The torching of Thantlang, following the heavy deployment of troops and artillery in Chin State, is another reason why the UN Security Council needs to convene and act now to stop the flow of revenue and weapons the junta needs to continue its assault of the Myanmar people.
Today UN Security Council discusses Myanmar exactly one year after its people voted in an election stolen by a junta systematically violating human rights. I urge the Council to help end this crisis by cutting junta access to revenue and weapons while dramatically increasing aid.
Here is a translation of my Tweet calling for UN Security Council action to cut the Myanmar junta's access to revenue and weapons while dramatically increasing aid to the people of Myanmar.
Yesterday the UN Security Council was told in a private session that the crisis in Myanmar continues to worsen. No action was taken. I urge them to reconvene in a public session to consider and vote on an emergency measure to cut the illegal junta's access to revenue and weapons.
News that the UNSC was unable to act this week, despite learning that the crisis in Myanmar has worsened, means that nations who ARE willing to act must do so, starting with coordinated, targeted sanctions and an arms embargo. Inaction should no longer be an option.
Nearly 2 million women in our country have been locked out of the workforce because they have to care for a child or an elderly relative at home.
My Build Back Better Act will make caregiving accessible and affordable and help them get back to work.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's “national rejuvenation” "requires the destruction of minority cultures." That includes forcing "future lamas and monks to learn Buddhism only in Mandarin—paving the way for the erasure of the Tibetan language." https://t.co/FYIWvPbVZB
While excluding the Myanmar junta chief, "the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has for the first time invited a minister from Myanmar’s parallel government [NUG] to an international conference organized by the regional bloc." https://t.co/V1EuRckM0U
I mourn the loss of human rights champion, Mohib Ullah. His murder is a great loss for the Rohingya community and all who believe in justice. His killers could take his life, but not the light of truth and hope that his life radiated so brilliantly.
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UN Secretary General @antonioguterres has echoed what the people of Myanmar know: "It is urgent to mount a unified international and regional response" to the coup as "the opportunity to prevent the military from entrenching its rule could be narrowing." https://t.co/dy5VhQ9PRG
Inflation in #Myanmar is now sky-rocketing. Central Bank is not able to control it anymore. 1USD is now equivalent to 2400 MMK in the market this morning. Many of the money exchange counters hold the business, and SMEs stopped taking the local currency.
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YANGON -Reports have confirmed the identities of two of the four young men and women who were publicly executed by the military next to Sanchaung's Myaynigone flyover on the night of September 25. Among the dead were CDM volunteers, nurse Khin Khin Kywal and doctor Zin Lin.