In Naypyitaw and beyond, forced conscription raids intensify under the junta’s 2024 draft law, with recruits taken at gunpoint and many going into hiding to evade service Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...

"This event... was a cynical performance... masking an intensified and atrocious war waged against the people." The junta’s current strategy is clear: escalate the war while speaking the language of peace, dialogue, federalism and elections. www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...

Mother killed in a #Myanmar military airstrike that hit a maternity ward in Mandalay. She had just given birth days earlier. Military continues to target hospitals, schools & IDP camps—turning towns into ruins ❌ Cut the supply that fuels these atrocities. Sanction aviation fuel NOW! buff.ly/ywoDCDL

A forensic study of how 🇲🇲's people-led revolution is often dissolved into a shapeless, menacing blur of chaos, disorder & state collapse by int'l media "Where #China is portrayed as the adult in the room, the #Myanmar people are reduced to the mess on the floor." ahnah.substack.com/p/how-the-ec...

The report recommends: - Splitting the department into two - Introducing much stronger checks on the powers of the Home Secretary - Ending the politics that pursue hostile headlines at the expense of evidence & human rights carladenyer.co.uk/no-way-home/

It's time to abolish the Home Office. It is not fit for purpose & has totally lost the trust of every stakeholder it serves - We knew that already. So I looked into how it could practically be done for @carladenyer.bsky.social My NEW report out today 👇👇

my soul left my body watching the fox news feed glitching out as the tanks roll past the president’s observation stand and the announcer’s voice echoes across the mostly empty streets, “special thanks to our sponsor, palantir”

From the City of Roses 🌹 to the City of Angels , Portland Oregon shows solidarity with Los Angeles with blockade of ICE detention facility, June 12, 2025. 💌

#Sagaing region remains hard-hit with violence and uncertainty. Following the downing of a military jet by resistance forces, several civilian lives were lost when the aircraft slammed into a building where people were sheltering. myanmar-now.org/en/news/four...

Incisive autopsy of the hidden narratives behind Crisis Group's post-earthquake analysis on Myanmar. Excellent writing. Follow Beyond Ah Na for regular dissection of the misleading and harmful narratives that underpin much mainstream analysis on Myanmar. ahnah.substack.com/p/who-owns-t...

Donate to Naw Gay, a Karen medic who survived a firebomb dropped by MM junta. Her two colleagues burned to death on impact. She needs reconstructive surgery & long rehab earthmission-bloom.kindful.com?campaign=136... www.facebook.com/Lawehpoe.202... www.freeburmarangers.org/2025/06/09/2...

Appears to be a Myanmar junta fighter jet down in Pale Township, Myanmar Amid fighting with local resistance forces. BEWARE some disturbing flashes of bodies. www.facebook.com/share/v/1A3T...

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

(3) The Memo authorizes the military forces onto the ground even WITHOUT the existence of disruption to federal law, but instead as PREEMPTIVE action. A far cry from Justice Department’s long-standing view that the military should be deployed in such domestic situations as a “last resort.”

(6) The Memo not only includes National Guard but authorizes regular Armed Forces. It does not tell you under what authority. My best guess what the White House is thinking: inherent Article II “protective power” (which has never been tested in court).

(2) The Memo states: “protests OR acts of violence” that directly inhibit the execution of the laws, constitute a form of rebellion. Note the “or”! That means First Amendment non-violent protests. Not violence. Not riots. Protests. Such a claim would make authoritarians blush.

<Thread> I figure I need to explain how extreme and irresponsible is the June 7 Memorandum federalizing the National Guard and authorizing regular armed forces. Those saying anything in support of this action may not realize what they’ve gotten into. (It will also escalate from here.) Preview⤵️

Grateful for the opportunity to share our research on Big Tech-mediated authoritarianism in Southeast Asia and connect with regional experts at the Indo-Pacific Roundtable 2025! www.brussels-school.be/output/news/...

Apparently, no more time for debating and deliberating whether we want to train killer robots with Artificial Generalised Intelligence. All those safety, ethical and security for humanity discussions are settled. Now it is time for "priority funding and delivery" #UKStrategicDefenceReview

We are grateful for receiving greetings from the Karenni Nationalies Defend Forces.The people in Karenni states (Myanmar) are fighting against the military junta for full indigenous equality and self-determination. Even though we are physically apart, our fights are connected.

KNU and allies approach Myawaddy city again, better prepared than early 2024. Now attacking battalion 275, which was seized last year before being handed back to the junta by the BGF. Dozens of nearby positions have been seized in recent days, while other key border positions taken in past month.

The KNU/KNLA is making dramatic victories in the area south of Myawaddy. Camps are being seized everyday, and the Tactical Operations Command at Wawlay looks likely to fall soon. Unconfirmed signs Maw Khee may have fallen today and they are now hitting the most elevated junta position.

King Charles' recent visit to Canada:

“May your children live to see a day when they no longer need to be brave.” A really beautiful video and message from the liberated Karenni mountains of Myanmar to the people of Palestine.

She Zhijiang may be the most rotten person on the #DirtyOver30 list. He dabbles in a panoply of illicit enterprises — organised crime, human trafficking, cyber scams & money laundering schemes that financially support a militia under Myanmar military command. 👉🏽 buff.ly/HP88fCy #ActNowASEAN

staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...

The negative peace-industrial complex. "It may take time. You see, the thing is that we all are too impatient." "And as long as we bring down, you know, large-scale fighting to a smaller one, as long as we can bring people to the table, that's progress." www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

🚨Is this sarcasm? SG Kao Kim Hourn praised ASEAN’s Myanmar plan as "beautiful" and blamed a lack of progress on stakeholders being "too impatient". How does endless waiting address escalating junta attacks and crimes? www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

From the Mi 17 helicopter that the KIA shot down is this MKU patch, manufactured in India from February 2025 Further evidence of India being one of the Junta's bigger supporters #India #Myanmar

KNLA Vice Chief of Staff Baw Kyaw Heh's letter of condolences, for Pu Htoo Htoo Lay. "The comrade was known for being humble, hardworking, and consistent. He upheld moral and spiritual strength... [and]showed great dedication in nurturing future generations. #Myanmar #Karen x.com/knuhq/status...

There is some great analysis and data in this article. Shame it was clearly written by AI. Not sure robots can technically write "opinion" pieces. Seriously, though, it makes for very bad reading yes this style of writing is taking over. www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/anal...

Malaysian PM #Anwar must champion a new #ASEAN process after years of failure on #Myanmar, to be adopted at the upcoming #ASEANSummit. Dato' Sri Saifuddin Abdullah & SAC-M Advisors propose a New ASEAN 5PC to form the basis of this new approach👇 🔗 t.co/8zFh4tgEip #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Looks fascinating!

The KNU and its allies have attacked dozens of junta positions in the past week or so. Major victories include Htee Khee, temporary capture of LIB 598 on Bago/Mon border, yesterday's capture of the Aung Zeya's strategic rear base (thus encircling Kawkareik). Now hitting a significant camp in B5

The overview map from Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People for April 2025 shows that there are now 1,171,387 IDPs which includes 44,618 newly displaced people. Significant increases reported in Kler Lwee Htu (Brigade 3) and Dooplaya (Brigade 6) districts.

Give-no-fucks populists can steal left wing ideas and might actually force them through, unhindered by convention and politeness. Meanwhile, centre-left politicians try to wear far-right ideas but dress everything in politeness. Who'd ya think will win? www.ft.com/content/72c8...

🚨 HURFOM condemns the ongoing violence against innocent civilians and calls for an urgent response to the widespread and systematic atrocities committed by the junta. 🔗 Full Statement: shorturl.at/uBiqF

The United States is becoming less popular globally in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to new data. China now more popular: www.politico.eu/article/usa-...

Reports emerging of dozens of children killed in a junta airstrike on a school in #Myanmar's Sagaing region. An act so cruel that it defies description. How many more children must the junta kill before the intl community takes action? #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

The attacks have forced the hospital, run by the renowned CDM surgeon Dr. Soe Min, to temporarily suspend operations Read more: myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan... Follow us on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/myan...

According to former security guard: ‘The DKBA soldiers are the most brutal. They’ll do whatever the boss tells them for money. DKBA soldiers are paid 4,000 baht per month, with bonuses for capturing escapees up to 45,000 baht’. 3/5

MYANMAR: Video has emerged showing torture of a handcuffed Pakistani man by an individual in camouflage pants. 3 Burmese-speaking men appear in video, allegedly filmed at online scam site in area under control of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). 1/5 eng.mizzima.com/2025/04/30/2...

I skipped to the end of this story. It doesn't work. The left needs to stick to it's own goals and values while taking methods from the populust right. Too often, it is doing exactly the inverse. Taking on far right values, and sticking to it's same old tired, centrist style of politics.

The TNLA was told that it would have to pull out of the five towns—Kyaukme, Nawnghkio, Mongmit, Mogok, and Hsipaw—as a condition of any deal. “The negotiation ended as we are unable to comply with their demand,” myanmar-now.org/en/news/chin...

Bellingcat has identified at least 22 villages damaged by airstrikes in Myanmar, despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the State Administrative Control (SAC) or the military junta from April 2 to 22 following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake #WhatshappeninginMyanmar

Rather than celebrating Thingyan, junta forces in Kale Town, Sagaing Region identified young people at Thingyan celebrations and then targeted them for forced conscription after Thingyan when they ramped up arrests and abductions. www.bnionline.net/en/news/arre...

"More than 172 junta attacks since ceasefire started, says UN Junta airstrikes target civilians..." #whatshappeninglnmyanmar www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Alarming news from Gaza: the @wfp.org ran out of food stocks as border crossings remain closed due to the Israeli aid blockade. Today, our colleagues delivered their last supplies to hot meals kitchens that for many are their only source of food.

Millionaire CEO says she never worked harder than a NHS worker.