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Reporter @Reuters in Washington. Previously in Myanmar/Hong Kong/Cambodia/New Forest. Pulitzer winner
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Calling the Tatmadaw’s atrocities against the Rohingya “genocide” would be a major boost for survivors, says
@waiwainu
. “They will feel like their suffering, the crimes that happened against them, have been recognized”
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
.
@specialreports
details an 11th-hour scramble by officials inside the Trump administration to label Myanmar's atrocities against the Rohingya ‘genocide.’ Then-Secretary of State Pompeo ultimately ignored their bid by
@humeyra_pamuk
@Simondlewis
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No country should recognize or legitimize the Myanmar junta that seized power in a coup and all efforts must be made to restore democracy, the United Nations special envoy on Myanmar told the U.N General Assembly on Friday.
@Reuters
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The United States is adding
#Myanmar
's Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Home Affairs and top military conglomerates MEC and MEHL to a Commerce Department trade blacklist, a federal registry filing showed on Thursday.
@Reuters
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Lobbyist to be paid $2 million to 'explain' Myanmar's coup on behalf of junta
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New from
@DPsaledakis
- The U.S. imposed sanctions on two children of Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing and six companies they control. Washington blacklisted Aung Pyae Sone and Khin Thiri Thet Mon, according to the Treasury Department.
@Reuters
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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For the uninitiated: this is the capital city that Myanmar’s generals designed to make large gatherings difficult and to protect themselves from popular uprisings
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Myanmar people have come to DC from all over the US to call for a stronger response from the Biden administration to the Feb . 1 coup, recognition of the NUG and a
#BurmaBill
from congress
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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This is partly fair, but we shouldn't erase the brave Myanmar people who did stand up for the Rohingya, often at great personal risk.
For example, some of the same youth fighting the junta now used the jailing of
@walone4
& Kyaw Soe Oo to speak out: )
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WATCH THIS: Stunning footage and reporting from
@ali_fowle
really captures the scale and the stakes of the uprising - Inside Myanmar’s Crackdown via
@AJEnglish
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@Reuters
Happening now: The
#Myanmar
permanent representative to the U.N. Kyaw Moe Tun is denouncing the military's coup in Myanmar, says it's unconstitutional and that
@CrphMyanmar
- collection of elected MPS - is legitimate. Video here:
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Exclusive w/
@humeyra_pamuk
: When
#Myanmar
’s generals seized power last month, they installed a loyal central bank governor & detained reform-minded officials. Days later, they tried to empty a government account at the NY Fed
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@PressSec
: "The United States opposes any attempt to alter the outcome of recent elections or impede Myanmar’s democratic transition, and will take action against those responsible if these steps are not reversed."
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'It was hell', survivors say of Russian missile strike on busy mall in Ukraine
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#Myanmar
rep to the U.N. effectively defected live in the chamber. He said he was speaking on behalf of NLD-led civilian government and
@CrphMyanmar
is the “legitimate and duly elected government of Myanmar and must be recognized by the international community as such”
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Opponents of the coup hailed Kyaw Moe Tun as a hero.
“The people will win and the power-obsessed junta will fall,” one protest leader, Ei Thinzar Maung, wrote on Facebook.
#Myanmar
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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EXCLUSIVE Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
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Kyaw Moe Tun concluded his extraordinary speech to the UNGA in Burmese, his voice breaking as he gave a three-fingered salute to signal his support for the protests. "Our cause must prevail," he said.
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Israeli-Canadian lobbyist Ari Ben-Menashe, hired by Myanmar's ruling military leaders to represent them in Washington and other capitals, says he has stopped his work with the generals because sanctions prevented him from being paid
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Exclusive: Myanmar U.N. envoy formally stakes claim as legitimate representative
@michellenichols
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@DPsaledakis
@Reuters
Companies sanctioned today include A&M Mahar, through which Aung Pyae Sone offers foreign pharmaceutical companies access to Myanmar’s market by obtaining approvals from Myanmar’s Food and Drug Administration, according to
@JusticeMyanmar
Story here:
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This should give you chills, and a sense of the opposition to the military coup that's taken place in Myanmar. Regular people on the street singing "Kabar Ma Kyay Bu," a song about never forgiving those who have crushed hopes of democracy (to the tune of "Dust in the wind")
Today, Myanmar citizens show their solidarity for against
#militarycoupinMyanmar
.
#HearTheVoiceOfMyanmar
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Biden after getting the vaccine: "I'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it's available to take the vaccine. There's nothing to worry about."
President-elect Joe Biden receives a dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital, in Newark, Delaware. Photo by
@LeahMillis
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise in a bid to curtail the military junta’s ability to generate revenues
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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"We're not done" with sanctions on Myanmar junta and its supporters, says U.S. envoy
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Biden announces an executive order to sanction Myanmar "military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests as well as close family members” and will prevent generals from accessing $1bn of “government funds" held in US
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Kyaw Moe Tun at the U.N.: "Myanmar military has become the existential threat for
#Myanmar
as a polity and civilized society. Now is not the time for the international community to tolerate the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Myanmar military."
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At the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this morning, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken will tour this exhibit and give a speech on the Myanmar military’s genocide against Rohingya
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As the situation in Myanmar gets bloodier by the day, people are clearly fed up with a global response that's been largely limited to strongly worded statements. The sentiment can't be expressed better than this meme
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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U Kyaw Moe Tun's full statement to the UN here:
“The military coup is not acceptable in this modern world and the coup must fail”
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar
Statement by Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun as representative of CRPH to the UN General Assembly
#SupportCRPH
#RejectMyanmarMilitaryCoup
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Lobbyist says Myanmar junta wants to improve relations with the West, spurn China
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U.S. blacklists Myanmar police chief, army units over deadly crackdown
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Secretary of State Blinken lands in the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszów, greeted by the US ambassador to Poland. The majority of the 1 million+ refugees from the war in Ukraine have crossed into Poland
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“Myanmar must not return to the past dark ages where military rulers jailed journalists to stifle and censor news reporting.”
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Journalist Fenster reunited with family in New York, pledges to work for detained in Myanmar
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"These actions will specifically target those who led the coup, the economic interests of the military, and the funding streams supporting the Burmese military’s brutal repression," says
@SecBlinken
. "They are not directed at the people of Burma.”
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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Danish Siddiqui made some of the images that define the 2017 Rohingya crisis, in particular his shots of refugees from Myanmar reaching Bangladesh’s beaches, but many more as well. As with his work from Afghanistan, India and elsewhere, they don’t let you look away
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The impact is expected to be limited and the U.S. still hasn’t used its toughest tool against the military-owned conglomerates - Treasury sanctions that would block all transactions with U.S. persons.
Story here:
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar parallel government asks U.S. for more sanctions, funding for anti-junta forces
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Not to mention the many Myanmar reporters, sometimes bylined and sometimes kept anonymous for their safety, without whom we wouldn't know the extent of what happened in Rakhine
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Politicians, doctors and a fortune-teller: Myanmar’s new wave of detainees via
@walone4
@poppymcp
@AditiHBhandari
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@walone4
“We acknowledge Rohingya. We totally denounce the fact that they are referred to as ‘Bengali’,”
@maung_saungkha
said back in 2018 in this piece by
@Shoon_Naing
and
@poppymcp
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Aung Moe Myint used his company Dynasty International to facilitate the procurement of "various weapons, armaments, missiles, and aircraft," as well as aircraft parts, for Myanmar's military, US Treasury says
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"This is a deeply insular, secretive culture that is unlike any other military in the world."
@hkbeech
on Myanmar's Tatmadaw
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Coach Hammon, once a star in Russia, urges Putin to free Brittney Griner
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POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER: Amid tight security, U.S. and Ukraine's top diplomats met at a border crossing, where refugees, mostly women and children, were also crossing into Poland with their belongings in rolling luggage and backpacks
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…Definitely thousands. Chanting “No more statements, we need action” and “President Biden please help Burma.” The march also marks the 33rd anniversary of the 8888 uprising
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Hundreds, maybe thousands, now marching form Lafayette Square to the Capitol
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Interesting question here is whether U Kyaw Moe Tun and the CRPH (this line comes from their statement) would include atrocities against the Rohingya.
Back in 2018, he defended the military’s assault on Rohingya in Northern Rakhine at another UN forum:
Kyaw Moe Tun at the U.N.: "Myanmar military has become the existential threat for
#Myanmar
as a polity and civilized society. Now is not the time for the international community to tolerate the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Myanmar military."
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Japan firm got U.S. sanctions exemption to pay Myanmar military company - Japanese official
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This excellent thread reminds me of reporting this story with
@poppymcp
in Bangladesh, where recalling and playing old music was part of an effort by exiled Rohingya to keep their traditions alive
8. Rohingya music from Arakan (western Myanmar) expresses a range of emotions in varied song forms. Tarana lyrics often document events, conveying shared experience, identity: “Tarana songs remind us of the oppression we faced. We listen and cry together.”
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“We are also prepared to take additional action should Burma’s military not change course. If there is more violence against peaceful protesters, the Burmese military will find that today’s sanctions are just the first," says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
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At least 10 killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine shopping mall
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U.N. special envoy
@SchranerBurgen1
tells Security Council to act to avoid 'bloodbath' in Myanmar
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The U.S. Treasury Department blacklists Myanma Timber Enterprise and Myanmar Pearl Enterprise, targeting sources of cash for the junta
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
@DPsaledakis
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Fact that some Burmese angry at international media (ie me) for mentioning prominently that Ko Ni was Muslim demonstrates why it's pertinent
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The attempt was blocked thanks to bank safeguards, and the Biden administration acted to freeze roughly $1 billion in the account
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar's U.N. envoy makes emotional appeal for action to stop coup -
@michellenichols
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
#myanmar
#Myanmarcoup
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U.S. calls for release of AP journalist Thein Zaw five other members of the media charged in
#Myanmar
. “We are deeply concerned about the increasing attacks on and arrests of journalists,” says
@StateDeptSpox
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I am among hundreds of
@reutersguild
journalists walking out today demanding a fair contract with reasonable wage increases.
@thomsonreuters
@sjhasker
are blocking us from sharing in rising profits our work generates and isn't bargaining in good faith
#NoContractNoNews
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Blinken, Austin pledge return of U.S. diplomats, more security assistance on Kyiv visit
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Trump says the Nov. 3 election will be “rigged": “The greatest Election Fraud in our history is about to happen.”
But he's not only one raising the alarm, with scant evidence, about mass cheating.
In a new piece out today,
@JTanfani
& I trace the history behind these claims
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“These are not the kind of punitive actions that we believe will lead to behavioral change. We are recommending they focus on ongoing revenue streams which are far larger and if cut off would be far more painful to the military as an institution," says
@johnsifton
#Myanmar
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Two Spanish journalists and Irish citizen killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso
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“Current U.S. sanctions policy on Myanmar isn’t working," says
@johnsifton
. "This is like administering only half dosages of medicine and then hoping it will work like a full dose.”
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“It will be political suicide, I would think, for any politician with a right mind and a decent political stance to attend (China's Olympics) because of the ongoing genocide” says
@nuryturkel
Story w/
@michaelvmartina
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Here's a taste of the lyrics:
We will hold a grudge until the world ends / The history written with our blood / Revolution! / Those who lose their lives in the battle for democracy / Our dear heroes
(translation here: )
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'Rude and insolent': fraught talks preceded Myanmar's army seizing power - amazing reporting by
@poppymcp
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Also Russia: “Any attempts to turn the consideration of recent events in the country, in terms of the announcement of state of emergency, into a human rights issue is unjustified and politicized”
#Myanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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At Friday's UNGA briefing almost all the other states who spoke were broadly against the coup, with important exceptions:
A Russian diplomat said “disputes between Myanmar political forces are an exclusively internal process of a sovereign state.”
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Shocking image shows assassin aiming gun at Myanmar lawyer Ko Ni's head as he holds his grandson
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Secretary Blinken is in Chișinău, capital of Moldova, for more meetings to reassure a region reeling from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. About 1,500 Russian troops are based in the breakaway region of Transnistria in the country’s east
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The US found five units of Israel's security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, the first time Washington has reached such a conclusion about Israeli forces - but it has not barred any of the units from receiving US military aid
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And of course China: Ambassador Zhang Jun said the situation in was "in essence Myanmar's internal affairs" and the international should respect Myanmar's sovereignty and "avoid intensifying tensions and further complicating the situation."
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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“If we don’t stand this time for our country, our people, there is no one. Evil will fall on us. We will never forgive them for the trouble they have brought to us.”
After a decade of change in Myanmar, fear of the past drives anti-coup protests
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“In line with our global policies, we’ve removed the Tatmadaw True News Information Team Page from Facebook for repeated violations of our Community Standards prohibiting incitement of violence and coordinating harm,” says
@Facebook
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“A very small circle of Burma’s military leaders have chosen their own interests over the will and wellbeing of the people," a senior State Department official said on a call with reporters.
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A Rohingya leader addresses Kofi Annan and his commission at Thet Ke Pyin IDP camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar
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World Bank halts payment requests on Myanmar projects made after Feb 1 coup
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Clash over Myanmar U.N. seat averted as diplomatic revolt against junta widens w/
@michellenichols
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@michellenichols
#Myanmar
’s embassy in Washington issued a statement decrying the violence and calling for authorities to exercise restraint. Some embassy staff posted on Facebook that they were not resigning their posts but were joining the
#CivilDisobedienceMovement
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New U.S. Treasury sanctions include the 33rd and 77th Light Infantry Divisions: "Video footage shows security forces riding pickup trucks while apparently indiscriminately firing live ammunition in multiple directions, including into people’s homes"
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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What's happened in Maungdaw since Oct 9? Check out our map of major incidents the Myanmar-Bangladesh border area
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Blinken says since its coup last year, the Myanmar military is now using many of the same tactics it used against Rohingya, but against anyone it sees as opposing or undermining its repressive rule: Student protestors. Pro-democracy advocates. Striking workers. Ethnic minorities
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@Reuters
: MYANMAR ARMY DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER DETAINING KEY GOVERNMENT LEADERS - MILITARY-OWNED TV
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Outgunned but defiant, Ukrainian twin cities' defenders ready for Russian attack
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Reuters'
@soezeya
's shot of the scene at Ko Ni's funeral. Something like 100,000 people said to be at Yay Way Muslim cemetery
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Japan state-funded hotel deal pays rent to Myanmar defence ministry | via
@juminism
@geddiejdk
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The Tatmadaw itself is dismissive of sanctions and isolation:
"We are used to sanctions, and we survived,"
#Myanmar
junta No. 2 Soe Win told
@SchranerBurgen1
“We have to learn to walk with only few friends.”
per
@michellenichols
reporting:
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"What happens when a managed democracy becomes unmanageable? This was not a question Myanmar’s generals were prepared to explore."
@instupor
on
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The Ukrainian fighters standing in Russia’s way on eastern front. Story from the Izium front with
@NatalieReuters
&
@markodjurica
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Ukraine prepares war crimes charges against Russian military personnel, including pilots
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.
@EIAEnvironment
raises alarm over environmental activist Kyaw Min Htut detained (along with his wife and child) by junta authorities in Myanmar. “He has always bravely worked for what is right, despite the risks to his life.”
#releaseKyawMinHtut
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Risking China's anger, Blinken meets representative of Dalai Lama in India | Reuters
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Labour Party view on new UK sanctions against
#Myanmar
generals. Notably US and UK so far have stopped short of sanctioning the big military conglomerates
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
Step in right direction, but still not good enough:
Why no sanctions on the Burmese companies that bankroll the military??
Why no moves to build global arms embargo??
Why no formal joining forces with Canada and the Netherlands on the ICJ genocide case??
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U Ko Ni was working on constitutional amendments that would challenge role of military & an Interfaith Harmony Bill
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Special Report: Backers of Trump's false fraud claims seek to control next elections
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