Saturday, June 18, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Thailand’s Bankrupt Myanmar Policy

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 08:37 PM PDT

If Bangkok's goal is simply to appease the junta, there was no need for it to appoint a special envoy.

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Junta Watch: Regime Shrugs Off Outcry on Executions; Claims Troops Uphold Human Rights, and More

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 07:55 PM PDT

Also this week, the junta sent mixed messages to PDF members and a US diplomat delivered a scathing assessment of the regime's failed efforts to control the country.

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Myanmar Unites in Demand to Spare Pro-Democracy Leaders

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 08:16 AM PDT

Pro-democracy activists Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw face the death sentence. The Irrawaddy joins the nation in demanding that they be allowed to live. 

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Myanmar’s Democracy Activists on Death Row Must Be Allowed to Live

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 06:57 AM PDT

Like its predecessors, the regime fails to understand that it can take the lives of freedom fighters, but it cannot kill their spirit.

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Around 90 Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Five Days: Resistance

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 05:45 AM PDT

Armed resistance groups claim to have successfully ambushed regime forces across Sagaing and Magwe regions.

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Regime Arson Attacks Ruin Lives but not Resistance Spirit in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 05:15 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of people in Sagaing and Magwe regions whose homes have been torched by junta forces remain defiant in their support for the revolution.

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Indian Border Government Issues ID Cards to Myanmar Refugees

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 03:24 AM PDT

The Indian border state of Mizoram is issuing nearly 30,000 identity cards to those fleeing military rule in Myanmar.

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Families Worried About Safety of Villagers Detained by Junta in Western Myanmar

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 01:50 AM PDT

Military tensions are rising in Rakhine and Chin States as the informal ceasefire between regime forces and the Arakan Army shows signs of breaking down.

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Myanmar’s Senior Monks Silent on Looming Executions of Junta Opponents

Posted: 17 Jun 2022 12:49 AM PDT

Venerated monks and the country's highest Buddhist authority have been conspicuously quiet amid the global outcry over the junta's plan to execute democracy activists.

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Once Again, Military Rule Sparks a Brain Drain in Myanmar 

Posted: 16 Jun 2022 06:22 PM PDT

This time the exodus includes anyone who can afford to go, including not just politicians and activists but much of the middle class, who see no future under the junta.

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