"The villagers said she had asked them to leave her behind because she believed the soldiers would not harm a elderly nun who was unable to walk"
https://insightmyanmar.org/burmadhammablog/2023/6/7/a-buddhist-nun-burned-alive #Myanmar #Burma

A Buddhist Nun, Burned Alive — Insight Myanmar

The horrid terror of the military persists.

"The impact of the military coup on education in Myanmar is devastating. Countless students, both boys and girls, have been forced into dire circumstances. They either join resistance militias to protect their communities or face the arduous journey to the cities in search of menial jobs"

https://insightmyanmar.org/burmadhammablog/2023/7/5/from-classrooms-to-conflict-an-education-crisis-unleashed-by-the-military-coup-in-myanmar #Myanmar #Burma

From Classrooms to Conflict: An Education Crisis Unleashed by the Military Coup in Myanmar — Insight Myanmar

A closer look at the targeted oppression of monastic schools and the relentless pursuit of education despite raids, fear, and uncertainty.

“I had yet to learn about the situation as I did not keep up with politics. I was so positive about everything on January 31, 2021, and everything changed just one day later.”
Real Stories Not Tales #Myanmar #Burma
https://insightmyanmar.org/burmadhammablog/2024/5/29/the-rebel-barista-brewing-a-new-future-beyond-borders

The Rebel Barista: Brewing a New Future Beyond Borders — Insight Myanmar

Moon balances studies and barista work in Hong Kong, shaping community entrepreneurship amid upheaval.

"Currently, with forced conscription orders, the military junta is forcibly using Rohingya as human shields and soldiers to perpetrate violence on its behalf. ... In April of this year, the terrorist military junta used Rohingya who had been forcibly recruited under its conscription orders to burn down more than 200 homes of ethnic Rakhine people in Buthidaung Town, Rakhine region, to intentionally create an ethnic conflict between the Rakhine and Rohingya communities." ...
This is how they do it. #Myanmar #Burma #Rohingya #Rakhine
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2024/05/22/joint-statement-by-195-revolutionary-forces-and-civil-society-organizations-on-the-situation-in-northern-rakhine
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/demand-ptt-stop-bankrolling-the-myanmar-military

Joint Statement by 195 revolutionary forces and civil society organizations on the situation in Northern Rakhine - Progressive Voice Myanmar

Calling on organizations and individuals in Rakhine and across the country to immediately stop exploiting the lives, property and image of the oppressed Rohingya for political and military use[...]

Sign up for this webinar to celebrate Burmese food traditions while making a traditional Karen dish! #Burma #Myanmar #cooking

https://insightmyanmar.org/burmadhammablog/2024/1/31/a-taste-of-resilience-the-culinary-migrations-of-burmese-cuisine

A Taste of Resilience: The Culinary Migrations of Burmese Cuisine — Insight Myanmar

Don’t miss out! Register for a very special upcoming panel

Resist #Myanmar ’s digital coup ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/myanmars-digital-coup-statement/ ䷉ #accessnow #burma

Resist Myanmar’s digital coup

Access Now and a coalition of human rights organizations call on the international and business community to resist the digital coup in Myanmar.

#Myanmar ’s Fight for #Democracy Is Now a Scrap Over Phone Records | WIRED ⚓ https://www.wired.com/story/telenor-myanmar-phone-records/ ䷉ #wired #burma

Myanmar’s Fight for Democracy Is Now a Scrap Over Phone Records

Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor wants to leave Myanmar. Activists say its exit risks putting their data— and their freedom—at risk.

The whole world’s watching: resist #Myanmar ’s digital coup - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/resist-myanmars-digital-coup/ ䷉ #accessnow #burma #asia

The whole world’s watching: resist Myanmar’s digital coup - Access Now

Civil society is calling on the international community to stand with the people of Myanmar and resist the coup — both physical and digital.

Update: #internet access, censorship, and the #Myanmar coup https://www.accessnow.org/update-internet-access-censorship-myanmar/ #burma

Update: internet access, censorship, and the Myanmar coup - Access Now

As 2021 draws to an end, Telenor's users still have no answers to how their rights will be protected.

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #myanmar ☞ Opinion | The People of #Burma Demand Accountability for 2021 Military Coup https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/30/people-burma-demand-accountability-2021-military-coup

Opinion | The People of Burma Demand Accountability for 2021 Military Coup

It’s time for the international community to act decisively.

In a sense, there's no such thing as "Open Source"; it's like #burma and #myanmar but those in power insist on misnaming things to suit their agenda

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Myanmar #Burma ☞ Rights Groups Decry 'Farcical and Corrupt' Verdict as Myanmar's Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four Years in Prison https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/06/rights-groups-decry-farcical-and-corrupt-verdict-myanmars-suu-kyi-sentenced-four

Rights Groups Decry 'Farcical and Corrupt' Verdict as Myanmar's Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

"There are many detainees without the profile of Aung San Suu Kyi who currently face the terrifying prospect of years behind bars simply for peacefully exercising their human rights. They must not be forgotten and left to their fate."

● NEWS ● #EFF #burma ☞ #Surveillance Self-Defense Guides Now Available in Burmese https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/surveillance-self-defense-guides-now-available-burmese

Surveillance Self-Defense Guides Now Available in Burmese

As part of our goal to expand the impact of our digital security guide, Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD), we recently translated the majority of its contents into Burmese. This repository of resources on circumventing surveillance across a variety...

The Light of Truth

Ven. Lokanātha (Salvatore Cioffi)

has been the first #Italian to be ordained as a Buddhist #monk back in the 1925 in Burma. He spent almost all his monastic life in Asia between #Burma, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand with an indefatigable missionary spirit to propagate #Buddhism worldwide.

• The book “The Light of Truth” is a collection of #Dhamma talks given in Singapore in 1947 where he had just begun his preaching tour headed to the USA.

  • His spiritual ardor and good humor are still well remembered In Burma.

    #Buddha #Italy #meditation

#un or #nato now weaponise #covid19 for political purposes in #myanmar / #burma ... and corporate media actively participates. Imperialism and empathy are NOT compatible.

Myanmar army takes power in coup as Aung San Suu Kyi detained

Myanmar’s military has taken power in a coup and declared a state of emergency, hours after detaining Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party.

Phone and mobile internet services in the city of Yangon were down on Monday morning and military trucks, one carrying barbed-wire barriers, were parked outside City Hall. The state-run MRTV network said it had been unable to broadcast. Banks were closed across the nation.

Military television said the army had taken control of the country for one year, with power handed to the commander-in-chief, Gen Min Aung Hlaing. It said the army had detained senior government leaders in response to “fraud” during last year’s general election.

A statement attributed to Aung San Suu Kyi said the military was trying to reimpose a dictatorship. “I urge people not to accept this, to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military, the statement said.

The military’s actions brought swift condemnation from leaders and human rights experts around the world. ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/aung-san-suu-kyi-and-other-figures-detained-in-myanmar-raids-says-ruling-party

#myanmar #burma #coup #MilitaryCoup #AungSanSuuKyi #MinAungHlaing #ElectionFraud #FraudAllegations