All-Burma Students’ Democratic Front

Die All-Burma Students’ Democratic Front (Birmanisch မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလုံးဆိုင်ရာကျောင်းသားများဒီမိုကရက်တစ်တပ်ဦး ABSDF) ist eine Widerstandsgruppe gegen das Militärregime in Myanmar, dem ehemaligen Birma. Sie nennen sich selber die weltweit einzige Studentenarmee.

1. ↑ The Irrawaddy: The Day Myanmar’s Students in Exile Organized to Battle the Military Regime ... this day in 1988, student activists in exile formed the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) at the Wang Ka Camp of the Karen National Union on the Myanmar-Thai border in order to fight against the country’s military regime. The founding of the ABSDF came one month and 14 days after the military staged a coup.
2. ↑ Center For Peace & Conflict Studies: The All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) members like to describe themselves as “the only students’ army in the world“. ABSDF was formed in November 1988 after the Burmese military government crackdown in August 1988 when students lead peaceful demonstrations demanding democracy and human rights. Since then, ABSDF has operated in the border areas, often in alliance with different ethnic armed groups.