"This tragedy highlights the devastating human cost of protracted displacement and the continued absence of durable solutions for the #Rohingya" www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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"This tragedy highlights the devastating human cost of protracted displacement and the continued absence of durable solutions for the #Rohingya" www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
(Yes we saw the last paragraph, appreciate the shout out as a small part of the #MilkTeaAlliance😁)
On the matter of Myanmar. @debbiestot.bsky.social deliver statement on behalf of @fidh-official.bsky.social @altsean.bsky.social @womenspeacenetwork.org & info birmanie at UNHRC session.
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New York, #USA: @womenspeacenetwork.org joined the Women’s League of Burma at #CSW70 to advance #UN advocacy on #Myanmar. The message is clear: urgent global action is needed to end impunity & ensure protection, justice & accountability for all, incl. survivors of #SGBV. 🤝
“A confected title & a costume change won’t fool the Myanmar people or the international community or erase his crimes. He will ultimately be brought to heel & to justice,” said @special-council.bsky.social
States must reject the puppet govt & support people-led governance. ✊
🎓Last week, our Founder & Executive Director, Wai Wai Nu @waiwainu.bsky.social, spoke about the hope for int'l law on #Myanmar #Burma at the New York University School of Law!
The event, which was participated by future lawyers, was moderated by Megha Poddar of NYU's Law Students for Human Rights.
🤝At #CSW70, WPN is proud and honored to have collaborated with the Women's League of Burma in our #UN advocacy.
To end impunity in #Burma #Myanmar, we must stay principled in our calls for justice and accountability for all victims and survivors of atrocities, including #SGBV.
✊At the 70th session of the #UN Commission on the Status of Women, WPN continued to raise awareness of #Myanmar's dire situation to the world, and call for urgent international actions for protection, justice, and accountability for all diverse peoples in the country.
#CSW70 #WPS #Burma
🗓️EVENT: "Access to Justice for Reproductive Violence"
At #CSW70, @waiwainu.bsky.social will address the dire situation of reproductive violence in #Myanmar as it relates to the Burmese military's brutal subjugation of ethnic & religious minority women.
🔗JOIN: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📄STATEMENT: International Women's Day
#IWD2026 #IWD #Myanmar #Burma #Rakhine #Rohingya #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
🔗 womenspeacenetwork.org/publications...
🗓️EVENT: "#Myanmar Post Elections: Is There a Chance for Change?" at GWU Sigur Center
Join @waiwainu.bsky.social & fellow speakers in D.C. for a discussion on how, without actions for accountability, junta's sham election will only worsen the #Burma crisis
REGISTER: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
"His father had only wanted to 'eat home-cooked food' and 'be united with the rest of [his] family', he added."
#Rohingya #Myanmar #Burma
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
🔉"Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to impose sanctions on the Arakha Army in response to the numerous human rights abuses, including violations of international law, which they are committing."
#Burma #Myanmar #Rakhine #Arakan #Rohingya
burmacampaign.org.uk/uk-governmen...
🗓️"BURMESE ROHINGYA 2026: Religious Minority Facing Extermination in #Myanmar"
Following #IRFSummit, join @waiwainu.bsky.social & U Tun Khin in a webinar on the dire situation of #Rohingya and ongoing genocide in #Rakhine State #Myanmar⬇️
📌 @waiwainu.bsky.social in Washington, DC for the International Religious Freedom Summit 2026!
Our Founder and Executive Director recently spoke on #FoRB in #Burma #Myanmar at an #IRF Summit panel, and raised awareness of the #Rohingya at the Capitol ⬇️
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Magnitude 6 earthquake reported in #Rakhine State, #Myanmar
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
📢"Continued violence in Rakhine State has been accompanied by serious risks & reports of #Rohingya women and girls being raped by the military and Arakan Army," says UN Special Representative Patten, and calls for actions incl. UNSC to refer #Myanmar situation to the ICC.
www.un.org/sexualviolen...
📄STATEMENT: Five years after the #Burmese military's February 1, 2021 attempted coup in #Myanmar
🔗 womenspeacenetwork.org/s/2_1-Statem...
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #Burma
📄FACTSHEET: Five years after the Burmese military's February 2021 attempted coup in #Myanmar
Five years on, Myanmar's human rights and humanitarian crisis continues to exacerbate with war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and genocide⬇️
‼️"People of different ages and genders, including children, have survived rape, sexualized torture and other sexual and gender-based crimes.
Desperately needed humanitarian aid for the starving Rakhine population has been blocked." #Myanmar #Burma
iimm.un.org/en/five-year...
✊"The Secretary-General continues to stand in solidarity with the people of #Myanmar & their democratic aspirations for an inclusive, peaceful & just society and reiterates the need to ensure the protection of all communities, including the #Rohingya." www.un.org/sg/en/conten...
"At least 170 people were killed in military air strikes during #Myanmar's weeks' long election period, the United Nations has said."
▶️Junta's so-called elections will only embolden its forces to commit more atrocities against civilians, incl. #Rohingya www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hearings are concluding this week in the #Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice.
▶️ GJC Legal Fellow Marianne Vitug attended the hearings and shared her observations, which include legal arguments on sexual violence as genocidal intent. youtube.com/shorts/aXwJ-...
🚨"As proceedings in The Hague moved forward, #Myanmar military attacks against civilian targets increased along with systemic discrimination and disenfranchisement of the #Rohingya and others in Myanmar."
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
📢"Ending this crisis requires sustained international pressure, meaningful accountability, and concrete humanitarian, political, and technical support for those in #Myanmar and the millions forced to flee." www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
🚨"Illicit #Iranian deliveries of jet fuel have powered an expansive bombing campaign by the #Myanmar junta that has struck more than 1,000 civilian locations in 15 months"
@reuters.com
Myanmar crisis is a global crisis that demands int'l attention & action⬇️ www.reuters.com/graphics/IRA...
📌On Jan 12, first day of The Gambia v. #Myanmar's public hearings, WPN marked the historic day in The Hague with @hrw.org @globaljusticec.bsky.social #BROUK #RWPJ.
To key participants incl. States, we called for speedy justice for all in Myanmar, incl. #Rohingya
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5qX...
Second round of the ICJ The Gambia v. #Myanmar's oral arguments began today!
Watch the #Rohingya genocide case here🔽 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...
🚨🚨Amid the ICJ The Gambia v. #Myanmar hearings, WPN is observing a surge in Islamophobic & anti-#Rohingya hate speech, misinformation, and propaganda on Facebook & other sites, incl. Arakan Army related.
We fear that this will fuel more atrocities & divisions.
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
A historic moment in the Hague — International Court of Justice judges are hearing the merits in Gambia’s case against Myanmar under the Genocide Convention.
Learn more about the landmark case pursuing justice: