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Phil Robertson

@reaproy.bsky.social
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Human rights & labor activist, focused mostly on SE Asia. FCCT Board member. Boston sports fan, rock & roll lover, fisherman. JHU SAIS. Cape Cod, Korat, Khon Kaen, Bangkok. Thai/Lao speaker

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 1h
Fantastic video, music & the amazing lyrics - From the Hills, by Kara Maraunder. All the pieces - Tatmadaw attacks, scam centers, trafficking, refugee camps, & youth trying to get to the city. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Xp...
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FROM THE HILLS - Kara Marauder | A Short Music Film About Southeast Asia’s Displaced (AI)
YouTube video by Reactor Corp Studios
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 2h
The full press release & report of the #Burma Human Rights Network's "Blocked from Rebuilding" report is now online. Raises serious issues of anti-Muslim discrimination & rights abuses in #Myanmar which cost lives when mosques collapsed during #Mandalay earthquake. www.bhrn.org.uk/en/press-rel...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 3h
With friends at the @fccthai.bsky.social after the Burma Human Rights Network's launch of their new report about discrimination against Muslims in #Myanmar.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 14h
Missing Lao Critic in Thailand Feared ‘Disappeared’ www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...
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Missing Lao Critic in Thailand Feared ‘Disappeared’
Three weeks ago, 26-year-old Lao activist Khieo Lapchanh, an asylum seeker in Thailand, vanished in Samut Sakhon province following his shift at the restaurant where he worked.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 15h
Actually, the protest is happening tomorrow (on Oct 8), not today ;-) my apologies for the oversight.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 16h
Protest being organized this morning in Kuala Lumpur against the visit of #Myanmar military chief and war criminal Sr. Gen. (ret) Min Aung Hlaing. Time to tell MAH that he's not welcome in #Malaysia! @mtacalendar.bsky.social
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Happening tomorrow at FCCT: 7 Oct, 10:30 am - report release of Blocked from Rebuilding: #Myanmar Junta Restrictions on Mosque Repair & Reconstruction. The #Burma Human Rights Network documents lost lives & injuries, destroyed mosques & impact on Muslim communities www.fccthai.com/event/blocke...
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Rebuilding Blocked: Discriminatory bans on mosques before & after Myanmar earthquake, 7 Oct 2026 — FCCT
7 Oct 2026, 10:30. A new report by the Burma Human Rights Network documents how discriminatory government restrictions on the construction, repair and…
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
TV Free Asia (TFA) Khmer service reporting about Mongabay article about UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) decision finding imprisonment of Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 is unjust, arbitrary & illegal under international law, and they should be immediately freed. tfakhmer.org/mongabay-cal...
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ម៉ុងហ្កាបេ​ថា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នៅតែ​មិន​អើពើ​នឹង​ការ​ទទូច​របស់​អ.ស.ប​ឱ្យ​ដោះលែង​សកម្មជន​បរិស្ថាន - ទូរទស្សន៍អាស៊ីសេរី
អ្នកឃ្លាំមើល​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​សហគមន៍​អន្តរជាតិ ចាត់វិធានការ​ជាក់ស្ដែង លើ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​លោក ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត ឱ្យ​ត្រូវតែ​ដោះលែង អ្នក​ទោស​នយោបាយ និង​អ្នកទោស​មនសិការ​ជាជាង​គ្រាន់តែ​អំពាវនាវ។
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New event! 📆7th Oct 🕥10:30am Thailand Time @fccthai.bsky.social host report launch by Burma Human Rights network "Rebuilding Blocked: Discriminatory bans on mosques before & after Myanmar earthquake" w/ @Kyaw Win, May Thiri Khin & @reaproy.bsky.social Details: www.fccthai.com/event/blocke...
Rebuilding Blocked: Discriminatory bans on mosques before & after Myanmar earthquake
Date Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Time 10:30
Location FCCThai Clubhouse

Free and open to all.
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Mother Nature Cambodia @cambodiamother.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The five environmental activists have been detained for 821 days, awaiting an appeal hearing for over two years. We request that the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal will set a hearing date soon, without further delay or unjustified excuses. #freethefive #mothernaturecambodia Click to read more!
The five environmental activists have been detained for 821 days, while their case has been awaiting a hearing at the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal for more than two years.
We urge Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Koeut Rith to intervene urgently and help secure a new hearing date for the five activists.
We request that the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal will set a hearing date soon, without further delay or unjustified excuses.
(Poster: Licadho) Mother Nature Cambodia is one of the country's leading civil society groups, working since 2012 with frontline human rights activists to protect Cambodia's environment.
Our main mission is to assist and work alongside those Cambodians willing to take risks. Our main work focuses on exposing to large audiences the excesses, environmental destruction, and human rights abuses that all-too-often are linked to the out-of-control development the country has been seeing for over two decades.
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ALTSEAN-Burma @altsean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Violence, #displacement, & #torture happens every day in #Myanmar/ #Burma. Don't be complicit in #genocide. Stop forced deportations of #Rohingya. Link to joint statement: bit.ly/4yaiPo1 Link to our new Rohingya briefer: bit.ly/4hQM5u9 #SaveRohingya #HumanRights #JusticeForRohingya #refoulement
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Laughing at this as I was walking home last night. The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority's tessakit (inspectors) are so desperate to keep motorcycles off the Naradhiwas street sidewalk that they claim Big Brother AI CCTV is watching you. LMAO. Everyone knows no one is home, or the camera is busted.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@mtacalendar.bsky.social #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fascinating report from #Burma Human Rights Network at FCCT next week - 7 Oct, 10:30 am - about #Myanmar's discriminatory regulations on repair/construction of mosques, & how that contributed to increased damage & injury to Muslims in #Mandalay earthquake last year www.fccthai.com/event/blocke...
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Blocked from Rebuilding: Discriminatory restrictions on mosques after Myanmar earthquake, 7 Oct 2026 — FCCT
7 Oct 2026, 10:30. A new report by the Burma Human Rights Network documents how discriminatory government restrictions on the construction, repair and…
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Speaking with Deutsche Press Agency (DPA) bureau in #Hanoi about the outrageous & unacceptable abduction of 3 Vietnamese human rights & democracy activists in #Cambodia, & their forced return to #Vietnam. www.scmp.com/week-asia/pe...
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Vietnam charges 3 men with terrorism as abduction claim emerges
Viet Tan says the pair, who hold Norwegian and Australian citizenship, entered Cambodia legally and planned to leave four days later.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Statement today by Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (#AHRLA) on #Vietnam's abduction of two human rights & democracy activists, who were last seen in #Cambodia. Yet again, #Hanoi engaged in transnational repression efforts across the Mekong region. Outrageous & unacceptable rights violations!
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excellent report by SBS Australia includes interview with Chloe Dang, wife of abducted Vietnam activist Tran Hiep, and my small interjection about #Vietnam's horrific use of transnational repression across Southeast Asia. www.sbs.com.au/news/video/v...
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Vietnam detains Melbourne activist on terror charges
Vietnam police have arrested three people, including an Australian, accusing them all of terrorism. Human rights groups and close family of Australian activist and Melbourne man Hiep Tran say he was a...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaking to the @theguardian.com about the "unacceptable outrage” of Vietnam's abduction of activists in #Cambodia which "demonstrates yet again that Hanoi is arguably the most vicious & pernicious practitioner of transnational repression today in Southeast Asia" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Vietnamese government accused of abducting human rights activists
Detained anti-human trafficking campaigners include Tran Hiep, a Vietnamese Australian, not heard from since 18 September
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Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 28/09/2026
I wore this shirt to the State Courts for my court mention for one count of "taking part in a public assembly within a prohibited area". Security wouldn't let me into the building wearing it. I ultimately took it off by the entrance and turned it inside out before I was allowed in.
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SEA Junction @seajunction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#HappeningTomorrow Join us Film Screening & Discussion "Myanmar Diaries" holding as part of the Photo Exhibition "The Coup Year: A Visual Chronicle of Resistance in Myanmar" tomorrow at 6-9 pm at Dia.Lo.Gue. If you are in Jakarta, Please come and see exhibition and film. #flim #screening
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Speaking w/VOD Khmer about likely #Cambodia government involvement in the #Vietnam security services' abduction of two Vietnamese human rights & democracy activists inside Cambodia, near the border. Don't believe for a second Vietnam gov't claims about illegal entry www.vodkhmer.news/2026/09/29/h...
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មន្ត្រី​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​សង្ស័យ​ថា​មន្ត្រី​​កម្ពុជា​​ផ្តល់​​តម្រុយ​​ដល់​​វៀត​ណាម​​ឱ្យ​​ចាប់​​សកម្ម​ជន​​សិទ្ធិ​​មនុស្ស - វីអូឌី - ព័ត៌មានជាតិ
កម្ពុជារងការសង្ស័យពីមន្ត្រីសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអន្តរជាតិថា បានលួចផ្តល់តម្រុយ​សម្ងាត់​ដល់អាជ្ញាធរវៀតណាម រហូត​ឈាន​ទៅ​ដល់ការតាមចាប់ខ្លួនសកម្ម​ជន​ផ្នែកសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងប្រជាធិបតេយ្យជនជាតិវៀតណាម ២រូប បន្ទាប់ពីពួក​គ...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Statement today by Asia Human Rights & Labour Advocates (#AHRLA) on #Vietnam's abduction of two human rights & democracy activists, who were last seen in #Cambodia. Yet again, #Hanoi engaged in transnational repression efforts across the Mekong region. Outrageous & unacceptable rights violations!
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The interviewee mentions people's embrace program which is one of two main groups trying to vet & then aid those who escape or defect from the Myanmar Military The other group is People's Goal who just released a report today at @fccthai.bsky.social w/ @reaproy.bsky.social & why I was up at 4am
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Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar’s Security Sector — People's Goal
People’s Goal launches new research examining military defections, institutional change, and the future of Myanmar’s security sector. People’s Goal is pleased to announce the launch of Wind of Cha...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the link to the new People's Goal report, Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar's Security Sector, which was just released at the @fccthai.bsky.social today in #Bangkok. Check it out here: www.peoplesgoal.org/pgnews/wind-...
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Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar’s Security Sector — People's Goal
People’s Goal launches new research examining military defections, institutional change, and the future of Myanmar’s security sector. People’s Goal is pleased to announce the launch of Wind of Cha...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the link to the new People's Goal report, Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar's Security Sector, which was just released at the @fccthai.bsky.social today in #Bangkok. Check it out here: www.peoplesgoal.org/pgnews/wind-...
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Wind of Change: Inside the Defection Wave and the Future of Myanmar’s Security Sector — People's Goal
People’s Goal launches new research examining military defections, institutional change, and the future of Myanmar’s security sector. People’s Goal is pleased to announce the launch of Wind of Cha...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This morning (9/25, starts 10 am) - must see event for #Burma watchers in #Bangkok -- People's Goal releases report, speaks at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social about latest developments inside #Myanmar armed forces with in-depth analysis from military defectors. Don't miss it! Free & open to the public!
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This morning (9/25, starts 10 am) - must see event for #Burma watchers in #Bangkok -- People's Goal releases report, speaks at FCCT @fccthai.bsky.social about latest developments inside #Myanmar armed forces with in-depth analysis from military defectors. Don't miss it! Free & open to the public!
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonito Tuna caught off of backside of Nantucket, and my daughter's conversion of same into sushi rolls ;-) So delicious!
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The panel: Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Major Naung Yoe, Khun Kham Kaung, Nyi Thuta & mod @reaproy.bsky.social See @fccthai.bsky.social event link for more details:
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Wind of Change: Inside the defection wave & the future of Myanmar’s security sector , 25 Sept 2026 — FCCT
25 Sept 2026, 10:00. Join People’s Goal for the launch of a ground-breaking research report, which maps the ongoing structural rupture within Myanmar’s…
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Getting ready for the Blue Wave!
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)'s decision on the Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 is a slam dunk decision clearly pointing how arbitrary & outrageous their imprisonment is, & states their imprisonment is illegal under international law. Free #MNC5 now! news.mongabay.com/2026/08/camb...
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Cambodia defies UN call to free ‘arbitrarily jailed’ environmental activists
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The Cambodian government has defended its continued imprisonment of five environmental activists, after the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared the five...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fantastic James Talarico interview on @jimmykimmel.com. Everyone should watch this. Every Texan should vote for him, and send him to the US Senate in November! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDE...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sad commentary on the era of #Trump the Orange Monster from those who remember Schoolhouse Rock in the 1970s...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Nothing like a snappy comeback to a #MAGA insult to bring a smile to my face ;-)
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hilarious cartoon raising issue of what do American sailors in #Pattaya really want ;-) Particularly laughing at the "Persian Gulf Massage Oil".... Another great one from #Bangkok based editorial cartoonist Stepff.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Americans in #Bangkok! You can register to vote & request your absentee ballot to vote in the upcoming US election - it's super easy. Go to VoteFromAbroad.org -- or come by any Sunday this month to the Queen Bee, and Democrats Abroad will help you with it! Volunteers there from 4:30 to 8 pm!
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yet another excellent, must read article on #Thailand troubled Deep South. Really exposes serious failures in approach by Thai gov't security forces & lack of trust they engender among both people & insurgents in the people. No wonder negotiations going nowhere donpathan.blogspot.com/2026/09/betw...
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Between fighting and talking: horse-trading in Thailand’s far South
Group photo marking the end of the high-level official meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 2004.  Don Pathan Prachatai English Throughou...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
TV Free Asia (TFA) Khmer service reporting about Mongabay article about UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) decision finding imprisonment of Mother Nature #Cambodia 5 is unjust, arbitrary & illegal under international law, and they should be immediately freed. tfakhmer.org/mongabay-cal...
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ម៉ុងហ្កាបេ​ថា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នៅតែ​មិន​អើពើ​នឹង​ការ​ទទូច​របស់​អ.ស.ប​ឱ្យ​ដោះលែង​សកម្មជន​បរិស្ថាន - ទូរទស្សន៍អាស៊ីសេរី
អ្នកឃ្លាំមើល​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​សហគមន៍​អន្តរជាតិ ចាត់វិធានការ​ជាក់ស្ដែង លើ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​លោក ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត ឱ្យ​ត្រូវតែ​ដោះលែង អ្នក​ទោស​នយោបាយ និង​អ្នកទោស​មនសិការ​ជាជាង​គ្រាន់តែ​អំពាវនាវ។
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Photo of Mum voting yesterday, on the front page of Falmouth Enterprise's online coverage of the MA primary election! www.capenews.net/falmouth/new...
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Galibois, Gessen Win Closely Watched Primaries
Falmouth voters cast 9,374 ballots in Tuesday’s state primary election, with several closely watched Democratic contests and a contested Republican race for governor determining who will move on to th...
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Speaking to @aljazeera.com about the deadly airstrikes weakening the resistance in #Myanmar. “Air attacks demoralize PDFs and other resistance troops, and scatter civilians who have supported the rebels." #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SaveMyanmar www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...
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Air raids, conscripts and China: How Myanmar’s military is regaining ground
Rebel fighters in Myanmar lose key towns as conscription, relentless air raids and Chinese support bolster the military.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yes, this makes me feel better ;-) 555
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Speaking to TRT's The Newsmakers interview program on the 9th anniversary of #Myanmar military's genocide vs the #Rohingya. Sad to report that the situation is getting worse & the international community has walked away from the problem as well as #Burma in general. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENc...
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Rohingya refugee crisis nine years on: Has the world forgotten?
YouTube video by The Newsmakers
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Stupid #MAGA Kool Aid drinkers voted for forever war in #Iran but still can't bring themselves to oppose Trump, the Orange Monster.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Seen in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY last week. Exactly right, and exactly how I feel about ICE.
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Hoorah for Count Binface! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_tm...
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My Clacton Victory Speech!
YouTube video by Count Binface
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
That about sums it up.
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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
New event! 📆10th Aug 🕙10am Thailand Time Join @reaproy.bsky.social & Thai-Burma Alliance Foundation in Bangkok for a event & lecture to commemorate the 1988 Uprising in Myanmar. "We will continue to strive for the future while remembering those who gave their lives for our democracy"
ကျွန်တော် ခင်ဗျားနဲ့ တွေ့ဆုံပြီး စကားပြောပါမယ်။ နိုင်ငံရေးအခြေအနေအားလုံးမှာ မိန့်ခွန်းပြောကြားပါမယ်။

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၈၈၈၈ လူထုအရေးတော်ပုံကြီး အောက်မေ့ဖွယ် အခမ်းအနားကို ကျင်းပခဲ့ပါတယ်။

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"ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ရဲ့ ဒီမိုကရေစီအတွက် အသက်ပေးလှူခဲ့သူတွေကို အောက်မေ့သတိရရင်း အနာဂတ်အတွက် ဆက်လက်ကြိုးစားသွားပါမယ်။"

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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Phil Robertson @reaproy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Seminar 10 am, 10 August at the SCC in #Bangkok on the situation in #Myanmar & #Thai government's recent red-carpet treatment of bloody hands military dictator (in a suit) ret. Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. Open discussion, looking forward to speaking on this panel #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar #SaveMyanmar
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