Sunday 7 February 2021

On the coup in burma

I'll occasionally publish articles about what is happening in Burma after the coup, beginning this one with articles from Frontier Myanmar, a local newspaper that appears to be good: 

  • medical staff engaging in civil disobedience are being threatened;
  • the democratically elected party ousted by the coup has "promised to support any workers fired for opposing the coup";
  • landmines and unexploded ordnance are stopping internally displaced people returning to Rakhine; 
  • Indonesia and Malaysia have urged  ASEAN to hold talks. 

Update - more articles: 

  • there are brave people in Burma who are protesting against the coup (and protests elsewhere as well) - see blog posts here and here (which covers the risk of a violent reaction), here, this, on the burmese military's past use of surveillance, and this, on water cannons used by the military against protestors
  • more calls for targetted sanctions; 
  • call for a US web company to stop working for the burmese military.


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