#WH by Progressive Voice on impacts of the aid freeze in Burma. The US gov must immediately reverse this decision! "This pause in aid has had devastating impacts on CSOs across Myanmar—not only on immediate humanitarian needs but also long-term democratic aspirations."

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Myanmar’s junta is still bombing in spite of a devastating earthquake and a ceasefire announced by some opponents in the face of the disaster, reports The Irrawaddy (Eng). Air raids even took place near the epicentre as well as northern Shan State, it said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

💢 Urgent Appeal for Localized Humanitarian Assistance Without Supporting Junta | #MyanmarEarthquake Aid must prioritize gender-sensitive support, ensuring menstrual aid, safe shelters, and medical care for women, especially pregnant women, new mothers, and infants.

Many areas still have not been reached esp #Sagaing, the most effected and closet to the epicenter of the #MyanmarEarthquake. apnews.com/article/myanma…

#KNU said the junta "continues to carry out airstrikes targeting civilian areas, even as the population suffers tremendously from the earthquake". "deploying forces to attack its people". A spokesman for the junta did not reply to queries from Reuters about the criticism.

Myanmar’s junta has continued attacks even after the devastating earthquake. This map shows where. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MyanmarEarthquake

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 Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanma…

1/2: As #Myanmar reels from a massive earthquake, remember the uprising against its brutal military regime. Teen fighters like the remarkable Anina defend their homes when they should be building their futures. Pics by Valeria Mongelli for The Guardian theguardian.com/global-develop…

The earthquake has exposed the regime's near-zero capacity to provide emergency aid to victims. Despite this, airstrikes continue daily across the country. Our tracker has recorded 16+ airstrikes in Sagaing, Magway, Bago, Shan, Karen, Rakhine, and Kachin within just four days.

The tangible effects of Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts are on display right now in Myanmar, say USAID officials. America’s disaster relief capabilities, the biggest and best in the world, are immobilized while the death toll in Myanmar’s earthquake climbs up and up. The Washington Post

Great piece from maggi and Maw Baw Meh highlighting the tragedy of the earthquake in Myanmar and the unique vulnerabilities facing women and girls myanmar-now.org/en/news/uncert…

#Thailand's plan to arrest US academic Paul Chambers on lese majeste (article 112) charge is “an astonishing and outrageous assault on academic freedom that will have a serious chilling effect on international studies in Thailand” - read about it here in the Bangkok Post!

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The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in #Gaza. Among them are 1 million children. Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

Attacks on the humanities are not new in Australia, but they are now more lethal as the routines of corporate logic have been instrumentalised by university managements keen to squeeze the last penny out of challenged operational budgets theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Six months after the US cut life-saving costs to civil society organizations supporting the most vulnerable in #Burma and along the border, thousands continue to suffer in the aftermath. Timely op-ed by US Campaign 4 Burma as they call for the reinstatement of funds. asiatimes.com/2025/08/the-ag…

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‘To generate knowledge in the context of hunger is to think through pain… To insist, against all odds, that Gaza still thinks, still questions, still creates. That, in itself, is an act of resistance.’ theguardian.com/global-develop…