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Opinion Papers
UN Special Representative Patten condemns the continued use of sexual violence against civilians as a tactic of war and political repression in Myanmar
Source: Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, strongly condemns the continued use of rape and other forms of sexual violence as a tactic of war
Press Release | OSRSG Sexual Violence in Conflict
Rebel Violence in Myanmar and NUG’s Crisis of Legitimacy
Source: FULCRUM
Some law enforcement groups under the parallel National Unity Government (NUG) have become a danger to civilians. Their actions threaten to undermine the NUG’s legitimacy.
By Htet Hlaing Win
The Situation in Myanmar Four Years after the Coup d’État (Statement by Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi)
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
I strongly condemn the Myanmar military for not working toward a peaceful resolution despite repeated calls by the international community while many innocent civilians are killed and wounded daily by airstrikes and other acts of violence.
Statement | Foreign Minister IWAYA Takeshi
Myanmar’s nonviolent revolutionaries must not be forgotten
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
Peter Popham called her an Islamophobe. Bob Geldof, a handmaiden of genocide. George Monbiot wanted her stripped of her Nobel Peace prize.
By Fergus Harlow, writer, scholar, and human rights advocate
Joint Statement Marking Four Years Since the Military Coup in Myanmar
Source: Norwegian Government
Four years on from the Military Coup in Myanmar: joint statement by Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Joint Statement | Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States
Myanmar’s junta chief is running out of road
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Min Aung Hlaing has been thrown a lifeline by China and is now under pressure to show results, but his planned election is growing less feasible by the day.
Editorial | Frontier
CHINA’S ENFORCER AND REFEREE ROLE: Kokang withdrawal from Lashio confirmed
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The rumors have been around for a few weeks ever since the meeting between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and junta or State Administration Council (SAC) took place in mid-January in Kunming, brokered by Beijing.
By Sai WANSAI
‘A litany of human suffering’ in Myanmar, warns UN rights chief
Source: The United Nations Office at Geneva
Myanmar is mired in one of the world’s worst human rights crises, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday, describing conditions there as “a litany of human suffering.”
Press Release | UN Geneva
Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t the villain of Myanmar’s tragedy
Source: Asia Times
This is not journalism—it’s the rhetorical equivalent of lighting a pyre beneath a woman enduring her 19th year of imprisonment, including her fourth concurrent year in solitary confinement, and calling it justice.
By Alan CLEMENTS; Fergus HARLOW
China’s Rhetoric on Myanmar Doesn’t Match Reality
Source: United States Institute of Peace
While Chinese officials might argue otherwise, China’s backing of a military junta that is committing war crimes contradicts the stated objectives of Beijing’s Global Security Initiative (GSI).
Analysis | Phyu Hnin