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On February 1, 2021, Burma’s democratically elected government was overthrown and imprisoned through a rogue military dictatorship’s coup d’etat.
Subsequently, the dictatorship has engaged in a genocide of democracy, displacing 2.5 million people and imprisoning 20,000 political prisoners.
Join us in the GLOBAL campaign to Use Your Freedom:
FREE BURMA’S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE
AUNG SAN SUU KYI
FREE President Win Myint and ALL Unlawfully Imprisoned Leaders
STOP the military’s GENOCIDE of democracy! STOP the insanity! STOP the violence!
Use Your Freedom is an international movement leveraging non-violent digital activism to spotlight the unlawful imprisonment of Myanmar's democratically elected leaders. We urge global leaders, governments, artists, authors, influencers and citizens of all nations worldwide to demand their immediate release, stop the military's mass violence against all ethnic groups, and pave the way for democracy, rule of law, peace, and prevention of social collapse.
Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, The National League for Democracy, won a national election in 1990 by a landslide. The ruling military dictatorship annulled the result and imprisoned many of its politicians and activists.
Despite this, in 2012, after decades of imprisonment and torture, the National League for Democracy won a national by-election by a supermajority, taking 44 out of 45 contested seats.
In 2015, The National League for Democracy once again won a national election by a landslide. This time, the ruling military junta allowed them to form a civilian government.
Meanwhile, the military continued to rule as an autonomous parallel government with full control over the police, military and all security concerns.
In 2020, The National League for Democracy won a second national election by an overwhelming majority. It looked as though a decades long non-violent resistance to military rule was winning.
The dictatorship then engaged in a coup d’etat, unlawfully imprisoning Myanmar’s elected leaders, including President Win Myint and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Just like in 1990, Burma once more needs its “revolution of the spirit” amplified and reinvigorated so that the people may uproot the military from its unelected rule.
Though the courage and resilience of the people of Burma is legendary,
we must use our freedom to promote their own
Burma cannot find its way out of the darkness of dictatorship without its celebrated democratic advocates, activists and leaders
In the 3 Years Since the 2021 Military Takeover
2.5 million people have been displaced
75,000 homes and buildings have been destroyed
20,000 political prisoners have been imprisoned
4,475 civilians have been killed
158 pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to death
687 airstrikes have purposefully targetted civilians
22 documented mass killings have been recorded
18.6 million people are in urgent need of assistance