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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar

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An independent group of international human rights experts working for peace, genuine democracy, justice and accountability in Myanmar.

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'Experts with SAC-M on Sunday warned that the are “again at risk of genocide” and urged the Human Rights Council to convene a special session to address the “worsening human rights emergency in .”'
edition.cnn.com/2024/05/23/asi…

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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အကျပ်အတည်း။ ။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွက် အရေးပေါ် အထူးအစည်းအဝေးကို မဖြစ်မနေကျင်းပရမည်။ United Nations Human Rights Council

PR: tinyurl.com/2s37f4ze

ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အကျပ်အတည်း။ ။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကောင်စီက မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအတွက် အရေးပေါ် အထူးအစည်းအဝေးကို မဖြစ်မနေကျင်းပရမည်။ #Rakhine #Rohingya #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @UN_HRC PR: tinyurl.com/2s37f4ze
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IMPORTANT: joint statement issued by Rohingya organisations worldwide

Read our statement in full: brouk.org.uk/rohingya-facin…

Our key messages:

facing existential threat in State and Rohingya organisations call for urgent international humanitarian assistance

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🇲🇲: as resistance forces slowly liberate the border regions, protesters take to the streets of to march against the junta under the cover of darkness.

Protesting in junta-controlled areas these days is very dangerous. Many activists have already been imprisoned.

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🚨 [Statement] 195 revolutionary forces & CSOs call on organizations & individuals in & across the country to immediately stop exploiting the lives, property and image of the oppressed for political and military use.

Full Stm: bit.ly/3Kc1ROU

🚨 [Statement] 195 #Myanmar revolutionary forces & CSOs call on organizations & individuals in #Rakhine & across the country to immediately stop exploiting the lives, property and image of the oppressed #Rohingya for political and military use. Full Stm: bit.ly/3Kc1ROU
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'There is a very real risk that these attacks against in could escalate further,' Yanghee Lee, SAC-M founding member, told Al Jazeera English.

She urged the Human Rights Council to take immediate action to address the situation. United Nations Human Rights Council
aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/21…

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The people in western Myanmar are again at risk of genocide.

The Human Rights Council must convene an urgent special session on to address this risk & the human rights emergency in Myanmar generally. shorturl.at/Xhlug

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.The Human Rights Foundation of Monland calls for support & attention to the forgotten & overlooked crises unfolding in 's Tanintharyi region.

Local orgs must be supported with funding & resources to ensure that material & monetary assistance reaches those most in need.

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📢Bangkok needs a new approach to the crisis in -one recognising that much of the country is no longer under junta control.

👇Time to step up engagement w/ EROs & resistance groups in control of border areas where aid & trade is needed urgently.
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…

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The junta has committed 2 mass atrocities against civilians in 's Dry Zone in last 4 days

Member States must take urgent action to cut junta's access to arms & jet fuel to deny it the means to continue massacring civilians
irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya…

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The KIA & allied resistance forces have seized four towns & over 80 junta military outposts & bases in Kachin State since launching a sweeping offensive against regime troops in northern two months ago.

irrawaddy.com/news/burma/kia…

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📢 Webinar!
📆 18 May
🕐 16:00 MMT

Learn about displacement & local humanitarians' efforts in Karen State, challenges & solutions in direct aid delivery to locals in . Joined by Karen Women Organization & Adelina Kamal

More: bit.ly/3UsF5ac
RSVP: bit.ly/3UKazK0

📢 Webinar! 📆 18 May 🕐 16:00 MMT Learn about displacement & local humanitarians' efforts in Karen State, challenges & solutions in direct aid delivery to locals in #Myanmar. Joined by @karenwomenorg & @AdelinaKamal More: bit.ly/3UsF5ac RSVP: bit.ly/3UKazK0
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'The int'l community must intervene to put an end to not only the junta’s dangerous recruitment strategies but also offer young people protection.

Engagement w/ local administrators - NUG, EROs, & locally established bodies -is critical to this response.'
thediplomat.com/2024/05/milita…

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Why did the Chin Brotherhood and Arakha Army fight for 4 months to seize this small hill village (in a TS with barely 15k people)?

The route srategically connects Arakan to Chin and Saw-Gangaw, and is not far from two KaPaSa factories.

Big win.

irrawaddy.com/opinion/analys…

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Many have long understood the military as the primary agent of instability, but for the first time in decades there is an opportunity to build a new, more stable governance structure. Ye Myo Hein

Revolution

usip.org/publications/2…

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📰 Latest quarterly briefer finds airstrikes✈️on the rise in :

Main findings:
🔺29+ Civilians Killed
🔺79+ Civilians Injured
🔺304+ Damaged Properties
🔺150+ Buildings Destroyed
🔺45+ Airstrikes
🔺20+ Mortar Shelling

🔗t.ly/uPAvb

📰 Latest quarterly briefer finds airstrikes✈️on the rise in #Karenni: Main findings: 🔺29+ Civilians Killed 🔺79+ Civilians Injured 🔺304+ Damaged Properties 🔺150+ Buildings Destroyed 🔺45+ Airstrikes 🔺20+ Mortar Shelling 🔗t.ly/uPAvb #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Given the scale of war crimes committed by the security forces and the impunity they enjoy inside the country, the Bangladeshi authorities should be investigating the potential crimes of any personal who crosses the boarder. Not returning them!
irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-…

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Junta pressures to protest & fight against Arakan Army, as junta loses ground in St.

“They are trying to provoke problems btw our two communities. We fear it could lead to bloodshed & the death of thousands of Rohingya,” said Tun Khin bit.ly/3QgE4R6

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Junta blockades on transport of food & medicine are decimating communities in State.

Nearly 80 IDPs at camps near Sittwe have died in 3 weeks, mostly due to lack of clean water, food & medical resources, aid workers say.
rfa.org/english/news/m….

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The junta depends on forex earned through int'l trade to fund its atrocities against the people.

“It’s...surprising that Maersk in particular claims that it can somehow continue to operate responsibly' in Myanmar.

itfglobal.org/en/news/shippi…

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