“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 https://t.co/CmrGZ1Wl0X
U Aung Myo Lwin, former Ward Administrator from ChaungZone, was forcibly ABDUCTED by Junta’s Armed Thugs at his home in West ChaungZone Ward, Pyapon, Ayeyarwady Division around 2pm on Apr 29.
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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.” https://t.co/23mxoe73BN
In the last few days Myanmar military jets have been hitting valleys and jungle, not villages, Karen aid workers said today. "We think they saw they photos, they know (where) people are hiding" said Naw K'nyaw Paw of the Karens Women's Organisation.
Residents in Hpakant, Kachin, continued their daily anti-coup protests today (Apr 30). Hapkant is known for its jade mines, which produce most of the world’s jadeite.
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These Shan families have to stay in Pig Sties for shelter due to recent indiscriminate air strikes and shelling by Burma terrorist coup group in Mawmawk. Please support us so that we can help them! You can donate directly at https://t.co/yWT98j67l2
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“Military is in schools, students are in jail” said one placard. “We will never lose our enthusiasm” said a banner. “(You) shall never govern us,” said another. These are messages from youths in Mandalay today (Apr 30).
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Armed groups in Kachin and Karen States are battling regime forces and offering shelter and support to anti-coup protestors as they “could not bear to watch the civilians being killed brutally by the junta”.
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#Myanmar#military reportedly want to use unilateral #ceasefire extension of 1 month of May to get other #ethnic armies onboard ceasefire pact. But existing signatories have already described 2015 pact as dead/paralysed/suspended #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar https://t.co/3LClQoP7zH
#Myanmar#military extends its unilateral ceasefire action by another month into May. It had earlier declared a unilateral truce on March 31 for the month of April. But #ethnic armies like @knuhq reported more than 20 air strikes by military over April #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
A new form of resistance - some #Myanmar students say they are boycotting school as a protest against the military coup, rejecting “the dictatorial regime’s education”.
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The coup regime’s armed forces violently dispersed this protest in downtown Yangon around noon today (Apr 30) and arrested about 4 youths, a protester told Myanmar Now.
About 200 youths from different townships were braving the rain to protest.
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The Karen Peace Support Network says thousands of villagers are taking shelter on the Myanmar side of the Salween and they will flee to Thailand if the fighting escalates. https://t.co/rB4crhXEZa by @panuw@Reuters#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
KIA says it killed 20 soldiers from 77th Light Infantry Division while defending hill base
The notorious division has been implicated in mass killings against the Rohingya and the murder of protesters in Yangon.
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Displaced villagers in Salween Peace Park, fleeing from the Burmese military's air strikes again. They are struggling as the heavy rain hits them so hard, impossible for them to survive in Burma. Many fled to Thailand. If you can please help us help them👉 https://t.co/6TIIzPRZKY
Update: Myanmar junta extends its unilateral ceasefire period to end of May, yet continues airstrikes in ethnic regions. Local media reports Myanmar military used total 9 aircrafts including fighter jets and helicopters in Kachin state today.
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