Todd Pitman

Media Adviser, UN Human Rights Council-mandated investigative bodies. Ex-AP in Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

Serious international crimes continue in #Belarus, the Chair of an independent experts' group, Karinna Moskalenko, told the @UN Human Rights Council.

With no credible prospect of accountability, victims are turning to the international community for responses, she said.

#HRC60

[UN Human Rights Asia @OHCHRAsia]

#UN Int'l Fact-Finding Mission on #Myanmar urges international community to cut financial ties to Myanmar's military, saying its commanders should be brought before a credible court. Full statement here: https://t.co/q4ZexEHms5

[UN Human Rights Asia @OHCHRAsia]

@OHCHRAsia welcomes #Myanmar's decision to pardon #Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are now reunited with loved ones they should never have been separated from. We call on Myanmar to protect all journalists in upholding freedom of expression. #PressFreedom

[Rocel Junio @roceljunio]

Then Hakim asked the question Musrifah didn’t want to hear: “Where is our son?” “I couldn’t hold onto him,” she said. “I’m so sorry. I couldn’t protect him from this.” https://t.co/MLDt4QilMu

[Amy Sawitta Lefevre @MimiSawitta]

Today will test Myanmar's commitment to democracy, a free press, a fair judicial system. Free my colleagues #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo today!

[Matthew Tostevin @TostevinM]

Desperately hoping for the best as Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo face a verdict in Myanmar court. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo

[Poppy McPherson @poppymcp]

The Myanmar army (through the department of 'public relations and psychological warfare') published a book tellling its narrative of the Rohingya crisis. It says this is "true news". But some of the photos are faked. My story for @Reuters.

[Shibani Mahtani @ShibaniMahtani]

McConnell, unmoved by the U.N. report, continues to back Suu Kyi. Repeats that she doesn't control the military. U.N. report points that out, too, but says Suu Kyi's government has "spread false narratives" and overseen the destruction of evidence https://t.co/TLiueaGele

[Matthew Tostevin @TostevinM]

Praying for justice. Two families wait to hear if a court in Myanmar will let Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo go home on Monday. They were framed and arrested while uncovering a massacre. Wa Lone hasn't seen his daughter yet. Kyaw Soe Oo’s misses her dad so much. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo

[Matthew Tostevin @TostevinM]

Myanmar faces a momentous test of the rule of law and press freedom on Monday. 258 days after reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were set up and arrested, a judge will decide whether to convict them under a colonial-era secrets law or set them free. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo

[Hrvoje Hranjski @hatbangkok]

'Way too short:' A 93-year-old meets his N. Korean brother https://t.co/9ac0s1dGkX

[Kristen Gelineau @KristenGelineau]

Stunning, eye-opening work by @AP's super talented @MargieMasonAP @robinmcdowell and @mendozamartha. If you eat seafood, you need to read this. https://t.co/Ipyq8JDKez

[Todd Pitman @toddpitman]

@GNLM_Correction Is the slaughter of civilians a positive headline?

[Todd Pitman @toddpitman]

@AP @ZawHtayMyanmar Why was this family evicted immediately after Capt. Moe Yan Naing’s testimony? Is it a crime to speak the truth?

[Richard Paddock @RCPaddock]

“Why do soldiers, who are found guilty of murder, get 10 years while we journalists, who exposed the murder, face 14 years in prison?” Mr. Wa Lone asked as he was being taken back to prison. https://t.co/iuW8HrTCbJ

[Andrew RC Marshall @Journotopia]

Amal Clooney to represent jailed Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. “I have reviewed the case file and it is clear beyond doubt that the two journalists are innocent and should be released immediately,” she said. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo https://t.co/mMFfuO6ix9

[Todd Pitman @toddpitman]

@Ryn_writes Yes, that is factually incorrect. Nobody took a camera or even a phone in there, much less filmed with it.

[Matthew Smith @matthewfsmith]

After massacres, mass rapes, and mass forced displacement of #Rohingya, the next stage in destroying a people is to bulldoze their villages, also destroying evidence. #Myanmar #Burma https://t.co/qiGvnc4VPo

[Brian Carovillano @bcarovillano]

The world may seem a harsh place lately, but never fear: we have curling. @KristenGelineau becomes a curling convert https://t.co/AsJeK9iKIV

[Brian Carovillano @bcarovillano]

Suu Kyi: When “the rights of journalists (to report) are being controlled,” the very notion of democratic reform in Myanmar is “questionable.” https://t.co/5zEgeccjYp