Myanmar: The spring revolution
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
More than 750 people have been killed by the Myanmar military since they seized power in a coup three months ago. Mass protests demanding a return to democracy and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been met with brutal force. Borders are closed and the internet effectively blocked. This is a story the military does not want the world to hear. But people are bravely documenting their resistance. We follow three young activists now in a fight for their future. As their options close…Can they win back democracy?
Produced and presented by Rebecca Henschke with Kelvin Brown Reporting team: Banyol Kong Janoi, Phyu Zin Poe and Zarchi
(Image: Bhone at a pro-democracy demonstration in Myanmar. Credit: BBC)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to assignment on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:07.0 | Restore democracy. |
| 0:11.0 | Restore democracy, that's our fight, our fight, |
| 0:17.0 | Chanspone me at Min. |
| 0:19.0 | He's one of thousands on the streets of Myanmar's biggest city Yangon |
| 0:23.0 | determined to tell the military and the world they don't accept their coup. |
| 0:27.0 | The country's armed forces are supposed to protect their citizens, not kill and bully them in order to rule over them. |
| 0:41.0 | He's 18 years old, part of a generation that grew up during a period of |
| 0:46.4 | rapid change in Myanmar, their country until recently so full of promise. |
| 0:51.8 | In hang a hand board, There were huge changes in the country, |
| 0:56.0 | like everybody could afford a mobile phone |
| 0:58.0 | and we could freely use the internet |
| 1:00.0 | and access social media. |
| 1:02.0 | It opens our eyes. |
| 1:04.0 | And what they're up against appears in the distance, |
| 1:10.0 | an approaching line of security forces in full riot gear. |
| 1:14.0 | They're well trained and heavily armed. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm the BBC's Asia editor Rebecca Henski. On the streets of Yangon, |
| 1:25.8 | recording this, is my colleague Po E. P. P. P. P. U. |
| 1:29.5 | Some of the stories you'll be hearing are not an easy listen. |
| 1:34.0 | Security forces, what are you doing, Chanspone. |
| 1:42.0 | You're protecting the military junta. We are the youth. We have a future. |
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