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In august 1988, the tatmadaw violently quelled the 8888 uprising, a nationwide call for democracy and a return to civilian rule, killing thousands of protesters. This edition of the bibliography follows much the same format as the first. Unfortunately for the protesters, both resulted in mass killings and little political reform at least, in the short run. The transition from social control to social contract.

Thus the 1990 election result is the fruit of this uprising by. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. The 8888 uprising is the event that spread talk of democracy across the country, and was joined by all members of the public, including stu dents and monks. While ultimately unsuccessful, the 8888 uprising brought attention to the oppressive policies of the dictatorship and asserted suu kyi as a symbol of the new prodemocratic movement sweeping myanmar. Myanmar, human rights, and the asean charter northwestern. Democratic voice of burma, nearly 100 students were shot by riot police or drowned in inya lake, adjacent to the white bridge, when soldiers trapped them between barbed wire barricades, the lake, and the walls of nearby houses. Burma myanmar since the 1988 uprising second edition. The 8888 uprising, named after the date of the protest, 8 august 1988, remains a watershed moment in myanmars history. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Saffron revolution berkman klein center harvard university. Socialism in europe and the russian revolution history 9th. In 1978, the tatmadaw conducted operation dragon king in rakhine state, driving over 250,000 rohingya into neighboring bangladesh. The referendum law for the approval of the draft constitution of the republic of the union of myanmar 2008.

This article considers the role of the state authorities in perpetrating extreme speech and the processes by which state power is used in normalizing hateful expressions against minoritized. A student wearing an armband stands next to a photo exhibition held as part of events to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 8888 uprising. How a failed democracy uprising set the stage for myanmars. In fact, there was a striking similarity between the origins of the 8888 uprising and the saffron revolution of 2007. Columns of demonstrators from all walks of life stood united under the emblem of the fighting peacock which would go on to become a powerful symbol of democracy in the country. The 8888 nationwide popular prodemocracy protests mlcts. The 8888 uprising in myanmar was eerily similar to the tiananmen square protests that would break out the following year in beijing, china.