Myanmar NSO backs UNC stand on FMR, border fencing
Call for Naga unity raised
Source: The Sangai Express / Mungchan Zimik

Ukhrul, August 27 2025: The Naga Students' Organization (NSO) of Myanmar has extended their unwavering support to the stand of the United Naga Council (UNC) against border fencing and scrapping of Free Movement Regime in Naga areas between India and Myanmar.

NSO Myanmar appreciated the United Naga Council's principles and bold stand against the fencing and FMR, said Naogang Ngansa, president of the Myanmar NSO in a statement.

"We, the Nagas across the borders, have been struggling together for our political future, territorial integrity, and unity.

The Nagas, particularly in the Eastern Nagaland, Myanmar still continue to face the brunt of State neglect, militarization, and the effects of unjust border policies," said the NSO.

"The Eastern Nagas never recognised the so-called Free Movement Regime (FMR) instituted by the Indian and Myanmar Governments.

Our movement across our ancestral lands has always been a birthright, not a matter of State permission.

It is rooted in our history, culture, and kinship - long predating the drawing of international borders," it said.

The imposition of movement restrictions and the construction of border fencing through Naga villages and sacred lands are clear attempts to "sever our people, erase our unity, and undermine our political aspirations." This amounts to a cultural and political assault and that no Naga, anywhere, should tolerate, said the NSO.

The NSO Myanmar further urged all Naga organisations, tribal councils, student bodies, and youth to rise together for the Naga movements inunity.

It also appealed to the international community, civil society, and human rights defenders to recognise the "blatant violation" of indigenous rights, and support the "Naga people's struggle for unity, dignity, and self-determination".

"The Nagas were divided without consent.

No Government shall rewrite our identity or destiny.

Nagas are united in spirit and shall remain as one family forever," the NSO said.

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