From the Spring Revolution to a federal union that guarantees equality, peace and justice
Research UpdatesThis briefing examines the role of the Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway unit parliaments during the revolution, through a comparative study of subnational parliaments in other countries and through interviews.
Read moreThis briefing offers a first look at the 43 proposals to amend or add to the 2008 Constitution that the junta sent to its parliament, examining them by sector: federalism, the executive, the legislature, the judiciary, military affairs and elections.
Read moreGerrymandering means grouping or spreading out areas of assured support so that the outcome a party needs can be shaped as desired. For the junta, it has already created conditions in which only its backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and a fe…
Read moreOctober was a period when Myanmar's affairs were once again discussed on the world political stage, with the ASEAN Summit and the UN General Assembly. Below is a summary report of international developments on Myanmar during October.
On March 22, the four Yangon-based revolutionary brotherhood groups and Yangon Drone announced that, for a common goal, they will work together as allies for the benefit of the people until the revolution is complete and through the reconstruction period.
On March 19, the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) responded that reports in the military's mouthpiece newspapers of March 18 and 19, claiming that AA economic officer Ye Win (a.k.a. Kyaw Soe Lin) and his wife Ma Thida Myint were involved in a drug seizure worth 96 billion kyat, have nothing to do with its organization and are merely a malicious political attack.
On March 12, eleven Yangon-based strike forces jointly sent an open letter to European Union (EU) member governments and member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO), urging them to stand with the people of Myanmar to protect the justice and rights of working people.
The NUG announced on March 7 that Khun Bedu Htan, one of the deputy ministers of the National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Human Rights, had been granted leave from his duties.
The Spring Revolution was the realization of the unfulfilled vision of building a federal union since independence.
Through resistance to the military coup attempt, revolutionary political mechanisms emerged, and existing mechanisms have been strengthened.
An independent civil society effort to keep the public and international friends informed about the progress of the federal movement.
