ေနာက္ဆက္ တြဲ(က)-ထု တ္ ျပန္ေၾကျငာခ်က္ မ်ား
Statement on 21
st
anniversary of Burma's Human Rights Day
Todaymarksthe21
st
anniversaryofBurma’sHumanRightsDay–astudentleadernamedKoPhoneMawandotherstudentswereshotdeadonthisdayin1988bythemilitarysecurityforceswhiletheywereprotestinginfrontofRangoonInstituteofTechnology(RIT)inRangoon,thecapitalofBurma.Thegovernment’sinabilitytosettlesuchheinouscrimehadnotonlydemonstratedthelackofjusticeinBurmabutalsohadaconfrontationbetweenthegovernmentandthestudents,whichleadstothenationwideuprisingcalled8888uprisingtorestoredemocracyandhumanrightsinBurma.Thus,thedaythedeathofthestudentleaderKoPhoneMawwashonoredasBurma'sHumanRightsDaylater.Before13
th
March1988,PeopleofBurmahadsufferedseveralpolitical,economicandsocialproblemsofthesingle-partydictatorshipandclosed-dooreconomicpolicy,emergedfromthedetrimental1974Constitution,whichwasdrawnbyforce.AstheconstitutionwascreatedbythedictatorNeWin,whostagedthemilitarycoupin1962andthemainessenceoftheconstitutionwasdesignedfortheinterestsofthemilitarygeneralsratherthanthepeople;PeopleofBurmawerenothappyabouttheconstitutionanditsconsequences.Therefore,thedeathofthestudentleaderKoPhoneMaw'seventhadbecomeatriggeringeventforPeopleofBurmatobringdowntheregimegovernmentwhichadministeredthecountrybyusingadetrimentalconstitution.Duetothispeoplepowermovement,theconstitutionbeingdrawnbyforcebecameillegitimate.Thus,March13
th
isasymbolofdemocracyandhumanrightsforBurma.Onthisoccasion,FreeBurmaFederationreaffirmsthattheveryessenceofandtheprinciplesenshrinedintheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRightsarepersistentlybeing
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