Khin ✊🏽

A feminist #digitalrights activist and digital security trainer looking at the technology from the lens of safety and privacy 👀

[Zachary Abuza @ZachAbuza]

Another important and well-sourced ⁦@JusticeMyanmar investigation.⁩ Austria’s Diamond Aircraft Industries likely to have breached EU arms embargo by selling surveillance planes to #Myanmar military. https://t.co/6oMe6nXx9W

[Khin ✊🏽 @malkhin]

@TeamCommunity That made me feel like I wanted to be part of this community and encouraged me to do so since 2017. Also I think one major factor was also because that was the year where I saw people like Cheekay and @NaomiFontanos as the ones shaping the agenda and part of the opening. ❤️

[Khin ✊🏽 @malkhin]

@TeamCommunity IFF was the only space that made me feel welcomed & safe as a woman of color. I felt organizers consider safety and equality seriously, eg. telling people to pauce before they share or ask a question b/c others might need time to raise their hands. (1/2)

[Justice For Myanmar @JusticeMyanmar]

#Myanmar junta's access to funds, arms & jet fuel enables its atrocity crimes, like today's horrific airstrikes, reportedly killing at least 50 ppl.

Govs must listen to the voices of the ppl of Myanmar, ban jet fuel & sanction all those providing junta w/ sources of $$ + arms‼️

[amnestypress @amnestypress]

📢📢NEW: @amnesty and @Global_Witness investigation reveals more shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar despite the military's war crimes. 1/3

https://t.co/FLssSuEEHp

[Thinzar Shunlei Yi @thinzashunleiyi]

Nepali activists said "Stop Executing Our Friends" #Nepal

Solidarity among activists across South Asia has to go bolder than the reckless legitimizing of the Junta by the South Asian Govts. I truly appreciate each of you for your solidarity with #Myanmar.🙏✊

[Benjamin Strick @BenDoBrown]

29 men were reportedly killed in a massacre in Myanmar's Mon Taing Pin in May 2022. @RadioFreeAsia has now identified some of the victims and spoke to survivors. It is a case study highlighting the concerning trend of junta attacks on civilians in Myanmar https://t.co/TKD0No7yjJ

[StellaNaw @StellaNaw]

I resigned from NUG a year ago because I refused to be a token. I wanted to work on a real social + political transformation requiring us to go beyond restoring status quo which would then again pave way for a similar fate in the future. 1/5

[Robert Minn Khant @minn_robert]

They committed genocide on Rohingya minority and still committing #CrimesAgainstHumanity & #WarCrimes across country.

Junta doesn't care about the education nor children's rights. They even burn down schools mass killing on children under age.

(2/3)

[Robert Minn Khant @minn_robert]

What is the manner of the rights groups & NGO in this stage?

Including @amnesty @hrw @save_children @MalalaFund @KidsRights used the term of "government" on a letter to the burmese military.

Junta doesn't got any legitimacy since they seized the power with the coup.
(1/3)

[Cape Diamond @cape_diamond]

#HAPPENING: Mobile and fiber internet connections are now reportedly down in the major cities in #Myanmar for no reason. Many war-torn places in the country are under the internet shutdown for more than a year since the #BurmaCoup.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[May Wong @MayWongST]

Video circulating on social media shows situation & #Myanmar #military aerial bombardment in #Kayah state, eastern Myanmar. Children having no peace of mind & increased disruptions to education & life since Feb 1, 2021 #coup. Unclear when video taken #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[Khit Thit Media @Khithitofficial]

ရန်ကုန်မြို့လယ်ခေါင်တွင် စစ်အာဏာရှင် ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး '၈' လေးလုံး အရေး တော်ပုံ ထီးသပိတ် လှုပ်ရှား

ရန်ကုန်၊ဩဂုတ် ၈

[Poppy McPherson @poppymcp]

In mid-2017, top #Myanmar army officials held secret talks about the persecuted Rohingya minority. They had become “too daring”, one said. “Area clearance” was needed. Weeks later >700,000 were driven to Bangladesh in a crackdown the U.N called genocidal.

https://t.co/Yy7WrMmqpo

[Digital Rights Collective @digirightsco]

It is apparent now, more than ever, that such technology has become a tool to oppress pro-democracy movements under the illegitimate military junta which employs it to track, arrest and even kill activists. (8/8)

[Digital Rights Collective @digirightsco]

Myanmar people are well aware of the presence and dangers of watchful eyes on every corner in big cities such as Yangon, Mandalay, and Naypyidaw. The protesters took inspiration from Hong Kong, and covered, or even destroyed, CCTVs in some areas during the protests. (7/8)

[Digital Rights Collective @digirightsco]

While we don't know the specific equipment acquired, we do know Huawei CCTVs are the predominant choice. However, there is too little info about what capabilities these systems have and how they are used, particularly in relation to face and licence plate recognition. (6/8)

[Digital Rights Collective @digirightsco]

High-tech CCTVs (such as those equipped with face recognition) are not the only Huawei products potentially encroaching on public space in the county; Huawei has also been involved with many aspects of Myanmar’s digital transformation, from banking to cloud services. (5/8)

[Digital Rights Collective @digirightsco]

Who builds and supplies this technology?
Regardless of the procurement process used, we have found that @Huawei equipment was ultimately deployed irrespective of the implementing company. Huawei has an almost universal presence in providing basic equipment. (4/8)