Testimony from Khin Ohmar of Progressive Voice at the U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing on the Crisis in Burma
04 May 2021
Mr. Chairman, distinguished committee members,
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you on the tragic events unfolding in my home country, Burma, and for holding todayâs hearing. Iâd like to thank the United States government for your ongoing support to realize our long-fought aspiration for a federal democracy. The following is a summary of my full statement.
I am here to share the realities on the ground, the untold suffering of the people, and appeal for swift action against the brutal Burmese military junta. I appeal to you as a survivor of 1988âs brutal coup â led by the same military responsible for todayâs coup – and as someone who still yearns for a true federal democracy in her homeland. In 1995, I testified before the US Senate detailing the fatal crackdowns in 1988. I come before you today, nearly 30 years later, saddened to describe yet another dark and devastating chapter in Burmaâs history.
Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, since February 1st, millions of people from all walks of life across Burma, including police and soldiers, have come together to reject this juntaâs unlawful coup attempt. The civil disobedience movement has effectively prevented the military from controlling the administration of government, banks, hospitals, and other sectors. We can therefore say that the attempted coup is failing.
In response, the junta has launched a nationwide campaign of terror, attempting to force people into submission, using any means necessary. Peaceful protesters have been met with murderous and indiscriminate violence, including execution style killings and the use of heavy military weaponry. The deadliest single day of bloodshed occurred on March 27, with the mass murder of 169 unarmed civilians. Every day, the violence and death continue. At least 766 people have been killed and over 4,600 have been arbitrarily arrested. All of this is conducted with complete impunity. The junta has also enacted new laws to criminalize protesters, including sentencing 19 protesters to death.
They are also deliberately destroying the evidence of their crimes such as by removing bullets from those they have killed before stitching them back together. Often, cash is demanded from the victimâs family in exchange for the bodies to be returned. And they arenât just taking lives. They are destroying houses, private property, and food stores at random and robbing people of their cell phones, computers, and motorcycles.
Torture and beatings in detention are commonplace, with no access to legal representation or contact with families. For women and LGBTIQ, the situation is far worse, with reports of rape, sexual violence and psychological abuse. Sexual and gender-based violence has long been used by the Burma military as a weapon of war against ethnic nationalities to terrorize them into submission.
The junta has murdered at least 51 children since the start of the coup – including those in their homes and playing in the street. Abduction and torture of family members, including children as young as 2, are increasing.
Since the end of March, the junta has been launching airstrikes in Karen and Kachin States. In the last week of April alone, there were 68 airstrikes. This has led to the displacement of over 45,000 people and killing of at least 20. Furthermore, people are fleeing the juntaâs brutality into ethnic areas, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis that was already teetering towards catastrophe before the coup. The UN warns of a slow burning food crisis.
Severe restrictions on freedom of movement and information have been imposed, including nationwide internet cuts and declaration of Martial Law in some townships, sending Burma back into darkness.
Mr. Chairman, in spite of such brute force and violence, the people of Burma continue with their daily protests, standing firm in their defiance against this illegitimate military junta and in their support of their legitimate government â the National Unity Government. They ask for the international community, including this legislative body, to do all they can to recognize and support the NUG.
I appeal to this Congress, and the Biden Administration, to stop the flow of oil and gas revenues from Chevron to this unlawful military junta; impose a comprehensive embargo on the transfer or sale of military arms and equipment, including dual used goods; continue to impose and enforce targeted sanctions aimed at the military and their business interests, and support efforts to hold the military to account under international law for their atrocity crimes, including for the Rohingya genocide in 2017.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to once again thank you and the members of the committee for allowing me to testify today. I will close my statement with this: todayâs violence and atrocities are only possible because of a lack of accountability for the past crimes. There can be no democratic and peaceful Burma, unless this military is held to account and placed under total civilian control.
I have spent the past 32 years trying to bring about democratic change in Burma. I will continue to fight for the people. However, drawing on my decades of experience, I know that the people of Burma need concrete actions from you and the broader international community. There is this unprecedented window of opportunity that the people of Burma, so many of them young, have created by sacrificing their lives to topple this military junta once and for all. We must not allow it to slip through our fingers.
I look forward to your concrete and swift action, and answering your questions today. Thank you.
Khin Ohmar,
Founder and Chairperson of the Advisory Board,
Progressive Voice.
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