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Many of those associated with ABFSU over the years have been hugely influential in Burma's ongoing political struggles. However, their links to ABFSU made them increasingly âmarked menâ. Always the target of the military government, the leaders of the ABFSU are regularly imprisoned where they are
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hampered. On May 8, 1936, the first studentsâ conference was held in
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Some within the ranks of Burma's student protestors have criticised the NLD for not implementing a strategy for taking control after the 1990 elections and, despite overwhelming support, allowing the
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beaten, tortured and denied medical treatment. Such human rights violations are s widespread in Burma today but, significantly, they appear not to have had the desired effect of permanently silencing or disbanding ABFSU or given
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ABFSU became active in campaigning for education reforms. During the Sixth
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