KPSim

Peacebuilder in Myanmar working in Sittwe. Formerly International Legal Adviser with @ICJ_org. Interested in human rights and conflict transformation issues.

[Skills For Humanity @skills4humanity]

As conflict increases and more civilians are forced to escape attacks, my team and I have set up several safe areas to provide food,medical aid and support in Arakan, karenni and Shan,there are more people than ever at risk right now, especially children
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

[Radio Free Asia @RadioFreeAsia]

Bullied at home, Aung San Win, a Myanmar minority student, thrives in Washington DC.

#Myanmar

[LaetitiavandenAssum @lvandenassum]

“In Myanmar’s ‘fight to the death’, it’s the junta and its warlords vs everyone else.” And it would be wrong to think that the fight can be won without more major bloodshed.
By Huw Watkin https://t.co/nn3WLYnhAK

[Gwen Robinson @RobinsonBKK]

Hiding in caves and bunkers has become a way of life in more than half of Myanmar. #MyanmarJunta is still managing to get aviation fuel, how and why? Stop airstrikes now.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

The fact that western media no longer talk about Israel's #GenocideinGaza and the oppression of Palestinians anywhere under Israeli rule, does not mean that genocide and oppression have stopped. It means they are being NORMALISED.
#Humanity wake up!

[Kyaw Hsan Hlaing @kyawhsanhlaing1]

Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in the long-troubled state.

@EmilyFishbein11 and @myothazin_nwe

#WhatshappeninginMyanmar

https://t.co/mkZmNVb3fW

[Angshuman Choudhury @angshuman_ch]

The Sagaing Federal Council of #SagaingForum requests the Indian government to release the 97 #Myanmar nationals detained in #Manipur & allow them to get legal assistance.

Also requests Manipur gov to take a humanitarian approach to the refugee situation.

[LaetitiavandenAssum @lvandenassum]

Since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, the economy has crumbled leading to rampant inflation & energy shortages. The cost of a basket of food staples per person/month has quadrupled. But in the midst of the crisis, people’s initiatives stand out.
⁦@LibbyHogan⁩ https://t.co/8XIUkMdhgw

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Reports of arson attacks and the mass displacement of Rohingya civilians in western Myanmar are being used as rhetorical weapons in Myanmar’s civil war. https://t.co/INksoipZhz

[LaetitiavandenAssum @lvandenassum]

The more territory Myanmar’s military regime loses, the more violent and horrific its tactics become, imposing collective responsibility on civilian populations. Its death toll in a village near Rakhine state’s Sittwe tops 50. https://t.co/fB3suPoTu8

[Radio Free Asia @RadioFreeAsia]

🚨 Myanmar is forcibly recruiting #Rohingyas in Sittwe and threatening to block international aid supplies if they refuse to join military training, according to members of the ethnic group who are sheltering in camps for the displaced. https://t.co/xGGyKRR3w2

[Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention @LemkinInstitute]

The Lemkin Institute has had it with the cynical lies and propaganda from Israel and the USA. One can have different views about the definition of genocide, but one may not use definitional disputes to deny genocide. If a genocide may be occurring, every nation is compelled by customary law to try to stop it.

Let us be clear: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The US is complicit in genocide. These are not political statements. They are statements that are made from knowledge and experience. Nevertheless, you do not need a PhD , a law degree, or X-ray vision to see the genocidal dimensions of Israel’s carnage in Gaza. It is clear in the behavior of the state and its military, on full display in yesterday’s horrific bombardment of a Rafah camp.

But even if there were legitimate doubts about Israel’s genocide, there is no doubt that Israel is committing atrocity crimes of the most barbaric kind. Israel must be stopped. Israel must be stopped now.

We are disgusted by Western leaders, especially in the USA, Germany, and the UK. They have demonstrated not only that they don’t care one bit about genocide prevention and human rights, but also that they are willing to allow an ally to commit atrocity crimes while they offer material and diplomatic support. It is reprehensible and the individuals involved in this gaslighting campaign should be deeply ashamed. They should also be put on trial.

Humanity has a choice: Either we decide that our children can all be killed whenever a superior force alleges that “terrorists” are among us, or we decide that under no circumstances will we allow these superior forces to lay waste to our world any longer.

We each must choose and act accordingly. The watershed moment is now.

[Aimee Shalan @AimeeShalan]

Short🧵on the appalling coverage by @BBCNews of Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian refugees sheltering in tents in a so-called ‘safe zone’ in Rafah.

1st they run a piece with the title ‘Deadly explosion reported in Rafah’ as if it happened out of nowhere.

[UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews @RapporteurUn]

The world is again failing the Rohingya in their hour of desperate need in northern Rakhine State. Emergency aid must be allowed in and those running for their lives must be allowed out by opening the Bangladesh border and supporting those able to escape: https://t.co/ianNxcx9YV

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

Our new investigation shows that the world’s dependence on heavy rare earths from Myanmar’s conflict-affected Kachin state has rapidly increased and is having a devastating impact on communities and the environment.