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History of Burma in Brief
Burma is the largest country in the mainland South-East Asia having a total area of 261,970 squire miles and population of 54 millions and is divided into seven states and seven divisions. According to government statistic, it is estimated that Buddhist population are of 89%, Muslims and Christians 4% each, Hindus 2% and Animists 1% though some other internal sources put the Muslims population as high as 20% of which half of the Muslims are from Arakan State concentrating in the northern part area that is bordering Bangladesh. Though Official figure put a total of 135 ethnic races in Burma some ethnic are not included there such as Rohingyas for some political reasons.
Burma started with Democratic rule just after its independent on January 4th 1948 but soon ended with military coup led by General Ne Win and killed over 100 student protesters by blowing up Student Union building in Rangoon University campus on July 7th 1962. Since then Ne Win ruled the country by suppressing all ethnic insurgent groups and all other student and public protests as well as by nationalizing all industries and public properties and demonetizing the state use currencies to their advantage, causing the country as one of the richest to one of the poorest before he stepped down after 26 years of his rule.
In 1988 a nationwide pro-democracy protest broke out and the army chief General Saw Maung staged a coup by killing thousands of protesters. In May 1990 the government held a free election where the Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy (NLD) won landslide victory but was refused to handover the power by saying they need to write a new constitution through national convention before they can handover. In 1992 Saw Maung was ousted and the country was led again by another military ruler Than Shwe who made cease-fire with some ethnic groups. In 1997 Burma was admitted into ASIAN nations.
Crime of genocide against ethnic minorities and against political parties have been done widespread by the military junta by killings, forced-labors, arbitrary detentions, property confiscations, forced relocations and sexual abuses causing millions of refugees inside and outside. The situation was referred to the UN Security Council but China and Russia vetoed the process. The Internal Labor Organization announced to seek charges against Burma at the International Court of Justice. ASEAN also showed frustrations over the issue as the main attention of the military ruler is to drag forever by so-called National Convention process while destroying the opposition parties NLD and all others.
History of Burma in Brief
Burma is the largest country in the mainland South-East Asia having a total area of 261,970 squire miles and population of 54 millions and is divided into seven states and seven divisions. According to government statistic, it is estimated that Buddhist population are of 89%, Muslims and Christians 4% each, Hindus 2% and Animists 1% though some other internal sources put the Muslims population as high as 20% of which half of the Muslims are from Arakan State concentrating in the northern part area that is bordering Bangladesh. Though Official figure put a total of 135 ethnic races in Burma some ethnic are not included there such as Rohingyas for some political reasons.
Burma started with Democratic rule just after its independent on January 4th 1948 but soon ended with military coup led by General Ne Win and killed over 100 student protesters by blowing up Student Union building in Rangoon University campus on July 7th 1962. Since then Ne Win ruled the country by suppressing all ethnic insurgent groups and all other student and public protests as well as by nationalizing all industries and public properties and demonetizing the state use currencies to their advantage, causing the country as one of the richest to one of the poorest before he stepped down after 26 years of his rule.
In 1988 a nationwide pro-democracy protest broke out and the army chief General Saw Maung staged a coup by killing thousands of protesters. In May 1990 the government held a free election where the Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy (NLD) won landslide victory but was refused to handover the power by saying they need to write a new constitution through national convention before they can handover. In 1992 Saw Maung was ousted and the country was led again by another military ruler Than Shwe who made cease-fire with some ethnic groups. In 1997 Burma was admitted into ASIAN nations.
Crime of genocide against ethnic minorities and against political parties have been done widespread by the military junta by killings, forced-labors, arbitrary detentions, property confiscations, forced relocations and sexual abuses causing millions of refugees inside and outside. The situation was referred to the UN Security Council but China and Russia vetoed the process. The Internal Labor Organization announced to seek charges against Burma at the International Court of Justice. ASEAN also showed frustrations over the issue as the main attention of the military ruler is to drag forever by so-called National Convention process while destroying the opposition parties NLD and all others.
