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Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · 1d

8 years after genocide, Rohingya continue to face persecution by both #Myanmar junta & #ArakanArmy.🚨

High-level Conference on #Rohingya & other minorities must lead to real action—to protect lives, ensure aid access & deliver justice & accountability.

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Accountability Must Be Impartial - Progressive Voice

Eight years after the genocide, the international community has failed to take meaningful and effective action to protect the Rohingya. Today, as communities of all ethnicities across Myanmar endure t...

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 1d

On September 29, WPN organized a side event on #Rohingya at #UNGA80 High-level Week.

In observation of the HLC on Myanmar, our event was co-sponsored by member states and fellow civil society, and featured high-level speakers and expert panelists.

See our impact at UNHQ ⬇️
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UNHQ side event on ending the Rohingya crisis in observation of the HLC

YouTube video by Women's Peace Network

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 2d

"'The genocide did not end in 2017. It has worsened.” said Wai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Peace Network.

'Ending impunity is the only way to end atrocities.'" @waiwainu.bsky.social @rfkhumanrights.bsky.social

#Myanmar #Rohingya

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U.N. Rohingya Conference Must Spark Concrete Action - Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Tags Share As the Rohingya community faces compounding crises, this week’s U.N. High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar was held at a critical moment...

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Zoya Phan @zoyaphan.bsky.social · 2d

Zoya Phan from Burma Campaign UK has spoken out on the plight of the Rohingya refugees, who have already suffered so much: “International donors must immediately reverse long term aid cuts to camps hosting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh."
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Refugees facing starvation in war-torn Myanmar

Aid agencies are warning war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State will soon see people starving. As a result, the World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a "full-blo...

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 4d

WPN participated in the United Nations HLC on Rohingya & Other Minorities.

We directly urged high-level int'l stakeholders to act for protection, justice, and lasting peace for all people in #Myanmar.

Now is the time to push for change. The conference must not end up becoming a one-time event.

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 4d

WPN unites #Rohingya women at the United Nations, for the High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities!

Their unique voices and perspectives, including of those working behind the scenes and on the ground, must receive effective and comprehensive support✊

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The Diplomat @thediplomat.com · 6d

A safe and voluntary repatriation of refugees to Rakhine State remains unlikely for the foreseeable future. Is it time for a new approach?

High-Level Conference Highlights Significant Challenges Facing Resolution of Rohingya Refugee Crisis

A safe and voluntary repatriation of refugees to Rakhine State remains unlikely for the foreseeable future. Is it time for a new approach?

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 7d

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

🔊"You already have the evidence. You already have the power. What is missing is the political will."

@waiwainu.bsky.social calls for int'l actions at the High-Level Conference on the Situation of #Rohingya and other Minorities in #Myanmar

🔴WATCH LIVE: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...

#UNGA80

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

📢Tomorrow, on September 30, our Founder and Executive Director @waiwainu.bsky.social will provide opening remarks at the United Nations High-level Conference on the Situation of #Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in #Myanmar

Watch the conference LIVE ⬇️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...

(Part 1) High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar - General Assembly, 80th session

Conference to review the overall crisis and share perspectives on the situation on the ground in order to propose a comprehensive, innovative, concrete and time-bound plan for a sustainable resolution...

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 16d

Updated event!
(Speakers announced & watch link)
📆29th Sept
🕐1:15pm Eastern

Join @womenspeacenetwork.org BroUK @amnesty.org & more for "Ending the Rohingya Crisis: Community-centred actions for protection Justice & lasting peace"
w/ @waiwainu.bsky.social et al

LIVE: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...

ENDING THE ROHINGYA CRISIS:
COMMUNITY-CENTERED ACTIONS FOR PROTECTION, JUSTICE, AND LASTING PEACE
Monday, September 29, 2025
1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
UN Web TV live stream link:
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Conference Room 11, United Nations Headquarters New York

PANELISTS
Carolyn Nash Amnesty International
Noor Azizah Rohingya Maiyafuinor Collaborative Network
Tun Khin BROUK and ARNC
Lucky Karim Refugee Women for Peace and Justice
James Rodehaver Head of Myanmar Team, OHCHR

Mod: Wai Wai nu womens peace network

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Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect @globalr2p.org · 21d

Join us, @womenspeacenetwork.org, @amnesty.org, @hrw.org, and more for this event on the sidelines of the High-Level Conference on the Rohingya and other minorities in Myanmar on 29 September at UNHQ in New York.

More details to follow!

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Hana Seita @hanaseita.bsky.social · 11d

This upcoming Monday, before the "High-level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and other Minorities in Myanmar," join our UNGA side event for community-centered actions here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...

#Rohingya #Rakhine #Arakan #Burma #Myanmar #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #UNGA80

Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 12d

🗓️ #UNGA80 #Myanmar SIDE EVENT: "Ending the #Rohingya crisis: Community-centers Actions for Protection, Justice, and Lasting Peace"

⏰ Monday, September 29, 2025 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM ET

🔴 Join LIVE on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...

📄More information: womenspeacenetwork.org/events

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 12d

🗓️ #UNGA80 #Myanmar SIDE EVENT: "Ending the #Rohingya crisis: Community-centers Actions for Protection, Justice, and Lasting Peace"

⏰ Monday, September 29, 2025 | 1:15 - 2:30 PM ET

🔴 Join LIVE on UN Web TV: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...

📄More information: womenspeacenetwork.org/events

Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 16d

🗓️ #UNGA80 SIDE EVENT: "Ending the #Rohingya crisis: Community-centered actions for protection, justice & lasting peace"

Join key leaders & experts on 9/29 to mark the High-Level Conference on the Situation of #Rohingya Muslims & Other Minorities in #Myanmar

🔴LIVE: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1k...

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 22d

🗓️"Ending the Rohingya crisis: community-centered actions for protection, justice, and lasting peace"

Join us at United Nations New York on the eve of the High-Level Conference on the Situation of #Rohingya and Other Minorities

⏰9/29, 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
📍Conference Room 11, UNHQ

#Myanmar #UNGA80

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 27d

📰 @waiwainu.bsky.social on #Myanmar junta's sham elections:

"This is not an exit strategy, this is a trap.

We need to understand that this will only prolong the violence & the conflict, and the junta's disastrous strategy in the country."

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Myanmar's junta grabbed power in a coup. Now the country is going to the polls

Nearly five years ago, Myanmar's military seized power, plunging the country into a bloody civil war that left the junta internationally isolated. Now, with no end to the conflict in sight, Myanmar is...

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · 28d

Very disturbing to see #Myanmar junta showcase its meetings with @unhcr.org High Commissioner @filippograndi.unhcr.org

➡️ Engagements with the junta will only legitimize its unlawful position and embolden its commission of atrocities against civilians, further worsening the humanitarian crisis

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

"The human rights 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."

#OHCHR Volker Türk to #HRC60 ⬇️ 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.

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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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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · Sep 3

Denial after denial: the rhetoric by the Arakan Army is becoming more similar to that of the Burmese military.

➡️Int'l leadership must urgently address the crisis in Rakhine State with bold & principled actions to save civilian lives.

#Myanmar #Rohingya

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/09...

Arakan Army denies Rohingya forced labour

The largest armed ethnic group in Myanmar denies mistreating the Muslim minority but admits to possession of drones.

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · Sep 2

🔊"Le moment est venu pour la communauté internationale et régionale, y compris les responsables favorables à la démocratie en #Birmanie, de mettre activement en pratique les leçons tirées de l’histoire afin qu’elle ne se répète pas."

#Rohingya

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Déclaration : À l'occasion de la huitième Journée du souvenir du génocide des Rohingyas - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières

Nous vous invitons à participer à notre événement commémoratif de la Journée du souvenir du génocide des Rohingyas, qui se déroulera cette année (…)

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · Sep 2

“Videos and pictures show death, destruction and desperation, distressingly similar to images that we already saw during the 2017 atrocities committed by the military against the Rohingya” minority, he said in a statement.

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UN warns scenes in Myanmar mirror 2017 atrocities

The current conflict in Rakhine State is taking a toll on civilians that is “distressingly similar” to that of the anti-Rohingya violence eight years ago, the UN’s rights chief says

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · Sep 2

🚨"In northern Rakhine State, the #Rohingya continued to suffer many human rights violations & abuses, some of which were reminiscent of the 2017 atrocities," reports #UN Human Rights Chief on ongoing atrocities by the Burmese military & Arakan Army.

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A/HRC/60/20: Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Advance edited version

The present report, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 53/26 and 56/1, presents findings based on the monitoring and verification activities conducted by the Office of the United Na...

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Women's Peace Network @womenspeacenetwork.org · Aug 29

📢"In tandem, Women’s Peace Network also called for cross-border aid and the deployment of an independent investigation mechanism in #Rakhine State to monitor and document ongoing atrocities."

#Rohingya #Arakan #Myanmar #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar

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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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