Silence of Indian-Bangladeshi civil society on rape of democracy and massacre of people in Myanmar : Kul Gautam

Silence from India and Bangladesh?

Kul Gautam

India and Bangladesh were among the 8 countries (besides China, Russia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Laos & Thailand) whose diplomats attended the high-profile Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw on 27 March lending legitimacy not only to Myanmar's military junta but its reign of terror against unarmed peaceful protesters and even ordinary bystanders including innocent children.


Both India and Bangladesh, and all other countries of SAARC & ASEAN issued very mild, almost proforma denunciation of the 1 February 2021 coup d'état but, to the best of my knowledge, they have taken no meaningful action to oppose the military junta and show solidarity with the people of Myanmar either bilaterally or in multilateral forums like the UN.


According to SIPRI, India is the 3rd largest arms supplier to Myanmar after China and Russia. Perhaps in an effort to compete with China's influence in Myanmar, India's support for the democratic aspirations for the people of Myanmar has been overshadowed by its economic interests in recent decades.


As the host of a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, one would have thought that Bangladesh would be more outspoken in opposing the Burmese military's coup and supporting people's aspirations for democracy and human rights.


While the tepid response of the governments of India, Bangladesh & other South Asian countries is deplorable, the lack of any strong and visible, large-scale expression of solidarity with the people of Myanmar in this hour of their greatest need and peril, by the civil society of these supposedly democratic countries is shocking and disappointing.


Or am I missing something?


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Citizens' Appeal for of Myanmar's People against Repression by the Military: Demand for Government of Nepal to Act | South Asia Monitor
Citizens' Appeal for of Myanmar's People against Repression by the Military: Demand for Government of Nepal to Act. We undersigned citizens of Nepal are proud of the Myanmar people's valorous stand for democracy, appalled by the murderous suppression by the Tatmadaw military, and distressed by the lack of adequate response from the governments of South Asia and globally
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Myanmar needs a Padauk Revolution
The author with Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, July 1998. Photo Courtesy: Kul Chandra Gautam
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