For the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar on February 1st
Osnabrück/Berlin, January 31, 2025 - For exactly four years, a bloody civil war rage largely unnoticed by the German and international public in Myanmar. At least 50,000 people were killed, more than three million are on the run.
On February 1, 2021, the military couped against the democratically elected government of Myanmar and began to violently demonstrate opposition, demonstrators and ethnic minorities. Since then there has been war almost everywhere in the country: pro-democratic and ethnic rebel militias are fighting the exile government against the dictatorship. Military government's fighter jets mercilessly bombard villages and schools from the air and kill children, women and old people indiscriminately.
Partner organizations of the child rights organization Terre des Hommes defy these dangers and help children and their families in the countless refugee camps along the border between Myanmar and Thailand. »Our partners provide people with the most necessary such as food, medication and hygiene-nothilf packages. The help for children who are traumatized by bomb attacks and, if possible, also get provisional lessons through bomb attacks, «explains Joshua Hofert, spokesman for the board of Hommes.
However, despite these bad living conditions, hope in the country is growing that the military government will surrender in the long run. Especially in the east of Myanmar, more and more people are passing the militias who are fighting on behalf of the exile government. *Thayet, an employee of Terre des Hommes, who coordinates the projects in Myanmar along the border with Thailand, it is certain that it will ultimately be called "People Will". »The pressure of the international community is growing, and human rights organizations document illegal attacks, arbitrary detention and unfair legal proceedings everywhere. The majority sanctions of the international community stop the flow of weapons, equipment, technology and kerosene to the military government, «she says. "For support, for example, we now need a cross-border, humanitarian aid program by the Thai government for refugees and displaced and the political commitment of all Asean countries to the military dictatorship." There was recently another important upswing for civil society-against dictatorship boss Min Aung Hlaing was issued by the international criminal court.
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More: https://www.tdh.de/myanmar-buergerkrieg
*The name has been changed. The actual name is known to Terre des Hommes.