Today marks 2 years since the military coup in #Myanmar, leading to a brutal authoritarian rule. Opposition leaders, journalists & activists are imprisoned & prosecuted. The UN estimates that around 1.2 million people are displaced & more than 70.000 people left the country. /1
⚠️Chevon selling 41% stake in Yadana project to Canada oil biz MTI Energy, which will continue to bankroll #Myanmar junta.
Will the Canadian govt stand by & let its biz become complicit in junta atrocities?
#Canada: SANCTION MOGE! https://t.co/EO9N8K8vdQ @melaniejoly@BobRae48
Diplomats, journalists and international community, have a look at these scenes. Millions of people in Myanmar are participating in #SilentStrike after two years of repression!
Legitimacy lies with the people. #OurCityOurRuleOurWill. Support us and the revolution shall prevail.
🇲🇲 "The 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 the junta is planning for August have 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 and should not be given any recognition at all" — European Parliament Vice-President @HeidiHautala speaking on @AJEnglish on the two-year anniversary of the Myanmar coup 👇
Today, on the second anniversary of the coup in Burma, we are with displaced Karenni people in their hiding place in a children’s program.
Please continue to pray and bring awareness to what is happening in Burma. God bless you.
This week marks the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar. I urged Ministers to put adequate resources into the FCDO to ensure that further sanctions on the military regime are put in place swiftly.
Two years after the coup, the Burmese people are still determined to reject the military regime. Amid threats, people participated in the silent strike against the military rule. Photos show usually congested roads with no traffic and normally bustling markets with no customers.
Disturbing reports of escalating attacks by junta forces on civilians in Karen state, with many thousands displaced, is another reason why the people of Myanmar desperately need stronger targeted sanctions, a global arms embargo and a robust increase in cross-border aid. Now.
The Burmese military is committing horrific crimes. No country should be selling them weapons. Call on Turkey to impose an arms embargo on Burma now. https://t.co/kbaJEHOU4C
Army of Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing killed 11 innocent civilians burned alive in Don Taw village in Sarr Linn Gyee township. The hands are tied on the back. The locals were crying while they took the video. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
People are banging pots again tonight in #Yangon, in response to the killings that happened hours ago.
No one's blood has gone cold.
Watch here to see them call and respond to each other as they protest from their homes.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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