senior Social Worker, Member of Amnesty International Australia
Statement to the Australian Government
International countries has misread the Myanmar military regime’s brutally controlling Myanmar with enormous military power for many years and escalating civil war (. e.g. Uprising examples in 1977, 1988, 2007 and current 2021.The military regime created brutal cold war against it’s own citizens and ethnic minorities made them prosper and resulted the civilians into deep pain, sufferings, poverty, displaced in their own country and denied their basic Human Rights for decades.
The Military regime cannot rule Myanmar anymore because it has breached its own 2008 constitution. The vice president is the only person who can rule Myanmar in case of State emergency or when the country is in crisis instead the military regime staged a coup and arrested the State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and arbitrarily arrested the political leaders.
Since the 1st of February 2021 to1 April 2021 gross violations of Human Rights and violent crackdown against the pro democracy protesters and unarmed civilians in Myanmar has claimed more than 600 deaths. Further the military dictatorship has conducted over 2000 unlawful arrests and committed untold numbers of injuries against peaceful demonstrators including local/foreign journalists and media. We condemn the violence and military repression used against the anticoup protesters and unarmed civilians in Myanmar and urge the Australian government to do the following:
1. To immediately press for the release of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, president U Win Myint, political leaders, and all prisoners of conscious.
2. To call upon United Nations (UN) to intervene and stop the terrorist Myanmar military coup Min Aung Hlaing and the generals from committing further violations of human rights and crimes against humanity in the country.
3. To call up the UN Security Council to impose punitive Sanctions, including global arms embargoes against Myanmar and deny visas of Min Aung Hlaing, his generals and their families for overseas travel.
4. To press for restoration of the 2020 democratically elected government - the National League for Democracy (NLD).
5. To support the people of Myanmar to the right of peaceful protest, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
6. To publicly denounce the military coup Min Aung Hlaing and the generals who ruled Myanmar for more than 60 years, the military dictatorship who made themselves rich by brining the people of Myanmar into deep poverty by committing ongoing crimes against humanity and economic exploitation and causing hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people.
7. To help restore democracy and protect the basic human rights and equality of citizens by implementing a federal democratic government in Myanmar.
8. To support the committee representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)& New developments.
9. To withdraw all Australian military and police training and aid to the Myanmar military dictatorship.
(Evidence is based on media reports, victim testimony, their families and civilian witnesses reports via videos and photos from Myanmar such as: destructions of people's homes and livelihoods, use deadly weapons; illegal arrest with fabricated crimes; sexual violence; inhumane acts of violence; brutal killings against unarmed anti coup protesters and innocent civilians in Myanmar)