#Myanmar
friends, if you have taken photographs or video footage yourself of human rights violations since the February 1 coup, please contact me directly. My Twitter direct message is open.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#အရေးတော်ပုံအောင်ရမည်
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar
CDM and others, please contact me directly if you have witnessed or have knowledge of human rights violations since the February 1 coup. My Twitter direct message is open.
"My one and only hope is we must win. We are doing this for the next generation. We want to be the last generation that faces a military coup," a 23-year-old man from Pyay Township told
@FortifyRights
.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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- INTERNET SHUTDOWN -
why? Because the junta doesn't want you to see:
💔 - killings of peaceful protestors
💔 - attacks on medical staff
💔 - intimidation, beatings, and kidnappings
💔 - so much more.
#KeepitOn
@Telenor_mm
"We are the only legal government of Myanmar, we are the only government that have the mandate of the people of
#Myanmar
," says
@DrSasa22222
.
A must read profile of Dr. Sasa.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Armed Forces Day massacre leaves scores dead.
The international community must take immediate and collective action to end the
#Myanmar
junta’s widespread and systematic killing of unarmed people.
@FortifyRights
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“There has been talk but no action from the UN. In part this is the fault of the UN member states, for example at the Security Council, not agreeing on action,” says
@tunkhin80
of
@brouklondon
.
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
"[T]his military is like a wild animal, so we use our rifles,” said Salai Tu Mee, a spokesperson for the newly formed
#Chinland
Defence Force-CDF, which is affiliated with the armed civilian opposition.
More from
@VICE
:
“Attacks against health volunteers and against ambulances are preventing life-saving help from reaching civilians wounded by security forces,” says
@StephDujarric
.
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“The military is arresting every govt service employee, especially the doctors,” a physician who is now in hiding told
@FortifyRights
. “I did the CDM. So, they want me.”
The junta is also destroying medical supplies.
"Whether you hold a weapon, pen, keyboard or donate money to the pro-democracy movement, everyone must do their bit for the revolution to succeed," writes Htar Htet Htet former
#Myanmar
beauty queen.
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@HtarHtetHtet2
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Duwa Lashi La acting president of
@NUGMyanmar
declared a “people’s defensive war” against the military junta. Calls on PDFs to target the military and its assets.
#Sep7Coup
Full statement and subtitles:
"This use of forced labour is nothing new in
#Myanmar
. . . It’s a brutal tactic used to create an environment of fear and intimidation.” My comments to
@AFP
.
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At least four people were killed due to SAC vehicle drives through a group of protesters and opened fire at Pan Pin Gyi Road in Kyeemyindaing, Rangoon on Sunday
“Twenty-eight years ago, the security council similarly failed to recognise the warning signs of genocide in
#Rwanda
or act to stop it. . .We are concerned that the situation is repeating itself in
#Ethiopia
,” says a group of African CSOs.
Important meeting between the IIMM and
@CrphMyanmar
today. The IIMM is collecting evidence of international crimes in Myanmar including human rights violations since the February 1 coup.
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#Myanmar
: "This movement is leaderless — people are getting on the streets in their own way and at their own will,” says prominent activist
@thinzashunleiyi
.
Helpful write up on the protest against the coup by
@thevmilko
for
@AP
:
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The similar use of excessive and lethal force by security forces in towns and cities throughout the country demonstrates coordination between units and an overarching national strategy. The attacks must end.
News release:
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"I want long-lasting recognition of our rights," a
#Rohingya
Muslim told me recently about what he wants to see from
@NUGMyanmar
. "I believe they [NUG] will be all-inclusive."
“At least in Germany, we don’t have to be scared of being dragged out of our apartments at night," says Chaw Kalyar a former consular officer at the
#Myanmar
Embassy in Berlin who joined the CDM.
Story by
@verenahoelzl
:
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“It is a travesty that Min Aung Hlaing has been invited to attend [the ASEAN summit]. . .This is someone who the United Nations and others have accused of genocide,” says
@tunkhin80
@brouklondon
.
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Bangladesh security forces use rubber bullets and teargas to disperse demonstrators blockading main roads into Dhaka.
The videos I have been sent by colleagues in
#Bangladesh
show excessive use of force against protesters.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@NUGMyanmar
Defence Minister Yee Mon notes the lack of arms being provided to PDFs and others fighting the junta. Commits to soon be able to provide the “minimum requirement” of arms and ammunition.
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Major step by
@NUGMyanmar
to abolish the NVC process and repeal/replace the 1982 Citizenship Law.
NUG should appoint a
#Rohingya
representative to help it implement and expand upon its new policy on the rights of Rohingya.
“I know and it is part of my faith that all people are holy and all people are sacred. Unconditionally. . .There is nothing holy about turning someone away from a hospital” said
@AOC
speaking at a House committee hearing.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Reuters reviewed satellite images and spoke to 14 villagers from the Sagaing region who described how soldiers torched their villages and homes.
Critical work documenting the junta’s crimes by
@walone4
and
@poppymcp
.
#Bangladesh
: "Many families are still being reunited,” a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency said. 11 deaths have been officially declared.
#Rohingya
refugees need urgent assistance to rebuild their lives:
Must-read by
@kyawhsanhlaing1
on the Arakan Army. "Although the AA was publicly silent for nearly 2 months after the coup, Rakhine sources in Kachin State told me that even before the AA spoke out, its troops were already attacking the Tatmadaw."
#Bangaldesh
continues to build barbed-wire fencing to confine
#Rohingya
refugees.
@FortifyRights
interviewed 13 Rohingya about restrictions on freedom of movement, the recent fires, and the need to remove the fence.
#Malaysia
should halt plans to return 1,200
#Myanmar
nationals to Myanmar during a military takeover + allow UNHCR access to the detainees.
Read
@hrw
and
@FortifyRights
joint news release:
Each night, the
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 junta shuts down the internet, and is now cutting mobile internet access across the country, affecting 🔟s of millions people. The 🌎 must stand with the people of Myanmar.
#KeepItOn
#InternetBlackoutMyanmar
"The military tactics of arrest and ill-treatment are creating an environment of terror and anxiety among the public," says Zaw Win, human rights specialist with
@FortifyRights
.
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#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
“All of them are hunters, so they don’t need any military training,” says a member of Chinland Defense Force. “They know these mountains and jungles. They can navigate well. They go straight to where the gunfire comes from."
Extremely dark day in
#Myanmar
. Junta media reports the execution of Phyo Zeya Thaw, Kyaw Min Yu (known as Jimmy), Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw.
Governments worldwide must cut ties with the brutal regime.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmarcoup
: There has been more than 260 arbitrary arrest and detentions since February 1 and the number is rising. The military should immediately and unconditionally release all activists, political leaders, and others.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
A large fire in the
#Rohingya
refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District,
#Bangladesh
. Thinking of friends and colleagues there now.
Photo credit:
@Shawfique5
.
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Thread 🧵: The Myanmar military junta is using identity documents to facilitate the ongoing
#Rohingya
genocide, mirroring tactics used in the Holocaust and Rwandan genocides.
Read
@FortifyRights
new report:
In
#HlaingTharYar
, the
#Myanmar
military:
🔴 Set the town on fire
🔴 Blocked the roads
🔴 Shut down the internet
🔴 Raided people on the street
🔴 Shot into the houses
We must stand with the people of Myanmar.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
ICYMI:
“Ethnic cleansing” is an unacceptable substitute for a genocide determination, failing as it does, in this case, to describe past and ongoing criminal attacks against the
#Rohingya
accurately.
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Dark day for human rights in
#Bangladesh
.
The Dhaka Cyber Tribunal has convicted
@AdilurKhan
and Nasiruddin Elan to two years in jail for their human rights work with
@odhikar_bd
.
The charges should be dropped.
Big news: the
@NUGMyanmar
issued a 12(3) declaration to the ICC, granting the Court jurisdiction to prosecute atrocities since 2002 including crimes against humanity and genocide.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The NUG accepts the jurisdiction of the ICC with respect to international crimes committed in Myanmar territory since 1 July 2002. The declaration was lodged in accordance with article 12(3) of the Statue of ICC on lasy 17 July, 2021.
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"NUG intends to fully repatriate the
#Rohingya
population and ensure its citizenship program for the returnees," says Htin Lin Aung of the
@NUGMyanmar
.
Watch the full panel here:
From April 8 to 10, there were more than 10 sightings of military aircraft in the areas controlled by KNU’s Brigades 3 and 5, which have also been bombed in junta airstrikes in an ongoing offensive against
#Karen
forces.
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Thankful for the opportunity to meet with
@NUGMyanmar
@mofanugdc
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs U Moe Zaw Oo in Washington DC.
We spoke about accountability, the US Burma Act, Rohingya, the recent cyclone, etc.
"My deep heartfelt condolences go to the families of our
#Rohingyas
brothers and sisters who have lost their love ones. I cannot wait for the day when you come home and live in peace side by side," says
@DrSasa22222
.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
My heart is heavy and saddened by the tragic fire in refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. My deep heartfelt condolences go to the families of our Rohingyas brothers and sisters who have lost their love ones. I cannot wait for the day when you come home and live in peace side by side.
Thread:
#Rohingya
friend Mohib Ullah was murdered today in
#Bangladesh
.
Mohib was always willing to meet and speak. He taught me so much.
He was patient, thoughtful, and a light in the darkness for many people. You will be missed.
A fascinating and well-researched book on
#Rohingya
political movements and their fight for justice.
“The Rohingyas of Arakan: Their Quest for Justice,” by AFK Jilani. Forward by
@EdithMirante
.
I wish I would have read this years ago.
Free download:
Grateful to meet with representatives from the House, Senate, State Department, and others on
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
.
With
@Lucky2944576441
, we spoke about the Burma Act, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, junta restrictions most cyclone in Rakhine, cross border aid, etc.
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“Some of us have had to sell our cars, our houses, or even our parents’ land. After we buy weapons, we are left with barely enough to eat,” one resistance fighter from Kani Township in Sagaing told
@Myanmar_Now_Eng
.
Been reading Collier since his book "The Bottom Billion." Over the years he has put forth more problematic views. One of his recent book says migrants bring "dysfunctional cultures."
@mehdirhasan
brilliant take down of Oxford University prof Collier:
“Don’t publish any such news that will malign the country’s image and hamper its ongoing advancement,” says Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh 🇧🇩 must allow journalists to do their work. This involves speaking truth to power + at times being critical of govt.
Visit to a front-line PDF base! I am very honoured to meet some of
#Myanmar
’s bravest sons and heroes, PDF soldiers. We are very proud of them, and will never forget their sacrifices in our fights to end military dictatorship.
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Great to catch up and learn from
@Miraajripon
in Coxs Bazar.
His journalism is a must read for anyone following the situation of
#Rohingya
in
#Bangladesh
. 🇧🇩
The IIMM says it is "following events since the Tatmadaw’s seizure of power" and is "collecting evidence regarding arbitrary arrests, torture, enforced disappearances and the use of force, including lethal force."
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Read more:
While researching the NVC process in Myanmar, I met often with Mohib Ullah.
He was extremely knowledgeable and outspoken about
#Rohingya
human rights, history, and identity. Rest in power.
"I am pleased to announce today that on 17 July
@NUGMyanmar
expressed its willingness to become a signatory of the Rome Statute...We have already taken the necessary steps based on recommendations."
Minister of
#HumanRights
@Aung_Myo_Minn
at
@FortifyRights
report launch.
Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top
#Myanmar
officials named in a universal jurisdiction case filed in Argentina for crimes against
#Rohingya
by
@tunkhin80
@brouklondon
, former UN Special Rapporteur Tomas Quintana, and two Argentinian human rights groups
“The Myanmar junta must be stopped. Instead of a photo opp with junta officials, Bangladesh should support the National Unity Government and those resisting the illegal regime.”
My comments to
@muktadirnewage
@IrrawaddyNews
.
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A privilege to meet
@kndf_karenni
KNDF deputy chief, Maui in Demoso Township,
#Karenni
State.
KNDF and the Karenni State Interim Executive Council doing important work building new and rights respecting structures.
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