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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · 5h

#Burma’s military junta dropped 2 bombs on people holding candlelight vigil in #Sagaing Region’s Chaung U killing more than 20 people incl. children. It had been organised as a peaceful protest against the junta's forced conscription & the upcoming #ShamElection.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · 1d

Many of the victims of the attack, which took place in Chaung-U Township, south of the Sagaing capital Monywa, were children

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More than 20 killed in Myanmar junta attack on religious festival

Many of the victims of the attack, which took place in Chaung-U Township, south of the Sagaing capital Monywa, were children

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

“Without independent #media, there can be no real democracy. That is the simple equation. Our job is to protect democracy by protecting #truth.”
Toe Zaw Latt, #Mizzima senior editor on vital role of indep. media in #Burma’s fight for democracy
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Fighting for Burma's Democracy Through Journalism - EA WorldView

Interview with Toe Zaw Latt of Mizzima about Burma journalism, politics, & youth: "Without independent media, there can be no real democracy"

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · 23d

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · Sep 7

206 Civil Society Organisations inc @pvamplify.bsky.social @bloodmoneycampaign.bsky.social @burmaactionireland.bsky.social @burmacampaignuk.bsky.social & more called on UN General Assembly to denounce Myanmar military junta’s sham election and support Myanmar people’s democratic aspirations.

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Open letter: UN General Assembly must denounce Myanmar military junta’s sham election, support Myanmar people’s democratic aspirations - Progressive Voice

To: Member States of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations Secretary-General 4 September 2025 Open letter: UN General Assembly must denounce Myanmar military junta’s sham election, suppor...

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Sep 4

U.S. must not fall for the Myanmar generals’ dirty tricks again eng.mizzima.com/2025/09/04/2...

🔹Junta’s rebranding another attempt to trick the world
🔹Atrocities against #Burma’s people escalated
🔹Press be wary of legitimizing the junta
🔹Supporting junta is betrayal of foundational American values

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Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK urges Argentina’s court to expand its genocide investigation to include atrocities by the #ArakanArmy against #Rohingya.

"It is no exaggeration to say that Rohingya in #Rakhine State are on the brink of extinction." said Tun Khin of BROUK
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Argentine court urged to include Arakan Army atrocities in Rohingya genocide case - Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK)

The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) today formally petitioned the Federal Court in Buenos Aires to expand its universal jurisdiction case on the Rohingya genocide to also include atrocity cri...

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

Canada, EU, UK & USA must:
❌Sanction junta entity SSPC
❌Reject its sham election
❌Cut junta’s access to funds, arms, technology & aviation fuel through coordinated, targeted sanctions and a global arms embargo.
#SanctionAviationFuel #CutTheCash Reject #ShamElection #GlobalArmsEmbargo

Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Sep 2

❌ Every member of the illegal Myanmar junta's so-called "State Security and Peace Commission" (SSPC) is sanctioned.

Gov'ts now need to urgently add SSPC to their sanctions lists to ensure the illegal junta remains broadly sanctioned and to prevent their sanctions regimes from being circumvented.

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · Aug 4

Sources in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) told DVB that eight of 17 Burma Navy vessels travelling upstream along the Irrawaddy River arrived in Bhamo Township, southern Kachin State, amid ongoing fighting with resistance forces on Friday.
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The People's Defence Force claimed that it attacked the Myanmar Navy fleet as it traveled along the Irrawaddy River in Mandalay Region on July 20. (Credit: PDF)

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Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Aug 29

8 yrs since #Myanmar military committed genocide against #Rohingya, crimes continue unpunished. Rohingya survivors in Rakhine face starvation, persecution & mass killings.

Only justice & accountability can stop ongoing genocide. Both military & #ArakanArmy must face justice.

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Genocide Continues, Starvation Worsens - Progressive Voice

This year, 25 August marked the 8th year of remembrance since the genocide against the Rohingya in Rakhine State was launched in 2017 by the Myanmar military. Amid the memorials, survivors remain unpr...

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 29

#Burma junta’s airstrikes increasing in frequency & impact
80% #Karenni pop. displaced since 2021 coup
Urge intl. comm. to reject #ShamElections & push for #Accountability by referring #WarCrimes and #CrimesAgainstHumanity to #ICC
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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The Myanmar Military’s Airstrikes in Karenni State Demand An Urgent Response

On August 17, at least 32 people were killed when junta aircraft attacked Mawchi, a resistance-held village in Hpasawng township.

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 28

51 orgs, incl. #Burma Action Ireland & 台灣人權促進會 Taiwan Association for Human Rights call on #Taiwan to stop the repatriation of Burmese people to #Myanmar, where they face risk of death, torture or forced conscription.
#NonRefoulement

Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨Open letter by 51 civil society organizations urges Taiwan government to halt the rush repatriation of Burmese people to #Myanmar.

⚠️Returning them now = sending them to death, torture & forced conscription.

Taiwan must uphold #NonRefoulement & stop repatriations.

full letter: bit.ly/4oUIbC3

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 27

#Burma's military regime target airstrikes on civilian areas where there is no fighting on the ground, killing 8 people incl. 3 children, and destroying homes & monasteries.
#SanctionAviationFuel
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · Aug 27

The strikes hit civilian areas with no fighting on the ground, destroying homes and monasteries from August 23 - 25

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Eight Years On: Rohingya Seek for long-Overdue Justice and Accountability - Rohingya Action Ireland

Eight Years On: Rohingya Seek for long-Overdue Justice and Accountability Press Release Millions of Rohingya across the world mark the eighth anniversary of Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, while ju...

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Fortify Rights @fortifyrights.bsky.social · Aug 25

Today is Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day & marks the Myanmar military’s genocidal attacks in 2017 which forced 700,000+ Rohingya people to flee to Bangladesh.

U.N. member states must pursue accountability for genocide & other atrocities committed against Rohingya civilians.

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U.N. Member States: Pursue Accountability for Rohingya Genocide - Fortify Rights

58 groups detail actions needed to address atrocities

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 24

On the 8th anniversary of the #Rohingya genocide, we honour the victims & survivors.

We reaffirm our commitment to the Rohingya's 8-year-long struggle for justice.

We urge the international community to hold the perpetrators accountable.

PR: tinyurl.com/52wmyhnz
#RohingyaGenocide

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · Aug 25

📄 STATEMENT: On the eighth Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day

🔗 womenspeacenetwork.org/publications...

#Myanmar #Burma #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #Rohingya #Rakhine #Arakan

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Eight Years On: Protection and Justice for the Rohingya Cannot Wait - Progressive Voice

In commemoration of eight years since the Rohingya genocide committed by the Myanmar military in 2017, we—Blood Money Campaign, Defend Myanmar Democracy, and Progressive Voice—reaffirm our solidarity ...

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 25

New event!
📆25th Aug
🕢7:30pm Myanmar time
📍Online (FB live on WPN's page)

@womenspeacenetwork.org Hold panel "The Ongoing Violence, Silence and neglect in Rakhine state" to mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance day W/ @khinohmar.bsky.social @waiwainu.bsky.social @thinink.bsky.social & Tun Khin.

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Aug 21

Press Release 📣 Canada, EU, UK & USA must close loophole by sanctioning illegal Myanmar junta’s "State Security and Peace Commission” entity

More 👉🏽 buff.ly/F9rj1Dt ‪@kajakallas.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social‬ ‪@aussenminister.diplo.de ‪@ministerbz.bsky.social @euambcambodia.bsky.social

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 21

#Children are #NotATarget

Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Aug 21

How long will the intl community claim to care about children while failing to hold #Myanmar junta accountable?

Myanmar's children are in the junta’s crosshairs—targeted by airstrikes, detention, forced conscription, school bombings, and denial of vaccines.

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Children in the Junta’s Crosshairs - Progressive Voice

Last weekend, the Myanmar military junta killed at least 35 people, including at least six children, in airstrikes across Karenni State, Chin State, and Mandalay Region[…]

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 20

#Burma’s junta airstrikes on Seikphyu villages killed 9 people including a 4-year-old boy. The military continues to target civilians. The international community must act urgently to #CutTheCash, #StopArms supply to the junta & #SanctionAviationFuel.

#WarCrimes
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · Aug 20

Victims included a four-year-old boy as Y-12 aircraft targeted farming communities near junta-run weapons factories

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Burma Action Ireland @burmaactionireland.bsky.social · Aug 20

#Burma military airstrike on two monasteries in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet and Depayin townships kills five people, including a Buddhist monk. The attack is another example of the junta's indiscriminate bombardment of its own civilians.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · Aug 19

The victims died during attacks on two monasteries in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet and Depayin townships on Monday

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Myanmar Now (English Version) @myanmar-now.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge 2 is the main conduit for commercial shipments at the busiest crossing on the Thailand-Myanmar border

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ALTSEAN-Burma @altsean.bsky.social · Aug 15

Despite lifting its "state of emergency" on 31 Jul, the illegal junta maintains martial law in 63 townships.

The junta launches continuous air strikes on civilians in areas under martial law.

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Aug 19

The junta is blockading Arakan State as part of its campaign of terror. With jobs gone, food unaffordable, and roads sealed, families are struggling to survive.

🎙️"People are starving in my village" says shopkeeper in a village near #Sittwe. Reports indicate tragic rise in suicides 👇🏽 buff.ly/lK92T3T

Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food as hunger bites

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

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