Lighting festival of Myanmar is held in October annually. This year these candles represent the flames of revolution to burn down the dictatorship.
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THADINGYUT REMEMBERED—Pagodas across Burma filled with visitors today, as the country celebrated its Thadingyut festival of lights. Crowds are making their way to Yangon’s Shwedagon, in one of the pagoda’s busiest days since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1/3
Military Terrorists Raided the house of Ko Myo Aye,an LGBT who was charged under section 505(a) & Abducted two people,Ko Myo Aye who just came back from fleeing & a woman from his home,on Oct19 in #Kyaukme.The detainees' whereabouts are still unknown yet.
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Legal memo from leading int. barrister @felicitygerry found that int. law & guidance places due diligence obligations on @SGX, & possible liability on @MAS_sg & Singapore gov, in relation to companies doing biz w/ #Myanmar military. 🧵 on background & highlights from legal memo👇🏽
The office building of the National League for Democracy (NLD) was bombed by unknown attackers in Myeik Township, Tanintharyi Region on Tuesday night, according to local news agency Dawei Watch. The building was seriously damaged by the blast. (Photo: CJ) #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Mandalay Sangha Union prayed for the release of political prisoners & demonstrated against the dictator at Chan Thar Gyi Pagoda in Mandalay on the full moon day of Thadingyut, October 20.
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Video footage of Military Terrorists violently Beating a detainee in the hot sun even though the detainee Begged them to stop in 10th Battalion in #Ayardaw Tsp, Sagaing Region.
-At least 59 innocent civilians were unlawfully Abducted & Tortured ...
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Ko Ag Khine Win and Ko Tun Myat Ag were tied up & ABDUCTED by Junta Terrorists at 9:30am on Oct20 while picking up parcel at ZeyaMyineGyi bus station in #Magway’s #Yesagyo town. They’re arrested on suspicion despite nth illegal found inside the parcel.
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Mandalay baes all Burmese Students Union Strike took to the streets and chanted revolutionary slogans to overthrow the Military Dictatorship.
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“The situation in North-Western Burma today has some echoes of the situation in Rakhine State in 2017 before the military offensive against the Rohingya,�� said Anna Roberts, Executive Director of Burma Campaign UK.
https://t.co/q39t2PiVa2
HURFOM joined calls to the UN Secretary General urging him to lead high-level efforts to increase diplomatic pressure on the junta + mobilise countries in the region to deploy their influence to end the military’s violence. See in full 👇
https://t.co/OrjVAFHfZL
🧵1 In the villages of #Taungpyauk Division in Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region, where fighting broke out last Sep between the junta & the local defense forces, the junta are restricting villagers' food purchases & making it difficult to live in addition to food needs.@Refugees
Newly-released anti-coup protesters were reunited with their families outside a #Myanmar prison in tearful and joyous scenes Tuesday, as the junta faces rising pressure nice months after seizing power. https://t.co/dBI834UXkq
SAC Junta camped at Talh villg on Falam-Hakha road in Chin’s #Falam Tsp for 3 days(Oct17-19). Abt 4 houses were torched & burnt down and 3 houses were destroyed by Junta’s shells on Oct18. Nothing's left for villagers to eat as Junta looted food,stuffs & everything.
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Buddhist monks staged a protest against the military regime on Wednesday at a #Mandalay pagoda and prayed for detained politicians, students and civilians. (Photo: Mandalay Sangha Union)
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