In THe NEws

Sulla vicenda delle pallottole della Cheddite Italy srl trovate in Myanmar nel teatro degli scontri tra manifestanti e militari, un gruppo di lavoro appena formatosi (Italia-Birmania, Rete Disarmo, Amnesty Italia, Opal, Atlante delle guerre) ha incrociato una serie di nuove prove fotografiche e documentali. English version here.

‍

Plusieurs associations, dont les Amis de la Terre France, exhortent Total à suspendre tout paiement à la junte Birmane, coupable de multiples violations des droits humains, et à placer les millions d’euros en jeu sur un compte bloqué.

‍

Auf der Internationalen Raumstation gibt es ein Problem: Die Astronauten sollen einen Satelliten für Myanmar aussetzen. Doch dort geht das Militär brutal gegen das Volk vor.

‍

La notte in Birmania dura ormai da quasi due mesi e, non se ne vede l’alba. Neanche uno spiraglio di luce, che possa far intravedere a quel coraggioso popolo una via di uscita. ONU, Asean, UE e gli altri grandi del mondo ad oggi, non hanno trovato una base di intervento comune, che vada oltre le dichiarazioni di condanna e le richieste di interruzione delle violenze.

‍

Myanmar’s overthrown leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to face new charges of corruption from the generals who seized power in a coup on February 1, as protesters fighting to restore democracy face increasing isolation behind a mobile data blackout.

‍

Activist groups have called for S&P Global’s Dow Jones Sustainability Index to reconsider its inclusion of Adani Ports, pointing to the company’s links with the Myanmar military and its role in developing the Carmichael coal mine.

‍

What do the dictatorial Mugabe regime, the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, the Sudanese junta, and now Myanmar's genocidal military government have in common — that is, besides a shared taste for blood and brutality?

‍

지옥 같은 일요일이었다. 지난 14일 미얀마 양곤에서 74명의 시위자가 목숨을 잃었다. 당초 '최소 38명'이라고 알려졌던 사망자는 확인 결과 그 두 배였던 것으로 드러났다.

Myanmar’s parallel civilian government has joined human rights groups in calling on leading oil and gas companies with operations in the nation to stop all payments to the military junta that seized power in a 1 February coup.

‍

Elected lawmakers from the ousted National League for Democracy government have sent a final notice calling on the largest foreign-owned oil and gas companies operating in Myanmar to suspend business ties with the military regime, warning that the money from sales of the oil and gas will be used to reinforce human rights violations in the country.

‍