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,…

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

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

"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.

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

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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❌ 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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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
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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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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...

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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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.

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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Flooding in Chipwi Township, Kachin State, near the Burma-China border on June 1. (Credit: Johnwu LumJhid)

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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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.

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.
Read more 👇

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.

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

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake
#Myanmar #Burma

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...

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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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.

Compliance is complicity.

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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.

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

“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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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.

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".

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.

#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."

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)

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
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“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.

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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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...

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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Food Running Out for 100,000 Myanmar Refugees After US Aid Freeze TBC, which has been providing food and cooking fuel to refugees on the Thai border, says it only has enough funds left until the end of March, but some healthcare services resume for now.

The US funding cuts have had immediate impacts on refugees and #IDPs. @borderconsortium.bsky.social says the food in the camps is quickly running out: "Nobody knows what could happen if there are no more funds at the end of March."

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Along Thai-Myanmar border, Trump’s decision to suspend foreign aid is deadly Despite a pledge that life-saving assistance would be exempt from the USAid freeze, countless groups providing critical care have been forced to stop work

A 30-year-old refugee from #Burma lasted two weeks without dialysis before she died. Her death comes after the US Administration suspended life-saving aid. This decision must be immediately reversed as thousands will continue to suffer in its aftermath.

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Burmese refugee dies after discharge from shut US-funded clinic, says family A Burmese refugee with lung problems died after she was discharged from a U.S.-funded hospital on the Myanmar-Thai border that was ordered to close as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's freeze on foreign aid, her family said.

"Pe Kha Lau, 71, died after becoming short of breath four days after she was sent home from a healthcare facility funded by the U.S. through the IRC."

Her death was preventable, but she lost her life as a direct result of the unjust cuts to USAID.

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Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.

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Returning home: Resistance, resilience and reflections of Kawthoolei Hsi reflects on Kawthoolei, her home that marks a deep cultural significance for her people, but is also ravaged by violence and loss.

"Resistance is... planting seeds and nurturing life in spaces that have been repeatedly devastated, because why else would you continue to grow life in a place if you had truly lost all hope?"

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