It's become increasingly difficult to report on the situation in Myanmar. But this BBC documentary provides an inside look - like no other. A gripping recount of the Spring Revolution. Produced by @rebeccahenschke@KelvinNews#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
https://t.co/QqHrz6fBCX
It's past time to stop the flow of weapons & dual-use technology to Myanmar. The UNSC is not prepared to impose an arms embargo but states can. I'm updating my list of those who have & issuing a call for more to join. Because it's a matter of life & death. https://t.co/9ncfdJGkih
H.E. Zin Mar Aung, #MoFA, NUG, had a meeting with Senators from autonomous communities of #Spain (#Basque, #Galicia, #Catalonia) to discuss current situations in #Myanmar and how the international community can help support #NUG in detail.
Special thanks to @g_elejabarrieta
🧵 1/ The life of Karen IDPs.
#Metta team came to know that there are around 60 #Karen families who run away from their small camp as it was no longer safe to stay there. They are now seeking asylum (unofficially) in Thai-Border.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#Advice4DrSaSa
"Myanmar’s security forces are arresting and forcibly disappearing thousands of people, especially boys and young men, in a sweeping bid to" stop the protests. "In most cases, the families of those taken do not know where they are." https://t.co/dil3xOPm8x
Terrorists disguised in civilian clothes raided the "Kaung San" laboratory in Muse, Shan State this evening and forcibly abducted Doctor Sai Sai Maung and one female radiologist.
#Apr27Coup#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Don't count on help from the Thai government. As global calls mounted to prosecute Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing for atrocities against the Rohingya, it gave him the Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. https://t.co/tinQZHpkpG
Thanks to the Myanmar junta's power-hungry avarice: "Before the coup the World Bank had predicted that the economy would grow by almost 6% this year; now it expects it to shrink by 10%. Others warn of a contraction of 20%." https://t.co/CqoAmOTcu7
Why is the Kremlin flexing Russia's military muscles on Ukraine's borders? Possible factors:
1. The mass protests inspired by Alexei Navalny's imprisonment
2. "The economy is stagnating"
3. 40% of Russians say the country is moving in the wrong direction
https://t.co/828Jzg2Xoc
Pakistan's military & intelligence service should be careful what it wishes for: it has long supported "militants abroad" while "containing extremists at home" but the prospect of Taliban gains in Afghanistan may now embolden extremist groups in Pakistan. https://t.co/NufgXw2Ohj
Thingyan should be a celebration of joy, but unfortunately there is nothing to celebrate in Myanmar. I hope it is true that sprinkling water washes away sins. So many sins have been committed since 1st February. I hope to celebrate Thingyan with all released again in the future.
“If Xinjiang really is such a ‘wonderful land’, then why doesn’t the Chinese government let journalists and UN human rights monitors go there?” —@HRW’s @PearsonElaine responds to propaganda by #China’s government directed at Australian parliamentarians:
https://t.co/ESxZjhNQ37
As if slaughtering protesters in the city of Bago wasn't enough: "Myanmar's military is charging families $85 to retrieve the bodies of relatives killed by security forces in a bloody crackdown on Friday, according to activists." https://t.co/FY16NU03pa