JFM calls for boycott of Belarusian universities supporting Myanmar junta

Mizzima

On 16 July, Justice For Myanmar (JFM) called on the academic community and international partners to boycott Belarusian universities that are training junta officers and to oppose their complicity in the junta’s brutal atrocities in Kyaukphyu.

The statement is as follows.

Belarusian State University signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Yangon and others to enroll Myanmar military students. BSU hosts 10 military personnel, offering programs in military faculties including military law, geo-information, and related subjects.

Belarusian State University of Informatics & Radioelectronics has hosted Myanmar military students researching radio-electronic engineering, especially for air-defence systems. These students are linked to military factories in Myanmar—Defence Industry 4 (Naypyidaw), DI 20 (Magway), and Myanmar Heavy Industry 10 (Mandalay).