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Karen Armed Group Leader Condemned for Backing Talks With Junta
Karen Armed Group Leader Condemned for Backing Talks With Junta
Myanmar Army Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets Karen National Union Chairman Saw Mutu Sae Poe on Oct. 29, 2019 at the military compound in Naypyitaw. / Thoolei News / Facebook
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By The Irrawaddy 11 May 2021
A public statement by General Saw Mutu Sae Poe, chairman of the Karen National Union, issued on Monday in which he urged stakeholders to follow the negotiation channel to solve Myanmar’s political problems prompted huge criticism in Myanmar, including from the Karen community.
The statement came after the military launched air strikes on civilians from late March to early May in retaliation for attacks on military outposts by Brigade Five of the KNU’s armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army.
IFJ 07 May 2021
Myanmar: If independent media dies, democracy dies
As chaos flows in Burma, journalists are being forced to hide in plain site by the Burmese military writes senior journalist and Myanmar expert Phil Thornton. Molotov, one of the emerging new media outlets in Myanmar. Credit: Phil Thornton
Journalists in Myanmar are being hunted and arrested by the country’s military for trying to do their job. Independent media outlets have been raided, licenses revoked and offices closed. To avoid arrest, independent journalists have gone into deep hiding, taken refuge in ethnic controlled regions or fled to neighboring countries. The military and its paid informers trawl through neighborhoods, coffee shops and scan social media for evidence to justify arresting journalists. The military appointed State Administration Council revised and inserted a clause in the penal code, specifically tailored to gag its critics, politicians, activists and journalists. Clause 505a of th
M Sakhawat Hossain
Published: 05 May 2021, 17:41
I was speaking at a digital seminar at the Bangladesh Institute of International Strategic Studies (BIISS) on 21 April. The topic of the seminar was ‘Rohingya Crisis: Response of the International Community and Repatriation Process’. My presentation was on ‘ASEAN, Myanmar and the Rohingya Crisis’. In other words, I discussed the stance of the ASEAN member states on the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar.
BIISS is better known as the foreign ministry’s think tank and so naturally the ministry’ s Myanmar desk director was present at the seminar. State minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam, as chief guest, gave the concluding speech. The issue was discussed quite openly and the general consensus was that Bangladesh would have to actively step up pressure on Myanmar. While keeping the doors open to continued bilateral talks and repatriation, diplomatic efforts would also have to be increased in the international arena.
29.04.2021 - Quito, Santiago de Chile, Dinamarca - Redacción Ecuador
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In Myanmar, a Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma, on February 1, the Tatmadaw, the national Army, regained power with a coup, declaring a state of emergency for a year and arresting civilian leaders, whose government it had been ratified again with an overwhelming victory for the National League for Democracy in the November 2020 elections. From the first day, a massive and transversal popular mobilization has been rebelling against the return of the military Junta at the head of the State, parading in the streets with the gesture of the three fingers raised. The repression of the protest has been fierce and bloody, leaving hundreds of deaths among the protesters, who despite everything continue to fight firmly against the new dictatorship. To learn a little m