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Myanmar calls out China for arming terror groups, asks world to help

//Myanmar, China’s closest ally in southeast Asia, has pointed fingers at Beijing for arming insurgent groups with sophisticated weapons and sought international cooperation to suppress rebel groups... Myanmar’s Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said terrorist organisations active in Myanmar are backed by ‘strong forces’

//the army chief was referring to Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), terrorist organisations active in the Rakhine State in western Myanmar that borders China.

//The Myanmarese ethnic rebel groups operating along the Chinese border mostly use Chinese weapons, prompting suspicions about Beijing’s role as part of an effort to keep Myanmar under control.

//Officials say Beijing has been desperate to push the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor that seeks to give China a strategic opening on to the Bay of Bengal and eastern part of Indian Ocean Region. There has also been some concern around the Chinese loans extended to execute these projects that led to worries that Myanmar shouldn’t land in China’s debt trap.

Full article: Hindustan Times, (02-Jul)

#Myanmar #China #TerrorGroups #Loan #MilitarySupport #BeltAndRoad
#NeverGiveUp #FightForFreedom
#Myanmar Protesters: "Prepare for Protest Like in Hong Kong"

Into the 4th consecutive day of the nation-wide protest in Myanmar on Feb 9, 2021, the population took it to the street in opposition to the
coup d'état staged by the military junta on Feb 1, 2021.

The demonstrators not only showed the three-fingered salute as popularized in the protests in Thailand, but also mobilized the crowd like Hongkongers did. Civilians also held sign that read "Prepare for Protest Like in Hong Kong".

Source: Stand News
Photos: STR/AFP via Getty Images; SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images

https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3883066828445575/?d=n

#MilkTeaAlliance #ThreeFingerSalute #HongKongProtests #GlobalImpacts
#NeverGiveUp #FightForFreedom
Protest Scenes in
Myanmar Recall the Fight for Freedom in Hong Kong and Thailand

On Feb 10, 2021, Myanmar civilians protested against the military junta on the fifth consecutive day. In the face of violent suppression by the police, protesters wittingly responded with a sense of humour.

See photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28587

Some protesters dressed up as Harry Potter, drag queens, brides and in different cosplay costumes. Creative protest slogans were also sighted: "I always hate you General," "I should be at home watching BL series, but I'm here for this shit," and "Don't fuck my country, fuck my ex" (sic.).

Meanwhile, medical workers have been on strike for one week. All walks of life, from civil servants, fire fighters, farmers, monks and engineers to bankers have joined the protests. According to the local media, at least 20 uniform police took part in a protest in Loikaw. The military junta, however, denied the claim in a statement, claiming those were civilians.

After the police had shot live rounds at the crowd on Feb 9, the protesters geared up with yellow helmets and eye goggles the next day, reminiscent of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and Thailand from the past two years.

Source: Stand News #Feb10
Photos: STR/AFP via Getty Images

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#Myanmar Protesters: "Prepare for Protest Like in Hong Kong"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28556

#MilkTeaAlliance #Creativity #HongKongProtests #GlobalImpacts #StandWithMyanmar
Chinese Companies Supplying Arms, Military Equipment to Myanmar: Group

The five largest suppliers are Chinese state-owned enterprises, including China North Industries Group (NORINCO), the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC), the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), the China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp. (CASIC), and the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC).

More than a dozen other suppliers were funded from China or Hong Kong.

Chairman of the Myanmar-Burma Assistance Association Zhang Shengqi said that it was not a secret China supplying arms to the Myanmar military and the stability of Myanmar directly impacted China's national interest and its security.

Source: RFA #Feb18

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/supplying-02182021091648.html

#Myanmar #ChinaMilitary #ChinaSupportMyanmarCoup #MyanmarCoup
UK to call for UN probe of Uighur camps in China’s Xinjiang province

The UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab would use an address to the UN human rights council on Feb 22 to urge fellow members to address rights violations in China, Myanmar, Belarus and Russia, with particular emphasis on initiating an independent investigation by the UN high commissioner for human rights into forced labour camps run by Beijing.


The UK has taken an increasingly robust stance against Beijing over the past year following the imposition of a national security law in Hong Kong, and mounting evidence that the treatment of Uighur Muslims amounts to genocide.

Raab said that the reported abuses in Xinjiang including torture, forced labour and forced sterilisation of women were extreme and extensive. They were taking place on an industrial scale

Source: FT #Feb22

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/23/hong-kong-plans-to-make-politicians-swear-oath-of-loyalty-to-beijing

#UK #UNHumanRights #China #Myanmar #Belarus #Russia
The New US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with top CCP official for the first time, saying that he will continues to defend human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and Xinjiang

The new US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Yang Jiechi, a member of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, on the phone today (6th Feb). This is his first dialogue with a high-level CCP official since he took office. The State Department later issued a statement stating that Blinken emphasized in the phone call that the United States will continue to stand up for human rights and democratic values, including in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong, and hold China accountable for its undermining of the rules-based international system.

The statement stated that Blinken, who has taken the office for more than half a month, reaffirmed during the phone call with Yang Jiechi that the United States will work with allies and partners to defend shared values and interest. In addition to pressing China to join international community in condemning the military coup in Myanmar, the United States clearly stated that it will continue to stand up for Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and hold China accountable for its efforts to threaten stability in the Indo-Pacific, including across the Taiwan Strait, and its undermining of the rules-based international system.

Source: The Stand News #Feb06

https://bit.ly/3dTO1BF

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#StandwithMyanmar
Although the military roiled a deadly crackdown on February 28 which killed 20 people and arrested over 1,200 civilians, more protesters took to the street on March 1 and March 2 to rally against the military rule.

As the military’s crackdown became increasingly violent and deadly, determined pro-democracy protesters put their names, blood type and contact details on their arms before part-taking in a rally. In the face of tear gas and gunfire, young protesters relied barely on debris, iron bars, wet towels, and plastic water bags for protection and defence.

Very few protesters were wearing proper gas masks. Construction site helmets were not able to protect them from live ammunition.

Funerals were seen in multiple places around the nation. Saddened citizens gathered to pay respect to the victims of military brutality at these funerals. They were gathered at the funerals to mourn them at places where the protester was shot and died.

The courage of young protesters and the violence of military oppression in Myanmar have recalled memories of the civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong in 2019.

A columnist of Stand News picked the news up and wrote on the paper with a hearty closing remark, “The animals in Animal Farm surrendered. But the people in Hong Kong, Thailand and Myanmar did not.

Source: Stand News; #Mar3
https://bit.ly/2PRcgX9

#Myanmar #HongKong #Thailand #military #crackdown #Protests #Funerals
After Chinese-funded factory was arson, the Myanmar military and police enter and kill at least 39 people

Anti-China sentiment has risen in Myanmar. After a Chinese factory was attacked, police and military were sent to demonstrators’ settlement in Hlaing Tharyar district on Sunday, 14 Mar, 2021., killing at least 22 people in the poor industrial suburb.

Moreover, at least 16 demonstrators were killed in the bloody suppression in other regions and one police died in the confrontation, pushing up the death toll to 39 in one day and making it the bloodiest day since the military coup on February 1, 2021.

Burmese people are dissatisfying China for not condemning the military takeover, suspecting Beijing’s acquiescence in, or even connivance with the military coup. Days of military crackdowns have caused people to vent their anger on local Chinese companies.

There were Chinese-funded clothing factories being set on fire in Hlaing Tharyar, the China Embassy also claimed there were on duty officials being beaten, some Chinese-funded hotels were getting attacked. There was no organisation admitted the responsibility yet. The protest leader Ei Thinzar Maung said on Facebook, “If you want to do business in Myanmar stably, then respect Myanmar people.”

After some Chinese-funded companies being attacked, the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar announced a statement urging the military government to take actions, “China urges Myanmar to take further effective measures to stop all acts of violence, punish the perpetrators in accordance with the law and ensure the safety of life and property of Chinese companies and personnel in Myanmar.” But the statement did not mention anything about police brutality and military suppression. The Facebook page of the embassy got lots of negative comments in Burmese from netizens.

Source: The Stand News #Mar15

https://bit.ly/3mb5TKF


#Myanmar #Protest #Demonstrators #Freedom #MilitaryCoup #PoliceBrutality #AntiChina #Facebook #China #Beijing
Military cuts off the internet again; Public “flower strike” mourns the dead; Demonstrators support the “federal army” and burn the military charter

Two months and one day since the coup in Myanmar, the death toll has reached at least 543. The military cuts off the national internet again, optical fibre fixed network also significantly slowed down. Today (2nd April) is nearly the Myanmar New Year and Songkran. But the local area did not splash water to celebrate the New Year as previous. Instead, the public filed the bus stops with flowers, using “Flower Strike” to mourn the deads who were shot and killed by the military. The candle night ceremony yesterday had many people raised to support the organisation of the anti-coup, Federal Army, using force against the military government. There were also demonstrators who burnt the Myanmar version of “Charter 08” drafted by the military.

According to Reuters, demonstrators tried to use different methods for replacing the network, including underground stations, communication platforms that do not need to be connected, SMS news, etc. There were also some demonstrators who encouraged people to use the old technology again, “listen to the underground broadcasts together and phone each other!”

The netizens posted some photos which raised three fingers with flowers on Twitter and stated that “we will never forget the heroes who died for us, and never forgive the military”.

Source: Stand News #Apr02

https://bit.ly/3wHJdqb

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #FlowerStrikeMynamar #PoliceBrutality #Reuters #Twitter
Demonstrators burned the Chinese Flag to Protest the UN's Inaction; the Military Strafed Citizens, Causing At Least 1 Death and 2 Injured.

Anti-coup protests in Myanmar lasted for more than two months, making more than 500 death. After the mass demonstration on Easter Sunday, people protested across the country today (5th April). Some protesters burned the Chinese flag, which showed their dissatisfaction with China not speaking out in the United Nations. Furthermore, the military continued their bloody suppression in Sagaing Pinlebu that some citizens had been dispersed by tear gases and bullets, causing at least one death and two injured.

In Sagaing Pinlebu, the local citizens gathered for a protest in a secondary school that holds teachers' training. The military shot tear gases and bullets at the citizens and arrested two people. Some protesters were dissatisfied, and they brought self-made shotguns forward to support the arrested people but were fired by the military with live ammunition. One of the citizens, Aung Naing Win, died after the bullet broke through his rib cage, and also two more people were injured as they got shot.

Source: Stand News #Apr05

https://bit.ly/3s4oitT

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Protest #China #UnitedNation #Suppression #TearGas #Bullets #PoliceBrutality #SagaingPinlebu
Myanmar Demonstrators Burnt Chinese Factories; The Military Attacked “Protest Camp” and Killed 11 People

More than two months since the coup in Myanmar, according to the statistics of the local organisation assisting political prisoners, the death toll has reached at least 581. A Chinse factory in Yangon was burnt by the protesters today (7th April) while some protesters raised the slogans of boycott Chinese brands “Xiaomi” and “Huawei”. The military also attacked Hpruso Township in Kayah (Karenni) State, a “Tarhan protest camp” occupied by protesters, making 11 people died.

According to Reuters, some protesters raised the slogans with boycott Chinese brands in Yangon and burnt the flag of China to protest that China has been friendly to the military government who initiated the coup. Because of that, the protesters burnt 32 Chinese factories in Yangon last month, and today they burnt a Chinese clothing factory called JOC.

Source: Stand News #Apr07

https://bit.ly/3gvFxlu

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #China #Protest #Xiaomi #Huawei #Reuters #JOC #Yangon #Karenni