Coup Update
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1 February 2021
International and Regional
- 123 Civil Society Organizations and 9 Individuals/ Myanmar Military Should End Its Use of Violence and Respect Democracy
- Amnesty International/ Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, others arrested as military coup underway
- ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)/ ASEAN Chairman’s Statement on The Developments in The Republic of The Union of Myanmar
- Australia (Government)/ Australian Statement on Myanmar
- BCUK (Burma Campaign UK)/ Robust International Response Needed to Burma Military Coup – Burma Campaign UK
- BWI (Building and Wood Workers’ International)/ BWI to Myanmar military: Submit to civilian rule
- Canada (Government)/ Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs on Myanmar (Canada)
- CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide)/ CSW calls for immediate release of political leaders, dialogue between parties, and international sanctions
- EU (European Union)/ Myanmar: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell
- ERC (European Rohingya Council)/ The European Rohingya Council concerns and condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Myanmar Military’s Coup
- Fortify Rights/ Myanmar: Release Government Officials and Human Rights Defenders Detained in Military Coup
- Global Justice Center/ Military Stages Coup in Burma
- Global Witness/ Global Witness condemns Myanmar military takeover and calls for international sanctions on military
- HRW (Human Rights Watch)/ Military Coup Kills Fragile Democracy: Governments Should Press for Release of Detainees, Return to Civilian Rule
- IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)/ Statement on the Military Coup in Myanmar
- IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union)/ IPU Statement on Myanmar
- ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation)/ ITUC condemns Myanmar coup
- New Zealand (Government)/ New Zealand Statement on Myanmar
- OHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)/ Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Myanmar
- Political Science Student Union of Chulalongkorn University/ Statement from the Political Science Student Union of Chulalongkorn University On Coup d’état in Myanmar on 1 February 2021 (Thai)
- Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar/ Myanmar coup: UN expert calls for strong international response including sanctions and arms embargo
- UN (United Nations)/ Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary General – on Myanmar
- US (United States)/ Statement by White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki on Burma
Domestic
- AAPP (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners)/ Statement of Opinion on Current Situation
- ABFSU (All Burma Federation of Student Unions)/ နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံး ၁/၂၀၂၁ ကြေညာချက်ကို ကန့်ကွက်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက် (Statement of ABFSU on Burma Military’s Coup)
- BHRN (Burma Human Rights Network)/ Coup in Burma is an Outrage that Demands Immediate Response
- ND – Burma/ The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Condemns Military Detainment of Government Officials and Human Rights Defenders
- University of Medicine (1) Students’ Union Central Executive Committee Statement (2/2021)
- ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်(၁)ရန်ကုန် ကျောင်းသားသမဂ္ဂ ဗဟိုအလုပ်အမှုဆောင်အဖွဲ့ ကြေညာချက်အမှတ် (၂/၂၀၂၁)
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