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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 2h

A source told SAC-M urgent efforts are underway to provide medical care to the 43 wounded in the junta's Sagaing paramoter attack on Monday— at least 7 critically—but the junta is blocking their access to urgent treatment "in every way possible". #Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Thadingyut

Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 1d

Once a time of joy across #Myanmar, #Thadingyut celebrations are now scenes of junta atrocities.

At least 20 civilians, including children, were killed in a junta air attack during a candlelight procession on Monday.

Monstrous.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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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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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 1d

Latest junta airstrike kills 40 civilians & injures 80

States that back sham elections run by the same depraved & reviled military in hopes of neatly resolving the crisis it created or bringing a ‘return to normalcy’ in #Myanmar are, at best, dangerously naive.

www.manilatimes.net/2025/10/08/w...

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to @justiceformyanmar.org — hugely deserved winners of the Right Livelihood Award!

For years, their investigative work has been vital in exposing & undermining international political & financial support for Myanmar’s criminal junta✊
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Activists from Sudan, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, and Taiwan receive human rights award

The Right Livelihood Award has been given to activists from Sudan, Myanmar, the Pacific Islands, and Taiwan

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 1d

Once a time of joy across #Myanmar, #Thadingyut celebrations are now scenes of junta atrocities.

At least 20 civilians, including children, were killed in a junta air attack during a candlelight procession on Monday.

Monstrous.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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

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

myanmar-now.org

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 1d

🚨NEW IIMM report details the destruction & seizure of #Rohingya homes, farms, mosques & other property in 2017.

#IIMM identifies #Myanmar authorities, corporations & others involved in repurposing land to erase all traces of the Rohingya’s long presence.

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 5d

Op-ed: Khin Ohmar, Maw Pray Myar & Nai Aue Mon on why intl support for local #Myanmar CSOs is more urgent than ever👇

'By strengthening community resilience, CSOs are laying the foundations of federal democracy, sustainable peace & human security from the ground up.'
thediplomat.com/2025/10/the-...

The Military Junta Will Never Break the Myanmar People’s Resilience

As the country approaches a critical juncture, international support for its local civil society organizations is more urgent than ever.

thediplomat.com

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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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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 7d

At today’s #Rohingya conference, HC Türk called for 'full accountability' for grave violations by the #Myanmar military, AA & others.

He warned that junta elections risk fuelling more violence:

“Frankly, how can such elections be supported?”

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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High Commissioner Türk to Rohingya Conference: The international community must honour its responsibilities and act

Madam President,Excellencies,Distinguished delegates,Thank you for the opportunity to address this High-Level Conference.Today, life in Myanmar—especially in Rakhine State—may be the worst it has ever...

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 8d

📌At the High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar, Founder & Executive Director Wai Wai Nu urges the int'l community to end impunity.

WATCH 🔗 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...

#UNGA #UNGA80 #Burma #Myanmar #Rohingya #Rakhine #Arakan

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 19d

During #Myanmar's so-called democratic transition,
@khinohmar.bsky.social warned the US State Dept that the military would not give up power in exchange for carrots.

"Now I urge the US again: do not fall on the same old trap played by the same bloody military."

🔗 eng.mizzima.com/2025/09/04/2...

Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 21d

Dr Tun Aung Shwe, NUG rep in Australia on why local warlords & the junta's militia-business complex — deeply embedded in scam operations & other illicit activity — are poised to profit from the junta's upcoming scam election. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar

thediplomat.com/2025/09/from...

From Scam Centers to Scam State: The Road to Myanmar’s Scam Election

The military’s upcoming election is essentially a scam, with local warlords and the militia-business complex positioned to profit.

thediplomat.com

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 22d

Myanmar is a laboratory for a new, bottom-up federating processes shaped by a new generation resisting military rule, writes Charles Petrie.

Will the world support the inclusion of these more participatory & inclusive models of governance in a future #Myanmar?
www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opin...

Solving the conflict in Myanmar

The Myanmar military has recently launched a new offensive in different parts of the country, determined to claw back territory it has steadily lost since the coup of Feb 1, 2021. These operations, th...

www.bangkokpost.com

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

Myanmar's junta continues to systematically target schools w/ airstrikes.

Its latest attack killed 22 civilians—mostly year 11 & 12 students.

No rebrand can whitewash the junta's crimes.
No sham election will save it.

The #Myanmar people will never forget.

myanmar-now.org/en/?p=35683

Junta airstrike on Rakhine school kills at least 22, mostly students

A warplane dropped two 500-pound bombs on a Kyauktaw Township high school as students slept, part of a wider campaign of air raids across Rakhine State

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · 28d

"The situation in #Myanmar is plumbing new depths, with civilians throughout the country suffering the cruelest toll.

"You, the international community, have all the information you need to act."

High Commissioner Volker Türk's latest update ⬇️
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

HC Türk on Myanmar: “De-escalation, aid and accountability are the way out of this crisis”

Mr. President,Excellencies,Distinguished participants,The human rights situation in Myanmar is plumbing new depths, with civilians throughout the country suffering the cruelest toll.

www.ohchr.org

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 25

ယနေ့ ရိုဟင်ဂျာလူမျိုးသုဉ်းသတ်ဖြတ်မှု (၈) နှစ်ပြည့်ချိန်တွင် ထိုဖြစ်ရပ်အတွင်း ထိခိုက်သေဆုံးခဲ့ရသူများနှင့် ရှင်သန်ကျန်ရစ်သူများအားလုံးကို ပြန်လည်အောက်မေ့ဂုဏ်ပြုကြောင်း မှတ်တမ်းတင်ဖော်ပြအပ်ပါသည်။

🔗 tinyurl.com/52wmyhnz

#Rohingyagenocide
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 21

#China South ကို တရုတ်ဗဟိုအစိုးရဖြစ်သည့် #တရုတ်နိုင်ငံတော်ကောင်စီက အပြည့်အဝ ပိုင်ဆိုင်သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် China South မှ #ကပစသို့ လေကြောင်းဗုံးများ သို့မဟုတ် ဆက်စပ်ထုတ်လုပ်မှုအကူအညီများ ပေးအပ်ခြင်းသည် တရုတ်အစိုးရ၏ ခွင့်ပြုချက်ရယူရန် လိုအပ်သည်။

အစီရင်ခံစာအားလေ့လာရန် tinyurl.com/cxm2uc4e
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨UN #IIMM uncovers significant evidence of systematic torture—incl' beatings, electric shocks, strangulations & gang rape—of people in #Myanmar military detention.

Perpetrators include high-level commanders. They must be held accountable. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

iimm.un.org/en/myanmar-m...

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏ လေကြောင်းဗုံးထုတ်လုပ်ရေးတွင် တရုတ်ကူညီနေ 🚨

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 12

Myint Swe—responsible for decades of brutality, corruption, & repression under successive military regimes—is gone.

His death is another reminder of Myanmar's bitter, ugly tradition where criminals in uniform escape any form of justice & accountability.' #Myanmar
www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/comm...

Commentary | How Ruthless Thug Myint Swe Cheated Justice One Last Time

A brutal enforcer for successive military regimes, the former acting president is only the latest in a long line of criminals who escaped a reckoning with their crimes.

www.irrawaddy.com

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Aug 8

37 years ago, courageous ppl of Myanmar rose up in the 8888 Uprising, demanding economic justice, freedom and democracy.

Decades later, the fight isn’t over. The ppl continue to resist the military and work toward a just, peaceful, and federal democratic #Myanmar.

✊🏽We remember. We resist. We rise.

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Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · Aug 8

#Myanmar junta rebranded from SAC to SSPC to push a sham election & seek false legitimacy, all while continuing to bomb civilians. The world must not be fooled by this political show.

Intl community:
🔴Cut all ties w/ junta
🔴Impose targeted sanctions
🔴Stand with Myanmar people
tinyurl.com/3brpbe3y

More Sham Election Deception - Progressive Voice

This past week, the illegal junta escalated its deceptive tactics to seek false legitimacy and promote its sham election plans, all while continuing to bomb civilians countrywide[…]

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨NEW paper: Resetting the #Myanmar Economy.

Produced with Dr Sean Turnell, this paper distils the key messages from our earlier joint release on breaking Myanmar's military-money nexus & adds fresh insights in a shifting global economic landscape.

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

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Aug 6

New evidence of alleged #AA atrocities against #Rohingya in Rakhine in 2024.

The AA/ULA must facilitate entry of—& fully cooperate with—an independent int'l investigative team to Rakhine to investigate these & other alleged crimes.

Perpetrators must be held accountable. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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

1/ Horrifying photos are being circulated, corroborating the Arakan Army's massacres of hundreds of #Rohingya in Thang Shout Kan (Hoyasiri) in May 2024. This reveals only a part of the atrocities over a year later. Now, Rohingya are facing total elimination in #Rakhine State.

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Justice For Myanmar @justiceformyanmar.org · Aug 6

In northern Shan State, #Myanmar military jet bombed a crowded tea shop, killing monks, women & children. At least 40 have been killed in a wave of airstrikes local news reports. Communities live in fear as military escalates its terror campaign.

❌ Cut weapons to the military NOW! buff.ly/KDpBCia

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