Thread: For the 7th & last piece in a
@Rainforest_RJF
supported series on the coup’s impact on resource economies in Kachin,
#Myanmar
, my teammates & I wrote about how the Kachin public overturned a rare earth mining project in KIO territory
Title: The Last Kiss
Artist: Black Art
A boy in Hopin, Kachin State says goodbye to his father, Ko Win Kyaw Soe, shot to death by junta forces on March 27.
Photo: Myitkyina News Journal
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Video on Facebook of Kachin Independence Army soldiers singing as they carry heavy loads through the jungle. Difficult to determine date taken and whether new or a repost, but the tune is lovely.
"I really miss you mommy. Don't keep any sad feelings. Know that I am walking the road I chose."
Letter from Myitkyina News Journal reporter Ah Je to his mother from jail on April 15, the day he was arrested and charged under 505a.
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KIA captain Zau Ja Naw reported to be killed in battle. He was a former chemistry student at Yadanarbon University, where students are calling him a hero of democracy, according to
@The74Media2019
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Breaking: Myitkyina News Journal reporters Christopher and Ah Je arrested last night, whereabouts unknown.
I know Ah Je personally and am devastated by this news. Their arrest is a huge loss to local reporting in Kachin
Reported by
@The74Media2019
More than 500 civilians, including children, fled fighting between the Tatmadaw and Kachin Independence Army in Momauk township, Bhamo district in April. They are staying on Kachin Baptist Convention church grounds and need food & relief items according to
@The74Media2019
BREAKING (½) "Today, from 7th Sept 2021...we launched a people’s defensive war against the military junta...all the citizens within the entire Myanmar, revolt" -
@NUGMyanmar
acting president Duwa Lashi La
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Today is the 71st birthday of the National Unity Government's acting president Duwa Lashi La, an ethnic Kachin from northern Shan State. Ngwi pyaw ai shangai nhtoi rai u ga!
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According to a FB post by the Kachin Theological College and Seminary in Myitkyina, soldiers entered the school from 10:30PM-2AM yesterday & gathered student names & addresses. They left after negotiation with the school & Peacetalk Creation Group.
Freelance journalist Naung Yoe arrested by junta forces this morning in Hpakant, Kachin State while reporting on street protests there. Source: Kachin News Group
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Two Kachin Independence Army soldiers were killed in battle on April 27 in Momauk township, where heavy fighting is ongoing. Lahpai Naw, age 20, and Sut Jun, age 22, will be buried today.
Reported by
@The74Media2019
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Breaking: 29 youth arrested yesterday at 5 PM in Tanai township, Kachin State on Ledo Rd betwn Naungmi & Warazup villages by Tatmadaw 2nd Brigade according to
@KachinNewsGroup
.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
"I don't have any words to describe my sadness" - grandmother of Thin Thawdar Tun, age 1, shot in the eye
These stories are unbearable to read. Everyone should read them.
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Breaking: CRPH announces intent to work together with Kachin Political Interim Coordination Team toward shared goals including establishment of a federal democratic union.
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"I didn’t want [my children] injured or killed while taking me, so I decided to stay home – even if it meant I’d die from blood loss" - woman shot in the hip while shielding her 2 children from bullets fired into her home in S Dagon on March 31
“They came into my house and took ice-creams. They also took the cash box. I hadn’t even counted the money that I had made from selling ice-creams" - ice cream seller in Twante whose home was looted by junta forces on March 18
I missed this article til now
A friend has translated Gene Sharp's 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action into Burmese. He requested for them to be shared anonymously.
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“Civilians are forced to walk ahead of soldiers, who are taking cover behind them to make it difficult for the KIA to attack" - Putao, Kachin State, where the Tatmadaw is using civilians including children as human shields according to
@KachinNewsGroup
Update: Freelance journalist Naung Yoe, arrested yesterday in Hpakant, was charged under Section 505-A, making him the 4th journalist in Kachin State to face this charge. Source: Kachin News Group
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Freelance journalist Naung Yoe arrested by junta forces this morning in Hpakant, Kachin State while reporting on street protests there. Source: Kachin News Group
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Junta forces have committed at least 28 attacks on hospitals & health workers, according to the UN.
@aapp_burma
counted at least 18 medical volunteers who were arrested, charged or sentenced for attempting to save lives.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Last night at 1 AM, Nawng Nan village tract administration office in Myitkyina, Kachin burned down, according to
@kachinwaves
. It's the latest of many local administration offices to burn down across the country in recent weeks.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Locals in Kachin's Hukawng Valley have reportedly taken back land from Yuzana, a crony company which confiscated more than 300,000 acres during the former junta. "We have taken back our land as the company no longer exists” - U Aung Latt, a local leader
“We're not armed by choice; it's because we couldn’t get what we wanted by asking peacefully” - medical doctor turned underground resistance fighter in Yangon
@ThangDeihTuang
@NuNuLusan
& I on a growing civilian armed resistance
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Self portrait, by Cecilia
Acrylic on canvas, 14 × 18"
"We are now in a dark, painful and scary place, but we will never give up on our dream of freedom."
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When he came to, he asked me how he could draw w/o his right hand...How will he be able to read w/ just his left eye? How can he speak properly w/ none of his front teeth?” “He also asked if his friends would love him as they did before.”
Heartbreaking
Smile with Wound
By Black Art
Despite a gunshot wound, a young man in Mandalay smiles.
သေနတ်ဒဏ်ရာရရှိသော်လည်း အပြုံးမပျက်တဲ့ မန္တလေးသား
Photo by CJ/ Myanmar Pressphoto Agency
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On this 2 yr anniversary of the White Rose Campaign, when interfaith activists gave white roses to Muslims in front of mosques across Myanmar, resharing my article featuring
@Thet_Swe_Win
&
@thinzashunleiyi
about brave & creative acts of solidarity (1/4)
“If the churches are no longer safe for the people to take shelter and protection, where can we find safer places?” - local leader in Kayah, Myanmar, where artillery strikes and attacks on churches have killed at least 5 ppl
@NuNuLusan
@ZawMyet1
& I report
The Tatmadaw “must know that it cannot continue to carry out atrocities against the Rohingya or anyone else in Burma with impunity" - Sen Markey of MA, on reintroduction of legislation directing the dept of state to issue a Rohingya genocide determination
"If I quit my job, is there anyone who would replace me? I must do this job for my country and for the revolution" - Journalist in Mandalay
@kyawhsanhlaing1
& I report
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Ah Je, 23, a reporter with Myitkyina News Journal, is among 3300 political prisoners in Myanmar. Some are missing and some have been tortured.
I join calls for their immediate & unconditional release
#BlueShirt4Burma
#BlueShirtDay2021
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
(1/7)
@NuNuLusan
& I spoke with 3 people who crossed the Myanmar border into Thailand because they were targeted by the military & feared for their lives. Unable to safely return but lacking a path to asylum in Thailand, they’re stuck in limbo.
Breaking: Kachin activist pair Seng Nu Pan & Lum Zawng arrested while traveling to her grandmother's funeral 8 miles outside of the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina today at 12:30 according to
@KachinNewsGroup
(1/4)
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The military wanted to destroy my brain, my will to fight the dictatorship and my hope. It failed. During my torture sessions, I remember dreaming that I lived in a free country. I still wish for it today."
A must-read by
@aapp_burma
's
@kobokyi
"My father is a captain in the Tatmadaw...I am one of the young people protesting against the junta, asking for federal democracy, justice, freedom & equality for all people in Burma, including for the Rohingya."
A must-read
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“I want to continue my role as a documenter in this revolution...The only thing I fear is people will go back to their normal lives” - Khin, a citizen journalist documenting the Myanmar crisis w/ a small handheld camera & a phone hidden in her underwear
On this 10th anniversary of resumed war in Kachin, some photos of the life of a displaced person, taken by Naw Ja & Yawng Htang of Simsa Kasa Multimedia.
Illegal rare earth mining has surged in Kachin State's Pangwa and Chipwi townships in areas along the China border controlled by Tatmadaw aligned militias, according to
@IrrawaddyNews
.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“The junta’s actions in Mindat demonstrate how far they are willing to go...Mindat is only the beginning...We're now basically witnessing a humanitarian disaster in the making” - Salai Za Uk Ling, Chin Human Rights Org
@ZawMyet1
@NuNuLusan
& I report
“We don’t feel like doing anything at the office…We just want to cry” - civil servant in Naypyidaw
My report w/
@ZawMyet1
&
@ThangDeihTuang
on people who oppose the coup but haven't joined the Civil Disobedience Movement
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(1/4) The military has issued an arrest warrant for Dr Aye Nyein Thu, who has been providing treatment to displaced people in Chin State's Mindat township since May. Three ppl were arrested yesterday for attempting to deliver medicine to Mindat.
Breaking: Activist & former ABFSU leading member Zin Lin arrested yesterday in Yangon, whereabouts now unknown according to a FB post by his comrade B Esther Ze Naw
During ICJ hearing in 2019, they & Ei Thinzar Maung spoke out strongly against genocide
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Before the coup, restrictions on journalists covering Rakhine State significantly hindered reporting there. Now, the junta has expanded its oppressive tactics across the entire country, to the detriment of all.
@kyawhsanhlaing1
& I report
19 year old Myitkyina University student Ko Soe Naing Tun, one of two victims of today's killings in Moneyin, Kachin State. Photo: The 74 Media
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New collaborative revolution rap in Kachin & Chin languages
Title: Awmdawm/ Zalen Nak (Freedom)
Artists: Tenglam, Hkalek, Joseph ML, Esther Cung Nei Kim
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“We can’t go anywhere and can’t do anything since the coup...Every night, we hear the sounds of jet fighters flying so close above our camp” - Kachin IDP
Thanks
@thevmilko
for this important coverage
Myanmar Now learned that the junta warned its police force not to use excessive force against crowds during the visit by CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward.
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Ayeyarwaddy Region youth announced an Ayeyarwaddy Federal Army on Facebook with 5 objectives. It is the first revolutionary army formed since the coup, according to
@The74Media2019
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"This is a nightmare scenario unfolding. Innocent children have had their futures brutally and needlessly snatched away from them."
Junta forces have killed at least 43 children, of whom fifteen are ages 16 or younger.
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An old friend of mine who joined a People's Defense Force posted this video yesterday. He sent me this message to go with it:
ကျနော်တို့လူငယ်တွေအားလုံးကြိုးစားနေကြတဲ့အတွက် နိုင်ကိုနိုင်ရမယ် အားလုံးလည်းသွေးစည်းပေးကြပါ 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Song: Money by Lisa
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Congratulations to all and as a former resident of Kachin State, really glad to see the wise, competent and community minded Duwa Lashi La, Tu Hkawng, and Ja Htoi Pan on this list. I have no doubt they will put the people and the country first.
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Today, at the end of Thingyan on the eve of Myanmar’s new year, we are proud to announce the formation of a new National Unity Government and the dawn of a new era for the people of Myanmar. For the first time in our history, Myanmar has a unity government.
"We had to carry our bags across a river. The air was very cold. It was a terrifying experience...All I knew was that when we crossed the river, we had reached India.”
@NuNuLusan
& I report on the stories of those who fled Chin & Sagaing for Mizoram
Paku Moe, a first year physics student, was among 35 people killed and burned by the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve in Hpruso township, Karenni State, according to
@Khithitofficial
“Just tell people he had a heart attack and died," a doctor told family members at the cleaning of a victim's body
Important investigation by
@AP
&
@hrcberkeley
on the junta's use of bodies to create anxiety, uncertainty and fear
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"We are living in a world where dictators support each other to retain their power. Therefore it must be clear that the struggle for democracy and freedom undertaken by the Myanmar people is a struggle that concerns everyone" -
@ZinMarAungNUG
Thread (1/6) Nu Nu Lusan & I report on the ways armed conflict and displacement affect farmers’ livelihoods and imperil food insecurity in Myanmar, where 220,000+ people have fled their homes since the coup and many are afraid to return to their farms.
"Now that the military has turned its guns on children, health-care workers and peaceful protesters, what message will regional leaders choose to send us?"
As always, insightful words from
@waiwainu
Puta-O PDF in Kachin State claims responsibility for firing artillery at the town's Muladishi gate this morning at 1 AM to protest planned visit today of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, says shootings will continue if convoy arrives, reports
@kachinwaves
(1/2) Amid heavy rains, a landslide hit the 2000 person Maga Yang IDP camp in a KIO-controlled area of Kachin State this morning. The body of a 38-year-old woman has been found; others remain missing. Reported by
@The74Media2019
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"Drowning protest" held against military coup junta in Waingmaw township, Kachin State. Photos by Myitkyina News Journal, story here:
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On May 2, 200 troops raided the home of activist Tin Htut Paing in YG & beat his grandma, 90 & mother, 64 when they couldn't find him. "They smashed everything…They beat [my grandma] w/ fists & a gun," he told
@RadioFreeAsia
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Kachin Independence Army and Arakan Army join to fight against junta forces in Momauk township, Kachin State, the day after a 13 year old boy was killed by artillery fire in the township, reports
@The74Media2019
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Since the Kachin Independence Army attacked a Yuzana company factory in Kachin's Hukawng valley in April, local farmers have reclaimed the land. A Tatmadaw-linked company, Yuzana had since 2006 confiscated more than 200,000 acres for growing cassava (1/2)
#Breaking
junta airstrikes on Kachin Independence Army Brigade 9, Hpakant Township,
#Myanmar
killed Kachin singer Au Ra Li & others to be confirmed. Sharing my favorite song by Au Ra Li:
Mungdan Jaw Ram Sai (an ethnic nationality that deserves a nation)
Amid last night's clashes between the KIA and Tatmadaw, a 21 year old mother of a 3 month old child was killed by artillery fire near Ah Law Bum village, Momauk township, Bhamo district
Reported by Myitkyina News Journal
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In 2019, Myitkyina News Journal reporter Ah Je was arrested by a banana company and forced to do 300 squats, but it didn't slow him. "If I stopped my job, I would lose to the company," he said.
Last night, this brave reporter was arrested by the junta.
(1/6): I spoke w/ 5 current & former national staff of UN agencies & INGOs about their growing unease with the application of the humanitarian principle of neutrality in Myanmar since the coup. Here are their perspectives.
Portrait series of revolutionary fighters with the Karenni Nationalities Defense Forces Battalion 01 in Karenni State, Myanmar
Taken by Solomon Soe with his Redmi Note 8 cell phone
Shared with photographer's permission
#BREAKING
Kachin Independence Organization warns no vehicles should travel from Myitkyina to Tanai, Myitkyina to Putao, Myitkyina to Hpakant and Myitkyina to Sagaing region between 7 PM and 5 AM
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
"We pay tribute to the 46th Kachin National Martyrs' Day on this 10th August 2021. We bow down to all martyrs who fell during the long journey of the revolution" - Kachin Political Interim Coordination Team
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"It doesn’t matter if we're Burmese, Kachin, Chin, or any ethnic group. As long as we're living in Myanmar, we have the same rights and we need the same freedom, so federal democracy is a must.” Yin Yin, Bamar youth in Yangon
My latest w
@kyawhsanhlaing1
On this World Press Freedom Day, I know too many inspirational local journalists to count. Here are my shout-outs to a few with whom I regularly collaborate and who are my shining stars (1/8).
#FollowLocalJournalists
#WorldPressFreedomDay
#သတင်းမီဒီယာလွတ်လပ်ခွင့်ပေးပါ
Zalen media reports that a mother of 3 was gang raped multiple times by 3 military soldiers in front of her husband in her home on Nov 11 in Aklui Khua village, Tedim township, Chin State near the Kalay-Tedim rd where SAC soldiers camped from Oct 30-Nov 15
(1/2) One consequence of the coup and media crackdown is that taking and sending photos is increasingly risky, while internet shutdowns also reduce the ability to send them. More and more media are posting welcome signs, showing the truly limited safe options for ground photos:
Bloody Day in Kachin State
By Black Art
In solidarity with the people of Munglai Hkyet IDP Camp, Kachinland, bombed by the
#Myanmar
junta on Oct 9, 2023