Open letter to the CEO of Airbus SE from over 300 international and local revolutionary groups and civil society organizations to end all investments in war crimes committed by the criminal Myanmar military junta To Guillaume FauryCEO of Airbus SE 10 December 2024 Subject: Airbus’ business relationship with Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) Read the letter in PDF format below.
Civil society support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing
To: Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court CC: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court 9 December 2024 Subject: Civil society support for the application by the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing Read the letter in PDF format below.
Myanmar looks more like ASEAN’s Syria than a democracy-in-waiting
By Maung Zarni | Published by Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) on November 10, 2024 Almost four years after anti-coup protests engulfed my birthplace, Myanmar under Min Aung Hlaing’s military junta looks more and more like Assad’s Syria in the wake of the United States’ failed color revolution. The escalating conflict in the ASEAN country has morphed into a brutal civil war. Over the past year, anti-junta ethic armies have made significant military gains against the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s China- and Russia-backed military junta that seized power from Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. Myanmar’s armed conflicts are, tragically, no longer
Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Resistance Has Failed to Inspire – And the World Doesn’t Care
By Maung Zarni | Published by The Wire on November 9, 2024 My strife-torn country – in India’s backyard – looks more and more like Assad’s Syria. London: Almost four years after anti-coup protests engulfed my birthplace, Myanmar under Min Aung Hlaing’s junta looks more and more like Bashar al-Assad’s Syria in the wake of America’s failed ‘colour revolution.’ The ongoing and escalating conflict in the largest mainland country in Southeast Asia, has morphed into a brutal civil war. Over the past year, the anti-junta ethic armies of The Three Brotherhood Alliance (the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and
Myanmar looks more like ASEAN’s Syria than a democracy-in-waiting
By Maung Zarni | Published by The Jakarta Post on November 6, 2024 Over the past three years since the Myanmar military seized power, the armed conflicts have morphed into a civil war, with anti-junta groups fighting for their own interests without a single, unifying vision, and the Rohingya people still caught in a decades-long genocide. LONDON – Almost four years after anti-coup protests engulfed my birthplace, Myanmar under Min Aung Hlaing’s military junta looks more and more like Assad’s Syria in the wake oft he United States’ failed color revolution. The escalating conflict in the ASEAN country has morphed into
Press Release: #Black4Rohingya Campaign – 2024
Now more than ever it is imperative that you join the movement, on the 11th annual #Black4Rohingya by wearing black and sharing your photos and messages of solidarity on Thursday 13 June 2024, across social media platforms. The Rohingya are, “trapped between two armed factions who have a track record of killing them”. Since February hundreds of Rohingya have been killed, over 200 000 have been displaced and more than 2000 Rohingya men have been forcibly conscripted by the Myanmar military, when it announced the implementation of its military service law.Read here the press release: Take a side against genocide
Myanmar activist Zarni nominated for Nobel Peace Prize questions award’s legacy
By Zuhal Demirci | Published by Anadolu Agency on April 21, 2024‘I was very happy but of course that is not to say that I see a Nobel Peace Prize as something that is perfect,’ says Maung Zarni LONDON: A human rights activist and genocide scholar, newly nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead Corrigan Maguire, the 1976 winner of the prize, expressed gratitude for the nomination but said he does not see the Nobel as “something perfect.” Speaking to Anadolu, Maung Zarni, who comes from the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, said: “I was very happy but of course
শান্তিতে নোবেল পুরস্কারের জন্য মিয়ানমারের মানবাধিকারকর্মী জারনির নাম প্রস্তাব
প্রথম আলো ডেস্ক আপডেট: ১৬ এপ্রিল ২০২৪, ১৫: ১৭ ২০২৪ সালের নোবেল শান্তি পুরস্কারের জন্য মিয়ানমারের নাগরিক ড. মং জারনির নাম প্রস্তাব করেছেন উত্তর আয়ারল্যান্ডের প্রখ্যাত শান্তিবাদী নেতা মাইরেড করিগান ম্যাগুইয়ার। তিনি নিজেই ১৯৭৬ সালে নোবেল শান্তি পুরস্কার পেয়েছিলেন। ড. মং জারনি মিয়ানমারের মানবাধিকারকর্মী। তিনি গণহত্যা বিষয়ে বিশেষজ্ঞ। বর্তমানে তিনি যুক্তরাজ্যে নির্বাসিত জীবন যাপন করছেন। চলতি সপ্তাহে বার্মিজ ঐতিহ্যবাহী নতুন বছরের প্রাক্কালে দ্য ফোর্সেস অব রিনিউয়াল সাউথ ইস্ট এশিয়া (এফওআরএসইএ) এবং দ্য ফ্রি রোহিঙ্গা কোয়ালিশন (এফআরসি) যৌথভাবে মং জারনিকে ম্যাগুইয়ারের মনোনয়ন দেওয়ার বিষয়টি জানায়। তিন দশক ধরে জারনির ‘বিভিন্ন সম্প্রদায়ের মধ্যে শান্তি ও সম্প্রীতির জন্য সক্রিয় এবং অক্লান্তভাবে কাজ করার’
Northern Irish Nobel Laureate nominates Myanmar activist for 2024 Peace Prize
By New Age, Published on April 16, 2024 Renowned Northern Irish peace activist Mairead Corrigan Maguire, also recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, has nominated the UK-exiled Myanmar human rights activist and genocide scholar Maung Zarni for the prestigious prize. On the eve of the Burmese traditional New Year this week, the Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia and the Free Rohingya Coalition jointly announced Maguire’s nomination, based on Zarni’s ‘impactful and tireless activism for peace and harmony among human communities over three decades’. Maguire’s nomination letter to the Nobel committee highlighted Zarni’s activism both for democracy in Myanmar and
Maung Zarni nominated for 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
By Democratic Voice of Burma, Published on April 16, 2024 Northern Irish peace activist and 1976 Nobel laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire has nominated Burmese human rights activist and genocide scholar Maung Zarni for this year’s Nobel Peace prize. The Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia (FORSEA) and the Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC) announced the nomination, stating that Zarni has done “impactful and tireless activism for peace and harmony among human communities [for] over three decades.” Maguire’s nomination letter to the Nobel committee highlighted Zarni’s work for democracy in Myanmar and for “non-violence campaigners for peace and freedom from Tibet, East Timor