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		NATIONAL STUDENTS MOVEMENT IN BURMA



By Soe Myint

General Secretary, All Burma Students League



@ ALL BURMA STUDENTS LEAGUE

      3, KRISHNA MENON MARG,

       NEW DELHI - 1100 11





Introduction



Unlike some other Asian countries which achieved independence after the Second Would War. Burma is e



Throughout the history of Burma, the liberation movements of the country, whether that was against t



Brief background history of Burma



Burma is a country which is situated in the Southeast Asia and located in between the world's two la



It is a country where many indigenous people (more than 130 nationalities) are staying and speaking 



Burma was under the British colonial rule for more than one hundred years and Burma achieved its ind



In 1974, the military regime transformed itself into a ruling political party, Burma Socialist progr



In 1988, due to the deteriorating economic situation of the country and oppressive rule of the one p



However, the military responded the people's desire with bullets and thousands and thousands of demo



The students and youth who led the demonstrations became the target of the military government and m



As Burma virtually turned into SLORC's killing fields, many students and youth of Burma decided to l



After her release from house arrest in 1996, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi reactivated her party, National Le



Students Movement in the Independence Struggle (1930-1948) 



Since the time of independence movement, the students and youth of Burma played a leading role in th



The Students' Boycott Council claimed: "We believe that at this juncture, nothing can save the natio



Students Movement in Burma (1962-1988)



The military led by General Ne Win took over the country on a brutal coup on 2nd March 1962  and end



The intellectual students who were always in the forefront of the movements fighting against the opp



However, the heroic students of Burma have not taken the oppressive on-slaught of the military lying



The protest later  joined by workers and became the biggest anti-military regime demonstration in th



In March 1976, the last major demonstration in the 1970s against the military government was broken 



Students Movement in Burma (1988-1997)



Undeterred by the military's all out crackdown on each and every sections of Burmese society, the st



On August 8, 1988, the people of Burma led by the university students rose up as one to call upon th



However, the concerted efforts and relentless struggle of the people in their show of  strength thro



However, the military intervened again with guns. The military led by General Saw Maung took over th



After the coup in 1988, the students divided themselves into two sections: a section of the students



In 1989, those students and youth who arrived at the Thai-Burma border areas formed themselves into 



The All Burma Students League (ABSL) was formed on 30th July 1994 when India-based democratic forces



In January 1006, the Students and Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB) was formed as an umbrella students 



ABSDF, ABLS, DPNS, Chin Students Union, All Arakan Students and Youth Union (AASYU), All Kachin Stud



While the students outside the country continue the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Bur