The biggest geomagnetic storm in recorded history happened more than 150 years ago. Now, weβre entering yet another period of solar maximum. https://t.co/vgOBJ6lnQh
Revisiting snippets of #Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaingβs nationwide speech this morning
The English subtitles here suggest Myanmar is working on arranging trips for @ASEAN, @UN special envoys
But the actual Burmese speech made no such promise
VIDEO: Protesters carry away one of their wounded at Hledan in Yangon on Sunday morning. The wounded protester was shot in his chest area by what is believed to live ammunition. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#2021Uprising
Eight former Representatives to the AICHR call on the Myanmar military, AICHR and ASEAN to protect human rights, consistent with the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, and to seek solutions to the crisis in Myanmar.
https://t.co/eei1vSoEUz
More than 400 people have been detained in #Myanmar since the military seized power in a coup on Feb. 1. @Reuters graphic based on confirmed detentions so far - the true number may be higher - gives a sense of who has been taken.
#WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar
1/2 Min Aung Haling has grumbled in his speech today that βsome civil servants were absent from their work because of the instigations of some unscrupulous people,β and βHe asked the civil servants to return to the workplaces quickly without indulging their emotions.β
While everyone's thinking about Myanmar politics please also think about Myanmar's poor. Over 2020 lives of tens of millions have been descending into disaster w/ poverty rates soaring from 16 - 60%. Myanmar urgently needs vaccines and an equitable economic recovery (not a coup).
The doors just opened to a very different future. I have a sinking feeling that no one will really be able to control what comes next. And remember Myanmar's a country awash in weapons, with deep divisions across ethnic & religious lines, where millions can barely feed themselves