“This is cowardice,”said Egoy Bans of Free Burma Coalition-Philippines (FBC-Phils) in reaction to the arrest and detention of five activists in Burma on Sept 27.
Egoy added that “the ruling junta is now running amuck with the arrest of pro-democracy activists after the UN Security Council formally inscribed Burma in its agenda last month. Instead of showing immediate political reforms, the SPDC once again chose to suppress the democratic rights of its own people.” The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) is the ruling junta of Burma, officially called Myanmar.
“This is cowardice,”said Egoy Bans of Free Burma Coalition-Philippines (FBC-Phils) in reaction to the arrest and detention of five activists in Burma on Sept 27.
Egoy added that “the ruling junta is now running amuck with the arrest of pro-democracy activists after the UN Security Council formally inscribed Burma in its agenda last month. Instead of showing immediate political reforms, the SPDC once again chose to suppress the democratic rights of its own people.” The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) is the ruling junta of Burma, officially called Myanmar.
Former political prisoners, Min Ko Naing, Min Zeya, Ko Ko Gyi, Htay Kywe and Pyone Cho were arrested by the military junta Wednesday, Sept 27 at their homes by the military and have not been seen since.
The junta earlier accused the detained activists, all of whom are members of the 88 Generation Students group, of creating “instability and unrest,” and of having links with exiled activists. But the group has already dismissed the accusations as groundless. The 5 were also accused of plotting terrorist attacks.
“Let the junta face the mirror. Look who’s accusing people of creating instability and unrest? The world knows very well that it is the military regime of SPDC that terrorizes the Burmese people on a regular basis,” Bans said, adding that it is the illegal and secretive regime that grabbed the civilian power from democratically elected party in 1990 who created instability not only in Burma but also in the region.
Meanwhile, Gus Miclat, regional coordinator of the Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) noted that the arrest happened only few days after Burma was included in UN Security Council’s agenda.
“This is a challenge to the UNSC. It should now craft binding resolutions that would help halt political persecutions against activists inside Burma. These activists have already spent their youth behind bars since 1988. The people who really deserve to be in jail are the generals who committed grave human rights violations against the peoples of Burma,” Miclat added.
Students of the 88 Generation in Burma are currently conducting a signature campaign which they called 9-day long “White Campaign” for the release of five leaders arrested recently, along with the National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Hkun Tun Oo and other political prisoners.
“The junta is engaged in a double-talk. While promising political reforms, it violates also the rights of those who oppose the policies of the military regime,” Miclat stressed.
“There is no rule of law in Burma because the law is dictated only by brute force. The junta, who is supposed to be in the barracks, chose a career that is not fit for them to practice,” he concluded.
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