"NUG & partners have prepared a roadmap for Myanmar’s future. It is based on #RuleOfLaw, #Democracy, peace,a commitment to an inclusive #Myanmar that supports and protects all its peoples including Rohingya. We ask you to support this roadmap in the interest of our entire region"
Responding to my question on criticisms leveled at the UN, @UN chief @antonioguterres admits the #UN & global community have failed the #Myanmar people as he calls #militarycoup crisis an "unending nightmare" & a threat to peace & security in the region. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Myanmar Activists Launch Blue-Shirt Campaign to Demand Freedom for Detainees
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Remembering Hantharwaddy U Win Tin, a politician, a journalist and political prisoner of the former regime and bastion of freedom who wore his prison blue shirt even after he was freed saying “as long as all political prisoners are not released, we too are prisoners”.
U Win Tin lived his entire life dedicated to democracy, justice and press freedom. He was highly skeptical of the NLD decision to join the invitation to join the regime’s democracy “reform” process in 2012/2013. He passed away on 21 April 2014.
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This comes amid reports army chief intended to attend summit online
With this, latest list of confirmed leaders attending:
- Cambodia’s Hun Sen
- Brunei’s Hassanal Bolkiah
- Indonesia’s @jokowi
- Malaysia’s Muhyiddin Yassin
- Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing
Crackdown on village in Sagaing Region leaves at least one person dead
Local residents said soldiers used drones to locate villagers armed with hunting rifles before mounting an attack with heavy weapons. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar’s coup regime imported nearly $15 million worth of Russian radar equipment, including surface-to-air missile systems and drones, in February, The Moscow Times reported yesterday (Apr 20).
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1/3 Myanmar's campaign for #BlueShirtDay2021 launched on Wednesday, demanding the release of all political prisoners detained by the coup regime. The blue shirts are a tribute to veteran journalist and activist Win Tin, who spent 19 years in prison and died 7 years ago today.
2/3 After Win Tin's release, he pledged to wear his blue prison uniform until all political prisoners were freed. Participants in the campaign shared photos of themselves on social media wearing blue shirts & showing the names of detainees written on the palms of their hands.
3/3 According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, there are more than 3,000 people in detention and 1,000 for whom arrest warrants have been issued since Myanmar's February 1 military coup.
Youths in Hlaing, Yangon, led a protest calling ASEAN not to let coup leader Min Aung Hlaing attend the upcoming ASEAN meeting in Jakarta since he is not the country's leader but a criminal who has killed many innocent people in Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Five civilians killed in clash with junta’s forces in Sagaing’s Yinmabin Township
Troops used drones to track locals’ location and fired at them with long-range artillery.
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Youths in Phyu, Bago, staged a demonstration this afternoon (Apr 21) denouncing the military junta’s “slave education system", a label used to describe schooling during British rule when people felt they were taught how to be slaves to colonial masters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar