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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · 16d

As #UNGA80 opens, reminder that 206 orgs call on UN Member States to:

🙅🏻‍♀️Reject the junta’s sham “election”
🟢 Support the people’s bottom-up federal democracy
❌ End the failed Special Envoy mandate & for UN Sec-Gen to lead international action

… and more 👇🏽
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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,…

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Edith Mirante @edithmirante.bsky.social · 20d

1. This (recent) History Thread is about Air Attacks in Myanmar (Burma.) Since Feb. 2021 coup, military regime has constantly deployed bombing & strafing by jet & helicopter, routinely against civilian targets. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · Aug 30

"Extreme violence continues to afflict women daily in Myanmar, from airstrikes to shelling, to arson, to ground raids where rape is still used as a weapon of war. With no legal framework to reinforce & protect their rights, they are at grave risk"

Important piece by Maggi here.

Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Aug 30

My latest for @myanmar-now.bsky.social on how the sham election by the military junta will have disastrous impacts on women and girls, in yet another setback for gender equality in #Burma.

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Myanmar military’s sham election is yet another setback for gender equality

December’s election is set to cement the military’s culture of misogyny, further eroding women’s rights

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Aug 30

My latest for @myanmar-now.bsky.social on how the sham election by the military junta will have disastrous impacts on women and girls, in yet another setback for gender equality in #Burma.

myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...

Myanmar military’s sham election is yet another setback for gender equality

December’s election is set to cement the military’s culture of misogyny, further eroding women’s rights

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Jun 17

❌ ASEAN ❌

Stop supporting the #Myanmar junta.
Stop the flow of funds.
Stop the flow of aviation fuel.

ASEAN governments & biz continue to fuel international crimes in Myanmar.

Its time to END complicity in #WarCrimes.

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · Jun 16

Two organizations in Burma working on behalf of political prisoners reported that two have died in prison due to inadequate medical care since last month.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #politicalprisoners
Read more: english.dvb.no/floods-displ...

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Jun 16

What a joy and an honour to be a part of this incredible collection alongside various feminist activists and scholars. The chapter by Nandar and me was a labour of love, and we're so pleased to see it published! ✏️Please refer to page 32 for our contribution.
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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 11

The junta's airstrike in Kawkariek township, #Karen State, left four killed, including children & 35 wounded. The strike targeted a house being used to teach young students. Airstrikes are frequently carried out with little warning or time to flee.

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Airstrike Hits School, Kills Four in Kawkareik Township

Four people were killed and 35 injured in a junta airstrike on an independent community funded and run school in Kanyinkataik Village in Karen State’s Kawakareik Township on 9 June 2025. The airstrike...

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Jun 7

Latest for @thediplomat.com with Zue Padonmar on ensuring women are not left behind in Burma's crisis:

"Despite the military’s brutality, the strength of women remains tested but unshaken."

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Women Must Not be Left Behind in Myanmar’s Crisis

The country’s women are challenging patriarchal norms, both within the resistance movement and beyond.

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · Jun 3

Over 500 people from five wards in the Kachin State capital of Myitkyina Township have to leave their homes as the Irrawaddy River burst its banks on Monday, residents told DVB.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Kachin
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Flooding in Chipwi Township, Kachin State, near the Burma-China border on June 1. (Credit: Johnwu LumJhid)

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · May 28

Children in Burma cannot even attend school safely as the junta deliberately undermines their access by not hesitating to drop bombs or conduct indiscriminate attacks. A generation of children risks losing educational opportunities, denied by the military.

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

The National Unity Government (NUG) ordered all schools under its administration to temporarily close on Sunday until further notice as a precaution against regime airstrikes.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #NUG
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Students' belongings, including school bags and blood-stained clothes, lie scattered outside of the school in Ohteintwin village of Depayin Township, Sagaing Region, after an airstrike killed at least 22 on May 12. (Credit: Depayin Administration Team)

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Apr 28

The latest research by @ndburma.bsky.social finds mismanagement + weaponization of humanitarian assistance by the military junta in their briefing paper, "Beneath the Cracks." Despite the 'ceasefire,' attacks by the regime have continued across the country, killing & injuring dozens.
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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Apr 28

📌Today, ND-Burma releases a new briefing paper: Beneath the Cracks: Devastation and Destruction by the Junta in the Earthquake Aftermath.

Despite a devastating earthquake one month ago, attacks by the junta have neither ceased nor slowed.

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · Apr 21

Weekly update on the situation in Karen, Mon & Dawei since the failed coup: April 2025 | Week Three

⚠️ 37+ Arrested
⚠️ 26+ Detained
⚠️ 56+ Injured
⚠️ 24+ Killed

The military junta targeted #Karen State in a series of airstrikes this week that wounded + killed women & children.

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · Apr 5

All of this, but especially this part - thank you @thinink.bsky.social!

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake
#Myanmar #Burma

Extract from Thin Lei Win’s piece on Myanmar:

Here's my plea to the international community: Please push the junta to reverse its flimsy excuse for not allowing foreign journalists into the country, to honour the ceasefire it has finally announced days after pro-democracy groups committed to do so, to stop airstrikes of the kind it launched hours after the quake, and to allow unfettered access for aid and aid workers.

Please do not rely on the junta alone to deliver aid. Please work with a variety of actors, including local groups with access to some of the most disconnected areas.
Volunteers on the grounds are already worried about diseases spreading if the dead bodies are not removed soon because April showers usually accompany our new year, which starts next Sunday.

Much has been made of the Myanmar people's resilience in the face of never-ending misfortune, but I have come to resent the term. We are resilient because we have had to be, because no one else has come to our aid.

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Apr 3

My latest co-authored piece on the gendered impacts of the earthquake in #Burma:

"There is a clear & significant gendered dimension to the impacts of disasters, made even more stark by the military’s mismanaged response and further aggravated by funding disruptions."
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Uncertainty, dangers loom for Myanmar women, girls, and other vulnerable populations after earthquake

As with past disasters, last week’s earthquake is expected to have a disparate impact on women, and the need for a response that is sensitive to the needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged has never...

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Apr 2

Compliance is complicity.

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UN Says Has Seen No Blockage Of Aid To Myanmar Quake Victims

The UN said Tuesday it had seen no blockage of aid in response to the catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar that has killed more than 2,000 people in the conflict-ravaged country.

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Apr 2

This direct undermining of local organizations and their capacity to deliver life-saving emergency assistance, as they have done for decades, is not only ignorant but plays into the junta's hand. By donating to groups with MoUs with the military, aid will undoubtedly be weaponized.

David Brenner @davidbrenner.bsky.social · Apr 1

Patronising ignorance!

International organisations either abide by the junta's restrictions on access (UNICEF, ICRC) or will not be given full access (MSF).

The people of Myanmar unfortunately have to rely on their own humanitarian solidarity networks. By all means give to them!

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Khin Ohmar @khinohmar.bsky.social · Apr 1

“The junta’s callous contempt for human life, even in the face of widespread earthquake devastation, underscores its unsuitability to oversee aid—and more importantly, its willingness to manipulate any humanitarian response,” the civil society groups stated.

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Myanmar civil society groups warn of weaponisation of aid as earthquake response intensifies

The groups say the regime must not be allowed to exploit overseas assistance or deny access to resistance-held areas hit by last Friday’s massive quake

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Mar 31

Critical call urging localized assistance to survivors and victims of the devastating earthquake in #Burma. The junta is not a trusted or reliable partner in aid relief, especially as airstrikes by the military continue to target emergency areas. Assistance is most effective when channelled locally.

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Mar 30

Myanmar military jets and paramotors have been conducting airstrikes post-earthquake as the junta seeks global aid for victims.

❌ These airstrikes must be stopped to ensure safe aid delivery. Governments should act now to save lives.

Myanmar earthquake: Junta continues air strikes after devastating quake

A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military would "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people".

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · Mar 21

#VoicesofConscripts

"I was sleeping at my home on September 8th when the soldiers arrived by military truck. They arrested me for abusing drugs, and they threatened me with jail or to join the army. I said I would go to jail. They forced me to sign a document, but I refused. Then, I was enlisted."

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · Mar 17

The World Food Programme (WFP) announced that a funding shortfall of $81 million USD will impact one million people reliant on life-saving food assistance in Burma starting in April.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #WorldFoodProgramme
Read more: english.dvb.no/un-special-e...

A boy holds a baby as Rohingya refugees wait to receive food supplies at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh December 19, 2017. (Credit: Reuters)

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Mar 16

“A victory in this revolution is to be brought about not only by dismantling military tyranny but also by eliminating all forms of authoritarianism, including authoritarian behaviors, hypocrites, and actions, alongside the military dictatorship" 🎙️ Women Alliance Burma.

Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Mar 14

#Myanmar women are standing strong & refusing to be silenced. ✊

On #IWD2025, women across Myanmar & beyond march for justice, challenge patriarchy & demand accountability. Despite junta's attacks, their resilience remains unwavering & must be supported.
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Myanmar’s Women Resisting Patriarchal Tyranny - Progressive Voice Myanmar

On International Women’s Day (IWD), it is clearer than ever that the brave women of Myanmar choose to resist the patriarchy, refuse to be silenced, and remain steadfast in their pursuit of justice, eq...

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Mar 14

Latest briefer by @uscb4peace.bsky.social gives a critical overview of the US funding freeze, including the closure of clinics. My response to the decision also included the following: "[MAGA] seeks isolation, and foreign affairs are rooted in divisiveness."
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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Mar 12

The USAID funding cuts continue to have devastating impacts on the most vulnerable. In the #Karenni refugee camps, the conditions are now being described as "not normal. Everything is severely limited." Shame on the Trump administration.

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US Aid Cuts Affect Karenni Refugee Camp Clinics

Naw Ku Paw, the Director of the Karenni Health Department (KnHD) explained how the recent sudden cuts to USAid have affected the provision of aid to No. 1 and No. 2 Karenni Refugee Camps in Thailand’s...

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