Today marks 3 years since the military seized power with an illegal coup in Myanmar.
What has happened to the size of the prison network in that time? 👇
ICYMI: @NEDemocracy@DamonMacWilson#Burma is at a tipping point and pro-democracy forces need the international community's urgent coordinated support to pave the way for a democratic future and durable peace.
https://t.co/ztKjOkbGv6
After months of power struggle, #Iraq's federal court sacked parliament speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi, the longest serving speaker and most powerful Sunni politician since '03.
My paper for @LSEMiddleEast sheds light on Halbousi's rise and fall.
https://t.co/NRBjlXS0DB
Operation 1027
On 27 Oct 2023, the Three Brotherhood Alliance, launched “Operation 1027.” This campaign has led to significant gains against the Myanmar military, with over 130 positions reportedly captured, mainly in Shan State near the border with China.
#OP1027 THREAD 👇
"A coordinated effort to support the anti-coup alliance at this critical time would show that there is a path to a democratic future." https://t.co/mW8pOFvumj
Last night airstrikes by the military junta killed nearly 30 and many injured, mostly women and children from a IDP camp in Laiza, Kachin State.
I will do everything in my power to hold junta accountable for continued atrocities against the civilians.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
🚨 IDP Camp Attacked
☑️ Laiza, Kachin
☑️ 24.782193, 97.565943
09 Oct 2023
Local media reported that an IDP camp in Kachin state was heavily damaged at around 2330 local time on 09 October 2023.
Myanmar Witness geolocated footage of the damage to Mung Lai Hkyet village, near Laiza township.
Sources
https://t.co/k7C3kICshQ
https://t.co/HIqtObH9Jt
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar #HumanRightsViolations
Today is the 112th National Day of the Republic of China. After three long years, we finally took off our masks to see one another again and gathered together to celebrate our country's National Day.
On this day in 1939, Russia, in partnership with Nazi Germany, invaded Poland hoping they could participate in all the looting with which Hitler was having so much success.
Stalin used the same excuse as Putin did when invading Ukraine in 2014.
Kazakhstan is releasing files of Kazakhstan residents who were victims of political repression during the Stalin era. A total of 2.4 million individual files will be made public. Big and timely, especially as Russia is beating the drum of “good ole Stalin days”
The SAC in Myanmar recently announced the sacking of a number of high-ranking officials, including the Minister of Defence.
Myanmar Witness looks at the people surrounding the Prime Minister, and what SAC and NUG spokespeople have said about the changes.
#Myanmar
BREAKING:
Wagner soldiers in Belarus release a statement:
“There’s a lot of talk right now about what the Wagner Group will do. We can tell you one thing. We are getting started, get ready for us.”
New: Elections in #Burma Aren’t Coming, But Here’s What Is.
"These likely scenarios highlight the need for more meaningful and practical support for Burma’s pro-democracy struggle by international actors." @KyawZeyarWin
https://t.co/WL8QKZmLcn
The large & growing taxes @Heineken is paying the illegal #Myanmar military junta help fund the bombs, bullets & jet fuel used in junta attacks against the ppl of Myanmar.
April 20 is Heineken's Annual General Meeting. Shareholders shld tell Heineken to STOP bankrolling terror.
This PLA officer describes those in Taiwan not accepting Beijing‘s right to rule them as „tumors“ that need to be taken out, the PLAs‘s job.
„The body will feel pain. But what causes this pain? The scalpels or the tumor“?
De-humanization at work.
War over a crime city: the Myanmar army and its border guard force mobilize to protect transnational criminal operations and scam syndicates in Shwe Kokko from resistance forces