Human rights & labor activist working mostly in SE Asia. FCCT Board member. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. SAIS. Cape Cod. Thai/Lao speaker
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Video from @rahaf84427714 just sent from her hotel room at the #Bangkok airport. She has barricaded herself in the room & says she will not leave until she is able to see #UNHCR. Why is #Thailand not letting @Refugees see her for refugee status determination? @hrw #SaveRahaf
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What does @ASEAN stand for regarding #Myanmar? Now we have the answer: it's Association of Sitting, Eating, Announcing and Nothing (#ASEAN). Meanwhile #Tatmadaw still shooting. Former #Indonesia AG Marzuki Darusman demands ASEAN end its inaction now! @hrw bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin…
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"Every day the military junta unleashes more brutality on peaceful protesters...While the future of #Myanmar will be determined by its people, the international community must act urgently & decisively to support them" says @RapporteurUn #SaveMyanmar @hrw ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Page…
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#India should refuse this #Myanmar military junta request, & allow these Burmese police officers to seek asylum if that is what they want. Under no circumstances should they be sent back into harm's way in #Burma. reuters.com/article/us-myanm…
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“This is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close” says Mahn Win Khaing Than, the acting democratic leader in #Myanmar. The struggle for human rights & restoration of democracy continues! #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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In the boxing ring of stupid nationalism, everyone gets bloodied. Yet another great cartoon by Stephff.
#Cambodia #Thailand #ThailandCambodia
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“Only with the final deconstruction of the #Tatmadaw & prosecution of its commanders in international courts of law will the #Burmese people be free of this continuous nightmare of military misrule” says @hrw on #Myanmar military junta on Armed Forces Day rfa.org/english/news/myanmar…
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Actions by police & #Tatmadaw security forces today in #Yangon & #Dawei mark a serious escalation in use of lethal force, & must stop! People have the right to protest & demand their rights, & call for #Myanmar military coup gov't to step down #SaveMyanmar myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt…
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Really such wonderful news Rahaf! If your father causes any problems, call me right away. We will keep pushing until you are safe in a 3rd country!
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“The shameful, cowardly, brutal actions of the military and police – who have been filmed shooting at protesters as they flee, and who have not even spared young children – must be halted immediately" says top UN officials. @OHCHRAsia #SaveMyanmar #Myanmar un.org/sg/en/content/note-co…
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Why is it when UN Special Envoy @SchranerBurgen1 arrives in #Bangkok after having 2 #Covid19 vaccine shots, she is put in 7 day quarantine, but when #Myanmar military junta rep Wunna Maung Lwin visited, he met @prayutofficial & @MFAThai FM Don on same day? thethaiger.com/news/national…
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The people of #Burma should know that when it comes to UN Security Council inaction on #Myanmar's military coup -- these are the villains stopping any action. Russia, China, India, & Vietnam. @mfa_russia @MFA_China @PMOIndia @MOFAVietNam #SaveMyanmar usnews.com/news/world/articl…
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#Myanmar internet shutdowns violate rights! "Under international human rights standards, internet-based restrictions must be according to law, necessary & proportionate. Blanket internet shutdowns are form of collective punishment" @rich_weir #SaveMyanmar hrw.org/news/2021/03/15/myan…
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#Kuwait Air flight KU412 has now departed #Bangkok without #Rahaf on board, so this is an important victory for her, & a real tribute to her courage. She is demanding #UNHCR be allowed to see her, but so far #Thailand is not agreeing to that. #SaveRahaf @Refugees @UNHCRThailand
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Breaking news! @USTreasury sanctions #Burma junta's two main military conglomerates, #Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd & Myanmar Economic Corp. No US business with them, no bank can use US dollars with MEHL or MEC. Targeted sanctions that mean something! home.treasury.gov/policy-iss…
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Human rights NGOs from #Thailand mobilizing to show solidarity & demand justice for the Burmese people demanding #Myanmar military stop abusing rights, restore democracy! #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Donald, I’m a proud subscriber to the @washingtonpost and the Founding Fathers ensured freedom of the press was protected in the Constitution to deal with nasty situations like your failing, rights abusing “leadership.” Those 2 reporters have every right to enter the @WhiteHouse
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Thai lawyers file injunction just over an hour ago with #Bangkok criminal court to prevent the deportation of #Rahaf to #Kuwait. Court should consider quickly because time is short & she faces dire peril if sent back from #Thailand. Will Thailand respect rule of law? #SaveRahaf
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Whoops! Guess @ASEAN could not reach consensus on one of the most basic points - which is the release of political prisoners held by #Myanmar junta! Hmm. So then who are the representatives of the Burmese people that #ASEAN is going to dialogue & negotiate with? #SaveMyanmar @hrw
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#Singapore based rights activists demand @NUGMyanmar be permitted to attend @ASEAN meeting on #Myanmar scheduled for Apr 24 in #Jakarta. ASEAN people's solidarity for rights & democracy in #Burma #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @AseanPF @MOFAMyanmar theonlinecitizen.com/2021/04…
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18 year old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun is being held at #Bangkok airport, her passport confiscated by #SaudiArabia which prevented her from continuing to #Australia. She wants to seek asylum, fears she will be killed if forced back to #Riyadh. Needs access to #UNHCR!
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“#Myanmar security forces have continually flouted any respect for human rights but they should know that they will be held accountable for disappearances of these individuals & for the safe return of everyone forcibly disappeared” says @hrw #SaveMyanmar hrw.org/news/2021/04/02/myan…
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Thank you to the #German Embassy & government for standing up to #SaveRahaf and demanding that #Thailand not send her back to her family in #SaudiArabia.
Wir teilen die große Sorge um Rahaf Mohammed und stehen dazu in Verbindung mit der thailaendischen Seite und den Botschaften der Laender, an die sie sich gewandt hatte. #RahafMohamed
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Now #Myanmar military junta evidently wants to re-start using the death penalty after a moratorium that has lasted for years. How much further can the #Tatmdaw drag the situation in #Burma back into darkness? #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#Myanmar military junta now hunting down trade union leaders, & rank and file workers who dare oppose #Tatmadaw's military coup. Solidarity needed for #Burmese workers from the international trade union movement! @AFLCIO @ilo @GuyRyder @hrw #SaveMyanmar irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya…
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Absolutely useless @ASEAN gutting UNGA resolution. @hrw says “ASEAN is basically enabling Myanmar. It is serving as the perfect Burmese foil. Where is the #ASEAN special envoy to #Myanmar? It’s been more than a month & they still haven’t come up with one” theaustralian.com.au/world/a…
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Brilliant, right on target cartoon by #Bangkok based artist Stephff on @ASEAN's unacceptable invitation to #Myanmar military junta commander Min Aung Hlaing, correctly depicted as butcher with blood of the people on his hands. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ASEAN #ASEANRespectOurVotes
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“The U.N. Security Council’s failure to even discuss an arms embargo against the junta is an appalling abdication of its responsibilities toward the people of #Myanmar” says @hrw. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SaveMyanmar #UNSecurityCouncil voacambodia.com/a/5880470.ht…
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“@asean should make clear it stands with #Myanmar’s democratically elected government & demand accountability from Min Aung Hlaing & other junta leaders responsible for deaths of hundreds protesting for democracy" says @hrw! #SaveMyanmar @UNinMyanmar hrw.org/news/2021/04/21/asea…
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#Myanmar junta is blind to everything but their constant repression of the @cvdom2021. Continued military violence, rights abuses, & arrests are outrageous & unacceptable, must stop! Cartoon from #ASEAN human rights cartoonists exhibition at craftora.com #SaveMyanmar
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"What’s happening now in #Myanmar is a tug of war between the people, who are seeking to make the country ungovernable by using mass strike tactics, versus the military which is arresting or shooting down anyone who opposes them...” says @hrw
#SaveMyanmar
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Outrageous & unacceptable! Now there are 2 #NLD officials taken away at night by #Tatmadaw & #Myanmar police, & by morning they are dead from injuries suffered in custody. Impartial investigation needed! RIP Khin Maung Latt and Zaw Myat Linn. #SaveMyanmar aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/9/…
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“#HongKong police & other authorities don’t help their credibility by cracking down on peaceful criticism. Instead of pursuing dubious prosecutions, they should allow an independent investigation of their own conduct during the protest movement” says @hrw hrw.org/news/2020/03/27/hong…
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Released Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi says that while he was in jail, #Burmese prisoners were tortured in custody & told him their experiences. He vows to continuing reporting on #Myanmar from #Japan.
#SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Burma
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#Burmese cartoonists doing great job in the midst of savage human rights repression by #Myanmar junta, using humor & free expression to show the people will not be silenced. This is part of #ASEAN Human Rights exhibition that can be viewed at craftora.com #SaveMyanmar
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Tragic... Armed Forces Day in #Myanmar: "This is a day of suffering & mourning for the #Burmese people, who have paid for the #Tatmadaw’s arrogance and greed with their lives, time and time again” says @hrw #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SaveBurma rfa.org/english/news/myanmar…
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Latest from UN: “UN Security Council expresses its continued support for the democratic transition in #Myanmar, & stresses the need to uphold democratic institutions & processes, refrain from violence, fully respect human rights & fundamental freedoms." usun.usmission.gov/statement…
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Protesters psychological warfare against murderous #Myanmar military & police - make them walk under a panty line. #Tatmadaw & friends not so tough after all, LOL. Creativity continues to be the protesters' strength. #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar reuters.com/article/us-myanm…
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Best cartoon I've seen recently to represent the #Myanmar military's track record on human rights, including persecution of ethnic minorities across the country, targeting of civilians, violations of civil & political liberties, and now, this - a military coup! #SaveMyanmar
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“The #Myanmar junta’s increasingly desperate efforts to block those inside the country from accessing independent news & information won’t hide the truth about its ongoing violations of rights” says @hrw on junta's satellite ban. #SaveMyanmar #keepiton hrw.org/news/2021/05/06/myan…
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Shameful, disgraceful embrace of the foulest, rights abusing dictator in Southeast Asia - shame on pseudo PM @ingshin for welcoming this war criminal to #Thailand. #MyanmarEarthquake #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
#BIMSTECSummit
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#Myanmar military junta goes after @aapp_burma. @hrw responds that #Tatmadaw "are trying to silence a very important organization that is doing a very difficult job. It is an attempt to keep the outside world from hearing what is happening in #Burma.” rfa.org/english/news/myanmar…
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“#Thailand should absolutely not send these DVB journalists and activists back into harm’s way in #Myanmar because they will face certain arrest and persecution by the State Administration Council junta” says @hrw today about arrested @dvbburmese reporters coconuts.co/yangon/news/thai…
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Southeast Asia People's Summit on #Myanmar happening on line on April 22! Hear from #Burmese and int'l NGOs, representative of @NUGMyanmar, the former President of East Timor, & former chair UN Fact Finding Mission on #Burma. The real voices of the people of #ASEAN! #SaveMyanmar
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Shockingly true! #Myanmar Tatmadaw tries to shut out world & social media thru internet restrictions, so no one sees them brutalize @cvdom2021 protesters demanding reversal of military coup & end to human rights abuses. Great cartoon by Stephff, courtesy of @FCCThai #keepiton
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#Myanmar's imposition of martial law creates possibility of death penalty for protesters, journalists after unfair military court trials that blatantly violate fair trial standards. Great piece by @hrw's @LLakhdhir. #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar hrw.org/news/2021/03/16/mart…
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Preview of European Union decision on #Myanmar to be taken on Monday (22 Feb) leaked to European Observer. Look like significant number of #Tatmadaw military coup leaders will be sanctioned as first step. That's a good start, but more needed! #SaveMyanmar euobserver.com/foreign/15097…
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Long interview with @RapporteurUn for human rights in #Myanmar, Tom Andrews. "The tactics the junta is deploying have become increasingly brutal & ruthless. Despite their efforts to block it, the truth is getting out, & it’s a gruesome truth" #SaveMyanmar news.un.org/en/story/2021/04…
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"This is a day of suffering and mourning for the #Burmese people, who have paid for the #Tatmadaw’s arrogance and greed with their lives, time and time again” says @hrw about #Myanmar military's killing of protesters. #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#Myanmar gov't facial recognition surveillance project under so-called "Smart Cities" program gives military junta more tools to abuse human rights. Tech being provided by @Huawei. Project should be suspended immediately, says @hrw today. #SaveMyanmar hrw.org/news/2021/03/12/myan…
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#Myanmar martial law means any protesters or activists brought before military courts have NO right to appeal sentences given, such as hard labor in prison for unlimited years. Junta's system in #Burma designed to deny justice, not ensure it #SaveMyanmar hrw.org/news/2021/03/16/mart…
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More small steps from @CanadaFP, issuing advisory to #Canadian companies still doing business in #Burma after #Tatmadaw's coup. "I urge Canadian companies active in #Myanmar to take appropriate action to uphold human rights" says #Canada FM. #SaveMyanmar canada.ca/en/global-affairs/…
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Outrageous & unacceptable actions by #Myanmar military junta to shut down the mobile internet. #KeepItOn #SaveMyanmar
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.@ASEAN's total failure to do ANYTHING productive about the situation in #Myanmar almost 6 months after the coup is a scathing indictment of @Asean2021_BN's totally failed leadership. Time for @eu_eeas & @StateDept to recognize #ASEAN is a dead end, & move forward on their own!
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Good that @japan could negotiate to get journalist Yuki Kitazumi released & bogus charges against him dropped, but what about the over 50 #Myanmar journalist still in detention? All news reporters in #Burma should be immediately & unconditionally released! mizzima.com/article/japanese…
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Outrageous & unacceptable targeting of medical personnel by #Myanmar military & police must stop! #SaveMyammar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar theguardian.com/world/2021/a…
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#Myanmar military junta should immediately & unconditionally release #Japanese journalist Yuki Kitazumi, & all other journalists detained for simply doing their job to report on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar. Journalism is NOT a crime! @JPN_PMO @MofaJapan_en japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/0…
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#Myanmar @cvdom2021 vs. #Tatmadaw, as seen in the #ASEAN Human Rights cartoonists exhibition that went live today at craftora.com!
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SaveMyanmar #WorldPressFreedomDay #WPFD2021
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Burmese people can see who supports the #Myanmar military coup, and who the #Tatmadaw generals' friends are. Shame on #Beijing & #Moscow!
#SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar @ipacglobal @MFA_China @mfa_russia @KremlinRussia_E
China and Russia show their true colors:
1. China says "the international community should respect Myanmar’s sovereignty."
2. Russia says "nations should not intervene in the 'exclusively internal process.'”
In other words, do nothing, accept the coup.
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“By inviting coup-leader Min Aung Hlaing and ignoring Myanmar’s elected civilian leaders, #ASEAN lends legitimacy to an illegal & brutal military regime” says @FortifyRights today about #Myanmar. #SaveMyanmar @asean @UNinMyanmar @pomyanmar @ismailwolff fortifyrights.org/reg-inv-20…
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Outrageous & unacceptable actions by #Myanmar security forces, attacking peaceful protesters in #Yangon!
#SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #MilkTeaAlliance #Burma
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New Zealand leads the way, refusing to recognize #Myanmar's military junta, cutting aid to gov't projects, imposing travel ban on #Tatmadaw leaders! Kudos to @jacindaardern & @MFATNZ for taking this principled stance! reuters.com/article/us-newze… #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The world is watching! Speaking to #BBC World News TV about #Myanmar's brave protesters & the need for real action by international community, starting with targeted economic sanctions on military companies operating in #Burma. #SaveMyanmar piped.video/BRgHgWcgQRo via @YouTube
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Large group of protesters outside #Indonesia Embassy in #Bangkok, unhappy that @Menlu_RI is here, negotiating with #Myanmar junta's minister from @MOFAMyanmar. Indonesia & @MFAThai should not compromise Burmese people's democracy & rights to #Tatmadaw coup makers! #SaveMyanmar
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"#Burma's Bloody Sunday" is what @aapp_burma called it, w/more than 1000 detained, & approximately 20 killed, more than 200 wounded says #AAPP. Outrageous & unacceptable actions by #Myanmar junta! aappb.org/?p=13324 #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #SaveBurma
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Excellent idea by lawmakers past & present from several of #Myanmar's neighbors! Suspend #Burma from @ASEAN unless they stop abusing rights & restore democratic rule & free all political prisoners immediately #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @ASEANMP scmp.com/week-asia/politics/…
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Ministers of Defense from 12 countries issued joint statement, "condemn the use of lethal force against unarmed people" & "urge the #Myanmar Armed Forces to cease violence"! Signed by #USA, UK, #Japan, #Australia, South Korea, #Canada, #Germany, NZ, others defense.gov/Newsroom/Release…
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More creative protests in #Yangon as @cvdom2021 protesters throw red paint on the roads to symbolize the blood of those killed by #Myanmar military junta. #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar channelnewsasia.com/news/asi…
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A perfect explanation.
#ASEAN Playing harp beside a buffalo #MinAungHlaing .
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@ASEAN @jokowi @Menlu_RI @MuhyiddinYassin @HishammuddinH2O @teddyboylocsin @leehsienloong @VivianBala @MFAThai @FMBuiThanhSon @Asean2021_BN
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#Burma's leader Aung San Suu Kyi "turning out to be someone who has no real abiding interests in human rights" @hrw latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg…
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This is how the #Myanmar military junta treats medical workers on streets of #Yangon. What does @WHO, @UNinMyanmar, & @ochamyanmar have to say about this? How can such outrageous acts be met with silence? And where are targeted sanctions needed from @eu_eeas & @dfat?
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What does @UNESCO @unescobangkok have to say about this? Will protesters being shot at World Heritage site finally prompt them to find their voice? This, & arrest of journalists is what #UNESCO should be publicly speaking up about! #SaveMyanmar #Bagan #BaganMyanmar #bagan_unesco
Five people were injured and one arrested in Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as security forces fired live ammunition at anti-coup protesters on Sunday morning. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The world is watching! Speaking with DW television of Germany about #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar, with junta using war weapons vs protesters, expectations towards int'l community by #Burmese people, & the failures of frontline states & @ASEAN. piped.video/vFLWm9uw56M via @YouTube
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“Min Aung Hlaing, who faces international sanctions for his role in military atrocities & brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, should not be welcomed at an intergovernmental gathering to address a crisis he created,” says @hrw #SaveMyanmar #Burma hrw.org/news/2021/04/21/asea…
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The cat is out of the bag on @ASEAN's efforts to severely weaken UN General Assembly resolution on #Myanmar. Once again @Asean2021_BN reveals that all it is doing is making excuses for #Burma's junta as savage violence against the Burmese people continues. mobile.reuters.com/article/a…
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The world is watching! Speaking to #France's @FRANCE24 News about the ongoing protests in #Myanmar, demands for accountability & the need for int'l community to impose global arms embargo & targeted economic sanctions #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar france24.com/en/tv-shows/per…
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Hard to understand #Thai Immigration's heartless lack of concern for #Rahaf al-Qunan. Commissioner "Big Joke" says it's "family problem" but if her father kills her, who takes responsibility for sending her into harm's way & ignoring her asylum request? afp.com/en/news/15/saudi-wom…
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Outrageous & unacceptable abuses by #Tatmadaw, trying to drag #Burma back to the dark days of dictatorshop, are chronicled in this article on 3 months after coup, #Myanmar returns to the ‘bad old days’ nyti.ms/3tvXXFS
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This is a truly brilliant political cartoon, part of the month-long #ASEAN Human Rights exhibition of cartoonists launched today in an online event. Basically death snooker by the #Indonesia gov't, attacking rights freedom of expression advocates & media on #WorldPressFreedomDay.
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Now we will see if #Myanmar junta's pledge to @ASEAN to have "immediate cessation of violence" is worth anything at all. Peaceful expression & protest are NOT crimes, & #Tatmadaw/police should not use violence against demonstrators in #Burma. #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar nitter.app/zaw_athens/status/1386…
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Wow! At 6:56 in this press conference, @Dr_Hunmanet_PM appears to thank the Republic of China, which is what Taiwan calls itself. Obviously that's not what he meant, but it's pretty awkward for a guy who claims he's fluent in English, diplomatically savvy, and ready to lead...
#Thailand #Cambodia #ThailandCambodia #ThailandCambodiaWar #cambodiathailand
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Speaking about #Australia's programs with the #Tatmadaw, I called it a “total abandonment of human rights” and “literally whistling past the graveyard.” I was correct, & now #Canberra should act to terminate these #Myanmar programs, not just suspend them! jacobinmag.com/2021/04/austr…
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Fully support the call of Tom Andrews, the Special Rapporteur for human rights in #Myanmar, for immediate global arms embargo on the #Tatmadaw & police. Time to tell UN Security Council that no more excuses are acceptable, time to act now! #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
It's past time to stop the flow of weapons & dual-use technology to Myanmar. The UNSC is not prepared to impose an arms embargo but states can. I'm updating my list of those who have & issuing a call for more to join. Because it's a matter of life & death. ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Page…
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#Myanmar's military junta must immediately & unconditionally free @FrontierMM Managing Editor Danny Fenster! Journalism is not a crime. Fenster & all imprisoned journalists in #Burma must be freed.
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#JournalismIsNotACrime #mediafreedom #PressFreedom
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RIP Daw Tin Nwe Yi.
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Teachers attend prayers for their former colleague Daw Tin Nwe Yi who was killed during a crackdown on anti-coup protesters, in #Yangon.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Mar1Coup
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New UK sanctions are hitting #Myanmar military coup leader Min Aung Hlaing & 5 other #Tatmadaw leaders who are part of the SAC junta. But @FCDOGovUK & @DominicRaab need to go farther, & sanction military owned & operated companies in #Burma. gov.uk/government/news/uk-sa…
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I just urged President Biden to stop oil companies bankrolling the #Myanmar military.
@Chevron @Total #POSCO_OUT
#CivilDisobedienceMovement #NoBusinessWithGenocide #StandWithMyanmar @genocideno @rohingya_icr
Join me & sign below! actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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My statement for @hrw on situation in Mindat:
“The #Myanmar military’s assault on #Mindat continues the #Tatmadaw’s long record of wantonly disregarding human rights and failing to protect civilians in its operations.../1 #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SaveMindat
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“Everyone agrees that cutting off oil & gas revenues to the #Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise & by extension, the SAC junta, is critical. Frustrations are mounting about the total lack of progress in ending the junta’s violence”: @hrw on sanctions on #Burma thediplomat.com/2021/05/can-…
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The view from the ground in #Myanmar. World community passes the ball back & forth while behind the screen, #Tatmadaw abuse & kill people for simply exercising their rights to protest & demand restoration of gov't they voted for in Nov 2020
#SaveMyanmar
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Looking forward to speaking at @Anfrel's webinar about #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar -- on 24 March at 5 pm in #Bangkok. Event will be livestreamed on @Facebook, free to join online too. @PVamplify #SaveMyanmar @UNinMyanmar #Myanmar #Burma
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