Maximillian Mørch

Author of "Plains of Discontent: A Political History of Nepal's Tarai". Working with displaced people along the Thai/Myanmar border

[Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma @DocumentationNd]

Today, ND-Burma member, @aapp_burma, releases a new report on the relentless targeting of civilians across the country. These attacks have resulted in a high number of civilian deaths and injuries, as well as extensive damage to civilian property. See more & download here 👇

[Maximillian Mørch @max_morch]

Thrilled to see my book Plains of Discontent: A Political History of Nepal's Tarai featured in Himal Southasian’s list of 'Six books to understand Nepal’s recent upheaval' An honour to share the spotlight with Pratyoush Onta, Prashant Jha, Manjushree Thapa, John Whelpton & others

[Maximillian Mørch @max_morch]

Earlier this month, I sat down with Border Echo and the Karen Information Centre to discuss historic policy reforms, impact of funding cuts, and the evolving situation for internally displaced people in southeastern Myanmar amid ongoing conflict.
https://t.co/HE9XXvTGUu

[Séamus Malekafzali @Seamus_Malek]

This framing of Bagram is inane. Bagram held a military prison where scores of Afghans were held without charge, many tortured, some even killed. What is the point of trying to recapture this "sprawling symbol of American power" when it was utilized to be cruel to the population?

[Anand Menon @anandMenon1]

The Government is doing its best at the moment to imply it has no problem with the ethnonationalism now rearing its ugly head. And I don't understand why. 1/5

[Maximillian Mørch @max_morch]

The recognition of refugee work rights is a historic step forward after 41 years of confinement to camps, but it’s only one part of a much broader process. The journey toward inclusive, whole-of-community solutions must continue.

[The Border Consortium @TheBorder_TBC]

TBC welcomes Thailand’s historic move to grant refugee work rights, but continued support is vital to ensure no refugee is left behind.

[Progressive Voice @PVamplify]

✊In May 2025, @APFHumanRights removed junta's controlled #MNHRC from its regional human rights network, following the removal of its accreditation by #GANHRI in Dec 2024 & its membership in Mar 2025.

🚨It’s time for #SEANF to do the same

Press release: https://t.co/2aBaDRKhyS

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

According to the Watson School of International and Public Affairs in Rhode Island, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the war in Afghanistan combined.

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

🎙️ #StateofSouthasia: @max_morch discusses Bhutan's ambitions to revive its ailing economy with the Geluphu Mindfulness City and how it ignores the displacement of the Lhotshampa people from the region. https://t.co/wbbLTRoKDe

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

📣 🎙️ Coming up on State of Southasia, Maximillian Morch (@max_morch), who researches Asia's borderlands, talks to @nayantaran about the economic strife and the history of repression behind Bhutan's mega project – the Gelephu Mindfulness City.

[Maximillian Mørch @max_morch]

Bhutan’s new Mindfulness City is hailed as sustainable & values-based—but built on land once home to Lhotshampa refugees expelled in the 1990s.

I speak on the State of Southasia podcast (@Himalistan) about what this project erases.

https://t.co/g4MNtNmJvi

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: @max_morch reviews “Waterways of Bangkok: Memory, Landscape and Twilight” by Michael Hurley @NUS_Press https://t.co/Ww3am3VRkZ

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

📣 🎙️ Coming up on State of Southasia, Maximillian Morch (@max_morch), who researches Asia's borderlands, talks to @nayantaran about the economic strife and the history of repression behind Bhutan's mega project – the Gelephu Mindfulness City.

[Jason Burke @burke_jason]

The IDF dropped a 500lb bomb into a cafe in Gaza on Monday. We saw & identified fragments.
They had conducted "aerial surveillance" so knew it was crowded with civilians.
They had other precise munitions available.
Up to 40 died, more injured.
My report:

https://t.co/KJ493Kw76a

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

This is the story of Miriam - who died a day before she was approved medical evacuation.

She was one of 4,000 children who the WHO says are in urgent need of medical care that is not available inside Gaza.

Warning: this report contains distressing images.

[Edith Mirante @EdithMirante]

1. This History Thread is about the military history of the Karen people of Burma (Myanmar.) Karen people have fought one of the longest-running resistance wars, spanning decades & have made recent gains vs Myanmar coup regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[The Border Consortium @TheBorder_TBC]

On World Refugee Day 2025, TBC urgently calls for increased support, protection, and solidarity for all those displaced by the crisis in Myanmar.

[Jeevan R. Sharma @jrs437]

Can the subaltern attend conferences? @dangalsuj offers a sharp critique why organising a conference in a Global South venue need not be inclusive & liberating, a case of @AASAsianStudies https://t.co/Tl15iWcmtq

[Himal Southasian @HimalSouthasian]

"There is a recurring weakness: a lack of detail on how certain policy issues have been resolved. This is particularly glaring in a book written by a two-time prime minister."

@max_morch writes: https://t.co/YIDfG1kcqD

[Progressive Voice @PVamplify]

Earthquakes are terrifying—but in #Myanmar, people fear airstrikes more.

Junta’s terror isn’t natural. It’s planned. 🚨

@ASEAN @UNOCHA @ochamyanmar @anwaribrahim @narendramodi @AHACentre @MofaJapan_en #China

#AidPeople_NotJunta
#StopWeaponizationOfAid
#MyanmarEarthquake