Bamar People's Liberation Army

The Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA)[lower-alpha 1] is an ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar.[4][5] It was founded on 17 April 2021 by a group of 17 people, including Maung Saungkha, a prominent Burmese poet and human rights activist who had participated in the 2021–2022 protests in Myanmar.[6] The logo of the BPLA consists of nine peacock feathers arranged in a circle, a symbol of the last kings of Myanmar.[5]

Not to be confused with the People's Liberation Army (Myanmar), the armed wing of the Communist Party of Burma.

Bamar People's Liberation Army
ဗမာပြည်သူ့လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်တော်
Dates of operation17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) – present
Active regionsEastern Myanmar
IdeologyEthnic federalism
Size1000+[1]
Allies
Opponents Myanmar (SAC)
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Myanmar
Flag

Objectives

According to Saungkha, the objectives of the BPLA include "[ending] the dominance of Bamar Buddhists over other ethnic groups, "strengthen[ing] the unity of Myanmar's diverse ethnic groups under a federal democratic union", "ensuring that, if Aung San Suu Kyi is released from house arrest, no political compromises are made under the name of state stability,[6] and recognising "a Bamar state or constituent unit based on Bamar identity in a future federal union".[7]

Notes
  1. Burmese: ဗမာပြည်သူ့လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်တော်

References
  1. "တရုတ်နယ်စပ်က ရိုင်ဖယ်များနှင့် အားမာန်ပြည့်လာသည့် တပ်ဖွဲ့သစ်များ" [Armed groups rejuvenated by rifles from Chinese borderlands]. Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 6 June 2023.
  2. "Message from Lieutenant General Bao Jue Hai, Deputy Commander of the Karen National Liberation Army, to the Graduation Ceremony of the Burmese People's Liberation Army". 8 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. "NUG and BPLA will cooperate militarily". RFA Burmese (in Burmese). 26 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. Nijhuis, Minka (6 April 2022). "Diep in de jungle trainen Myanmarezen voor de strijd tegen de junta". NRC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. "Myanmar's rebellion, divided, outgunned and outnumbered, fights on". The Washington Post. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. Saungkha, Maung (9 February 2022). "Ready for war: my journey from peaceful poet to revolutionary soldier". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. @maung_saungkha (27 January 2022). "The Bamar People's Liberation Army, seeks to uproot dictatorship & chauvinism, strengthen ethnic unity, recognize a Bamar state or constituent unit based on Bamar identity in a future federal union" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Twitter.


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