Despite some striking similarities, there are crucial differences between the current uprising against military rule and the anti-regime resistance of the 1980s and ’90s.
While these are two ends of the spectrum, a range of groups and movements involved in terrorist activities may fall somewhere in between internationalised terrorism at the local level and transnational super terrorism
After the Military Council troops had arrested four individuals who had organized a Revolutionary Thingyan rally against the Military Council in Kalay Township, Sagaing Division on April 16, some of their family members were also pursued and apprehended in their homes. On April 16, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Military Council troops arrested Ko Than Soe Oo, Ma Kyain Duan Kain,
On April 19th, the home of Ma Kyein Dunt Keim, an activist who was arrested by the Military Council during the Revolutionary Thingyan strike campaign on the final day of Myanmar's traditional New Year Water Festival in Kale Township, Sagaing Division, was bulldozed. The Military Council had sealed off the residences of the four individuals arrested that day, and her home was