Marc+G.+-+Declaration+of+Independence

toc =Declaration of Independence (Final) =

Marc Gleckman Mr. Armstrong History 2 1/11/10 Final Draft The Government of Myanmar Myanmar (Burma) is our country in Southeast Asia that is under ruthless control of our government. Our people are arrested for vast amounts of time or even killed for the direst reasons such as, the government killing a military sergeant just because he stole a couple boxes of ammunition from an army base. Sure that is a wrongdoing but does that he should be killed? This is why we the people of Myanmar are writing this formal manuscript to free ourselves from our atrocious government. People make governments to protect the civilians this nation. Our government has beaten us, sabotaged our rights and murdered us. Governments make laws to protect people and if the people don’t agree, the law doesn’t pass. Our government is basically been big assembly of hypocrites, they make laws that if we break we will stay in prison for numerous numbers of year; If they break the laws (which they do) nothing will happen! We the people think that we should have the right to divide apart of the government if necessary. In our government, we aren’t even allowed to go across the border! Besides not being allowed to cross the border, if they catch you trying to cross the border, they will throw you into a prison followed by a detention center.

State Protection Law allows authorities to order detention without charge or trial of anyone they believe is performing or might perform any act that endangers the sovereignty and security of the state or public peace and tranquility.

The government often held persons under the Emergency Act of 1950, which allows for indefinite detention.

Prisoners suffered from various diseases, including malaria, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stomach problems-–the result of unhygienic conditions and spoiled food. HIV/AIDS infection rates in prisons reportedly were high due to communal use of syringes for medical injections and sexual abuse by infected prisoners.

In July a woman named Su Su Nwe reportedly was placed in solitary confinement for three days after singing an anthem composed by Min Ko Naing to mark Martyr's Day. Authorities moved her to the remote Hkamti Prison, reportedly as further punishment for her act.

On April 16, the comedian/activist Zarganar, arrested and sentenced in 2008 to 59 years for speaking to foreign media about the situation of the persons left homeless after Cyclone Nargis, reportedly lost consciousness for approximately three hours, but prison officials did not permit him to see a doctor until two days later.

During October 26-27, authorities arrested seven members of Lin Let Kye (Shining Star), a group formed in May 2008 to assist in the Cyclone Nargis relief effort. At year's end the whereabouts of the seven and the reason for their arrest were unknown. All of these events lead up to one clear outcome. We need a new government. We have thrown riots and protests for our freedom of government, but our government has just given us the cold shoulder and didn’t even think about the incentive of the protest. Our people shout “No imprisonment without a trial!” Yet the Government still ignores us! By protesting and throwing riots, we have proven that we are willing to imperil our lives for the protection of our country. Therefore, we must spilt apart from our dire government for the freedom and rights of us, the people of Myanmar,

=Declaration of Independence (Draft) =

Marc Gleckman Mr. Armstrong History 2 1/11/10 First Draft The Government of Myanmar Myanmar (Burma) is a country in Southeast Asia that is under severe control of our government. Our people are arrested for vast amounts of time in the direst reasons such as, the government killing a military sergeant just because he took a couple boxes of ammo. We the people of Myanmar are writing this formal document to free ourselves of our atrocious government. The Idea of a government, in most minds is to protect the people in that nation. Our government has beaten us, sabotaged most of our rights, and murdered us. Governments make laws to protect the people to make sure everything doesn’t turn to chaos. In the case of our government, they have made law that they broke themselves! We as the people think that we should be able to split apart from our government if necessary, and should have the right to live our lives without complete overrule by the government. Our government as you know, has done some repulsive things such as using child solders and unlimited hours, authorities are allowed to put people in detention centers. In July a woman named Su Su Nwe reportedly was placed in solitary confinement for three days after singing an anthem composed by Min Ko Naing to mark Martyr's Day. Authorities moved her to the remote Hkamti Prison, reportedly as further punishment for her act. Prisoners also suffered from various diseases, including malaria, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stomach problems-–the result of unhygienic conditions and spoiled food. HIV/AIDS infection rates in prisons reportedly were high due to communal use of syringes for medical injections and sexual abuse by infected prisoners. The law does not prohibit arbitrary arrest or detention, and the government routinely employed both practices. The law allows authorities to extend sentences after prisoners have completed their original sentence, and the government regularly used this provision. During October 26-27, authorities arrested seven members of Lin Let Kye (Shining Star), a group formed in May 2008 to assist in the Cyclone Nargis relief effort. At year's end the whereabouts of the seven and the reason for their arrest were unknown. We the people of Myanmar have no choice but to break apart from our dreadful government, because they have taken total control and have been making this country practically unlivable! We should have the right to be free, and to have a fair, non-corrupt government. We the people have thrown riots and protests, proving that we are willing to risk our lives for our freedom, and to save our government.­­­­­­­