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WATCH: 365 days under the Myanmar coup
The military junta continues to commit crimes against humanity with impunity. But the Myanmar people’s fight for democracy never stops. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
PR 📣 Ukraine arms transfers to #Myanmar are enabling junta’s terror! Our investigation found exports incl. aircraft, ship & tank parts to military & private Myanmar dealers. Ukraine's donors of military aid must pressure to stop trade! Sanction dealers! 👉🏽https://t.co/I1o12DY2z8
Brunei’s FM2 Erywan “… will probably serve as the special envoy until Cambodia takes over the rotational chairmanship of ASEAN at the end of this year and appoints its own envoy.” https://t.co/JOZmf9GLfn
State of emergency extended with #Myanmarcoup leader as PM: "The plan by #Myanmar ruling generals to hold elections in two years shows they are stalling for time and the need for Southeast Asian countries to step up pressure on them..."
https://t.co/pimyR8q3AR
#StandUp4Myanmar
In case you missed it: #Myanmar is "one of Rosoboronexport's [#Russia state arms exporter] main clients in southeast Asia and a key partner of Rostec, Russia state aerospace and defence conglomerate."
“It is in no one’s interests for Myanmar to end up a failed state, starving, unable to breathe, and torn apart by civil war… We have every reason to intervene now.”https://t.co/LhVPaXrBpA via @spectator#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
"As #Myanmar now faces its worst Covid-19 outbreak, doctors and volunteers who spoke to CNN accuse the military of using the pandemic as a weapon against the people." #Tatmadaw seems content to let the people die.
https://t.co/l48kdAsU4r
#StandUp4Myanmar#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar's military regime now holding foreign telecoms company managers as de facto hostages inside the country, demanding they put spyware on their mobile phone platforms if they want to leave. @Telenor_mm @OoredooQatar should refuse to play along! @hrw https://t.co/tvHzGnZIbO
Myanmar Witness has been launched today as a new initiative to collect, preserve, process, investigate, verify and review incidents of possible interferences with human rights in Myanmar. For more information, please visit https://t.co/TqovcySJbL
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Today, the UK and EU have announced new sanctions against the #Myanmar military and its economic interests.
We will continue to target revenue streams that benefit the junta and finance its brutal actions. 🇬🇧🇪🇺https://t.co/fhJ0IBS6Ef
🇲🇲 #Myanmar/#Burma: EU 🇪🇺 agrees third round of sanctions against eight people and four entities over the military coup and ensuing repression.
Read our press release 👉 https://t.co/acTJrsKB3K
"#India must realise the serious paradox of its position in the region with respect to #Myanmar (...) by insisting on a regional solution at the #UN while doing nothing on the ground, India only ends up acting like a wing man to #China."
https://t.co/GaQRFj2TSF
#StandUp4Myanmar
Partners in crime: #Myanmar's ruthless military junta & #Belarus' brutal regime
The #EU is preparing further targeted sanctions against these abusers
The humanity of the people who -despite the crackdown in both countries- continue to insist on democracy & rights is remarkable
🚨 Today UN General Assembly called on member states to halt arms transfers to #Myanmar. (Next stop, the UNSC!) A few observations:
- China & Russia abstained
- 6 ASEAN members voted yes, 4 abstained
- Belarus demanded recorded vote & then voted against (👎)
- 119 yes votes!👍