rotests have intensified in Yangon and elsewhere in Myanmar since early March this year, demanding action against the country’s authorities under Article 33 of the Constitution of the United Nations’ labour agency, the International Labour Organisation (ILO).The demonstrations are taking place while the ILO’s governing body convenes in Geneva, Switzerland from March 10 through 21 this year. Myanmar’s military regime is expected to face sanctions at the ILO Conference scheduled in June for its failure to comply with international labour standards. In Yangon, where the military regime has heightened security measures amid Myanmar’s continuing internal conflict, protesters held demonstrations on March 10 and 11, wore clothing with the slogan “ILO A33 MYANMAR 2025”, and carried placards reading “ILO IMPLEMENT ARTICLE 33 ON MYANMAR NOW 2025.”Anti-junta groups near the copper mining project site of Letpadaung in Salingyi Township, Sagaing Region also held protests. . .
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