Coup Attempt - Updates
Updates on the Myanmar Military's 2021 Coup Attempt
In the early hours of 1 February 2021, the Myanmar military attempted to stage an illegal coup, detaining civilian leaders, flooding the streets of Naypyidaw with military vehicles, and declaring a state of emergency. While the Myanmar military already enjoyed far reaching powers through its self-drafted 2008 Constitution, it attempted to regain complete control after ten years of a so-called “transition to democracy” from 2011 to 2021. The military junta's coup attempt was illegal, illegitimate, and a major step back in the people's struggle for a federal democratic Myanmar.
However, because of the people's strong and steadfast resistance, the military's coup attempt failed. Opposition and resistance to the attempted coup was immediate and widespread. People from all sectors of Myanmar society took to the streets, organizing and demonstrating against the military's illegal coup attempt. They demanded the release of all political prisoners, the end of military tyranny, a better future, and federal democracy. Many foreign governments and international bodies also condemned the attempted coup. In turn, the military responded with arbitrary arrests, internet shutdowns, intimidation, and inexplicable violence, including firing live ammunition at peaceful protestors, massacres, airstrikes, and burning down entire villages.
There is hope that this crucial turning point in Myanmar's history can be a catalyst for structural and political reforms, including ending the deeply rooted misogyny and patriarchy in Myanmar society, eliminating discriminatory ideologies and practices against ethnic and religious minorities, abolishing the military-drafted 2008 Constitution, and establishing a peaceful, federal democracy in which equality, dignity, and human rights are enjoyed by all peoples of Myanmar.
As the situation develops, Progressive Voice is collecting and archiving statements, reports, laws, analyses, petitions, and other relevant documents pertaining to the attempted coup from various sources. These sources include, but are not limited to, Myanmar civil society organizations, grassroots organizations, political parties, ethnic resistance organizations, ethnic armed organizations, protest leaders, the military junta and its newly formed bodies, and international actors.
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