People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) Explained

People's Revolution Alliance (Magway)
Native Name:ပြည်သူ့တော်လှန်ရေးတပ်ပေါင်းစု (မကွေး)
Native Name Lang:my
President:Nay Mon
Commander In Chief:Naung Thu Rein
Vice Commander In Chief:Pauk Kying
Maikle
Dates: – present
Country:Myanmar
Allegiance: Myanmar
Area:Magway Region

India-Myanmar border

Ideology:Federalism
Democracy
Allies:
Opponents:State opponents: Myanmar (SAC)
Battles:Internal conflict in Myanmar

The People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) (Burmese: ပြည်သူ့တော်လှန်ရေးတပ်ပေါင်းစု (မကွေး) or လူထုတော်လှန်ရေး မဟာမိတ်အင်အားစု (မကွေး)) is a defense force in Myanmar fighting against the Myanmar military junta. It was formed in response to the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and is operating in Magway Region, Myanmar.

History

The Chief Commander of the PRA, Kyaw Ko Shein, was active in civil organizations that carried out democratic rights before the military took power. Kyaw Ko Shein and local youth held peaceful protests against the military coup in the Magway Region, and the military council violently suppressed it. After the junta's violent clashes and killings, they decided to start an armed resistance.

On 7 April 2023, the PRA-Magway fired missiles at the junta-controlled No. 10 Defense Industry factory, burning the factory and killing some soldiers. The operation was supported militarily by the People's Defense Force and Chinland Defense Force groups in the area.[5]

Objectives

The PRA's stated objectives are to end all tyranny, including Myanmar's military dictatorship, to build a federal democratic state based on human existence, dignity freedom, and the right to create one's own destiny, to promote a new society with economic justice, political justice, and social justice.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: မကွေး တော်လှန်ရေးအဖွဲ့ PRA ကို AA ချီးကျူး. 22 March 2022. Burma News International Online. 24 March 2022. 29 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329212143/https://www.bnionline.net/mm/news-98588. live.
  2. Web site: PRA and CDF join forces attack military production factory in Ngape. 22 March 2022. Ludunwayoo. 24 March 2022. 27 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230727112519/https://www.ludunwayoo.com/news-mm/2023/02/09/67324/. live.
  3. Web site: ကာကွယ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးနဲ့ လူထုတော်လှန်ရေးမဟာမိတ်အင်အားစု(PRA Magway) တို့အကြားတွေ့ဆုံ . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103131325/https://pvtvmyanmar.net/%E1%80%80%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BD%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9D%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%8C%E1%80%AC%E1%80%94-%E1%80%95%E1%80%BC%E1%80%8A/ . dead . 2022-11-03 . Public Voice Television (in Burmese)..
  4. Web site: Pyusawhti militia. Myanmar NOW. 23 June 2022. 12 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220512221709/https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/topics/5558. live.
  5. News: Resistance force in Magway fire 2 missiles at No.10 Defense Industry . 10 April 2023 . BNI Online . en . 1 November 2023 . 26 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526000139/https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/resistance-force-magway-fire-2-missiles-no10-defense-industry . live .
  6. Web site: PRA Magway. 22 March 2022. IPS Myanmar Peace Desk. 24 March 2022. 27 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230727112522/https://ispmyanmarpeacedesk.com/eao/pra-magway/. live.