MYANMAR COUP ANNIVERSARY -- USAGM
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- MYANMAR COUP ANNIVERSARY -- USAGM
- January 31, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script MYANMAR COUP ANNIVERSARY HEADLINE: People Resist Myanmar Military Coup One Year On TEASER: Rights groups say some 1,500 civilians, including dozens of children, have been killed, and thousands more arrested in the military crackdown on protesters PUBLISHED AT: 01/30/2022 at 4:24 pm BYLINE: Margaret Besheer CONTRIBUTOR: VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: sv; caw VIDEO SOURCE (S): wires, SKYPE PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:52 VID APPROVED BY: sv TYPE: EDITOR NOTES:)) ((Production: All video is in my “In Progress Folder: Margaret Besheer: Myanmar Crisis Anniversary” on Central Video Workspace - this is the link: https://app.frame.io/projects/24368708-68ca-4624-953b-d53db344e4cb/1d774664-49aa-4c49-ae2c-0eea81ca7c91)) ((INTRO)) [[ One year after the military coup in Myanmar, the army is clinging to power and democratically elected leaders face lengthy prison sentences, as the people continue to resist the seizure of power. VOA U.N. correspondent Margaret Besheer has more. ]] ((NARRATOR)) ((VIDEO & nats: Violent protests from “Reuters 0598 Myanmar-Politics/timeline” can mix protests from around 03:43-04:05 and finish with the funerals 04:07-04:22)) Myanmar has been mired in chaos and violence since the military rejected the November 2020 election results and overthrew the civilian government on February 1st of last year. Rights groups say some 1,500 civilians, including dozens of children, have been killed, and thousands more arrested in the military crackdown on protesters. ((VIDEO: Reuters 0598 Myanmar-Politics/timeline: protesters holding signs at 04:46-54)) It has not, however, lessened the people’s resolve to demand a return to democracy. ((RADIO BITE INTRO: Tom Andrews is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Myanmar)) ((Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar)) ((SKYPE COURTESY)) ((BITE: “TomAndrewsMyanmarSR012822” Interview at 00:01:30-00:02:00)) “I'm in awe of the people of Myanmar, and I'm certain that, or as certain as I can be, that this has surprised Min Aung Hlaing and the military junta, who I think thought they could get away with this. And they're finding that they just were not bargaining for the kind of the level of commitment of the people of Myanmar to saving their country.” ((NARRATOR)) ((VIDEO: AFP MYANMAR POLITICS 1161721 Video 00:18-28 and if need more use still shot at 00:49-00:58)) The military has arrested, tried and sentenced de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint, and other high-ranking officials from the National League for Democracy Party. ((VIDEO: Reuters 0598 MYANMAR-POLITICS/TIMELINE: clips of the general arriving in Indonesia and at the ASEAN meeting 05:47-6:10)) Military chief General Min Aung Hlaing went to Indonesia in April for a summit of regional bloc ASEAN, where he agreed to implement a five-point plan that included ending the violence and starting a national dialogue. It's a pledge he has not kept. ((VIDEO: “Reuters 3026 Afghanistan-Conflict/UN” UN Security Council meeting: 00:00:-00:09 wide table (do not use the Secretary-General!)/ switch to AFP UNSC Dec 22, 2021_9V6684 can use close up of china at 01:18-28/then US at 00:30-35 on part about “fear by other members.” Please don’t run volume on nats, they are discussing Afghanistan, not Myanmar, so as little nat sound as possible please. Mute is even better)) At the U.N. Security Council, there has been a lack of action. Veto holders China and Russia do not want to see sanctions or an arms embargo on Myanmar’s military, and a fear by other members of worsening existing council divisions has blocked meaningful action. ((RADIO BITE INTRO: Louis Charbonneau is the U.N. Director for Human Rights Watch)) ((Louis Charbonneau, U.N. Director, Human Rights Watch)) ((SKYPE COURTESY)) ((BITE: “BesheerMyanmarCharbonneauHRW” Intv at 00:03:25-03:37)) “Frankly, what the Myanmar military has gotten from the Security Council is a green light. They know that they will get away with murder because countries aren't even going to try. They've given up.” ((NARRATOR)) ((VIDEO: “UN MYANMAR GENERAL ASSEMBLY JUNE 18, 2021” at 00:01-:11 UN exterior, cut to wide of GA hall and then the vote board at 00:51-00:56)))) With no council action, on June 18, the U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution essentially urging an arms embargo. But their resolutions are not legally binding. ((RADIO BITE INTRO: Richard Gowan is the U.N. Director for the International Crisis Group)) ((Richard Gowan, U.N. Director, International Crisis Group)) ((SKYPE COURTESY)) ((“BesheerMyanmarGOWAN” Intv at 00:00:14-36)) “Well, I think that international institutions, including the U.N. and ASEAN, are stuck and there is no obvious pathway for the Security Council or any other international body to put enough pressure on the military to reverse the coup.” ((NARRATOR)) (( VIDEO: AP MYANMAR TORCH PROTEST 4332474 June 26: clip at 00:24-00:46)) Without an international arms embargo or targeted economic sanctions to pressure the generals, Myanmar’s people have begun to fight back. ((RADIO BITE INTRO: Zin Mar Aung is the foreign minister for Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government )) ((Zin Mar Aung, Foreign Minister, Myanmar National Unity Government)) ((In Burmese, NEEDS ENGLISH VOICE OVER)) ((via ZOOM)) ((Burmese has cut the bite, it is in my folder, slugged: “Zin Mar Aung Act.mp4)) "People are resisting to eliminate the military dictatorship by every possible means. Armed struggle is just one of the many ways to resist.” ((NARRATOR)) ((VID: Reuters 0598 Myanmar-Politics/Timeline: houses burning at 06:19-00:25, then to people camping by the water at 08:44-00:49)) Violence has grown elsewhere across Myanmar between the military and ethnic armed groups, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. ((RADIO BITE INTRO: U.N. Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews)) ((Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar)) ((SKYPE COURTESY)) ((BITE: “TomAndrewsMyanmarSR012822” Interview at 00:03:55-4:26)) “The junta has declared war on the people of Myanmar. They are identifying those who live in Myanmar in these villages as the enemy, and so therefore, they feel they have license to attack them, to kill them, to torture them. So, the extent of the human rights violations, the degree of the human rights violations, is just horrific. And I’m afraid it’s not getting better, it’s getting worse.” ((NARRATOR)) ((VIDEO: AP 4352492 Nov 10 MYANMAR PROTEST at 00:23-33 protesters around fire)) Analysts say the prospect for quick resolution of the crisis is unlikely. ( ((RADIO BITE INTRO: International Crisis Group’s Richard Gowan)) ((Richard Gowan, U.N. Director, International Crisis Group)) ((SKYPE COURTESY)) ((“BesheerMyanmarGOWAN” Intv at 00:07:17-00:07:33)) “I think that for the time being, we sadly feel that we're going to see violence rumble on, and that even if it's contained, the chances of a political settlement are low.” ((Go out on my sign off with this VIDEO: AP 4352492 Nov 10 MYANMAR PROTEST at 00:43-43 protesters with fists in the air.)) ((MARGARET BESHEER, VOA NEWS))
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