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The Impact of the 2021 Military Coup on Myanmar’s Religious Minorities and Freedom of Religion

In the upcoming episode of our dialogue series on Democratic Struggles, FORSEA and Asia Center are co-hosting an hour-long discussion on the impact of 2021 MILITARY COUP, specifically on the country's religious – and also ethnic – Minorities in Myanmar.

/ June 8, 2023

Myanmar’s Democrats Soldiering On while Asian Neighbours and Putin’s Russia Arm the Murderous Coup Regime

FORSEA is bringing you a small collection of analyses which Myanmar dissidents and researchers themselves have written in both English and Burmese languages. 

/ May 21, 2023

ASEAN Leaders’ Statement on the Recent Attack on a Convoy of the AHA Centre and ASEAN Monitoring Team in Myanmar

ASEAN leaders' voice deep concern with ongoing violence in Myanmar and call for the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and the use of force to create a conducive environment for the safe and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance and inclusive national dialogues.

/ May 13, 2023

FORSEA Spring Media Roundup

Read about UN agencies as embodiments of “the banality of evil”; China’s damning pragmatism in Myanmar, and Myanmar people’s resistance and social revolution.

/ April 12, 2023

As early as December 2022, the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing was warned by his security chiefs that the military-sponsored elections will trigger waves of violence across Myanmar

What emerges from this official document marked “SECRET” is a deeply troubling picture of a state, in the slow-motion process of a collapse.

/ March 29, 2023

Acts of State Terrorism by Tatmadaw, Myanmar Armed Forces under Min Aung Hlaing

FORSEA Dialogue on Democratic Struggles Series hosts a conversation with David Eubank, a humanitarian & former US Army Special Forces and Ranger officer, & Founder and Leader of the Free Burma Rangers, which conducts relief, advocacy, leadership development and unity missions among the people of Burma.

/ March 5, 2023

Myanmar Air Strikes against Civilians as Acts of Terrorism

How Should ASEAN Deal with a Member State’s Military Turning Terrorist? On 21 February, FORSEA hosts the first dialogue LIVE on the subject of a national armed forces resorting to targeted, precision airstrikes against civilian populations at home.

/ February 17, 2023

အကြမ်းဖက်သတ်ဖြတ်နေမှုများအဆုံးသတ်နိုင်ရေးနှင့် နိုင်ငံအစိတ်စိတ်အမွှာမွှာ မပြိုကွဲရေးအတွက် ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တော်လှန်ရေးအင်အားစုများဖြင့် အာဆီယံပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ရန်လိုအပ်

ငြိမ်းချမ်းသောပဠိပက္ခဖြေရှင်းခြင်းနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ဒုက္ခအတိကျရောက်နေသော မြန်မာပြည်သူများနှင့်မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအား ထိရောက်စွာကူညီနိုင်လိမ့်မည်ဟု မျှော်လင့်ကြီးစွာစောင့်စား နေကြပါသည်။

/ February 2, 2023

ASEAN Needs to Work With Burma’s Democratic Resistance to End Violence and Reverse the Slow Balkanization

As leaders of ethnic armed resistance organizations, we view ourselves not only representatives of our respective communities but as national actors. We are forging ahead with an institutional platform for a federal democracy. We offer our utmost assistance to ASEAN and call on the UN and friends of ASEAN to support its efforts in implementing the Five-Point Consensus.

/ February 1, 2023

东盟需要与缅甸的民主抵抗结束暴力和扭转缓慢的巴尔干化

作为民族武装抵抗组织的领导人,我们不仅将自己视为各自社区的代表,而且将自己视为国家行动者。 我们正在为联邦民主建立一个体制平台。

/ February 1, 2023