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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

"'The sorrow is so deep, I can’t even cry,' he says numbly.

'The entire world has forgotten the refugees and the people of #Myanmar.'"

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ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းတွင် နိုင်ငံဆူပူအောင်လှုံ့ဆော်မှုစွဲချက်ဖြင့် အရပ်သား ၂၁ ဦးကို ဖမ်းဆီး ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းမှာ ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ တလအတွင်း ဖေ့ဘွတ်ခ် လူမှုကွန်ရက်စာမျက်နှာပေါ် နိုင်ငံတော်ဆူပူအောင်လှုံ့ဆော်တဲ့ စာတွေရေးသားဖြန့်ဝေတာကြောင့်ဆိုပြီး အရပ်သား ၂၁ ယောက်ကို စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်နဲ့ ရဲတွေက ဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့တယ်လိ…

#DVB reported that in #Ayarwaddy Region, 21 individuals were arrested within September for allegedly writing and distributing on the social media platforms that encouraged rebellion against the state.
#FOE #KeepItOn #WhatsHappeiningInMyanmar

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The regime has waged a relentless campaign of attacks on schools and other civilian targets in resistance-held territory since seizing power

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NZ must reject 'sham' Myanmar election, MPs say After meeting Myanmar's revolutionary groups and political prisoners, NZ politicians say we must offer more than 'nice words on paper'

New Zealand MPs are urging their govt to denounce Myanmar junta’s upcoming “sham elections” & warning that legitimizing junta’s vote would embolden junta’s mass atrocities.

Time for New Zealand government to stand firm.

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A source told SAC-M urgent efforts are underway to provide medical care to the 43 wounded in the junta's Sagaing paramoter attack on Monday— at least 7 critically—but the junta is blocking their access to urgent treatment "in every way possible". #Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Thadingyut

Telenor’s sharing of customer data with #Myanmar military is enabling junta to track, arrest, & kill civilians. 🚨

Intl community must ensure corporate accountability & prevent complicity in junta crimes.

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Myanmar data lawsuit hits Telenor, raising questions for CelcomDigi Alleged data disclosures said to have led to arrests, torture, execution by junta.

#Myanmar victims and civil society are suing Telenor for sharing call logs and location data with the illegal Myanmar military junta. The junta used this data to detain, torture and kill activists. Data was then handed to the crony conglomerate Shwe Byain Phyu in Telenor's irresponsible 2022 sale.

Latest junta airstrike kills 40 civilians & injures 80

States that back sham elections run by the same depraved & reviled military in hopes of neatly resolving the crisis it created or bringing a ‘return to normalcy’ in #Myanmar are, at best, dangerously naive.

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📢New report: “Our Shared Responsibility”

Myanmar civil society is saving lives, building resilience & laying foundations for federal democracy—despite junta’s terror campaign.

Intl community must cut ties with junta & back #Myanmar local CSOs.

Read more: bit.ly/4mF3mpu

A candlelight vigil to mark the full moon day of Thadingyut, which is the end of Buddhist Lent, in Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, in October 2024. (Credit: CJ)

At least 30 civilians, including children, were killed and 50 others were injured by a motorized paraglider attack carried out by regime forces on Chaung-U Township of Sagaing Region, on Monday – the full moon day of Thadingyut.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar's junta grabbed power in a coup. Now the country is going to the polls Nearly five years ago, Myanmar's military seized power, plunging the country into a bloody civil war that left the junta internationally isolated. Now, with no end to the conflict in sight, Myanmar…

#Myanmar junta is preparing a sham election while waging a campaign of terror, increasing its airstrikes & committing int. crimes.

Australia must:
⚠️ Not recognise junta’s sham election
✊🏽 Step up targeted sanctions

Australia must stand on the side of democracy, not military tyranny.

"Several people were arbitrarily detained and tortured in custody after their #Telenor data was shared and at least one person was killed." #KeepItOn #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #DataPrivacy

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Accountability Must Be Impartial - Progressive Voice Eight years after the genocide, the international community has failed to take meaningful and effective action to protect the Rohingya. Today, as communities of all ethnicities across Myanmar endure t...

8 years after genocide, Rohingya continue to face persecution by both #Myanmar junta & #ArakanArmy.🚨

High-level Conference on #Rohingya & other minorities must lead to real action—to protect lives, ensure aid access & deliver justice & accountability.

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Japan civil society mobilized a protest in Japan, calling on Japanese govt to
🔴Stop providing ODA through Myanmar junta & ensure aid reaches those in need
🔴Denounce junta’s sham election

Decisive action from intl community is vital to support #Myanmar people.

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📌At the High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar, Founder & Executive Director Wai Wai Nu urges the int'l community to end impunity.

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#UNGA #UNGA80 #Burma #Myanmar #Rohingya #Rakhine #Arakan

Thank you to everyone who joined the report launch of “Our Shared Responsibility” today. Your solidarity, interest, and support is deeply appreciated. 🙏Please find the full report available here: bit.ly/4mF3mpu

@khinohmar.bsky.social emphasizes that the Myanmar people are helping each other to build a future in which they can govern themselves in peace. Quoting an interviewee in the report “As long as we are alive, we can rebuild…the junta can destroy our homes, but they cannot destroy our unity”

အစီရင်ခံစာ - “မိမိတို့ မျှဝေထမ်းရွက်သောတာဝန်”

စစ်အုပ်စု၏ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများကို ရင်ဆိုင်နေရသည့်တိုင် မြန်မာအရပ်ဘက်လူထုအစုအဖွဲ့များသည် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများကိုသာမက တန်းတူညီမျှသော ဖက်ဒရယ်ဒီမိုကရေစီစနစ် ပေါ်ပေါက်လာရေးအတွက်ကိုလည်း အကောင်အထည် ဖော်လုပ်ဆောင်နေလျက်ရှိသည်။

အစီအရင်ခံစာ အပြည့်အစုံ ရယူရန် ⬇️

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It is vital for international and regional stakeholders to hear civil society voices, listen to their stories, & engage with the legitimate representatives of Myanmar people—including the NUG, ethnic resistance organizations, and civil society.

“If the international community truly wants to support sustainable peace & federal democracy in Myanmar, then investing in & trusting Myanmar’s local civil society groups, including women’s organizations, must be at the center of that effort” concludes Naw Poe Dah

It’s time for the international community & donors to:
👏Cut ties with the illegal military junta
👏Impose a global arms and aviation fuel embargo
👏Pursue international accountability mechanisms for junta criminals
👏Engage with legitimate representatives of Myanmar people

Naw Poe Dah of Burmese Women's Union, says “Women’s organizations and women activists are on the frontlines of resilience and resistance” ✊
They deliver humanitarian aid, conduct human rights documentation, & support political empowerment of women in decision-making processes.

Naw Cherry expands on how civil society groups support local communities & bottom-up governance by giving them decision-making authority. This creates trust and helps build local skillsets & enhances efficiency & dignity. Communities know best what is needed and how to respond.

Across #Myanmar, civil society groups respond to emergencies on the ground, providing cash, food, medicine, water, hygiene supplies, and more. Crucially, they ensure aid matches actual needs of communities through consistent data-gathering, partnership, and communication.

📣 Now hearing from Naw Cherry, KPSN, on the power of local networks to deliver aid, gather data from the ground, and to empower communities to build resilience and self-determination for the federal democratic future of #Myanmar.

Civil society groups face constant challenges, including junta attacks, communication & transportation issues, & inflexible and insufficient international funding. Rose explains, “Despite all this, they continue their work with resilience, creativity, and solidarity”

Civil society supports local communities, strengthens local resilience, drives sustainable solutions, and shapes inclusive federal democracy by:
⛑️Delivering humanitarian aid
🌾Advancing sustainable community initiatives
✊Protecting human rights & building bottom-up federalism

Explained by Rose, PV, the report defines ‘resilience’ as not only adapting to hardship or overcoming challenges. It’s the capacity to resist military tyranny, stand up for your rights and your community, actively pursue freedom, and to build a federal democratic future #Myanmar

Explained by @khinohmar.bsky.social, Chairperson of PV, this report presents the resilience of local civil society groups operating on the ground, supporting communities, providing life-saving aid, protecting human rights, & building bottom-up inclusive federal democracy.

⏰ Happening now! Join us LIVE!

Launching ‘"Our Shared Responsibility” How Civil Society is Strengthening Local Resilience for a Federal Democratic Burma/Myanmar’, a new report co-authored by 18 civil society organizations.

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