The illegal junta should not use the COVID pandemic against the peoples of Myanmar. It must cooperate with international community, INGOS, UN, and local CBOs to quickly deliver whatever is needed for all peoples.
A key to the Myanmar opposition demonstrating its democratic credentials is to embrace the Rohingya, unlike the murderous military and its junta. https://t.co/GQL2izcZeG
As Aung San Suu Kyi turns 76 on Saturday, pro-democracy supporters mark the “Flower Strike” on her birthday. The move is both an homage to the detained leader's signature style, and to the Burmese saying 'still wearing flowers,' meaning to be defiant in the face of adversity.
The UN General Assembly wisely didn't wait for an ASEAN consensus to vote for banning arms sales to the Myanmar junta. The positive vote was still: 119 to 1. Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, and Singapore voted Yes. Brunei, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos abstained.
Students from #Mandalay’s Yadanabon University took to the streets on Saturday to show their solidarity with detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the General Assembly to tell Myanmar's military to reinstate democracy, free political detainees and stop human rights abuses and killings. "We cannot live in a world where military coups become a norm,” he said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar