Mizoram Students' Body Stages Sit-In Against Coup In Neighbouring Myanmar

Thursday, 4 February 2021Newsdesk

Mizoram's top students' body staged a sit-in on Wednesday, protesting the recent military coup in Mynamar and the human rights violation in the neighbouring country. The students showed solidarity with the people of Myanmar, a country with which Mizoram shares a 404 km free movement regime (FMR) border. They also expressed solidarity with Mynamar's Mizo community, which too has faced the brunt of the coup.

New Delhi, 04 February 2021

Myanmar shares a 1,468 km border with India. The border touches the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram. According to a demographic study of Myanmar's bordering areas, there is a significant Naga, Mizo and some Assamese population living there. Early Monday morning, Mynamar's military staged a lightning coup, detaining Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, leaders of her ruling party and Myanmar president Win Myint. The army chief General Min Aung Hlaing was granted "legislative, judicial and executive powers". The swift power seizure effectively returns a nation at the edge of democracy to direct military rule.

Source -NDTV