WATCH: On Oct 9, Thailand was elected as a member of the
@UN_HRC
. However, its record on human rights tells a different story.
@FortifyRights
calls for Thailand to demonstrate its commitment as a responsible member by upholding democratic principles and protecting human rights.
“What haunts me most is how I would survive under their [
#Myanmar
military] rule,” said Wai Moe Naing, a prominent protest leader abducted by Myanmar security forces on April 15. The junta must release all those arbitrarily detained.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Each night, the
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 junta shuts down the internet, and is now cutting mobile internet access across the country, affecting 🔟s of millions people. The 🌎 must stand with the people of Myanmar.
#KeepItOn
#InternetBlackoutMyanmar
“Please help me out, everyone.”
“They are stopping us with violence.”
Myanmar security forces continue to attack and arrest journalists covering the coup. The junta must end its assault on the media.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“My son is dead.”
#Mar27Coup
: As coup leaders and their allies attended a military parade to mark Myanmar Armed Forces Day, the security forces killed scores of unarmed protesters throughout the country.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
A sizable group of peaceful protesters are cordoned in the
#Sanchaung
neighborhood of Yangon, at grave risk of lethal force and arbitrary arrest tonight.
@FortifyRights
calls on the
#Myanmar
military and police to stand down and refrain from any use of force.
#SaveSanChaung
The February 1 coup has left Myanmar’s healthcare system in disarray as COVID-19 spreads throughout the country. U.N. member states should urgently form an emergency coalition to provide humanitarian aid to Myanmar.
U.N. member states should hold an Emergency Special Session at the U.N. General Assembly to demand collective action in response to the
#Myanmar
military’s widespread and systematic attack on protesters, said
@FortifyRights
today.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
In
#HlaingTharYar
, the
#Myanmar
military:
🔴 Set the town on fire
🔴 Blocked the roads
🔴 Shut down the internet
🔴 Raided people on the street
🔴 Shot into the houses
We must stand with the people of Myanmar.
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
Today, April 21,
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 activists call on people to wear blue shirts in memory of U Win Tin, journalist and founding member of the National League for
#Democracy
, and the thousands of political prisoners in Myanmar.
#BlueShirtDay
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar
security forces rammed a vehicle into a peaceful protest on Sunday. The U.N. security council should support all possible ways to hold the Myanmar junta accountable for its crimes. (WARNING: Graphic Content)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
What are
#Myanmar
🇲🇲's young and old alike prepared to sacrifice to fight against dictatorship? See the voices of the resistance brought to life here👇
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
It’s 5⃣0⃣ days since the
#Myanmar
military seized power in a coup: since then, the junta has terrorized the population of Myanmar, leaving hundreds dead and thousands imprisoned.
U.N.🇺🇳Member States must take collective action now.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The
#Myanmar
junta killed at least 61 women, men, and children in the last four weeks in seven states and regions, including at least 38 killed yesterday. Urgent action is needed.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Mar27Coup
: The
#Myanmar
military and police reportedly shot and killed upwards of 90 women, men, and children today. U.N. member states should ensure those responsible are held accountable for their crimes.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The number of civilians killed by
#Myanmar
junta forces since the Feb 1 military coup has surpassed 1,000, according to
@aapp_burma
. Security forces must be held accountable for their crimes, both past and present.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
In a stunning move at the UN General Assembly today,
#Myanmar
’s Permanent Rep. Kyaw Moe Tun denounced the military coup. The people have a new ally.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 military’s ongoing crackdown is fueling a humanitarian crisis. In Kachin state, more than 3,000 internally displaced persons are struggling with insufficient food, medicine and shelter.
@Myanmar_Now_Eng
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“You want to die?“, say Thai soldiers as they destroy a footbridge used by
#Myanmar
refugees fleeing from military attacks. Refugees in
#Thailand
live in fear of arbitrary arrests and extortion by the Thai authorities.
Read more:
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The people of
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 continue to protest against military rule, despite lethal crackdowns by security forces. The military junta must end its campaign of terror and reverse the coup.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Mar26Coup
, the Myanmar security forces terrorized protesters in Myeik, Tanintharyi Region. U.N. member states must take collective action now.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“The
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 military’s refusal to respect the inalienable rights of the Burmese people and to defend their basic well-being is flatly unacceptable,” said
@SecDef
, U.S. Defense Secretary.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Two senior KNDO commanders in
#Myanmar
confessed to
@FortifyRights
about the massacre of 25 men on June 1. In an historic move, the Karen Natl Union, which controls KNDO, has agreed to cooperate w/ international justice mechanisms.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“To my brothers and sisters back home, you are not alone.”
“We have to win this.”
Over 8,000 miles away🌎,
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 students
@bruinsbursa
rally in support of the people of Myanmar to fight against the military coup.
The
#Myanmar
military has targeted civilians with landmines and used them to prevent civilians from returning to their villages.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The cycle of impunity must end.
Read more about how these crimes could be addressed:
“The formal imposition of martial law is immaterial in some ways, except for the fact that the [
#Myanmar
] junta regards it as stepped-up security presence. For that reason, it’s a grave development,” said
@matthewfsmith
.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@Bloomberg
The Myanmar🇲🇲 military junta is arbitrarily arresting civilians. The authorities have detained more than 200 people, including political leaders, civil servants, monks, and student activists.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
NEW: The Government of Thailand must prevent the forced dissolution of election-winner
@MFPThailand
, said
@FortifyRights
. A dissolution “would significantly undermine Thailand’s qualifications for any role on the Human Rights Council,” says
@matthewfsmith
.
"I am pleased to announce today that on 17 July
@NUGMyanmar
expressed its willingness to become a signatory of the Rome Statute...We have already taken the necessary steps based on recommendations."
Minister of
#HumanRights
@Aung_Myo_Minn
at
@FortifyRights
report launch.
#Myanmar
security forces reportedly killed at least eight unarmed protesters in the last 24 hrs. The Int’l community must stand with the people of Myanmar.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
BREAKING:
@FortifyRights
and 16 complainants from Myanmar filed a criminal complaint in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction against senior Myanmar military generals and others for atrocity crimes. Read more here:
Stay tuned 📢 On November 10,
@FortifyRights
will launch a flash report, “Access Denied: The Myanmar Military Junta’s Deprivation of Lifesaving Aid in Karenni (Kayah) State”
“I knew it instantly — I could not represent
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 — not as long as the military was in charge,” Win Htet Oo told
@NBCNews
. “This is a military that stands accused of genocide against the Rohingya and against other ethnic people in Myanmar.”
#Olympics
Since June 2011, the war in
#Kachin
State has displaced more than 100,000 ethnic Kachin civilians.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
The cycle of impunity must end.
Learn what the National Unity Government of Myanmar can do to end it:
.
@matthewfsmith
@FortifyRights
calls on the U.S. to declare Myanmar’s systematic atrocities against the
#Rohingya
a genocide. “...there’s a moral imperative for them to issue a clear determination about what the Rohingya people have been enduring.”
“ASEAN was wrong to invite Min Aung Hlaing, & this agreement doesn’t change that. The only way out of this is for Min Aung Hlaing to end the attacks, release all political prisoners, & step down. The
@NUGMyanmar
must be allowed to proceed,” -
@matthewsmith
Three days after the
#BangkokPride
parade🌈, Thailand’s House of Representatives will vote again on June 8 on the draft Marriage Equality bill which seeks to grant LGBTI+ couples 👬👩❤️💋👩 equal rights as heterosexual couples, including the fundamental right to family. #สมรสเท่าเทียม
New evidence of
#Myanmar
junta persecution of
#Rohingya
, along w/ the imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi and thousands of others, demands urgent action from the UN Security Council.
@FortifyRights
news release:
#Myanmar
security forces killed at least 18 people and wounded scores of peaceful protesters on February 28. The world must act to prevent further bloodshed.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Thailand
must prevent the forced dissolution of the election-winning
@MFPThailand
, a drastic political move contradicting Thailand’s bid for membership on the U.N. Human Rights Council,
@FortifyRights
said.
Read more here:
A new
@FortifyRights
flash report indicates Myanmar military
#WarCrimes
against civilians in Karenni State, including murder, airstrikes on civilian targets, use of human shields, and forced displacement.
Read more:
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Exclusive: Leaked
@ASEAN
document reveals proposal to appease
#Myanmar
junta, “maintain status quo.”
@FortifyRights
calls for suspension of
#Myanmar
junta representatives from all meetings throughout
#ASEAN
system. Read more here 👇
Today the bi-partisan “Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability” or BURMA Act was introduced to the U.S. House of Reps by
@RepGregoryMeeks
.
@SecBlinken
should take this opportunity to make a
#Rohingya
#genocide
determination:
The death toll continues to climb in
#Myanmar
🇲🇲, following the bloodiest week since the Myanmar military seized power in a February 1 coup.
📺 Watch a round-up of the past 2 weeks in film:
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
🧵On August 5 and 6, the Arakan Army massacred hundreds of Rohingya civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine State with drones, mortars, and gunfire.
Check out this thread on the
@FortifyRights
investigation. 👇
Read more here: 1/8
On March 3, 2021, “Angel,” or Kyal Sin, was shot dead by
#Myanmar
security forces at an anti-coup protest in Mandalay.
The slogan on her t-shirt, “Everything will be ok,” became a symbol of defiance for many in Myanmar who continue to honor her brave resistance against tyranny.