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PEACE Info (April 20, 2021) − Burma’s Interim Govt Promises Representation For Ethnic Nationalities − Views on the declaration of the NUG − CHRO welcomes formation of (NUG) the parallel government − Myanmar Regime Disputes Protest-Related Death Toll Compiled by AAPP − Prominent Protest Leader Escapes Arrest by Myanmar Junta − The fear of arrest is keeping Nay Pyi Taw quiet − Interview: ‘Military Leaders Are Afraid of Letting Their Power Go’ − EU Sanctions 10 More Myanmar Regime Members But Some Still Missing − ASEAN Summit on Myanmar Should Include NUG, Not Legitimize Junta − At ASEAN Meet, Malaysia to Push Myanmar Junta to Allow in Observers − Guterres and Ban Ki-moon call for ASEAN to act on Myanmar − Ethnic Kachin Armed Group Launches Multiple Attacks on Myanmar Military − Tatmadaw Attacks RCSS Base Along Thai-Burma Border − IDPs in Paletwa Township in need of assistance − စစ�အ�ဏ�ရ�င� အ�ပ��တ��င� ပ�က�သ�န��ရန� အ�က�င��ဆ�ံ� အခ��န��ဖစ���က�င�� �က��က�လ ဒ�သမ�တ��ပ� − NCA ခ�����ဖ�က�သ�မ�� စစ��က�င�စ�မ���သ��ဖစ���က�င�� KNU တပ�မဟ� ၅ �ပန�လည�ရ�င��လင�� − အမ����သ��ည���တ��ရ� အစ���ရက�� ရခ��င��က��င��သ����င�� လ�ငယ�အစည��အ��ံ� � က �� ဆ � − တစ����င�ငံလ�ံ�မ�� အ�ယ�က� ၉၀ �က��� အဖမ��ခံရ၊ တစ�ဦ��သဆ�ံ� − စစ�တပ�က �ပည�သ��တ�ဆ�က�င�န��ပစ�ည���တ�ပ� မတရ��သ�မ��ယ�မ�မ���လ� − အ�ဆ�ယံ �ဆ������ပ��အ�ပ� CRPH အ�က�င��ဆ�ံ��မ���လင�� (ဦ�ထင�လင���အ�င�) − ဖ�အ���ပ�မည�� အ�ဆ�ယံ အစည��အ�ဝ�က�� ဗ��လ�ခ��ပ�မ���က�� မင���အ�င�လ�င� မသ���ရ� − ဘ���က�င�� စစ��က�င�စ�က�� တ��တ�က ရပ�ခံက�က�ယ��နတ�လ� (�ဆ�င��ပ��) − �မန�မ����င�ငံ၏ အမ����သ���ပန�လည�သင���မတ��ရ�၌ အ�ပ�သ�ဘ��ဆ�င�လ�က� ပ�ဝင��ရ�အတ�က� အ�ဆ�ယံက�� �ထ�က�ခံ��က�င�� တ��တ����င�ငံ�ခ���ရ�ဝန��က��က က�လသမဂ�လ�ံ�ခ�ံ�ရ��က�င�စ�၌ ��ပ��က�� − �မန�မ��ဒ�မ��က�ရစ��ပန�လည�ထ��ထ�င��ရ� ကန�န�� အ����ယ���င�ငံ�ခ���ရ�ဝန��က�� ��စ�ဦ��ဆ������ − �မန�မ��အ�ရ� ��ပလည��စ�ရ�အတ�က� ��ဖရ�င���ဆ�င�ရ�က�ရန� ဂ�တ�ရက�စ���င�� ဘန�က�မ�န��က အ�ဆ�ယံက�� တ��က�တ�န�� − စစ��က�င�စ�အဖ���ဝင� အရပ�သ��မ���က�� EU ဒဏ�ခတ�အ�ရ�ယ� − တ���င���မ ���နယ�ရ�� စစ��က�င�စ�တပ�စခန��ငယ� ၂ ခ�က�� �ကအ��င��အ သ�မ��ပ��က� − အ�ကမ��ဖက�စစ��က�င�စ�၏ ခမရ ၃၈၉ တပ�စခန��က�� �ကအ��င��အသ�မ��ပ��က� − ဖ��ကန���မ ���နယ�တ�င�� တ��က�ပ��မ��� သ�ံ�ရက�ဆက�တ��က�ရ���န − တ��က�ပ��မ�����က�င�� ဖ��ကန�� လ�ံ�ခင���ဒသ အ�မ��ထ�င�စ� ၂၀၀ �က��� စစ��ရ��င��နရ − နမ�တ� စစ��ရ��င� (၂၀၀၀)�က��� စ��နပ�ရ�က�� ခက�ခ��န − သံလ�င��မစ�အတ�င�� သ���လ�သည��စက��လ� ထပ�မံပစ�ခတ�ခံရ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 1 of 52 Burma’s Interim Govt Promises Representation For Ethnic Nationalities By Network Media Group | Monday, April 19, 2021 The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) said members of the National Unity Government (NUG) will include more from Burma’s ethnic communities. The shadow government consisting of lawmakers overthrown by the military regime during the February 1 coup promised to invite more ethnic nationalities. Kachin, Karen, Karenni, Mon, Chin and Ta’ang representatives already are included. According to a statement during its April 16 launch, Burma’s former president, Win Myint, was appointed as the president of NUG and Duwa Lashi La, an ethnic Kachin, is the vice president. Currently, the military is detaining Win Myint. Aung San Suu Kyi, also arrested, is the new government’s state counsellor, a position she held before the coup. The “Interim” government plans to establish a political road map through its Federal Democracy Charter, revealed on March 31 after it announced the annulment of the controversial 2008 Constitution. The charter supports the formation of a federal union, which the ethnic nationalities have demanded for decades. CRPH will be concerned with legislation while NUG will administrate. Additionally, CRPH will appoint officials for its judicial branch. A special committee will handle the formation of state and regional governments. http://www.nmg-news.com/2021/04/20/13566 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Views on the declaration of the NUG Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | By - Saw Thonya (NMG) The public, politicians, activists and EAOs have welcomed and supported the declaration of the formation of the interim National Unity Government by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH). The following are the views of political observers and officials of ethnic parties and the EAOs, on the formation of the NUG. Naing Banyar Mon-Director of the Federal Affairs and Policy Center Page 2 of 52 I understand that the NUG is based on the principle of all-inclusiveness. Although not all ethnics and democratic forces are included in the NUG yet, efforts are being made to ensure the inclusion of all parties. As it paves the way for inclusion it is a better form of democratic government. I also understand that, the united government composed of all ethics will emerge in building the future union. Phado Man Man, Spokesperson of the KNU/KNLA (brigade-5 Mutraw (Hpapon) District It can be said that now we have a sense of direction and a destination with federalism as the fundamental principle of the NUG charter. We will achieve the political goal we want if we implement it in accordance with the charter. That’s why I support and welcome it. In my opinion, the NUG is still in the stage of the revolution. It is not yet able to exercise and build government institutions which have the freedom to implement their programmers. The NUG has many limitations due to the military council’s crackdowns. That’s why the NUG is unfinished work. Cooperation of all ethnic political parties and especially the EAOs is needed. U Kwan Haung Aung Kham, ex-chair of the Kachin Democratic Party Those from other States should be included in the NUG. I think the people should not blame the CRPH. In my view whether it is good or not and whether it achieves success or not will depend on their work and I think the CRPH is trying its best. Marching towards a federal country calls for all-inclusiveness. The CRPH needs to hold discussions with all parties. I view the NUG as a central government rather than the federal government. Khu Thae Yal, General Secretary of the Kayah State Democratic Party In my view, the situation heading to the federal democracy system takes shape to a certain extent. I don’t know how the practical implementation will be. But it is an acceptable beginning. As we mentioned earlier, our ethnic parties proposed that the country needs to form such a national unity government. We have sought various means to solve the political problems in Myanmar. There are agreements contracts signed between ethnics. To be honest, it is Page 3 of 52 like the Panglong Agreement and the agreements signed in around 1988. It needs practical implementation rather than just on paper.” https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/views-declaration-nug ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRO welcomes formation of (NUG) the parallel government Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | By - Salai Benezer (KMG) The CHRO honors all elected cabinet members of the National Unity Government. we send our best wishes for all those who will try to forge a new democratic path for our conflict-torn country amidst bloodshed and grief. Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) welcomes the formation of the National Unity Government formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), according to its statement on April 17th. Salai Za Uk Ling, Assistant Executive Director of the CHRO said: “The main point is they emerge from widespread consultation with ethnic peoples organizations. On the other hand, the army regards themselves as the government after illegally grabbing power. We welcome and support the NUG in its work for the public and the implementation of human rights, democracy and federalism.” “But the NUG needs to think about the fact that the successive governments failed to conduct an analysis on the source of oppression against the minorities and change it. I think now is the best time for the current government to correct the past mistakes after doing a thorough review.” In its statement, the CHRO urged the people that how different races, religions and politics are, all Myanmar citizens should stand in unity behind the NUG. All together we need to protest against the lack of legitimacy of military leaders who operate using illegal means and violent means. https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/chro-welcomes-formation-nug-parallel-government ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar Regime Disputes Protest-Related Death Toll Compiled by AAPP By The Irrawaddy | 20 April 2021 After being accused of inflating the fatality lists, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said it can totally guarantee the death toll it has documented. Page 4 of 52 AAPP, a human rights organization founded in 2000, has been documenting the fatalities and arrests at the hands of the military regime’s forces following the Feb. 1coup. Citing the records of its police force, the military regime said via state-owned television and newspapers on Monday and Tuesday that only 258 people were killed between Feb.
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    STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:30 p.m., in room SD–192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Lindsey Graham (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Graham, Moran, Boozman, Daines, Leahy, Durbin, Shaheen, Coons, Murphy and Van Hollen. UNITED STATES DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE STATEMENTS OF: HON. MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE NA- TIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE HON. STEPHEN HADLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE HON. VIN WEBER, CO-VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE NA- TIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY HON. JAMES KOLBE, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, THE INTER- NATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE TESTIMONY FROM DEMOCRACY PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES OUTSIDE WITNESS TESTIMONY SUBMITTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE HEARING OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM Senator GRAHAM. Thank you all. The subcommittee will come to order. Today, our hearing is on United States Democracy Assist- ance. I would like to welcome our witnesses who deserve long, glowing introductions—but you’re not going to get one because we got to get on one with the hearing. We’ve got Madeleine Albright, Chairman of the Board of the Na- tional Democratic Institute and former Secretary of State. Wel- come, Ms. Albright. James Kolbe, Vice-Chairman of the Board of the International Republican Institute. Jim, welcome. Vin Weber, Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of the National En- dowment for Democracy, all around good guy, Republican type. Stephen Hadley, Chairman of the Board of the United States In- stitute of Peace.
  • PEACE Info (August 17, 2018)

    PEACE Info (August 17, 2018)

    PEACE Info (August 17, 2018) − Officials seek legal advice on Karen Martyrs Day organisers − UWSA Plans Major Military Celebration in 2019 to Mark ‘30 Years of Peace’ − Military tension climbing higher due to Shan battles − Civilian Drivers Injured in Shooting on Northern Shan State’s Muse-Kutkai Road − 2018 by-elections campaign to start in September − Ministry issues notice to proceed for Deedoke hydro project − Military and Police Forces patrol near border fences in Rakhine State − Drug Abuse Leaves Many Palaung Women to Fend for Their Families − အပစ္ရပ္အဖြဲ႕ ထိပ္သီးေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား အစည္းအေ၀းစက္တင္ဘာလဆန္းတြင္ ျပဳလုပ္မည္ − ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးလုပ္ငန္းစဥ္တြင္ ေျမာက္ပိုင္းမဟာမိတ္သုံးဖြဲ႕ပါ၀င္ႏုိင္ရန္ အေရးႀကီးဟု UWSA တာ၀န္ရွိသူေျပာ − ပင္လုံညီလာခံေတြက နိုင္ငံေရး ကစားကြက္တခုပါ − ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရး လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္အေပၚ ေလသံေျပာင္းလာေသာ KNU ေခါင္းေဆာင္ − “ကရင္အာဇာနည္ေန႔”ကို ကပ်က္ယပ်က္ျဖစ္ေအာင္ လုပ္တာ ဘယ္သူလဲ − ပဒိုမန္းၿငိမ္းေမာင္အပါအဝင္ငါးဦးကို အမႈဖြင့္ႏိုင္ေရး ဥပေဒ႐ံုးအႀကံဉာဏ္ေတာင္းခံထားဟု ဟသၤာတၿမိဳ႕နယ္အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရးမွဴးေျပာ − ကရင္အာဇာနည္ေန႔ ဦးေဆာင္က်င္းပသူ ၅ဦးအား အေရးယူမည့္ကိစၥ ေခတၱဆိုင္းငံံ့ − ရွမ္းလက္နက္ကိုင္ႏွစ္ဖြဲ႕အၾကား တိုက္ပြဲ ဆက္လက္ျဖစ္ပြား − လားရွိုးၿမိဳ႕ေျမာက္ဘက္မွာ မဟာမိတ္တပ္ဖြဲ႕နဲ႔အစိုးရတပ္ပစ္ခတ္မွုျဖစ္ပြါး − TNLA ဖမ္းသြားသည့္ နမ့္ခမ္းသူတဦးလြတ္ေျမာက္ေရးအတြက္ SSPP ထံနမ့္ခမ္းၿမိဳ႕ခံမ်ားအကူအညီေတာင္း − ဒါရိုက္တာ မိုက္တီး မူးယစ္မွုနဲ႔ အမွုဖြင့္ခံရ − က်ပ္သိန္း တေသာင္းေက်ာ္ တန္ဖိုးရွိ မူးယစ္ေဆးဝါး သယ္ေဆာင္သည့္ လူငယ္ ၃ ဦးအား လားရွိုးတြင္ ဖမ္းဆီးမိ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 31 Officials seek legal advice on Karen Martyrs Day organisers Chan Thar 17 Aug 2018 Photo: Aungmyin Yezaw / The Myanmar Times Local officials in Hinthada township in Ayeyarwady Region are still awaiting legal advice whether to sue the organizers of the Karen Martyrs Day event held last weekend, township administrator U Than Naing said.
  • Parami Institute of Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Parami Institute of Liberal Arts & Sciences

    Parami Institute of Liberal Arts & Sciences Annual Report 2017 Table of Contents Executive Director’s Letter 1 Timeline 2 2017 Impact 3 Parami Leadership Program 5 Parami Talk Series 13 Evening Classes 17 Future of Parami 19 Finances 20 Donors 21 Staff 22 Executive Director’s Letter Dear Parami supporters, The most common question I am asked is ‘Why are you doing this?’ to which I always give the same answer: ‘I want to create and share educational opportunities similar to those that I once fortunately received in college.’ Behind my crafted answer lies an understanding commonly shared among many young Myanmar repatriates who have studied abroad. We know that we are the lucky few who have had a chance to earn a high quality education abroad, usually because of our family’s f nancial capital, social capital or a combination of both. The majority of Myanmar youths across the country have not even dreamed of receiving such an opportunity. If we, the lucky few, do not create educational opportunities for Myanmar’s youths, then who will? I set foot on the rewarding journey of helping to shape the future of education in Myanmar soon after I defended my dissertation at Yale University in 2014. Not once have I regretted my choice. This journey would have been very rough had there not been strong f nancial and in-kind supporters. I am truly grateful for the generosity and faith of several foundations, such as Child’s Dream, Brighter Future Myanmar, B.K. Kee Foundation and City Love & Hope Foundation. I am professionally and personally indebted to supporters such as Mr.
  • Myanmar: Verordnung Vom 17

    Myanmar: Verordnung Vom 17

    Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Bilateral Economic Relations Sanctions Modification of 29.04.2021 with entry into force on 30.04.2021 Sanctions program: Myanmar: Verordnung vom 17. Oktober 2018 über Massnahmen gegenüber Myanmar (SR 946.231.157.5), Anhang 1 Origin: EU Sanctions: Art. 2 Abs. 1 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 3 Abs. 1 (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot) Sanctions program: Myanmar: Ordonnance du 17 october 2018 instituant des mesures à l’encontre du Myanmar (RS 946.231.157.5), annexe 1 Origin: EU Sanctions: art. 2, al. 1 (Sanctions financières) et art. 3, al. 1 (Interdiction de séjour et de transit) Sanctions program: Myanmar: Ordinanza del 17 ottobre 2018 che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti del Myanmar (RS 946.231.157.5), allegato 1 Origin: EU Sanctions: art. 2 cpv. 1 (Sanzioni finanziarie) e art. 3 cpv. 1 (Divieto di entrata e di transito) Listed Individuals SSID: 145-44993 Name: Mahn Nyein Maung Sex: M DOB: 1947 (approximately) Good quality a.k.a.: a) P’do b) Phado Man Nyein Maung Nationality: Myanmar Justification: Mahn Nyein Maung is a member of the State Administrative Council (SAC). On 1 Feb 2021, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar by setting aside the results of the elections held on 8 Nov 2020 and by overthrowing the democratically elected government. As part of the coup, Vice-President Myint Swe, functioning as Acting President, declared a state of emergency on 1 Feb and transferred the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the state to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.