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markfarmaner.bsky.social @markfarmaner.bsky.social · 10h

Countries which rejected the sham 2010 election went on to lift sanctions and back the military installed regime which followed. Our briefing paper warns that the military are trying to repeat the same trick.
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The Burmese Military's 'Elections': New Date, New Danger, Same Sham

The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They will clearly be a total sham and mostly rejected internationally and domestically. The Burmese military know this but are calcu...

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 3d

International action against cyber scams and human trafficking cannot succeed without targeting the root cause — the Myanmar military, which needs funds to continue its campaign of terror against the people.

China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams

The Ming family ran “scam parks” from a Myanmar town near the Chinese border that fueled billion-dollar fraud and other crimes, where those who tried to escape were beaten or killed.

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Burma Campaign UK @burmacampaignuk.bsky.social · 8d

The renowned singer Ah Moon is performing in London on the 1st November. Get your ticket here www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket... and raise urgent funds for people fleeing conflict in the Bhamo region. If you can't make it, you can also donate to the urgent appeal at kachinrelief.org.uk/urgent-appeal/

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 29d

📡 A Myanmar Witness investigation documents evidence that up to 3 Czech Let L410 aircraft may now be with Myanmar Air Force.

✈️ One plane has been re-registered and flying under junta control
✈️ Two more followed in 2025
⚠️ Possible breach of EU sanctions

Read their investigation:

Tracing flights: Has a Czech company supplied aircraft to the Myanmar Air Force?

Using flight tracking data, call signs and satellite imagery, Myanmar Witness has gathered evidence indicating that Czech company Let Aircraft Industries, part of Omnipol, may have supplied the…

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Sep 6

Japanese payments biz JCB partners with Myanmar’s UAB Bank as an acquirer. UAB is a crony-owned bank exposed to international sanctions.

We sent JCB a letter on July 17 with questions — NO REPLY.

Letter sent with @mekongwatch.bsky.social & Japan groups. 📄 buff.ly/KgmdJ2A

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rohingya collect their food rations at a World Food Programme (WFP) e-voucher outlet in a refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during a media visit, which included DVB, on Aug. 26. The WFP has decreased the food ration amount rom $12 to $5.90 USD per person, per month since April.
#Rohingya

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RFI @rfi.fr · Aug 25

Birmanie: «Aucun espoir que la situation s'améliore et que les Rohingyas puissent rentrer chez eux»

Il y a huit ans, plus d'un million de Birmans appartenant à la minorité musulmane des Rohingyas, persécutés par l'armée birmane, fuyaient vers le Bangladesh voisin. Aujourd'hui encore, ces réfugiés vivent dans des camps surpeuplés et ne peuvent pas retourner dans leur pays ravagé par la guerre civile. Mark Farmaner, directeur de Burma Campaign, ONG qui milite pour les droits humains et la démocratie en Birmanie, regrette que justice n'ait toujours pas été rendue aux victimes.

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Emily Fishbein @emilyfishbein11.bsky.social · Aug 25

Important new Shan Human Rights Foundation report reveals 19 rare earth mining sites in territory controlled by the National Democratic Alliance Army, aka Mong La army, in Shan State's Mong Yawng township near the Mekong River & China border (short thread).
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Satellite images and videos reveal 19 rare earth mines in NDAA-controlled area of eastern Shan State near Mekong River - Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)

Satellite images from May 2025 and recent video footage reveal nineteen rare earth mining sites under the control of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA or “Mong La” army) in Mong Yawng townsh...

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 17

At least 21 people incl. 3 pregnant women were killed on Thurs night when #Burma’s junta bombed a residential area in #Mogok, a TNLA-controlled ruby-mining town in #MandalayRegion. Yet another example of junta bombing its own ppl to keep grip on power.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SanctionAviationFuel

Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · Aug 15

A nighttime bombing leveled a residential area near a monastery in the ruby-mining town, with search teams still recovering bodies from the hillside site

Read more:
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ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social · Aug 8

#Myanmar now ranks third globally for drone events — behind only Ukraine & Russia — as the junta ramps up investment to counter opposition forces.

A new @theguardian.com piece using #ACLED data examines the conflict’s scale: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Myanmar military junta using European technology for drone attacks, report says

Junta obtained ‘anti-jamming’ product made in Europe through a Chinese company, research finds, triggering calls for tighter sanctions

www.theguardian.com

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Wai Wai Nu @waiwainu.bsky.social · Aug 4

3/ The situation is worse than 2016-2017 genocide, largely because people have no access to communications in #Rakhine State while they face the AA's forced transfer, displacement, systematic starvation & other atrocities. We need immediate attention to this ongoing genocide.

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 2

#ICJ approves Declarations of Intervention by #Ireland & others in The Gambia vs. #Myanmar for the crime of genocide against #Rohingya.

www.icj-cij.org/node/205665

The Court decides that the Declarations of intervention filed by Slovenia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium and Ireland are admissible | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

www.icj-cij.org

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Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Jul 31

🔥ASEAN says #Myanmar junta’s election “will worsen conditions.”

✔️This is a crucial step forward.

📢 237 orgs call on #ASEAN to:

🔴 Reinforce this position w/ concrete actions
🔴 Engage w/ Myanmar's legitimate representatives
🔴 End support to the junta

Read full press statement: bit.ly/45iVMdB

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markfarmaner.bsky.social @markfarmaner.bsky.social · Jul 24

USA has started lifting sanctions on companies helping to arm and fund the Burmese military.
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North Korea and Non-Proliferation Designations; Burma-related and North Korea Designation Removals | Office of Foreign Assets Control

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Burma Campaign UK @burmacampaignuk.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Burmese Military’s ‘Elections’: New Date, New Danger, Same Sham - a new briefing paper by Burma Campaign UK.

Read our media release here burmacampaign.org.uk/another-sham...

The briefing paper is available at burmacampaign.org.uk/media/The-Bu...

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Peter Tatchell Foundation @petertatchellfdn.bsky.social · Jul 23

UK ban on Palestine Action is an abuse of power, high court told

An intelligence report found the vast majority of the group’s activities were lawful, yet the ban moves forward.

Protest is the lifeblood of democracy; silencing lawful dissent threatens us all.

UK ban on Palestine Action is an abuse of power, high court told

Intelligence assessment before proscription found that vast majority of group’s activities were lawful, court hears

www.theguardian.com

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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · Jul 19

Human Rights Watch's report - ‘I’ll Never Feel Secure’: Undocumented and Exploited Myanmar Nationals in Thailand.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Thailand: Authorities Abuse, Exploit Myanmar Nationals

Thai authorities are threatening, extorting, and detaining Myanmar nationals who fled the abusive military junta to seek safety in Thailand.

www.hrw.org

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Insight Myanmar Podcast @insightmyanmar.bsky.social · Jul 20

“I wouldn't say spirits are high but there is still that hope. There is that feeling that there is a chance of getting rid of the military.”

insightmyanmar.org/complete-sho...

Episode #346: Burn After Reforming — Insight Myanmar

The Fragile Republic of What Comes Next 

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markfarmaner.bsky.social @markfarmaner.bsky.social · Jul 18

Surprised by the omission of anti-Muslim prejudice in this article. It was definitely a factor in the support he received in the 2016 election.

Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · Jul 18

Support for US President Donald Trump appears to be holding steady among the Myanmar-Americans who voted for him in 2024, despite the administration’s gutting of aid and travel bans on their home country.

True believers: The Myanmar-Americans who stand with Trump

Support for US President Donald Trump appears to be holding steady among the Myanmar-Americans who voted for him in 2024, despite the administration’s gutting of aid and travel bans on their home coun...

www.frontiermyanmar.net

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Burma Campaign UK @burmacampaignuk.bsky.social · Jul 18

Burmese military airstrikes hit Htee Ther Lel school in Dooplaya, 13 July 2025. The British government must sanction Burmese and international companies involved in supplying jet fuel to the Burmese military, and Burmese state-owned banks used by the military to purchase arms and receive revenue.

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Jul 17

SAC-M investigation reveals the Myanmar military is producing fuel air explosive bombs at its DI 21 factory in Magway.

Support from state-owned company #China South was essential to establishing production of this highly destructive weapon in #Myanmar.

📎 specialadvisorycouncil.org/wp-content/u...

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Jul 5

🛫 ATR aircraft are being used by the #Myanmar military as part of its campaign of terror against the people.

A 2024 video posted on TikTok by a soldier shows a troop deployment to Chin State in an ATR military aircraft. buff.ly/47a83BE

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markfarmaner.bsky.social @markfarmaner.bsky.social · Jul 3

ETA only came in 2016, so if you are UK citizen and entered then you didn't need a visa.

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Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · Jul 2

Advocates for political prisoners’ rights said authorities singled out the Monywa protest leader for abuse from the day he entered the prison in June

Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/auth...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · Jun 30

A total of 56 political prisoners have died at Obo Prison due to inadequate healthcare since January, a human rights group calling itself Myanmar Prison Witness announced on Friday.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Read more: english.dvb.no/another-poli...

Ousted Mandalay Region Parliament Speaker Aung Kyaw Oo, 69, died due to complications caused by pneumonia in Obo Prison on June 27. (Credit: Mandalay Region Parliamet)

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