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we have been living in the dark for the
decades already
and then we got help and now we are in
the dark again
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we were just shocked when we heard the
news because
we thought that you know times have
changed and that a coup like this
wouldn't happen
but we were wrong we were very proud
of our young emerging democracy we
thought the future was
going to be bright this is just a
nightmare for us
we are very devastated and we feel like
it's very helpless we were suffering
that
dictatorship or military regime no
access to quality education no access to
um the country was isolated we were
like uh living in a in a small box and
we dare not to
go and see what's going on outside we
were living
in poverty and we were living in fear
for decades and decades already we don't
want to face this
anymore after the country opened up
the most obvious thing was we were able
to speak
freely that wasn't the case during the
military years
back then we couldn't even we didn't
even have the courage to mention aunt
san tsuji's name
uh let me say that our democracy was not
a perfect one
but at least we were much freer than
before
there was so much hope i know so many
young people
educated in the west coming back to
serve the country to take part in this
development
traveling was much easier traveling
outside of the country
foreign investors came in and we were
able to see
so many developments in yangon
we don't accept this military coup
i mean uh detaining our um leaders and
uh government officials
we are trying to stay home and um trying
to oppose in a quiet way
civil uh disobedient stuff and
boycotting
because we got lots of businesses and
investments by the military and the
people of myanmar
they have been actively protesting
online
so many people have changed their
profile pictures president biden's
facebook page for example you'll see
that they're asking for help
civil disobedience campaign was launched
healthcare workers and civil servants
are expected to join
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first situation is our two free onsen
sushi and the other government officials
i just want to see a dialogue between
the nld and the military
dosu has always stood by a non-violence
fight for democracy so we need to follow
that non-violence was the policy we
pursued before we
achieved democracy and that worked to an
extent
we just don't want to go back to the
dark old days
if people can endure and continue to
fight for democracy and human rights
then we will succeed in the end
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