Brunei state’s biz ties to the military junta & notorious cronies behind IGE create a conflict of interest for Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof in his role as ASEAN Special Envoy on #Myanmar, adding to concerns that he will favour the military junta & cannot be a credible negotiator. 11/
Villagers from northern Salingyi and eastern Yinmarbin in #Sagaing Region continued their daily protest against the military regime on Wednesday for the 154th day in a row. (Photo: CJ)
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Anti-regime protesters from #Kachin State’s Hpakant showed their support Wednesday for civilian resistance fighters battling military rule. (Photo:CJ)
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Rejection by #Myanmar CSOs against his appointment is the first hurdle he needs to clear. The CSOs last week lambasted the process which won sole approval from the junta w/o consulting @NUGMyanmar, civil society & pro-democracy forces incl. #CDM. #ASEAN https://t.co/h9HtGTdXOm
As the 4th anniversary of brutal campaign against #Rohingya approaches, 90+ organizations incl PV urged @SecBlinken to publicly declare that #Myanmar military committed #CrimesAgainstHumanity & #genocide against the Rohingya in 2017 https://t.co/L4UA2dryuP
Student Union Representative Committee #SURC an alliance of over 170 Student Unions' statement on prison authorities' crackdown on political prisoners protect on #8888Anniversary in Obo prison #Mandalay#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Brunei’s biz w/ #Myanmar junta & its notorious cronies makes a mockery of their 2nd FM’s role as #ASEAN Special Envoy. Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof cannot be considered a neutral mediator when he is also representing Brunei’s biz interests! [thread]👇🏽🧵 More👉🏽https://t.co/V3DQH2PkLL
At around 1:45pm on 11 August, Junta Terrorists violently beat and abducted a young man in Gaung Oo Bar, west of #Mogok. The cause of his abduction is not yet known. They are also invading the Kyat Pyin ward.
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Despite the arrests and torture of protesters by Myanmar's military junta, the main strike group in Kale, Sagaing, came out again today (Aug 11) to show their opposition to the coup regime.
Photos: CJ
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"If he just meets with the military leaders selected by Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and then leaves the country, the whole thing will be meaningless. People will not get what they want, and the mediation process will only strengthen the junta’s hold on power.”
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The recent talk of Myanmar being a “failed state” overlooks a potentially bigger issue: that the people of Myanmar do not share a sense of a united Myanmar identity despite decades of effort by military and civilian governments alike to cultivate one.
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"Brunei’s business with the Myanmar junta and its notorious cronies makes a mockery of their second foreign minister’s role as ASEAN Special Envoy," says activist group @JusticeMyanmar https://t.co/PpU6in4xvq #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The death or serious injury of five Myanmar youths who jumped from a building rather than be captured by junta forces has struck a chord among opponents of military rule https://t.co/N81ALhtWZy #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Soe Myat Thu, the husband of a 29-year-old woman who was also believed to be among the dead, told Reuters that he had not yet received her body.
“I feel really sad that my wife died. She left a daughter behind,” he said by telephone.
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Poignant artwork in Myanmar pays tribute to five youths who jumped to their likely deaths rather than be captured by junta forces #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The Myanmar ambassador to the UN:
1. Opposes the coup.
2. Refuses to resign as the junta demands.
3. Was reportedly targeted for murder with help of an "arms dealer in Thailand who sells weapons to the Burmese military."
But the junta denies involvement.
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