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Mark Farmaner
@MarkFarmaner
Director - Burma Campaign UK mark.farmaner@burmacampaign.org.uk
Campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma.
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Deeply concerned about the trajectory and intensity of #Cyclone #Mocha.
It may impact southeast Bangladesh 🇧🇩 and northern Myanmar 🇲🇲
The humanitarian community is supporting the Government in its prep and response to support #Bangladeshi and #Rohingya #refugee communities.
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Cyclone Mocha could have a devasting impact on Burma, including parts of the country not under Burmese military control.
Donors must also provide relief funds to civil society organisations which operate in those areas, using informal and cross border delivery mechanisms.
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Seems like is being used to plant very questionable stories promoting Rohingya repatriation.
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🙅🏽♀️💎/ parent biz is organising gems event with exhibitors from #Myanmar. Gems are a key source of funds for the illegal junta, financing their int'l crimes. Informa is complicit by promoting this bloodstained trade. Ban sale of Myanmar gems!
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@DefenseThailand arms expo opens on Monday, organised by JV of UK biz @InformaPLC. Organisers invited #Myanmar military, according to expo profile. If junta attends, it would support arms supply for its atrocity crimes. Informa did not respond to qs from JFM on junta invite 1/Show this thread
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Seems like is being used to plant very questionable stories promoting Rohingya repatriation.
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. has found that the Myanmar junta used an "enhanced blast" or "thermobaric" munition on Pa Zi Gi village in Sagaing Region on April 11, killing 168 including 40 children. The attack was likely a war crime.
hrw.org/news/2023/05/0
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Stop Insuring Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Burma
action.burmacampaign.org.uk/stop-insuring-
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#Myanmar junta launches airstrikes on a Thantlang Township village in #Chin State. The air attacks destroyed more than 30 buildings, including homes and religious buildings, killed two civilians, and severely injured many more -- including two children.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanma1
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Pakistan arms the Myanmar military. Its leaders don't deserve red carpet treatment.
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and His Majesty King Charles III meet in London, discussing bilateral relations and proposing a joint commission for further collaboration.
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Rohingya say they won't return to Myanmar to be stuck in camps
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We're not the country we think we are.
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Outrageous scenes of cops arresting anti-monarchy protestors and stealing their placards
So we are not allowed to show public opposition to a bloke being crowned head of state for having been born into unimaginable wealth while ppl line up at food banks and schools fall apart
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Police arrest peaceful anti-monarchy protesters & have erected giant barriers to osbcure pro-republic banners. Right to freely protest suppressed. Shame!
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Since the late 2000s there have been regular anecdotal reports of battalions being significantly under strength. This new report indicates how much worse things have got for the military since the attempted coup began.
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New data from internal #Myanmar military meeting notes and directives, defector interviews, and casualty data shows the SAC much weaker than most analyst claim
@YeMyoHein5's latest for @USIP estimates #Myanmar military has just 70,000 combat troops
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Since the late 2000s there have been regular anecdotal reports of battalions being significantly under strength. This new report indicates how much worse things have got for the military since the attempted coup began.
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New data from internal #Myanmar military meeting notes and directives, defector interviews, and casualty data shows the SAC much weaker than most analyst claim
@YeMyoHein5's latest for @USIP estimates #Myanmar military has just 70,000 combat troops
usip.org/publications/2
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မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကို လေကြောင်းလောင်စာဆီတွေ ပို့ဆောင်ခြင်းအတွက် အာမခံဝန်ဆောင်မှုပေးနေတာကို ရပ်တန့်ဖို့ ဗြိတိန်အာမခံကုမ္ပဏီ ၅ ခုကို ဗြိတိန်အခြေဆိုက် Burma Campaign UK က တောင်းဆိုလိုက်ပါတယ်။
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Translation: The Burmese military are feeling afraid and insecure.
Myanmar court rejects appeal by Baptist pastor
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Authoritarian regimes know they can get away with pretty much anything. All they have to do is hold out for a few years and along come ministers and diplomats talking about turning a new page, and trade. They will factor this into their calculations re how far they will go.
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Policy is never made in a vacuum & the most senior 
diplomat in #HK doesn’t given an exclusive interview without sign off from @JamesCleverly. In my view poorly timed coming less than 48hrs after #HKSAR announce plans to abolish local elections in HK scmp.com/news/hong-kong.
diplomat in #HK doesn’t given an exclusive interview without sign off from @JamesCleverly. In my view poorly timed coming less than 48hrs after #HKSAR announce plans to abolish local elections in HK scmp.com/news/hong-kong.Show this thread
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Britain is sliding towards a police state where dissent is under constant surveillance
The intention may be benign but it’s open to abuse
This is how all tyrannies begin
Police to use live facial recognition in crowds at King Charles coronation
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My speech on support for the million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, following the Burmese military's genocidal attacks. UK Gov cut Rohingya aid by 82% since 2019 which needs be urgently restored to avoid a further humanitarian crisis.
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Rohingya refugees have spoken clearly.
No repatriation without citizenship and rights!
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‘test’ visit by Rohingya refugees to Myanmar’s Rakhine planned for this Friday. But in recent months hundreds of Rohingya trying to flee from Rakhine’s apartheid state were arrested and sentenced to prison time. dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/202
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For context, even after these releases the number of political prisoners still in jail is more than seven times higher than the average number of political prisoners held by the pre-2010 military dictatorship.
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People leave jail as Myanmar junta pardons over 2,000 political prisoners
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Stop Insuring Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Burma
action.burmacampaign.org.uk/stop-insuring-
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#Myanmar junta launches airstrikes on a Thantlang Township village in #Chin State. The air attacks destroyed more than 30 buildings, including homes and religious buildings, killed two civilians, and severely injured many more -- including two children.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanma1
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Further restrictions on the rights of Rohingya refugees, using the guise of law and order.
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The state-owned mobile operator Teletalk will provide a phone SIM card to every household in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladeshi media reported. It will restrict the use of other SIM cards. The /1 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Bangladesh
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Disappointing box-ticking PR by The Elders, who used to be better than this. There should have been wide-ranging discussions with the NUG & others who genuinely represent the people of Myanmar before even considering visiting.
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Myanmar’s #NUG official holds virtual meeting with former #UN Secretary General #BanKimoon | #Mizzima #Myanmar News and Insight bit.ly/3NwItz3
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A desperate & frightened regime firing on every direction it senses the slightest movements. Meanwhile, the international community is insisting that the junta should be part of the solution via the ASEAN 5-point consensus, only to avoid their own responsibility to protect
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Today (29 April), at 9:30am and 1:30pm, SAC jet fighters booming targeted civilian in Western Deemaw Soe Township. At least 10 times of booming and gun fires. Two civilians were injured, 10 buildings and 38 cars damaged by airstrick.
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"Referring to the evidence of British companies’ involvement in Myanmar’s gas industry, Burma Campaign UK has been calling on the British government to sanction MOGE."
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Full transcript of the debate is here: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-0
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In Tokyo to urge Japan to impose sanctions on the Myanmar junta, eliminate a Myanmar military training program, denounce sham elections and help stop food ration cuts for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with critical emergency funding.
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Rights Group Demands Insurance Firms Stop Covering Myanmar Junta Fuel Supplies
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Sharp message to the highest levels of UK govt by , responding to "recent public statements suggesting refugees wishing to apply for asylum in the UK should do so via the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ respective offices in their home region."
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UNHCR Statement on Asylum Processing and Resettlement to the UK: bit.ly/447Zsxw
UNHCR wishes to clarify that there is no mechanism through which refugees can approach UNHCR with the intention of seeking asylum in the U.K. There is no asylum visa or ‘queue’ for the U.K.
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Full transcript of the debate is here: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-0
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