Karen groups call on UNSC to refer Burma to #ICC
A warm, intimate portrayal of my arrested friends Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo by the man who compelled me to hire Wa Lone @Reuters some two years ago.
Great story and congratulations on your @NewYorker debut, @TMclaughlin3. https://t.co/RfNGvUsRzD
— Antoni Slodkowski (@slodek) 28. April 2018
Thousands of ethnic Uighurs rally outside European Commission against China https://t.co/4LSoUYraHI pic.twitter.com/GGYzSOBvD1
— euronews (@euronews) 27. April 2018
2,000 #Uyghurs living in exile marched on Friday in #Brussels, political seat of the European Union, to call attention to the plight of hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs held by #Beijing in political re-education camps
— claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) 28. April 2018
#Tibet : 35 #Tibetan villagers opposing #Chinese mining operations on a sacred mountain have been taken into custody for questioning by police after news of the project leaked last month to foreign media contacts.
— claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) 28. April 2018
Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between the army and ethnic #Kachin rebels in #Myanmar’s northernmost state. https://t.co/6ePh0qwIaH
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 28. April 2018
Having successfully carried out atrocities in Rakhine State with zero accountability, Myanmar’s military now turns its eyes to the Kachin region. Time for the UN Security Council to end the impunity of Myanmar’s Generals. https://t.co/FL9WRcv8Ow
— Simon Adams (@SAdamsR2P) 27. April 2018
Congratulations to the newly announced #AuroraPrize Humanitarians!
Mr. Kyaw Hla Aung, Lawyer and #Rohingya Leader in Myanmar, uses his legal expertise to fight for equality, improvements in education and human rights.https://t.co/t9JOGMusw5
@auroraprize_ pic.twitter.com/QcZsKoAbJ7— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) 28. April 2018
Actress Glynis Barber joins @burmacampaignuk for #blueshirt4burma day, reminding the world that there are still political prisoners in Burma’s jails, and they must be freed. Thank you @MsGlynisBarber for your support! x pic.twitter.com/vIK5y51kK1
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 27. April 2018
1,600 march for #freedom of the #Uyghurs in large-scale demonstration organised by UNPO and @UyghurCongress
More info at: https://t.co/jjUmI8grVd#UyghurMarchforFreedom pic.twitter.com/D95TKquu6K
— UNPO (@UNPOintl) 27. April 2018
News Lens: Deaths on Indian tea estates under the World Bank’s watch https://t.co/kO2zQOx5Jn
— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 27. April 2018
#Cherry #blossoms in #Istanbul https://t.co/3kmYgmJHzd @ BaltalimanÄ Japon Bahçesi https://t.co/4DPTrGUVBF
— Burak Sansal (@allaboutturkey) 27. April 2018
News Lens: Yale professor appointed chief economist at World Bank https://t.co/85RiACIrwK
— Bretton Woods Proj. (@brettonwoodspr) 27. April 2018
The @UyghurCongress would like to thank the thousands of Uyghurs from around the world for their participation in the #UyghurMarch for Freedom! pic.twitter.com/Et0sfoCqtZ
— WorldUyghurCongress (@UyghurCongress) 27. April 2018
Women’s League of Burma welcomes UN blacklisting of Burmese Tatmadaw for sexual violence – statement by WLB pic.twitter.com/HVm8cwuZRT
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 27. April 2018
Pan Taw Pyin, where the govt says Rohingya homes are being rebuilt, is on the agenda again. The same village Boris Johnson & Suu Kyi were taken to. Hundreds of villages have been burned down; the authorities seem to be exhibiting the same ones over & over. https://t.co/fMdjpgwdpI
— Poppy McPherson (@poppymcp) 27. April 2018
Even at this late stage urgent action is imperative to save lives – today’s report reinforces what @CommonsIDC members were told when we visited Bangladesh 8 weeks ago #Rohingya
‚Lives will be lost‘: 700,000 Rohingya face cyclone season under tarpaulin https://t.co/oda3t1gDHj
— Stephen Twigg (@StephenTwigg) 27. April 2018
Meanwhile, in the USA, Trump Admin announced today the end of temporary protected status (TPS) for Nepal, giving nearly 9,000 Nepalese citizens 12 months to leave the United States. https://t.co/vijYqFRlXi
— Bill Frelick (@BillFrelick) 26. April 2018
Sending the #WriteForRights post card from @burmacampaignuk which was part of a wider discussion about the Rohingya Crisis at our last @AIHarlow meeting! pic.twitter.com/5h3zi3uQiC
— Jake Shepherd (@ZDFA087) 26. April 2018
Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet: Is Tibet on the hara-kiri path? .:. Tibet Sun https://t.co/EAI29VZ4Iv
— claudio tecchio (@DossierTibet) 27. April 2018
Burma Campaign UK Director @MarkFarmaner: for our government, ‚the Rohingya are expendable‘ >>> https://t.co/L0fu65m2Ox @burmacampaignuk pic.twitter.com/E04VcK7Pun
— The National Student (@NationalStudent) 27. April 2018
1500 Uyghurs now gathered at Schuman Square across from the European Commission pic.twitter.com/0O2VaPNgFc
— WorldUyghurCongress (@UyghurCongress) 27. April 2018
Uyghur demonstrations have now arrived at Schuman Square #UyghurMarch pic.twitter.com/0zFfMl2TG3
— WorldUyghurCongress (@UyghurCongress) 27. April 2018
„Now is the Time to Have Your Voices Heard. If the International Community Ignores Us, We Must Speak Loudly Until They Listen. If the Chinese Government Imprisons, Constrains and Silences Uyghurs in East Turkestan. We Must All March on Their Behalf.“ pic.twitter.com/RtE6m3SXnE
— WorldUyghurCongress (@UyghurCongress) 27. April 2018
Around a thousand Uyghurs are marching to denounce what is happening in China #UyghurMarch pic.twitter.com/07FdHXPQdK
— UNPO (@UNPOintl) 27. April 2018
Uyghurs continue to march to Schuman Square #UyghurMarch pic.twitter.com/wxBBoFRaCH
— WorldUyghurCongress (@UyghurCongress) 27. April 2018
— Antoni Slodkowski (@slodek) 27. April 2018
#RSFIndex for #PressFreedom ranks #China at 176 out of 180 countries. „Other countries have adopted China’s censorship model, which has led to unprecedented efforts to attack and jail reporters and citizen journalists, and crush all forms of dissent.„https://t.co/t7fZ7ZYiZR pic.twitter.com/i6rjkag2NB
— Radio Free Asia (@RadioFreeAsia) 26. April 2018
„The bingtuan is a paramilitary organization….Its goals are primarily colonial: develop the land in East Turkestan, secure the border, and maintain stability.“ UHRP new report- ‘The Bingtuan: China’s Paramilitary Colonizing Force in East Turkestan’ https://t.co/94muhPvwdJ pic.twitter.com/QuftT89zTD
— UHRP (@uyghurproject) 26. April 2018
#Kingdom welcomes the appointment of Christine Schraner Burgener of Switzerland as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General @antonioguterres on Myanmar.
→ The @UN Security Council will travel to Myanmar shortly. #KingdomNL will call for constructive engagement with the new Envoy
— Netherlands at UN (@NLatUN) 26. April 2018
Disgrace. This is #Myanmar, 2018.
Journalism is NOT a crime! https://t.co/d9IkJ44x3w
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 27. April 2018
Karen groups call on UNSC to refer Burma to #ICC , call for urgent cross-border aid to reach IDPs, international pressure on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi/ NLD-led government and Burma Army to halt its military offensives in all ethnic areas https://t.co/oSXuCkAJG8 pic.twitter.com/1jkwxRZiue
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 26. April 2018
#EU extends & strengthens its arms embargo against #Myanmar, & adopts legal framework for targeted sanctions against officials responsible for serious rights abuses in #Rakhine https://t.co/KSbRQGxsw1
The EU & its 28 states should also take the lead on justice for atrocities pic.twitter.com/dCE1DI2nPY
— Lotte Leicht (@LotteLeicht1) 26. April 2018
Zau Raw said – “This is a war to cleanse us.” Just like the Rohingya, the Kachin have begun to realize that “the army wants to wipe us out”. https://t.co/VOaeHFxEK8
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 26. April 2018
Our Director @MarkFarmaner spoke at the launch of – The Rise of Religious Nationalism, Intolerance and Persecution in Burma, yesterday in the British Parliament. https://t.co/HMXikB2GEo
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 26. April 2018
New Karen refugees forced to return to Burma by Thai authorities. These families managed to walk through the jungle, cross the border into Thailand after fleeing Burmese Army’s offensive in Mutraw last month. https://t.co/UnwqVcj3UY pic.twitter.com/w9IGWSaBkm
— Burma Campaign UK (@burmacampaignuk) 26. April 2018
Pleased with the expansion of the #Myanmar arms embargo and first step towards entry ban and asset freeze of Myanmar army officers suspected of crimes against Rohingya. Accountability necessary. https://t.co/06yCdxH0Kl
— Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 (@DutchMFA) 26. April 2018
Amb. Wenaweser asks #UNSC members that issue of #accountability should figure prominently on the agenda for discussions in #Myanmar and #Bangladesh
— Liechtenstein UN (@LiechtensteinUN) 26. April 2018
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