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Passing through Paris, the Burmese Minister for Human Rights, Aung Myo Min, called for official recognition of the government of national unity set up by the pro-democracy camp.
He was 20 when the 1988 uprising broke out in Burma. He would soon join the ranks of a student army to fight against the Burmese junta. Award-winning activist, human rights activist who passed through the benches of the University of Yangon and Columbia (United States), Aung Myo Min spent twenty-four years in exile before returning to his country in 2013. On May 3, he was appointed Minister of Human Rights in the National Unity Government (NUG) formed after Min Aung Hlaing’s coup a year ago. Passing through Paris, he explains to Release the strategies put in place by the pro-democracy camp and calls on governments and international institutions to “actions rather than declarations to maintain the momentum of the revolution”.
Would you say that Burma has entered a new era since February 1, 2021?
Yes. The Burmese have a long history of revolution against the military since 1962. But this time it is different. This spring revolution opened up a creative space. Golden people…