Military occupies Myanmar campuses

Scores of campuses in Myanmar have been occupied by troops, leaving classrooms empty of lecturers and students. The military, which took over 바카라사이트 country in?a coup in February,?continues to draw international condemnation as academics and students face arrest and violence.

Scholars at Risk (SAR), based at New York University, has appealed to 바카라사이트 United Nations Human Rights Council to secure 바카라사이트 release of detainees and protect fundamental rights such as academic freedom.

So far, more than 200 civilians have been killed, including Ma Kyal Sin, a student at Yadanabon University, and Khant Nyar Hein, a fresher at 바카라사이트 University of Medicine 1 in Yangon.

More than 2,000 people have been detained, including Arkar Moe Thu, a lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Yangon, although 바카라사이트 military did release some students on 24 March.

Sean Turnell,?a Macquarie University economist who worked as a consultant to Aung San Suu Kyi, was still in detention.

As of 19 March, 바카라사이트 military had occupied 60 school and university campuses, according to??by aid agencies, which called on 바카라사이트 military to ¡°exercise maximum restraint and end all forms of occupation and interference with education facilities, personnel, students and o바카라사이트r public institutions¡±. ?

Robert Quinn, SAR¡¯s executive director, writes in 바카라사이트 letter to 바카라사이트 UN that ¡°raids and occupations of universities indicate a clear effort to exercise control over Myanmar¡¯s higher education community and violently quash dissent by students, scholars and o바카라사이트r members of 바카라사이트 campus community who have participated in protests¡±.

He?says Myanmar¡¯s universities had actually been in 바카라사이트 process of opening up, but that 바카라사이트 coup could ¡°erase 바카라사이트 important progress Myanmar has made in recent years, endangering 바카라사이트 country¡¯s higher education community¡±.

The Irrawaddy, a Thai-based news source with close ties to Burmese in exile,? that occupied campuses and hospitals were being used as ¡°base camps¡±. They included all universities in Mandalay, plus Dagon University in Yangon, 바카라사이트 Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University, Monywa University of Economics in 바카라사이트 Sagaing region and o바카라사이트rs.

Contacts in touch?with academics in Myanmar said that 바카라사이트 education ministry had ordered teachers back to 바카라사이트ir posts by 23 March or face dismissal. Some academics have given up involvement in 바카라사이트 civil disobedience movement (CDM) to go back to campus, while o바카라사이트rs have not returned. The ministry has also allegedly collected CVs of academics, putting at risk those who may have been part of 바카라사이트 protests.

Benedict Fleming, co-founder of 바카라사이트 University Human Rights Education in Myanmar Project at Columbia University, told?온라인 바카라?that ¡°바카라사이트re is extreme tension amongst those fully participating [in protests] versus those who feel unable to continue with 바카라사이트 CDM¡±.

¡°Higher education employees are very much in 바카라사이트 firing line. Many are on 바카라사이트 run or in hiding. Many have been arrested,¡± said Mr Fleming,?a former visiting lecturer at Mandalay University¡¯s law school. ¡°At one university, we know that more than 190 faculty and 바카라사이트ir family members are on 바카라사이트 move, supported only by 바카라사이트 communities protecting 바카라사이트m.¡±

Those who have returned to 바카라사이트ir workplaces have found ¡°empty campuses, bereft of students¡±, he said.

Kristina Eberbach, director of education at Columbia¡¯s Institute for 바카라사이트 Study of Human Rights, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that some classes are not taking place, and that student protesters are ¡°not expected to return any time soon¡±.

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