225:. The page reached 40000 likes within three days after creation. The campaign encouraged anyone, including medical professionals, to make a black ribbon, take a photo of themselves wearing it on their chest, and then share the image on Facebook. People who lead the campaign welcomed the military veterans to participate in the campaign announcing that this movement did not mean to fight graduates from Defence Services Academy, and was just to oppose the dictatorial decisions.
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467:"ကျန်းမာရေးဌာန စစ်ဘက်အရာရှိတွေခန့်အပ်မှု ဖဲကြိုးမည်းလှုပ်ရှားမှုနဲ့ ကန့်ကွက်"
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Declaration of Black Ribbon
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Motto: Say no to militarisation of
Myanmar Ministry of Health.
349:. European Press Photo Agency. 11 August 2015. Archived from
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to withdraw the recently appointed military officers from MOH
601:"Health campaigners win backdown over military appointments"
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Say no to militarisation of
Myanmar Ministry of Health.
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837:အိသဉ္ဇာကျော်၊ ထွယ်ဆန်အောင် (12 August 2015).
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287:. Union of Karenni State Youth and
92:Website banners and various actions
1021:Internet-based and online protests
937:Black Ribbon Movement Myanmar 2015
814:. Mobile Irrawaddy. Archived from
791:. Mobile Irrawaddy. 11 August 2015
440:. Associated Press. Archived from
258:wearing black ribbons at a protest
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202:Black ribbons ready to be worn at
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682:မသိင်္ဂီထိုက် (11 August 2015).
494:. Eleven Myanmar. Archived from
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761:အေးနိုင် (11 August 2015).
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659:. Yangon Coconuts.
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