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Matthew Smith

@matthewfsmith

7 years

Local hero: this Bangladeshi man spent his day helping exhausted #Rohingya refugees carry their belongings from the Naf River to safety.

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Min Aung Hlaing should be on trial in The Hague for atrocity crimes...not attending an #ASEAN summit on April 24. If left to its own devices, ASEAN will plunge #Myanmar back into decades of direct military rule. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ASEANrejectSAC

Myanmar junta chief to attend ASEAN summit in first foreign trip since coup

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Indonesia on April 24, Thailand said on Saturday, for his first known foreign trip since he...

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The situation in #Myanmar is not a "battleground" or a "war zone." The Myanmar military and police are killing unarmed peaceful protesters. That's not war, it's slaughter. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Local fishers & police in #Aceh today rescued nearly 100 #Rohingya refugees adrift at sea, mostly women & children. We suspect a larger boat remains at sea. These journeys are deadly. How many more will have to die before Rohingya receive protection? Photo credit: BPBD Aceh Utara

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AMAZING: Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, #Myanmar 's representative to the U.N. Kyaw Moe Tun just broke rank and called on the world to oppose the military coup in Myanmar. He waved the three-fingered salute. Stunning and historic. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Myanmar military’s 33rd Light Infantry Division is reportedly involved in the deadly crackdown happening now in #Mandalay . This division was involved in the Inn Dinn massacre & other atrocities against #Rohingya . In August 2018 the US sanctioned the entire 33rd division.

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A note on terminology: The National Unity Government of #Myanmar is not a "parallel government." It's the government. The international community including #ASEAN should recognize it as such. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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The #Myanmar military junta is cutting Internet nationwide from 1am to 9am and military vehicles and personnel are moving in at least Yangon. Massive red flags. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmarcoup

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@matthewfsmith

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THE #MYANMAR JUNTA IS A THREAT TO INT’L PEACE AND SECURITY. Tomorrow the US becomes President of the UN Security Council and should put forward a resolution invoking Chapter VII. Global arms embargo. ICC referral. The junta is terrorizing the people. How many more have to die?

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We’re told possibly dozens more killed in #HlaingTharYar today. Emergency vehicles are unable to access the area due to road blocks. Source: “Shortage of doctors and nurses. Roads are blocked by military and they are shooting anyone for no reason.” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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For years, we’ve documented cases of forced portering and dehumanizing acts of torture, i.e. forcing people to crawl like animals, in ethnic states. Here you appear to see both...in the city. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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Unarmed protesters in #Yangon face knife-wielding thugs and heavily armed police and military troops. The nonviolent struggle for democracy, human rights, and a new constitution is unbowed. #WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar #22222Revolution Photo credit: Nyein Chan Naing. Tamwe, Yangon.

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@matthewfsmith

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Killings and mass arrests are mounting daily in #Myanmar . The police and military are operating with complete impunity. They’ve killed more than 100 and are showing no signs of stopping. The U.N. Security Council failed but U.N. member states can act. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

3 years

Wishing a #HappyEaster2021 to all those who celebrate, and thinking especially of everyone in #Myanmar who continue to work and protest to reverse the military coup. Today there was an #EasterEggStrike —here are two favorites (via @nofeelingpage and @IrrawaddyNews )

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@matthewfsmith

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The UN Security Council is broken. Since it called on the #Myanmar military “to exercise utmost restraint,” the junta murdered scores. The UN General Assembly, where China has no veto power, should hold an Emergency Special Session on #Myanmar w/out delay.

U.N. General Assembly: Hold an Emergency Special Session on Myanmar - Fortify Rights

Myanmar junta systematically murdering and arresting protesters

www.fortifyrights.org

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@matthewfsmith

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An important statement from @DrSasa22222 on @CrphMyanmar ’s commitment to deliver justice for #Rohingya . “In 2017, these same generals, perpetrators, could have killed thousands of our brothers and sisters Rohingya. They are human beings.” #Myanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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The @CrphMyanmar says it has “received 180,000 items of evidence” related to seven categories of “widespread abuses of human rights” by the #Myanmar military. CRPH will meet the IIMM on April 7. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @DrSasa22222 @FortifyRights

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With today’s “silent strike,” #Myanmar ’s Civil Disobedience Movement is shutting down entire cities, showing the type of power that can defeat this coup. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Civil Disobedience Movement

@cvdom2021

3 years

WE CAN SHUT DOWN ANY CITIES! Dawei City, Tanintharyi Region has shut down itself with #SilentStrike . We won’t let the military rule us! #ငါတို့မြို့ငါတို့ပိုင်တယ်ငါတို့သဘော #OurCityOurRuleOurWill #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #Mar24SilenceStrike Source: @mrattkthu

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#ASEAN needs to be incentivized now, through high-level diplomacy, to correct course & take stronger action against the coup & despicable atrocities in #Myanmar . If left to their own devices, ASEAN will push the same old canards that feed inaction #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ASEAN

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The U.N. Security Council already recognizes military coups, humanitarian emergencies, atrocity crimes, and cross-border refugee crises as legitimate threats to international peace. The #Myanmar military is responsible for all of the above. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmarcoup

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Important news that the US, in its role as President of the UN Security Council in March, plans to push for “intense discussions” on #Myanmar . Time for a global arms embargo and ICC referral. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage.

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@matthewfsmith

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#Thailand should immediately release the three #Myanmar journalists and two activists reportedly detained on Sunday. No one should ever be detained for their immigration status. Refoulement to #Myanmar is not an option. @DemocVoiceBurma @FortifyRights #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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The CRPH has rescinded the 2008 constitution. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

CRPH Myanmar

@CrphMyanmar

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Announcement (20/2021) Rescinding 2008 constitution.

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Myanmar junta is responsible for murdering more than 700 people since the Feb 1 coup, including 82 on Friday in a single town, Bago. An arms embargo against the military is the absolute least that should be done. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

More Bloodshed in Myanmar as Crackdown on Coup Protests Continues (Published 2021)

The death toll has passed 700, with more than 80 killed on Friday in one city alone, a rights group said.

www.nytimes.com

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@matthewfsmith

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UN Member States should make clear to bilateral partners in #ASEAN that the military junta in #Myanmar should not be regarded as the Govt. The junta is illegitimate, its attempted coup is illegal, and it continues to commit atrocities w/ impunity. ASEAN's credibility is at stake.

Dr. Sasa

@DrSasa22222

3 years

Murderer - in-chief Min Aung Hlaing should not be invited to ASEAN Summit, it will bring not only great shame to the Summit but will be considered as great insult to great people of Myanmar, and bring more pain to the families of these 714 fallen heroes, killed by his gunmen

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@matthewfsmith

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Massacres are becoming a weekly occurrence in #Myanmar ; killings and arrests daily. U.N. member states must DO MORE. UNSC should immediately issue a global arms embargo. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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Absolutely horrific. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Ro Nay San Lwin

@nslwin

3 years

WATCH: Terrorists ( #Myanmar security forces) chasing and shooting at a young man running to survive from brutal killing — in Pekon, S. Shan State. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Apr9Coup #MilkTeaAlliance #AntiFascistRevolution2021

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@matthewfsmith

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It's crucial for the new National Unity Government of #Myanmar to acknowledge past mass atrocity crimes against #Rohingya & commit to accountability & restoration of citizenship rights. It's about unity. And also any failure to do it will harm #NUG efforts for int'l legitimacy.

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@matthewfsmith

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65 days since the coup in #Myanmar and the death toll approaches 600, according to @aapp_burma . Atrocities continue daily. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

AAPP (Burma)

@aapp_burma

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DAILY UPDATE (07/04) 598, incl. 48 children, killed by this junta 2847 currently detained 481 issued arrest warrants #WhatsHappeningInMaynmar brief detained fatalities released

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The Armed Forces Day massacre in #Myanmar continues now. The intl community must take immediate and collective action. Women and children are among the 90+ dead today. Watch and read from ⁦ @FortifyRights ⁩ #March27Coup #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar: Collective Action Needed to Stop Junta Attacks - Fortify Rights

Armed Forces Day massacre leaves scores dead

www.fortifyrights.org

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The Govt of #Singapore can help reverse the coup in #Myanmar , and so can the Singaporean people. Thoughtful, incisive op-ed in ⁦ @NewNaratif ⁩ by my colleague ⁦ @VanessaChongHY ⁩, a Senior Specialist ⁦ @FortifyRights ⁩. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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This isn't new. This is what the #Myanmar military has done for decades, with impunity. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Heung Min Son

@heungburma

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Pauk, June 16 Around 250 number of people's houses in Kinma village, Pauk Township were set on fire by Myanmar fascist army on June 15 evening. Kinma village have a population of 1,000 people and nearly all the houses are burned to ash. #June16Coup #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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There are an estimated 200 peaceful protesters trapped in Sanchaung, a neighborhood in #Yangon . They’re cordoned off by police and army and at grave risk. #SaveSanChaung #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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The idea that int’l businesses can do nothing right now to help the situation in #Myanmar is not only incorrect, it’s dangerous. There is plenty businesses can do. First, if you’re partnered w military enterprises, cut ties. Second, support the CDM. Third, press for intl action.

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The 3,300+ political prisoners in #Myanmar may want to know why their neighbors in #ASEAN failed to demand their release... @FortifyRights #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

ASEAN changed Myanmar statement on release of political detainees - sources

A draft statement circulating the day before a Southeast Asian leaders' summit on the Myanmar crisis included the release of political prisoners as one of its "consensus" points, said three sources...

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@matthewfsmith

3 years

“Statements alone are not enough to stop the military from threatening the security of the region,” says US Amb Thomas-Greenfield @USAmbUN . She calls for action incl arms embargo against #Myanmar military, sanctions, & accountability for ongoing crimes.

Remarks at a United States Co-Hosted UN Security Council Arria-Form...

Apr. 9, 2021: Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a United States Co-Hosted UN Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on Burma (UN Video)

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Good to see the US sanction more individuals & entities in #Myanmar / #Burma today, including the 33rd & 77th light infantry battalions, both of which have been systematically murdering people. Time now for collective int’l action. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar

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The UN Security Council doesn't have to be hamstrung to #China & #Russia when it comes to #Myanmar . 9 members can call for an Emergency Special Session at the UNGA, which in turn could consider sanctions, an arms embargo, & even peacekeepers. My op-ed:

Opinion | How to dodge the Chinese veto on Myanmar

The U.N. Security Council needs to take a stand on the military coup in Myanmar. Here's how they can do it

www.washingtonpost.com

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The @CrphMyanmar has requested that UN Security Council member states put forward a resolution today including a global arms embargo against the Myanmar military, targeted sanctions, an ICC referral, and other R2P action and put it to a vote. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Dr. Sasa

@DrSasa22222

3 years

Good news. The following letter has now been sent to the UN Secretary General and his team. We also sent it to the UK Mission in New York.

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@matthewfsmith

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#Myanmar junta forces are using stun grenades, aka sonic or acoustic weapons. These can cause permanent hearing damage and the indiscriminate use of them against a crowd is unlawful. *The junta fears the power of the people.* #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Photo: @Myanmar_Now_Eng

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Myanmar junta is using “systematic torture...to extract information or forced confessions” from people in #Chin St. Findings from @ChinHumanRights ⁩ reflect a national trend. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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It would be a strategic move by @CrphMyanmar to lodge an Art 12(3) declaration at the ICC. The #Myanmar military should stand down now. Soldiers should come forward with information and evidence. @DrSasa22222 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Ousted Myanmar lawmakers consider International Criminal Court, says U.N. envoy

A committee of ousted civilian lawmakers in Myanmar is looking at whether it can ask the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate any crimes against humanity committed following the Feb. 1...

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@matthewfsmith

3 years

The junta has no authority to remove Amb. Kyaw Moe Tun. The junta’s appointees should not be credentialized at the UN. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Mratt

@mrattkthu

3 years

Kyaw Moe Tun: Myanmar permanent rep to UN has been removed, military’s MRTV announced few mins ago. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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“While the world’s media and diplomats regularly cite the AAPP’s daily updates on the military crackdown, Myanmar’s generals are desperately trying to silence the group to keep the truth from getting out,” said @Reaproy @hrw re @aapp_burma #Myanmar

Myanmar: End Threats Against Rights Group

(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should immediately stop threatening the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a leading human rights monitoring group.

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@matthewfsmith

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In a press briefing, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in #Myanmar says the country needs “collective Member State action in the Security Council.” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar: Future of the Country is at Stake - Briefing by UN Humanit...

Press Conference: Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations in Myanmar, Mr. Andrew Kirkwood.UN Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coo...

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Myanmar Army wants war. It wants the people & ethnic armies to fight against them & each other. It is perversely comfortable w armed conflict. The military does *not* want the people to unite or to use nonviolent methods. It fears the power of the Civil Disobedience Movement

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Horrific videos show evidence of many killings & at least 1 close-range execution by security forces in #Myanmar today. Dead bodies are mounting in crackdown. State security forces are using lethal force in similar ways, in disparate locations, demonstrating national coordination

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Myanmar junta declared a one-month ceasefire — whatever that means — starting April 1, perhaps to give #China / #Russia a weak rationale to again block UNSC action. Regardless the junta is an illegal, criminal regime committing mass atrocities w/ impunity. They must be stopped

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@matthewfsmith

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“They shot everything that moved.” #Myanmar army continues its sickening brutality, leaving at least 25 dead in a “raid” on the town of #Depayin . #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar forces kill 25 in raid on town, residents and media say

Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, two residents and Myanmar...

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@matthewfsmith

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. @DaveEubankFBR on the #Myanmar military airstrikes in N. Karen State: “We haven’t had airstrikes there for over 20 years. Second, these were at night, so the capability of the Burma military has increased with the help of Russia and China and other nations, and that is deadly.”

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@matthewfsmith

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“We support NUG” The people of #Myanmar will not stop until they have freedom. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Berry

@b3rry_y

3 years

People from Malamyaing, Mon State protesting with candles light to support the New NUG Government !! NUG ASSEMBLE #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Apr17Coup

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@matthewfsmith

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This was a massacre. We are trying to document the killing in #HlaingTharYar . If you have information, please get in touch. #WhatsHapppeningInMyanmar

Diana San

@di_anasan

3 years

#Myanmar Hlaing Thar Yar Dreadful scenes in Hlaing Thar Yar yesterday. When people went to assist the injured, they were shot too by the SAC Junta forces. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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Receiving reports of shots fired in #Myitkyina , #Kachin State. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmarcoup

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Today is Day 50 since the military coup in #Myanmar . #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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#China is not just "protecting its oil & gas pipelines" w troops on the #Myanmar border. They likely want to block refugee outflows. Hearing cross-border aid is now blocked to those displaced by war in Kachin & Shan states. We've seen this in Yunnan before

Chinese troops converging in border town facing Myanmar, report says - UPI.com

Chinese troops are reportedly assembling at the Myanmar border to guard China's highly prized natural gas pipelines.

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@matthewfsmith

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As indications of atrocity crimes in #Myanmar mount, chain-of-command info is crucial. Myanmar police who fled to India say superiors ordered them to shoot protesters. "[S]hoot till they are dead," one superior allegedly ordered. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage.

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@matthewfsmith

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“Totally unnecessary and serve no other purpose than being an asshole.” CDM calling it like it is.

Civil Disobedience Movement

@cvdom2021

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Really inhumane to bully the most vulnerable people of the society. Police destroying a tri-shaw, basically the source of income for a grass-root citizen. Totally unnecessary and serve no other purpose than being an asshole.

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@matthewfsmith

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This military-led reporting trip was less dangerous for CNN than for people in their path. A junta official acknowledges arrests of 11 people who spoke to CNN—they should all be released & we hope there are substantive revelations of this trip beyond its harmful effects #DoNoHarm

CNN

@CNN

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As the military crackdown intensifies in Myanmar, CNN’s @clarissaward reports on the ground with the permission of the military as the team are being escorted throughout.

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@matthewfsmith

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In 2017 when we were urging govts to respond to the #Rohingya #genocide , officials often asked "Is there video evidence?" Fair question. Rohingya faced prison for holding phones- few had them. But now videos of heinous acts by army/police abound. No excuses for inaction. #Myanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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Drone footage reportedly showing a moment when security forces opened fire on protesters in #Mandalay today. Graphic street-level videos and photos are circulating widely. #Myanmar #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #Myanmarcoup

DVB Burmese

@dvbburmese

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Update: #Drone footage on today #police #shooting at #Mandalay #WhatisHappeningInMaynmar

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@matthewfsmith

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“They are trying to turn #Myanmar into North Korea so that they can become Supreme Leaders.” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #22222Revolution #Myanmarcoup

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In #Myanmar , there’s a mass awakening afoot about the military’s past crimes—against #Rohingya & other ethnic groups—that otherwise would’ve taken generations. The junta’s brutal divide-&-rule tactics have been flipped & now have the opposite effect: Unity

‘Now We Are United’: Myanmar’s Ethnic Divisions Soften After Coup (Published 2021)

Amid the resistance to military rule, some are saying that democracy can’t flourish without respecting the minorities that have been persecuted for decades.

www.nytimes.com

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@matthewfsmith

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A Chinese shoe factory owner in #HlaingTharYar withheld wages & called in the army/police to sweep the workers. The police murdered the woman who led the workers, arrested 70, & when the workers protested the arrests, they opened fire, killing 5 more:

At least six killed after factory owner calls in military in Hlaing Tharyar

Police publicly executed a woman who was the leader of the workers

myanmar-now.org

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@matthewfsmith

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“We have succeeded.” Really? A little early to be claiming success...

Matthew Tostevin

@TostevinM

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Myanmar accepted a proposal to stop violence against civilians, Malaysian PM said after @ASEAN meeting: "We have succeeded. It's beyond our expectation in getting the outcome from today's meeting," Muhyiddin said. Now to see whether the killings stop. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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BREAKING: @Facebook announces it will indefinitely ban the #Myanmar military from its platforms, effective immediately. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #22222Revolution

An Update on the Situation in Myanmar | Meta

An update on the investments Facebook is making in the evolving situation in Myanmar.

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@matthewfsmith

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#Chevron wants the ability to continue funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to the murderous #Myanmar military junta. Not to mention the project they’re defending—the Yadana pipeline—was directly connected to severe human rights violations for years.

Chevron Lobbies to Head Off New Sanctions on Myanmar (Published 2021)

The oil company is arguing against efforts to restrict its involvement in a gas operation in Myanmar that provides funding for the junta there.

www.nytimes.com

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@matthewfsmith

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Wai Moe Naing is in grave danger. The #Myanmar junta has systematically imprisoned more than 3000 people since Feb 1. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Progressive Voice

@PVamplify

3 years

Ko Wai Moe Naing has been present in every protest of Monywa, successfully leading & giving many encouraging speeches, until the moment he was arrested today #Apr15Coup . See the video how the junta group arrested him. Video: CJ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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This is what impunity looks like. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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Horrific news out of #Mandalay . #Myanmar forces reportedly killed two protesters today, others injured. The junta must stand down before more lives are lost. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmarcoup

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@matthewfsmith

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Amazing spirit and defiance. Gathering despite the junta’s orders. Gathering despite the killings. The people of #Myanmar are setting an example for the entire world. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Wa Lone

@walone4

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People used cell phone lights showing their supports pro-democracy movement against Military junta on the Chindwin River sandbank in Monywa, Myanmar. Credit: Nyanlin Phyo #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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@matthewfsmith

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Thank you @DrSasa22222 for your commitment to justice and accountability for the #Rohingya and all of #Myanmar 's people. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Dr. Sasa

@DrSasa22222

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Amazing meeting with our brothers, leaders of Rohinga communities from around the world. Together we will deliver justice for our Rohinga brothers and sisters who have suffered so much under this same military generals who have killed almost 300 unarmed civilians since 1 Feb.

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@matthewfsmith

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The people's voices will be heard. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #KeepItOn #InternetBlackoutMyanmar

Fortify Rights

@FortifyRights

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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

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The #Myanmar junta continues its systematic attack. In #Mandalay today... Source: Private. #whatshappeninginmyanmar

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After brutally murdering more than 20 people in Hlaing Thar Yar today, the military junta declares “martial law,” as if the people aren’t already aware they’re living under military rule... #WhastsHappeningInMyanmar

Eleven Myanmar

@ElevenMyanmar

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Breaking: State Administrative Council establishes Martial Law in Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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"If no action is taken by the international community or ASEAN, civil war will engulf all Burma." A serious warning from @aapp_burma . #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Daily Briefing in Relation to the Military Coup

Updated 7 May 2021 As of 7 May, (774) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (2) fallen heroes today....

aappb.org

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@matthewfsmith

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TOTAL, Chevron, & other oil firms will say they can't stop making payments to the #Myanmar military due to contractual obligations. Nonsense. Their contracts were not w/ the illegal junta. They can & should cease payments now & park the funds in escrow.

Don’t wait for UN nod to punish Myanmar generals, Suu Kyi ally says

Myanmar’s oil and gas sector must be next in line for sanctions to curb the junta’s revenue streams, experts say.

www.scmp.com

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@matthewfsmith

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Very good to hear Sean Turnell has had contact w/ his wife and embassy from detention in #Myanmar . The junta should release him and *all detainees* immediately. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Macquarie Uni professor Sean Turnell ‘treated well’ in Myanmar prison

The wife of an Australian man locked up in Myanmar says that both she and the Australian embassy had spoken to him and that guards had been "respectful".

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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@matthewfsmith

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In Yangon, another killing reported today. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

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#ASEAN does *not* face a “Catch-22” by inviting coup-leader Min Aung Hlaing to its summit. The question is not about whether or not to engage the military, but rather when and how. The Apr 24 Summit is neither the time nor place. #whatshappeninginmyanmar

Asean faces ‘Catch-22’ by inviting Myanmar coup leader to talks

Experts say the bloc is in a spot: to end the bloodshed, it must speak to the junta. But speaking to the junta risks lending it legitimacy.

www.scmp.com

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Matthew Smith

@matthewfsmith

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This is @NickeyMdy from @FortifyRights , in hiding now from the #Myanmar junta due to grave threats. "We must win this fight, which is not only an anti-coup movement. It is a revolution to build a new nation and open society where the people can enjoy their freedom." Time to act.

George W. Bush Presidential Center

@TheBushCenter

3 years

“I call on the international community to protect the peaceful protesters and human rights defenders in Myanmar." – Bush Institute Liberty and Leadership Scholar

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@matthewfsmith

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#Myanmar ’s acting Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung writes in this op-ed what the int’l community must do for her country, incl an arms embargo & denying the illegal junta any legitimacy: “the country does not belong to the military. It belongs to the people.”

Opinion | How to Defeat Myanmar’s Military (Published 2021)

Elected legislators deposed in the February coup have a plan for building a new federal democratic union. We need help.

www.nytimes.com

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Japanese Govt should immediately suspend non-humanitarian projects that benefit the #Myanmar military junta, @hrw said today. In 2019, Japan provided US$1.6 billion in loans, $140 million in grants, & $62 million in technical assistance to #Myanmar ...

Japan: Suspend Aid Benefitting Myanmar Junta

(Tokyo) – The Japanese government should immediately review its aid portfolio for Myanmar and suspend non-humanitarian projects that benefit the junta or military.

www.hrw.org

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@matthewfsmith

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A horrendous example of #Myanmar Police and plain-clothed operatives ruthlessly beating unarmed protesters in #Monywa today. Originally saw this vid on FB via Khit Thit Media. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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The #Myanmar junta is targeting journalists in a systematic effort to suppress the truth. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Fortify Rights

@FortifyRights

3 years

The Myanmar military junta is targeting journalists. At least 18 journalists were arbitrarily detained for doing their job and reporting #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar . #FreePress #MediaFreedom

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No one is asking Total to cut gas production in #Myanmar . The demand has been to stop payments from reaching the junta. Hundreds of Myanmar CSOs called for this. Total’s offer to instead donate to rights orgs in Myanmar is hollow— no one wants your money.

Total to continue gas production in coup-hit Myanmar - France 24

Total to continue gas production in coup-hit Myanmar

www.france24.com

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@matthewfsmith

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The #Myanmar military and police are on a killing spree today, murdering upwards of 100. This is the cost of inaction from governments. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar Now

@Myanmar_Now_Eng

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BREAKING - Our tally shows that as of 1630 Myanmar time, 91 civilians in 40 towns across #Myanmar have been killed today (Mar 27) by the coup regime’s armed forces. #WhatsHappeningInMaynmar

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Statement from 18 Ambassadors in #Myanmar on the coup and the junta’s ongoing atrocities. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

U.S. Asia Pacific Media Hub

@eAsiaMediaHub

3 years

(1/4) JUST IN: The Ambassadors to Myanmar issued a joint statement on the Burmese military’s killings of over 600 civilians, the murder of children, and the injury and detention of thousands of Burmese people just for giving voice to their desire for freedom and democracy.

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Screenshots of the moment via ⁦ @MizzimaNews ⁩ livestream when police opened fire to disperse protesters. #Myanmar #whatshappeninginmyanmar

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Certain governments seem intent to let #Myanmar crumble. “There are clear echoes of Syria in 2011,” says UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet on the “coordinated bloodshed” unfolding in #Myanmar . She urges States to take “immediate, decisive” action..

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@matthewfsmith

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#Myanmar doesn't have a "military government." It has a military junta that overthrew the government: an illegitimate, brutal regime willing to kill unarmed civilians & children. The world must stand firmly with the Civil Disobedience Movement and everyone opposing this tyranny.

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@matthewfsmith

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It would be a monumental mistake for UN member states to delete language on an arms embargo against the #Myanmar junta from the draft resolution at the UNGA in the name of consensus. Stand up and be counted. The intl community has failed Myanmar's people for too long. Time to act

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@matthewfsmith

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In less than 90 minutes from now, @RapporteurUn will address the UN Human Rights Council on the #Myanmar junta's illegal coup and ongoing deadly attack on peaceful protesters and others. You can watch it live here: #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @FortifyRights

HRC Home

www.ohchr.org

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Matthew Smith

@matthewfsmith

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Please allow me to fix this headline: Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar ethnic cleansing | The Guardian

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@matthewfsmith

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Today @CrphMyanmar appointed the awaited National Unity Government, including an ethnically diverse group of ministers w/ experience at local, national, and international levels. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

CRPH Myanmar

@CrphMyanmar

3 years

Formation of the National Unity Government (NUG) English version. #TowardFederalUnion #FederalDemocracy

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@matthewfsmith

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Tens of thousands of Rohingya civilians are in hiding, running for their lives. They are not terrorists.

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@matthewfsmith

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Today ⁦ @FortifyRights ⁩ is proud to welcome acclaimed actor Thomas Sadoski to our Advisory Board. He’s a longtime activist committed to ending mass atrocities. “Governments must act now on #Myanmar ,” he says ahead of the UNSC meeting today.

Fortify Rights Welcomes Actor Thomas Sadoski To Advisory Board - Fortify Rights

“Governments must act now on Myanmar,” says acclaimed actor and longtime activist

www.fortifyrights.org

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@matthewfsmith

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If Min Aung Hlaing fails to demonstrate an immediate end to the junta’s attempted coup & attack on civilians, then #ASEAN member states should consider ousting #Myanmar from the regional block, said @FortifyRights . News release: #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

ASEAN: Engage Myanmar's National Unity Government to End Crisis and Military Rule - Fortify Rights

Myanmar government should have a seat at ASEAN summit

www.fortifyrights.org

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Matthew Smith

@matthewfsmith

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The #2222Revolution is born. Watch this short recap of today's historic nationwide demonstrations in #Myanmar . #WhatsHapppeningInMyanmar

Fortify Rights

@FortifyRights

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Today, 02/22/2021, the #22222Revolution against the military coup in #Myanmar 🇲🇲 was born. The nation will not be silenced. #WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar

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Matthew Smith

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UN member states must not legitimize #Myanmar 's military junta & should continue to recognize the lawful credentials of Amb. Kyaw Moe Tun. The junta has no authority to dismiss him. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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This is a solid roundup of #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar from BBC ICYMI. Thank you @BBCRosAtkins for laying out the grim facts. @RapporteurUn @FortifyRights @RogerforWI

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