The Arakan Liberation Party was founded on 9 April 1967, along with its armed wing, the Arakan Liberation Army, with the help of the Karen National Union (KNU). On 26 November 1968, Khai Ray Khai, a member of the party's central committee, along with nine other associates, were arrested at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, by Burmese authorities. On 20 December 1968 Khaing Soe Naing, the party's General Secretary, was arrested by Burmese authorities at Rathedaung Township, in Rakhine State. Following those arrests, several more ALP members were also arrested on different charges, and the party dissolved. The party has accused the government of torturing its imprisoned members.[3]
1971–1977edit
Between 1971 and 1972, former political prisoners from the ALP were released on amnesty. As soon as Khaing Moe Lunn, a former ALP member, was released, he departed to Komura to meet with KNU leaders in order to re-establish the ALP and ALA. From 1973 to 1974, the ALP was re-established with help from the KNU, and 300 fighters were recruited and trained by the ALA, with Khaing as the President of the ALP and Commander in Chief of the ALA.[3] After a failed offensive by Khaing against both Indian and Burmese forces resulted in massive arrests of party members, the ALP ceased its activities once again.[3]
1980–presentedit
In 1980, all ALP and ALA prisoners were released on amnesty. In 1981, the ALP and ALA were once again established, now under the leadership of Khai Ray Khai, and was once again assisted by the KNU. The ALP is presently allied with the KNU, along with the National Democratic Front (NDF), the Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB), and the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB).[3]
arakan, liberation, party, this, article, relies, excessively, references, primary, sources, please, improve, this, article, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2017, learn, when, remove, this,. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Arakan Liberation Party news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The Arakan Liberation Party Burmese ရခ င ပ ည လ တ မ က ရ ပ တ ALP is a Rakhine political party in Myanmar Burma The party has an armed wing the Arakan Liberation Army ALA which has 700 1 000 personnel The ALA signed a ceasefire agreement with the government of Myanmar on 5 April 2012 1 and became a signatory of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement NCA on 15 October 2015 4 Arakan Liberation Party ရခ င ပ ည လ တ မ က ရ ပ တ PresidentKhaing Ray KhaingVice President General SecretaryKhaing Kyaw KhaingJoint General Secretary Founded9 April 1967HeadquartersRakhaing India BorderMembership2 000 1 IdeologyRakhine nationalism 2 Federalism 3 Slogan Liberty Equality Fraternity Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw0 224Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw0 440Party flagPolitics of MyanmarPolitical partiesElections This article contains Burmese script Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Burmese script Contents 1 History 1 1 1967 1969 1 2 1971 1977 1 3 1980 present 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit1967 1969 edit The Arakan Liberation Party was founded on 9 April 1967 along with its armed wing the Arakan Liberation Army with the help of the Karen National Union KNU On 26 November 1968 Khai Ray Khai a member of the party s central committee along with nine other associates were arrested at Sittwe the capital of Rakhine State by Burmese authorities On 20 December 1968 Khaing Soe Naing the party s General Secretary was arrested by Burmese authorities at Rathedaung Township in Rakhine State Following those arrests several more ALP members were also arrested on different charges and the party dissolved The party has accused the government of torturing its imprisoned members 3 1971 1977 edit Between 1971 and 1972 former political prisoners from the ALP were released on amnesty As soon as Khaing Moe Lunn a former ALP member was released he departed to Komura to meet with KNU leaders in order to re establish the ALP and ALA From 1973 to 1974 the ALP was re established with help from the KNU and 300 fighters were recruited and trained by the ALA with Khaing as the President of the ALP and Commander in Chief of the ALA 3 After a failed offensive by Khaing against both Indian and Burmese forces resulted in massive arrests of party members the ALP ceased its activities once again 3 1980 present edit In 1980 all ALP and ALA prisoners were released on amnesty In 1981 the ALP and ALA were once again established now under the leadership of Khai Ray Khai and was once again assisted by the KNU The ALP is presently allied with the KNU along with the National Democratic Front NDF the Democratic Alliance of Burma DAB and the National Council of the Union of Burma NCUB 3 The ALP signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement NCA on 15 October 2015 along with seven other insurgent groups 4 See also editArakan National Party Internal conflict in MyanmarReferences edit a b Myanmar Peace Monitor Arakan Liberation Party Archived from the original on 17 March 2018 Retrieved 4 January 2016 Arakan Liberation Party Website Archived from the original on 6 December 2015 Retrieved 4 January 2016 a b c d e Arakan Liberation Party About ALP Archived from the original on 24 February 2016 Retrieved 4 January 2016 a b Myanmar signs ceasefire with eight armed groups Reuters 14 October 2015 Archived from the original on 3 October 2020 Retrieved 15 October 2017 External links editArakan Liberation Party on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arakan Liberation Party amp oldid 1191786655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
