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Cape Diamond

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Journalist, Producer and Human Rights Advocate - covering #BurmaCoup in #Myanmar. European Parliament’s Sakharov Fellow 🇪🇺

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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
#Myanmar is now celebrating the #Thingyan water festival. Here, I have recorded a cover of the renowned Thingyan song "Man Taung Yeik Kho." I hope you find it enjoyable. I extend my fondest wishes to all of you during this Myanmar New Year. 🌸💐🌼 youtu.be/ke6uRjTI-X0?...
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မန်းတောင်ရိပ်ခို (Man Taung Yeik Kho) - Cape Diamond (Cover) MV
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
#UPDATE on #MyanmarEarthquake: Junta chief made a TV appearance asking for international aid — Inviting foreign nations and organisations to lend a hand for the people of #Myanmar in need. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
#MyanmarEarthquake: I am safe in #Yangon, #Myanmar. Thank you for all your messages and support. I am keeping track of what is going on across the country. I will try to post updates here.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Congratulations to our photography mentor and significant figure in #Myanmar journalism, Ko Ye Aung Thu @yeaungthu.bsky.social, on winning the @worldpressphoto.bsky.social #WPPh2025 contest with his piece "A Nation in Conflict." #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/p...
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European External Action Service @eudiplomacy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
On Belarus Freedom Day, we reaffirm the EU’s solidarity with the people of Belarus. We are determined to keep supporting all those who strive for a democratic future for the proud, independent nation of Belarus. #StandwithBelarus #ДзеньВолі
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
#Myanmar's junta foreign ministry on Friday announced the arrival of deportees from the US. One has already arrived on March 19, with another set to arrive on March 28. Worrying updates for deportees facing the junta due to the Trump administration's deportation policy. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Fortify Rights @fortifyrights.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🙌 Fortify Rights's new report, “𝗜 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” is out now. The report reveals how members of Rohingya militant groups in Bangladesh have killed, abducted, tortured, and threatened Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in acts that may amount to war crimes. Read more: bit.ly/NSAreportEN
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"The UN chief's remarks came after human rights group Fortify Rights issued a statement urging the Bangladesh government to facilitate humanitarian aid and cross border trade to reach war-affected civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state." #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A clip I recorded of a radio playing VOA Burmese at 6:30 a.m. in #Maungdaw, #Rakhine State, #Myanmar, while reporting the #Rohingya crisis in January 2020. They’re extremely useful to those who were affected by the internet shutdown and who are unable to access media in war zones around the world.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
#Myanmar is in the second category, along with Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, and South Sudan, that might face travel restrictions under the Trump administration's latest ban, which covers 41 nations. The partial suspension would apply to tourist, student, and immigrant visas. p.dw.com/p/4ro3M
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Trump considers sweeping travel restrictions for dozens of countries — report – DW – 03/15/2025
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Yangon (AFP) – The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said Friday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #BurmaCoup www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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WFP to cut food aid to 1 million people in Myanmar
The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said Friday.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
RFA - The Hong Kong Journalists' Association is appealing to journalists to preserve Facebook live video footage of 2019 protests after Meta said it will start deleting archived videos from its servers. www.rfa.org/english/chin...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#MYANMAR: Youth activists in Yangon kicked off a #StandWithUkraine campaign this weekend! It supports the ICC warrant for #Putin and the Argentine court's warrant for junta chief #MinAungHlaing. Photos - AAMIJ (Burma) #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is the most absurd example of the junta's attempt to limit press freedom, which has been severely lacking since the coup of 2021. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom #Myanmar apnews.com/article/myan...
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A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners
An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
#Myanmar junta chief #MinAungHlaing is set to meet with #Putin in #Russia on March 4 and will seek armed and political support from #Moscow for ongoing wars with resistance groups across the nation. Moreover, he plans to seek indirect support from the #US via Putin for his forthcoming elections.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#Update: Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Htin Kyaw are also on the arrest warrant list. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AungSanSuuKyi
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
#MYANMAR: Argentina court issues international arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing – A historic step towards justice for Rohingya genocide www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I would rather fly to Europe from RGN than take a domestic flight in #Myanmar/#Burma. But yeah, I love travelling here in Burma. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tra...
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Myanmar domestic flights give foreign travelers sticker shock
Inflated fares and varying exchange rates can drive up one-way ticket prices
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Captured this amazing cityscape in #Yangon, #Myanmar today.
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Ranieri Sabatucci 🇪🇺 @sabatuccieu.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
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Asiatica - Speciale Birmania - L'anniversario del Golpe in Birmania. Quale la situazione sul campo?
Conducono Valeria Manieri (Radio Radicale) e Francesco Radicioni (corrispondente dall'Asia per Radio Radicale). Ospiti della puntata: Ranieri Sabatucci, Ambasciatore europeo in Birmania e Massimo More...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Looking at the trend of more #Myanmar watchers switching to @bsky.app. There should be more Burmese users here. Make your voice heard! Although #Bluesky is not banned in the country, #X and #Facebook are. As for #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar, I will provide further updates here.
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Leigh Mitchell @leighmitchell.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
1/5 Amidst the chaos and confusion within #USAID, it's worth recalling that Musk’s #SpaceX has had financial and contractual engagements with USAID. A quick thread.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Junta soldiers in #Myanmar have beheaded and mutilated civilians in the #Sagaing Region, according to @fortifyrights.bsky.social’s new investigation. Three beheaded victims were found on a fence. Others were mutilated. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
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Myanmar Junta Soldiers Beheaded and Mutilated Civilians in Apparent War Crimes in Sagaing Region - Fortify Rights
ICC member states must urgently refer Myanmar to Chief Prosecutor for investigation and prosecution (BANGKOK, February 4, 2025)—Myanmar military junta soldiers attacked a village in the Sagaing Region...
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Fortify Rights @fortifyrights.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, the junta has restricted the use of the internet and VPNs to conceal its daily brutality. While it has failed to silence critics, Fortifyrights's Sai Arkar wrote that world leaders must take action to end the atrocities. Read more: Bit.ly/DigitalRepressionMM
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European Union in Myanmar @eumyanmar.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
🇲🇲 Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the Fourth Anniversary of the Coup
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Myanmar/Burma: statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the Fourth Anniversary of the Coup
EU issued a statement on the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar reiterating its strongest condemnation of the regime's violence and calling for an end to all atrocities.
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European Union in Myanmar @eumyanmar.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Four years on from the military Coup in 🇲🇲: joint statement by Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. 👉 www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/four-ye...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
#MYANMAR: “Various diplomatic approaches have failed to stop the atrocities as the military junta continues to demonstrate a complete disregard for international norms and agreements.” #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar asia-ajar.org/press-releas...
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Asia: The International and Regional Community Must Act on Myanmar’s Four-Year Crisis under Junta Rule | Asia Justice & Rights
1 February 2025 – Four years since the military’s failed coup in February 2021, the people of Myanmar’s resistance against the junta’s brutal rule has not only persisted but intensified. The Transitio...
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Fortify Rights @fortifyrights.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Myanmar: Four years after coup, world must demand accountability for atrocity crimes The international community must take action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organizations, including Fortify Rights, said today. Read the joint statement: fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-stm-...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The cancellation of DEI scholarships in #Burma will significantly affect Burmese students who are unable to pursue their studies at home due to the military regime. The global community is encouraged to extend their compassion and support towards the education of vulnerable students. #Myanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
“People inside #Myanmar now don’t really have any freedoms at all,” said Sai Arkar of @fortifyrights.bsky.social. “They have no freedom of expression, they cannot express their views … If you post anything online, you will be arrested. Their very basic rights have been violated.” sc.mp/i103d
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In Asia’s forgotten war, reluctant rebels mark 4 years of bloody chaos
For thousands of guerilla fighters, the dream of a free Myanmar still burns bright – even after four years of ruinous civil war.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The disappearance of Chinese nationals brought attention to the fact that #Thailand had been ignoring the cases, despite the fact that it had become a center for massive human trafficking to scam centers in #Myanmar. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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A kidnapped Chinese actor, a scam gang, and a very public rescue operation
Wang Xing was abducted in Thailand by increasingly bold crime gangs operating in Myanmar, putting an entire tourism industry at risk
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The junta bombed a gold mine in Hukaung valley in #Kachin State on the same day, killing at least 15 people in the area and injuring at least 10. The #Myanmar junta's airstrikes are underreported internationally. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
#MYANMAR junta bombed a market in #Kyauktaw, #Rakhine State, this morning, killing at least two people, according to RFA Burmese. The Arakan Army (AA) claims the junta used 15 bombs in three strikes, causing damage and casualties. Internet and mobil in Kyauktaw are cut. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
There are reports of young people in #Myanmar who have disappeared, indicating that they could have been either forcibly conscripted into the junta's military or enforced into working at scam centres along the #Myanmar-Thailand border. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
#Myanmar: Joint Statement on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/myanmar...
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Myanmar: Joint Statement on the Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation
The text of the following joint statement was released by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union and the Governments of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, the ...
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Josh Sheehan 🪷🌳🏳️‍⚧️🎸🐕🧡 @sheehanistan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
At some point, I can’t help but still feel a tipping point is going to be hit & the cascading effects are going to be more than anyone had foreseen. Air quality is also dismal in Yangon rn, yet the regime is pushing “locally produced” RON-68 gas as well…
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Me while posting this from the dark looking at the junta's plan to promote EV cars and the so-called people's government NUG’s lack of a plan for people affected by the #Myanmar blackout:
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Urban residents in #Myanmar face severe electricity shortages, with #Yangon experiencing just 4 hours of power daily, possibly ranking as the lowest electricity-consuming urban center in Southeast Asia, while #Mandalay endures less than 2 hours of power each day. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The #Myanmar junta has announced the enactment of the Cybersecurity Law on January 1, 2025. Rights groups have criticized it as draconian. Check out @fortifyrights.bsky.social's op-ed on digital repression in #Myanmar, which was published in Nikkei Asia in December. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Digi...
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Digital repression stalks us all in Myanmar
World leaders must open their ears and commit to meaningful action
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
It’s me Cape Diamond, journalist and human rights advocate based in #Myanmar. Since last year, I’ve been a part of @bsky.app and I intend to provide more updates about Myanmar here. And as a Sakharov fellow of the European Parliament, I’ve been vocal about the state of human rights around the world.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#UPDATE: #Myanmar's junta said on Wednesday that it has "never recognised" the International Criminal Court's statements, after the court's chief prosecutor requested that judges issue an arrest warrant for junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ICC
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military regime | AP apnews.com/article/icc-...
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ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military regime
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim min...
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Nay San Lwin @nslwin.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Reactions to the ICC prosecutor's warrant request for Myanmar military leader www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#MYANMAR: The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has seized control of Kanpaiti, a vital trading town and rare earth mining hotspot in northeastern Myanmar near the Chinese border, according to AP. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #China #BurmaCoup apnews.com/article/myan...
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Rebel group takes key Myanmar border town and rare earth mining hub in setback for military regime
Witnesses say a powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the militar...
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I received a video call from two of my journalist colleagues who were released from prison in #Myanmar earlier today. They were arrested as they were taking photographs of a flash mob protest morse than two years ago. In the first place, they should not have been arrested. #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#China and #Myanmar's law enforcement agencies have "wiped out" all large-scale telecom fraud centres operating in northern Myanmar, Chinese state media reported on Thursday, after an operation at the weekend saw more than 700 arrested. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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China claims 'wipe-out' of large telecom fraud centres in northern Myanmar
China and Myanmar's law enforcement agencies have "wiped out" all large-scale telecom fraud centres operating in northern Myanmar, Chinese state media reported on Thursday, after an operation at the weekend saw more than 700 arrested.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#China says #Myanmar rebel chief in Yunnan for medical care, contrary to reports Beijing says MNDAA leader Peng Deren is getting treatment in southwest China border province where he was reported to be under house arrest. #whatshappeninginmyanmar #burmacoup sc.mp/s9svi?utm_so...
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China says Myanmar rebel chief in Yunnan for medical care, contrary to reports
Beijing says rebel leader Peng Deren is getting treatment in southwest China border province where he was reported to be under house arrest.
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#BREAKING: The #Myanmar junta bombed the church in Kone Law Myo Thit (on Myitkyina - Bhan Maw Rd) during today's Thanksgiving Day ceremony, resulting in the deaths of at least ten children. I have been informed of this incident. Photos and videos received. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
In #Myanmar, lives are at risk, and freedom of speech is a distant dream. Internet access is severely restricted, alongside #China, ranking among the lowest globally. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #KeepItOn asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/My...
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Myanmar military tightens grip on internet with VPN crackdown
Facebook usage drops as businesses face disruption risk
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Cape Diamond @capediamond.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
#MYANMAR: Fortify Rights's new investigation reveals that, on Aug 5 and 6, the Arakan Army (AA) launched drone and shelling attacks along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border that killed over one hundred Rohingya women, children & men as they sought to flee to Bangladesh. Bit.ly/RohingyaMass...
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