🧵Lone Ma | A Sad Story From Myanmar
"Give Me Water my son, I had drunk 3 bottles of poison", a 17 years old boy woke up to his mother's call on the morning of April 2, 2022, in Myanmar. Even though the boy had called the neighbors, and relatives and(1/)
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Fighting broke out between the Military Council and local People Defense Forces in the morning of June 4 in Demoso Tsp, Kayah State. Fighting was reported to be intense, but no details were released.
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Outrageous & unacceptable decision by #Myanmar military junta to move forward with plans to put prominent #Burma political activists Ko Jimmy & Phyo Zeya Thaw to death. Diplomats, @UNinMyanmar, int'l community must pressure #Tatmadaw junta to reverse this! https://t.co/ULk3wrY2k0
woman had been detained at Laungshay.Due to the atrocious tortures at Interrogation Center, traveller Ko Aung Lin(aka)Nga Ban had died. To hide the death of an innocent civilian, Junta Terrorists had immediately buried the dead body of Ko Aung Lin reportedly.(2/2)
On May31, about 60 Junta Terrorists convoy stormed into Semi village and abducted 5 innocent civilians including a woman and travel for no apparent reason at Saw TSP,Magway Division. Among these abductees,4 youths were sent to Kapasa-25 interrogation Center and(1/2)#2022Jun4Coup
For the time being, nearly 1,000 locals from 2 villages in #Htilin township are taking refuge in forests and relatives houses as their villages have been raided and set on fire by soldiers with rancour who had faced heavy casualties in a armed conflict with YRPA.
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The United Kingdom strongly condemns the Myanmar junta’s reported plans to carry out executions of pro-democracy activists and other prisoners.
The United Kingdom is firmly opposed to the death penalty in all countries and in all circumstances.
Anti-Military Dictator Demonstration in Son Chaung village
Protesters in Sone Chaung village staged on the morning of June 4 protested against military dictatorship in Yinmarpin Township,Sagaing Division.#2022Jun4Coup#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#AgainstCCP#MilkTeaAlliance
Locals are worried abt possible fighting as 2 columns of >200 junta troops, 1 from PyinKadoeKone vlg in Kyaikhto tsp & 1 from KyaukNyet vlg in Theinzayat tsp, have been launching offensive by firing artillery in Kyaikhto tsp, KNU territory since Jun2 without clash.
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After clashes in Magway's Htilin tsp on Jun2, not only did junta troops storm SinSel, YePot& NyaungLae vlgs, but they also looted people's property& torched houses in KhaungTone vlg on Jun3 night, forcing hundreds of locals to flee
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As they had suffered a great loss on June 2, a junta convoy with 11 trucks raided nearby roadside villages in #Gantgaw and launched arson attacks in a series. Reportedly, 4 houses in Sinzin, 11 houses & 4 huts in Ye-Poat, 3 houses in Nyaung-lae villages have ...1
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Veteran journalist and author on Asian affairs Bertil Lintner talks to Irrawaddy editor-in-chief Aung Zaw about China’s strategic interests in Myanmar and how they affect its ties with the country’s military, political parties and ethnic armies.
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HURFOM's May 2022 situation overview in #Karen, #Mon & #Tanintharyi can now be downloaded on our website: https://t.co/PE918jom3P
Among our findings was an increase in #IDPs and a worsening humanitarian crisis that demands urgent action as civilians are caught in the crossfire.
Anti-junta EAOs embrace 'just war doctrine', but pro-military militias conduct extreme retaliatory violence, killing a Muslim girl and her uncle, and also killing an elderly because his grandson joined the resistance.
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The #Burma military's strategy to enforce phone/internet blackouts allows them to further their military assault in central Burma. A strategy that is repeatedly used in #Chin and #Karenni states.
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Lowest foreign investment within three years
Data Matters No. 19
Comparing investments of Jan-Apr:
2020 - US$ 2.1 billion
2021 - US$ 900 million
2022 - US$ 407 million
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Anti-Military Dictator Demonstration in Son Chaung village
Protesters in Sone Chaung village staged on the morning of June 4 protested against military dictatorship in Yinmarpin Township,Sagaing Division.#2022Jun4Coup#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#AgainstCCP#MilkTeaAlliance