Issue 45 June 16th 2022

ASEAN

Myanmar Foreign Minister excluded from ASEAN-India meeting

Myanmar Foreign Minister excluded from ASEAN-India meeting The Hindu

Myanmar Junta Not Invited to India Meeting With ASEAN Foreign Ministers

Myanmar Junta Not Invited to India Meeting With ASEAN Foreign Ministers The Irrawaddy

Conflict

Guerrilla force bombs roadside checkpoint in junta capital

Guerrilla force bombs roadside checkpoint in junta capital myanmar-now

DKBA Leader Claims Fighting in Lay Kay Kaw Supported by Foreign Funds

The meeting held at the Palu Gyi village temple on June 5th was attended by troops funded by the military-appointed State Administration Council and included the Border Guard Force militia, sponsored and under the control of the Burma Army, DKBA soldiers and local villagers. General Saw Steel alleged at the meeting the Junta’s opponents were …

The post DKBA Leader Claims Fighting in Lay Kay Kaw Supported by Foreign Funds appeared first on Karen News.

AA Says Myanmar Military Gearing Up for Return to War in Rakhine

AA Says Myanmar Military Gearing Up for Return to War in Rakhine The Irrawaddy

Myanmar’s Conflict Threatens to Produce ‘Lost Generation’: UN Expert

U.N. special rapporteur Tom Andrews has called on the world to respond to the country's crisis with "the same urgency they have responded to the crisis in Ukraine."

“We are Getting Stronger to Complete the Revolution”: Karenni Resistance Leader

Khun Be Du, KNDF leader and an NUG deputy minister, talks to The Irrawaddy about the success of the resistance movement in Kayah State and the prospects for a federal democratic union.

The post “We are Getting Stronger to Complete the Revolution”: Karenni Resistance Leader appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

KNU and allies rescue three CDM police officers in Karen State

KNU and allies rescue three CDM police officers in Karen State myanmar-now

When Think-Tanks Get Terrorism Wrong: The IEP and Myanmar

Bad definitions, bad data and bad understanding: How a terrorism report grossly misrepresented and harmed the revolution in Myanmar.

The post When Think-Tanks Get Terrorism Wrong: The IEP and Myanmar appeared first on The Irrawaddy.

Regime Shelling Injures Civilians In Kalay

Resistance groups fought with regime’s armed forces in Kalay town on Monday night. During the battle, the regime indiscriminately fired 12 shells, injuring seven civilians and their properties in Tar Han ward. “A shell landed in front of my house and I sustained minor injuries. I’m lucky that it wasn’t critical and I didn’t lose [...]

Defector group says 4 combat weapons in production for fight against Myanmar junta

Defector group says 4 combat weapons in production for fight against Myanmar junta Radio Free Asia

NUG minister says rights abuses getting worse in Myanmar

NUG minister says rights abuses getting worse in Myanmar Mizzima News

Myanmar’s armed resistance rejects junta call for surrender

In a statement published in both Burmese and English by Myanmar’s state-run newspapers on Monday, the junta’s Information Team announced that all members of the armed resistance – including the pro-democracy People’s Defense Force (PDF) paramilitary group it has labeled a terrorist organization – will be allowed to return to civilian life if they willingly lay down their arms. Myanmar’s armed resistance has dismissed an unprecedented call by the junta to surrender as a “sugar-coated offer” by a regime that must pay for its war crimes against civilians, as a new report found the military responsible for nearly 20,000 arson attacks since it’s 2021 coup.

Myanmar: Anti-military groups likely to hold protests nationwide through mid-June to oppose planned execution of pro-democracy activists

Myanmar: Anti-military groups likely to hold protests nationwide through mid-June to oppose planned execution of pro-democracy activists Crisis24

Monsoon Season Expected to Give Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Rebels a Boost

Monsoon Season Expected to Give Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Rebels a Boost VOA Asia

Myanmar raising bloodthirsty death squads

Myanmar raising bloodthirsty death squads Asia Times

Economy

Sanction Mytel for complicity in the Myanmar military’s crimes!

Mobile operator Mytel, trading under the company Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited, is a key pillar in the Myanmar military’s business network providing revenue, technology and surveillance capabilities[...]

The post Sanction Mytel for complicity in the Myanmar military’s crimes! first appeared on Progressive Voice Myanmar.

Foreign Affairs

US State Dept Counselor Calls Myanmar Military ‘Bunch of Thugs’

US State Dept Counselor Calls Myanmar Military ‘Bunch of Thugs’ The Irrawaddy

Calling on Myanmar's military to end the violence, grant unhindered humanitarian access, and uphold human rights

Calling on Myanmar's military to end the violence, grant unhindered humanitarian access, and uphold human rights GOV.UK

Remarks at a UN General Assembly Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Burma

Remarks at a UN General Assembly Briefing on the Human Rights Situation in Burma United States Mission to the United Nations

General News

International Community is allowing the junta to weaponise aid

International Community is allowing the junta to weaponise aid Burma News International

How Myanmar lobbyists use Telegram to spread propaganda, fake news

How Myanmar lobbyists use Telegram to spread propaganda, fake news Burma News International

Schools Should Not Be Used as “Hostage” for Political Interest

Schools Should Not Be Used as “Hostage” for Political Interest Burma News International

No Place to Call Home in the Junta’s Myanmar

No Place to Call Home in the Junta’s Myanmar The Irrawaddy

Myanmar junta calls on CDM teachers to return to work

Myanmar junta calls on CDM teachers to return to work Mizzima News

Military

The Master of the Myanmar Junta’s ‘Skyful of Lies’

The Master of the Myanmar Junta’s ‘Skyful of Lies’ The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Junta Rejects Cambodia’s Plea not to Execute Activists

Myanmar Junta Rejects Cambodia’s Plea not to Execute Activists The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Junta to Move Forward With Trial of Australian Economist

Sean Turnell, a former adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested shortly after last February's coup d'etat.

Myanmar: UN experts condemn military’s “digital dictatorship”

GENEVA (7 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the Myanmar military junta’s attempts to establish a “digital dictatorship” in Myanmar by imposing further restrictions on the access to internet, internet shutdowns, online censorship, surveillance and other barriers to internet access. “The international community must not stand quietly by while the people of […]

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