{"id":29394,"date":"2021-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/press\/kachin-baptist-convention-calls-for-global-prayer-and-advocacy-5225\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:02:04","slug":"kachin-baptist-convention-calls-for-global-prayer-and-advocacy-5225","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/press\/kachin-baptist-convention-calls-for-global-prayer-and-advocacy-5225\/","title":{"rendered":"Kachin Baptist Convention calls for global prayer and advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2376250725124558ff54eb4008dce42b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson and Rev. Hpauyawng Tu Mai, the President and General Secretary of Myanmar\/Burma\u2019s Kachin Baptist Convention, have called on Christians around the world to pray and advocate for an end to the military rule which has been imposed on the country since 1 February.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/all-christian-churches.pdf\">written statement<\/a>, the two reverends stated: \u201cIt has been two months since the military coup on February 1, 2021. Consequently, the unarmed citizens of Burma\/Myanmar [sic] are suffering greatly nationwide under threat of being killed and arrested either in the street or at home. Fear, gunshots, blood, threats, tears, death, etc., are the citizens&#8217; daily lives in Burma\/Myanmar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 1 February 2021 the army, known as the Tatmadaw, seized power in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/2021\/03\/10\/report\/5177\/article.htm\">coup<\/a>, declaring a year-long state of emergency and placing the country\u2019s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other civilian leaders under house arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coup sparked widespread national protests, marches and walk-outs which have met with a heavy-handed and violent response from the army and police, involving water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Benedict Rogers, CSW\u2019s Senior Analyst for East Asia and author of two books on Myanmar\/Burma said: <b><i>\u201cCSW fully supports Reverend Sampson, Reverend Tu Mai, and the Kachin Baptist Convention in their calls for global prayer and advocacy for the situation in Myanmar\/Burma. International action remains essential, including the implementation of further sanctions targeting the military and their enterprises, and the imposition of a coordinated global arms embargo.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kachin Baptist Convention has called on Christians around the world to pray and advocate for an end to the military rule which has been imposed on the country since 1 February.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43531,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[129,128],"class_list":["post-29394","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-burma-myanmar","regions-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39978,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29394\/revisions\/39978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29394"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=29394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}