The Ethnocultural Collective’s Response to the Coup in Myanmar CW: Death, mental ill-health
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An initiative the Ethnocultural Collective has taken on is the advocacy for UTS students from Myanmar, in solidarity with protesters against Myanmar’s military coup. This advocacy has been in accordance and consultation with students of the Myanmar community, in the guidance of their own movement. At the February SRC (Student Representative Council) meeting, I (Melodie) presented and moved two motions pertaining to the welfare and advocacy of the Myanmar community, of which both were unanimously passed. I attach them below: Context: “On February 1, de facto leader and state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint, many heads of states, NLD party members and NLD supporters were detained due to allegations of voting fraud in the 2020 election. The military has declared a state of emergency and announced their one-year rule. With the military in power, internet and phone lines are regularly shut down to stop the news from reaching global headlines. Nationwide protests have begun as a result of this, as well as a civil disobedience movement.
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