Mary Lawlor, SR on human rights defenders, has joined the call for an Emergency Coalition for the People of Myanmar. Women human rights defenders are at particular risk. Often assaulted when arrested, they face torture & sexual violence when sent to prison.https://t.co/FLs5mg7dAl
#Myanmar military junta does nothing to stop #Covid19 wave that is killing people left and right in #Yangon & other cities & towns across #Burma. Horrific situation, astutely explained with compassion by @marypcallahan in @asiatimesonline#SaveMyanmar@hrw https://t.co/oMVR54MQUP
Why would anyone wait for ASEAN to take the lead in reversing the Myanmar coup when, five months later, ASEAN, hopelessly divided, cannot even agree on a special envoy. https://t.co/jsInuSObWW
Myanmar junta set the village of #Kinma on fire.
Most villagers fled but some elderly and disabled persons stayed behind, according to witnesses they were burnt alive.
Find out why the junta is terrorizing Myanmar: https://t.co/3F6WDZOrsE
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar#June15Coup
Protesters in Myanmar’s city of Mandalay burn an @ASEAN flag - accusing the group of colluding with the military junta and ignoring the wishes of the people after two envoys met army ruler Min Aung Hlaing #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
As a former teacher in monastic & high schools, these pictures hurt me.
Students must learn from teachers, not from soilders.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar#June5Coup
Ko Min Min died hours after being detained by junta forces on Monday in #Sagaing Region’s Kale Township. The next day his body was returned to his family from a military hospital with knife wounds and bruises. He was married with two children.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
LOIKAW - DEMOSO, Karenni (Kayah) State:
An unarmed civilian from Daw Poe Si village on Loikaw-Demoso was beaten to death by 30 SAC Terrorists at 4pm today. They came into the victim's house and beat him to death.
#May25Coup#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#MilkTeaAlliance
#May25Coup Myotha Ward, Kalay
TORTURE AND DEATH IN DETENTION
Unmistakeable signs of torture. Chest and abdomen opened.
Ko Min Min was abducted yesterday. See my previous tweet
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#Myanmar
Myanmar resistance in Mindat are fighting bravely against the junta.
The junta is using human shields, helicopter gunships and artillery against villagers. There are reports of rapes incl. of children by junta forces.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#May16Coup
https://t.co/S6Kf9AyQaK
What can the world do about the military junta's relentless assault on the people of Myanmar? How about stop enabling it? I'm doing an inventory of nations who have or are supplying them weapons, those supporting an arms embargo and those choosing to do nothing. Stay tuned.
Unspeakable violence continues in Myanmar. A poet was burned alive yesterday. He was the third poet from the same area, Monywa - a stronghold of opposition to the junta - killed since the coup.
US raises concerns over fighting in Myanmar town of Mindat, where army is using artillery and helicopters to try to crush local resistance to its coup #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Because Myanmar coup leader, Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, coveted the presidency, he destroyed the country's democracy and has crippled the life of the nation -- all for one man's unrestrained ambition and his ruthless determination to achieve it. https://t.co/6JZ0TLR1Tw
Dire situation in Mindat, Chin state, one of #Myanmar’s poorest areas, under siege. A resident told me he was running for his life. “My friend's three nieces were hit by shrapnel. They are not even teens.” They were bleeding badly but hadn’t been treated. https://t.co/AekYn2JQDr