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SEA Junction @seajunction.bsky.social · 23h

#HappeningNow the screening of Thabyay: The Creative Resistance.
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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 1d

A screening of Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar, followed by a panel discussion on the future of elections and democracy in Myanmar, was held at Chiang Mai University on Sept. 7.
Read more and check out our photos: english.dvb.no/thabyay-crea...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#thailand
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Thabyay: Creative resistance in Myanmar film screening - DVB

A screening of Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar, followed by a panel discussion on the future of elections and democracy in Myanmar, was held at Chiang Mai University (CMU) on Sept. 7. “We want...

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SEA Junction @seajunction.bsky.social · 2d

#HappeningTomorrow

Come and see Screening of “Thabyay: Creative Resistance In Myanmar" at 5:30-7:00 pm @SEAJunction, 4th Floor BACC.

A powerful look at Myanmar's revolution through 4 leaders torn between peace and resistance, showing how art fuels hope in the fight for democracy and justice.

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 6d

Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel joins the DVB Newsroom to discuss his four years as America's top diplomat in Yangon. Watch DVB Newsroom on DVB English News YouTube or Spotify. Listen wherever you get #podcasts www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRja...

#WhatshappeninginMyanmar #USA

Former US Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel

YouTube video by DVB English News

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SEA Junction @seajunction.bsky.social · 6d

Join us #Screening of “Thabyay: Creative Resistance In Myanmar"

🗓 8 October 2025
⏰ 5:30 – 7:00 pm
📍 SEA Junction, 4th Floor, BACC

Please read more info seajunction.org/.../screenin...

The event is free; donation is encouraged to help support future activities of SEA Junction.

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 7d

Powerful address by Wai Wai Nu to the UN General Assembly.

Well done @waiwainu.bsky.social!

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar @hrcberkeley.bsky.social

Wai Wai Nu addressing the UN General Assmebly

YouTube video by Gregg Butensky

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to @justiceformyanmar.org. Well deserved!

Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 8d

📣 Justice For Myanmar named 2025 Right Livelihood laureate

Award shines a light on Myanmar people’s struggle to dismantle the military cartel.

Press Release 👉🏽 buff.ly/glncPoQ

Right Livelihood Award announcement 👉🏽 buff.ly/0W9ftKU

#changemakers #RightLivelihood #Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 8d

Great to see this @alexakoenig.bsky.social. Congratulations!

Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled that HRC Faculty Director @alexakoenig.bsky.social is one of the inaugural members of Women Transforming Global Security, a new feminist global network addressing crises related to nuclear weapons proliferation, climate change, human rights, and more: transformingsecurity.org

Reimagining Security for the 21st Century - WTGS

Women Transforming Global Security represents a groundbreaking alliance of distinguished women leaders pioneering a comprehensive framework for addressing

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 9d

World leaders will discuss how to assist the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee settlement. But no one living there is attending the conference at the United Nations.

Missing From a U.N. Meeting on Helping Refugees? The Refugees.

www.nytimes.com

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 9d

New report from the IIMM, detailing the destruction and seizure of Rohingya homes, farms, mosques and other property in 2017 and the repurposing of the land to erase all traces of the Rohingya’s long presence.

#IIMM #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

UN investigative body finds Rohingya villages destroyed, land seized in Myanmar

International community widely agrees that Rohingya must be allowed to return home, however, 'in many cases their homes, even their villages, no longer exist,' says head of UN body - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 11d

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Congrats @972mag.com, שיחה מיקומית (Local Call), and @theguardian.com whose work lead to this.

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · 13d

"As our country becomes more polarized, people are becoming increasingly apprehensive about venturing beyond their communities. I wanted to suggest travel as an antidote to these fears, many of which are being exaggerated by a leadership eager to divide us." -- Jeff Greenwald, EthicalTraveler.org

Don’t let Trump’s presidency keep you from traveling

OPINION: Now more than ever, travel can be a powerful form of diplomacy — and the citizens of those nations will be reassured by meeting Americans who still uphold our long-held values of...

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar tells the courageous stories of four democracy revolutionaries using creative means to resist the military junta.

We’re excited to be on track for the film’s premiere in Bangkok at the end of this month.

Please consider supporting our work!

Donate to Empower Human Rights in Burma: Help bring our film to light!, organized by Gregg Butensky

THE FILM Myanmar (Burma) is one of the deadliest conflict… Gregg Butensky needs your support for Empower Human Rights in Burma: Help bring our film to light!

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 14

Notable final question from @emmafarge.bsky.social. The IMM has a unit conducting open-source investigations, which has collected thousands of videos of suspected crimes. If additional grants are not secured, the IIMM will have to close this vital unit by end of year.

#IIMM #OSINT

Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Press conference: Launch of Annual Report - 12 August 2025

Launch of IIMM’s Annual Report detailing its progress in investigating serious international crimes committed in Myanmar, including advances in identifying perpetrators.

www.unognewsroom.org

Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 13

"The collective report had been expected months ago, but was delayed as State Department officials worked under the orders of political appointees in the agency to cut language in the report."

Journalists need to stay focused on independent reports. Reports from the US Government are propaganda.

Human Rights Report Under Trump Blunts Language on Israel and El Salvador

www.nytimes.com

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 12

Important work indeed. And it's heartening that the IIMM shares their findings with international courts _proactively_.

This, on the other hand, is a major bummer:
"the Mechanism’s access to resources needed to investigate the crimes has significantly diminished..."

Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar annual report is out & it's a really grim read.
Important documentation nevertheless, presents evidence of torture & sexual abuses at detention centres, summarily executions of captured combatants or civilians accused of being informers & more.

Myanmar Mechanism advances its identification of perpetrators – Annual Report | Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar

The Mechanism has also collected evidence identifying perpetrators who have summarily executed captured combatants or civilians accused of being informers. These killings have been perpetrated both by the Myanmar security forces and affiliated militias and by opposition armed groups.

iimm.un.org

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great to hear this today on KQED in San Francisco.

Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · Aug 8

Was great to get to talk about music & protest in Asia w/ @marcowerman.bsky.social of @theworld.org, just tuned into GBH to hear the segment air, taking up about the last 10 minutes of today's episode, various ways to hear it (eg in about an hour at www.kpbs.org )/will share a link once there's one.

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great to hear @jwassers.bsky.social on The World today - one of my favorite radio programs. Well done, Jeff!

#MilkTeaAlliance #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

How activists in Asia have used Western pop culture in their protests - The World from PRX

From a song in “Les Misérables” to a hand gesture in “The Hunger Games,” these are just a couple of examples from Western pop culture that activists in Asia have hooked onto when protesting authoritar...

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 5

@acleddata.bsky.social recently launched a new site with a handy “Conflict Index" tool.

acleddata.com/platform/con...

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Useful as an explainer when discussing Burma re Palestine and Ukraine:

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 4

An awful story, well told (by writer and friend Jeff Greenwald).

Amazon thinks they can take the heat off by reversing harm done by their bots. We need to convince them that’s not the case!

Terminated

There's no "U" in AI / "Open the pod bay doors, please..."

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Aug 1

Another vital American institution bites the dust. MAGA my ass.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down

www.nytimes.com

Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Jul 29

Especially given the Trump Administration's recent actions in the DRC, this is nerve-wracking.

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Reuters @reuters.com · Jul 28

Exclusive: Trump team hears pitches on access to Myanmar's rare earths reut.rs/41b6fX6

Exclusive: Trump team hears pitches on access to Myanmar's rare earths

The Trump administration has heard competing proposals that would significantly alter longstanding U.S. policy toward Myanmar, with the aim of diverting its vast supplies of rare earth minerals away from strategic rival China, four people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Jul 29

Glenn Kessler, Washington Post fact-checker takes buyout

“I didn’t want The Post to have a gap in fact-checking coverage during this fraught period in U.S. history. But we couldn’t work out an agreement. (Okay, so I buried the lede.)”

After more than 27 years at The Washington Post, including almost 15 as The Fact Checker, I will be leaving on July 31, having taken a buyout. | Glenn Kessler

After more than 27 years at The Washington Post, including almost 15 as The Fact Checker, I will be leaving on July 31, having taken a buyout. Much as I would have liked to keep scrutinizing politicia...

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Jul 28

Citizenship and Genocide Cards
IDs, Statelessness and Rohingya Resistance in Myanmar
By Natalie Brinham

Open Access download available.

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

Citizenship and Genocide Cards: IDs, Statelessness and Rohingya Resistance in Myanmar

This book draws on Rohingya oral histories and narratives about Myanmar’s genocide and ID schemes to critique prevailing international approaches to legal identities and statelessness. By centring the...

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Gregg Butensky @gbutensky.bsky.social · Jul 23

Well stated! @lowyinstitute.bsky.social

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

The Lowy Institute @lowyinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 15

“The whole episode does not make for clarity in foreign policy,” writes Sean Turnell in The Interpreter.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/false-recognition-tariffs-myanmar-lost-art-letter-writing

False recognition, tariffs, Myanmar, and the lost art of letter writing

Myanmar’s military ruler celebrates receiving formal correspondence from Washington, seeing diplomatic validation despite sanctions.

www.lowyinstitute.org

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