The New York Times has published an important piece about Myanmar.
"The Country that Bombs its own People"
https://t.co/ClLGvA6mRV
It features OSINT work done by Myanmar Witness investigators in the background over the past months and years.
One of those pieces of work was finding, analysing and verifying a rare example of footage apparently showing the Myanmar military in the very act of setting houses in a village on fire.
Myanmar Witness shares our research and work with trusted media organisations to bring attention to #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar and ultimately to hold those responsible for abuses and atrocities to account.
From the article:
"When fighter jets or helicopters are involved, attacks can be easily attributed to government forces. But responsibility for fires is often much more difficult to prove. The video of the soldier leaving the house, first analyzed and shared with The Times by the nongovernmental organization Myanmar Witness, is rare evidence of troops in the act.
Mr. Davis, who reviewed the footage, said there was no doubt that this was state security forces at work. “The helmets, the distinctive way many of them shoulder their rifles and the military discipline and organization at some moments make that entirely clear,” he said.
Daw Thein Htay, whose home was burned in the attack, said that soldiers had threatened to incinerate the village unless residents disclosed the location of an opposition leader. “When we said we did not know, they set our village on fire,” she said.
Fires like this are most concentrated in the opposition stronghold of Sagaing; some villages have been burned repeatedly. Mrs. Thein Htay said that the villagers in Let Htoke Taw were warned of a repeat attack if they dared to reconstruct their homes.
A recent analysis by Myanmar Witness found an alarming increase in fires, with nearly six times as many identified in December 2022 as in December 2021. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in July that around 60,000 civilian structures had been burned since the start of the coup."
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#MYANMAR: The junta announced on Friday that it will take action against BBC Burmese and the Irrawaddy "under the communication law, news media law, and existing laws for the accusation of security forces" over their coverage of this week's shooting near Kyaiktiyo Pagoda...
Imagine, your son was hanged for protecting democracy. Then these military-run thug showed up and threw stones at your apartment and threatened your life.
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#ZeyaThaw#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Not only executing the political prisoners in a cruel manner, SAC also hired a mob to throw stones at the deceased prisoners’ families’ homes. How savage and barbaric!
Zayer (Zeya) Thaw has been executed with 3 other political activists by Myanmar coup regime. Before becoming politician he was groundbreaking rapper in 2000s Myanmar Burma hip hop group Acid. Relevant Tupac quote: “People die but legends live forever.” 🎤 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
I’m extremely shocked to read the news of the execution of four democracy activists including Ko #Jimmy & former MP #PhyoZayarThaw who were arbitrarily arrested & sentenced to death by the #Myanmar Junta.
Myanmar Military junta’s cruelty must be immediately punished by the world.