Myanmar (Burma) - news and discussion

[hitmouse]

Not sure whether this is right for this serious thread, but

all power to them.

Definitely not too much of a derail - having now listened to most of this interview, they actually discuss the role of the punx in it from about 51:00-55:00, as well as using some more Burmese punk tunes for the musical interludes.

 

[yield]

As Myanmar unravels after military coup, people flee cities for rural backwaters
April 15, 2021

The result is a mounting humanitarian crisis. Having traded their livelihoods for safety, people fleeing to the countryside are unable to find work in their villages. Few places in Myanmar outside of cities offer employment opportunities, other than exploitative businesses such as the jade and timber trades.

“People returning to their rural homes are unlikely to find jobs, and will place further strain on families’ ability to get enough food and make ends meet,” said Richard Horsey, a senior adviser to the International Crisis Group, who warned the U.N. Security Council last week that Myanmar faces “state collapse.” He estimates that several hundred thousand people have left the cities in recent weeks.

 

[hitmouse]

The interview is now available as a transcript, for people who don't like sitting through long audio things: Alive With Resistance: Diasporic Reflections on the Revolt in Myanmar | The Final Straw Radio Podcast

 

[hitmouse]

Oh yeah, another audio interview, this time with someone living in the country, from Food Not Bombs Myanmar: Frequenz A › Interview – food not bombs (myanmar)

 

[hitmouse]

Last day to donate to the UVW fundraiser for Myanmar strikers: Support workers in Myanmar resisting the coup!

 

[Jay Park]

Home - Shan Herald Agency for News

For more than 28 years, the Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) has risen up to the challenges that stood along its path to present genuine news for the people. Embracing its founding motto: “The Voice of SHAN, The Voice of the People,” it has been able to provide news for 1.5 million readers per...

english.shannews.org

 

[Jay Park]

Some stuff to keep an update on what's happening in Myanmar

Home

Covering Myanmar and Southeast Asia News

www.irrawaddy.com

 

[Jay Park]

Home - Myanmar Now

Latest news & insightful features on Myanmar

www.myanmar-now.org

 

[Jay Park]

Seems like the underground resistance is really building.

 

[Jay Park]

Freed Japanese journalist tells of prisoner abuse in Insein

On arrival in Japan, Yuki Kitazumi says he was "extremely frustrated" at being deported from Myanmar and that he had collected harrowing testimonies from his fellow inmates in Insein Prison.

www.frontiermyanmar.net

 

[Jay Park]

Shan seperatist army almost, almost, took a police station on the Western fringes of their state. Came under heavy air raids as retaliation. This is somewhere quite close to the administrative capital.

Also there is a concerted effort to block the main road/highway from China to N Myanmar by an amalgamation of several ethnic minority militias.

meanwhile the sobatage via bombing of Chinese factories continues, especially in Yangon.

the military were able to keep a grip on these separatist groups whilst they remained exactly that, seperate. They ain't so separate anymore.

 

[yield]

Several killed as Myanmar forces fight villagers in delta region
5 Jun 2021

Fighting between Myanmar’s security forces and villagers armed with catapults and crossbows in the Ayeyarwady river delta region has left at least three people dead, state media said – although local media reported as many as 20 people had been killed.

State television news said three “terrorists” had been killed and two arrested on Saturday at the village of Hlayswe as security forces went to arrest a man accused of plotting against the state.

 

[teqniq]

Read the article to find out what the morning appointment may have been:

 

[yield]

Five police officers shot dead in attack on Yangon train
Myanmar Now. Aug 15, 2021

A group of unidentified attackers shot and killed five police officers on the Yangon circle line on Saturday evening, a striking train worker told Myanmar Now.

The gunmen rode the train and then launched the attack when it stopped at a station near Ahlone Township, the worker said on condition of anonymity, citing a railway police officer who is familiar with the case.

“One of the policemen shot back at the gunmen,” he said, though he added that none of the attackers were killed or captured. “Passengers and other people on the train were safe as they were asked to get off before the shooting happened, I heard.”

 

[purves grundy]

Stopped following this thread as it's just too close and depressing. But thought I'd share today's NUG announcement, which seems to have been greeted with an admixture of delight and fear by most in Myanmar / in exile from MM:

Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Declares War on Military Regime

The National Unity Govt declared a state of emergency and called on all citizens to revolt against the junta; the move comes days before the UN General Assembly convenes.

www.irrawaddy.com

 

[teqniq]

please sign and share:

Myanmar: UN must reject military dictatorship

Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.

www.labourstartcampaigns.net

 

[billy_bob]

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison

Hardly a good development, although after the last few years she won't be the hero/martyr she was to many during her house arrest ...

 

[Mezzer]

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison

Hardly a good development, although after the last few years she won't be the hero/martyr she was to many during her house arrest ...

Indeed. She excused the military's genocide and this is how they treat her!

 

[Pickman's model]

Indeed. She excused the military's genocide and this is how they treat her!

Imagine what they'd have done if she hadn't backed their actions

 

[Pickman's model]

Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in prison

Hardly a good development, although after the last few years she won't be the hero/martyr she was to many during her house arrest ...

They must really hate her

 

[billy_bob]

Indeed. Shrewdly played by the military - give her enough rope ...

 

[JimW]

Sky News reports on a distressing massacre committed in Kayah around last Christmas: Myanmar: The Christmas Eve massacre with 'all the hallmarks of a war crime'
37 people died in what state claims was a terrorist attack but bodies had hands bound, evidence of fakery and charity workers and children among victims.

 

[teqniq]

Myanmar: Military executes four democracy activists including ex-MP

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Horrific. Doesn't seem to be much at all about it in the news either.

Myanmar generals accused of war crime over airstrike on music concert

At least 80 people are said to have been killed in an airstrike in Myanmar last week.

www.channel4.com

 

[teqniq]

Scum.

 

[krtek a houby]

Remember the elections that were promised?

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying promised elections

The “state of emergency will be extended for another six months starting from February 1”, the acting president, Myint Swe, was quoted as saying by state media.

And while Min Aung Hlaing reiterated a pledge to work towards nationwide elections, he made it clear the military would maintain its prominent role.

The military would always be the “guardian of the interests of the state and people … under whichever government comes”, he said, according to MRTV

Bastards.

 

[belboid]

its worth flagging this piece up too

Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coup

www.theguardian.com

 

[krtek a houby]

its worth flagging this piece up too

Revealed: how world’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coup

www.theguardian.com

Myanmar is one of the poorest countries in Asia but is also rich in oil and gas deposits.

A sadly familiar story

 

[jeff_leigh]

They must really hate her

I think the fact she didn’t call out the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya alienated her in the west and that’s why the media isn’t really covering it

 

[belboid]

She did a bit more than not calling it out. She happily went along with it and actively promoted their exclusion.