Dimensionally Barrett

  MYANMAR: What you can do Here’s a resource cribbed from a variety of places (many of whom are resources themselves) of measures you can take and action items you can choose for yourself. There are a number of organizations that have been applying pressure for years to get corporations to cease relationships with the Tatmadaw/Burma’s military; these groups are listed below and can use funding and additional support. I will continue to add to this entry as time goes on. I’ll post updates on Facebook and you can sign up to receive updates from me directly via email. While much, if not most or what follows is specific to U.S., it’s important to remember that there is great parity with groups across the world in coordination. What helps one helps all. Organizations, updates, how to get involved: Justice for Myanmar ( https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/ ) Burma Campaign UK ( https://burmacampaign.org.uk/ ) Amnesty International – Myanmar: Military, Ltd ( https://www.amne...

  What happened? Briefly, the army (and one may assume with the blessing if not the rest of the military/Tatmadaw) in Myanmar has carried out a coup, overturning November 2020’s elections on the basis that they deem the election results fraudulent. The Tatmadaw answers to the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC), the head of which is Myanmar’s President, currently Win Mynt. The ramifications of the coup in Myanmar are more troubling than the casual eye might observe. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the Burmese army, was supposed to retire last summer and has now placed himself at the head of government. Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Mynt have both been detained with up to 45 other people. It was obvious a week ago that the military was not going to accept the election results, but the largely resounding question is why? Since the enactment of democratic reforms over the past five years, Myanmar seemed to have put the military rule behind them and in th...