A young Palestinian girl who communicates through sign language eagerly makes her way to school in the Gaza Strip, her excitement shining through despite the fear of gunfire.
Her father shares the touching moment, capturing the innocence and determination of a child who simply wants to learn and enjoy her childhood in safety.
Urgent action: tell FIFA to cancel their World Cup football rights contract with the Burmese military. FIFA is helping the Burmese military make profits which they can use to buy the bombs they drop on schools and hospitals. Email FIFA now. https://t.co/XwgLizRjVX
'It appears likely that Min Aung Hlaing will swap his leadership of the army for the presidency. Whatever the details, the junta will still be running the show, and bombing civilians – just while cosplaying as democrats.'
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Myanmar's junta chief plans to remove his uniform to become president. No one will be fooled. The country will continue to be oppressed by a brutal military regime. https://t.co/XdJP8A7iKN
Yanghee Lee spoke to #BBC News ahead of Min Aung Hlaing's expected appointment as "president" of the #Myanmar junta's fake govt.
She said that just because Min Aung Hlaing is swapping his military uniform for a longyi does not make this a civilian or even quasi-civilian govt.
On this day in 2017, the Myanmar military launched brutal attacks on #Rohingya people.
The reverberations of these atrocities are still felt acutely to this day.
The UK's commitment to justice and accountability in #Myanmar is unwavering.
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၁၉၈၈ သြဂုတ် ၈ တွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတစ်ဝန်းမှ ပြည်သူများက စီးပွားရေး ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရန် ရဲဝံ့စွာ တောင်းဆိုခဲ့ကြရာမှ ၈၈၈၈ ဒီမိုကရေစီအရေးတော်ပုံကြီး ပေါ်ပေါက်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ အဆိုပါအရေးတော်ပုံတွင်ပါဝင်ခဲ့ကြသည့် လူသန်းပေါင်းများစွာတို့၏ ရဲစွမ်းသတ္တိရှိမှုများက ၃၇ နှစ်ကြာမြင့်ပြီးသည့်တိုင် ဆက်လက်၍ ရှေ့ဆောင်လမ်းပြလျက်ရှိပါသည်။ အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စုက ၄င်းတို့၏ စွန့်လွှတ်အနစ်နာခံမှုများကို အမှတ်ရဂုဏ်ပြုပြီး ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့် မိမိတို့၏ ကိုယ်ပိုင်လွတ်လပ်ခွင့်တို့ ရှာဖွေလျက်ရှိကြသည့် မြန်မာပြည်သူများနှင့်အတူ ရပ်တည်ပါသည်။
On August 8, 1988, people across Myanmar bravely demanded economic reforms, sparking the 8888 pro‑democracy movement. Thirty‑seven years later, the courage of the millions involved continues to inspire. The United States honors their sacrifices and stands with the people of Myanmar in their pursuit of peace and self-determination.
The occasion was marked with video messages and a protest in Mandalay, amid concerns over her health after more than four years in regime custody
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