English version of Myanmar--Descent into Darkness
Saturday 31 July 2021
In Burmese, Descent into Darkness
I suggest you ask RFA for a formal translation.
It's somewhat watered down, but still damaging enough.
PDF refutes junta's sanitized version of entrapment of 57 and deaths --
https://www.rfa.org/burmese/news/minkin-pdf-07302021062646.html
7-31-2021
“ ပန်းဆက်ရွာမှာပဲ တိုက်ပွဲဖြစ်တာ။ The battle was only at Pansett village အခုဖမ်းခံရတဲ့ တောင်ဖြူရွာမှာ ဘာတိုက်ပွဲမှမဖြစ်လို့ ကာကွယ်ရေး တပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်တွေ သေစရာမရှိဘူး။ As there was no battle at all at Taung Hpyu (White Hill village) there was no reason for anyone to die there သေတယ်ဆိုတာက သူတို့ နှိပ်စက်လို့ သေရတာ။ When they said there were deaths ညှိနှိုင်းမယ်ဆိုလို့ လိုက်သွားကြတာ။ these were due to their torture. လက်နက်တောင် ယူမသွားဘူး။ (Our comrades) did not even take their weapons လက်နက်တွေနဲ့ မိတယ်ဆိုတာကလည်း ခါတိုင်းလိုပဲ လိမ်တာပေါ့။ So saying they were caught with their weapons is just another lie as usual ဖမ်းခံလိုက်ရပြီးမှ သတ်ခံရတာ လေးယောက် ဖြစ်နေပြီ။ It was 4 who were killed after they were arrested သေဆုံးတာက သုံးယောက်တောင် မဟုတ်ဘူး၊ လေးယောက်ဖြစ်နေပြီ။ So it’s not 3 dead, it’s 4. အခု သေဆုံးသူတွေ ဘယ်သူတွေလည်းဆိုတာ စုံစမ်း စားရင်းပြုစုနေပါတယ် We are still investigating who died.”
Justice for Myanmar--special post--banks with over USD 1 b each invested in --
https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5e691d0b7de02f1fd6919876/6100d62a7a17f9a41bc48573_210726_FINAL%20Investing%20in%20the%20Military%20Cartel_updated%20report.pdf
Investing in the Military Cartel: 19 international
banks invest over US$65 billion in companies
linked to Myanmar junta and atrocities
Update: Wednesday 28th July, 2021
Expanded research shows that 19 international banks each invest over US$ 1 billion
in shares of companies with ties to the Myanmar military junta.
These banks with over US$1 billion in holdings are: Crédit Agricole, Sumitomo
Mitsui Trust, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, UBS,
Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, BPCE Group, Credit Suisse, Mizuho Financial,
Société Générale, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Canada, BNP Paribas,
Barclays, DZ Bank and Toronto-Dominion Bank
Funeral without a body in Mandalay, Burma.
If you wish donate directly to NUG National Unity Govt (they are on Twitter)
Myanmar Now (the founder is in Melbourne) or AAPP Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
Or Save the Children.
Write an op ed, write to President Biden or leave a message.
Pl do something.
Tired of crying very day.
7-31-2021
Body of photographer Danish Siddiqui was mutilated by Taliban--
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html
Burmese junta mutilates while victims still alive
Body of photographer Danish Siddiqui was mutilated by Taliban--
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html
Burmese junta mutilates while victims still alive
Friday 30 July 2021
Basic health info--for Burma + items you can donate care of National Unity Govt
Is a 97.6 a fever?
A normal adult
body temperature, when taken orally, can range from 97.6–99.6°F, though
different sources may give slightly different figures. In adults, the
following temperatures suggest that someone has a fever: at least
100.4°F (38°C) is a fever. above 103.1°F (39.5°C) is a high fever.
Pl copy and paste to yr FB.
Among the items you can donate to PDF/NUG are
digital thermometers
snake bit kits
Immodium AD for diarrhea
Peptobismol
Tylenol
swabs
bandages
surgical tools
medical texts
the list goes on and on.
Canned food
can openers
children's toys
Free cartoons on how to avoid picking up a booby trap.
Toothpaste/toothbrushes
Meals to go
masks
surical catgut
surgical tools
gloves
Covid PPE
body bags
First flight of Afghans who helped USA arrives --CNN
Burmese PDF/NLD in similar situation, but no one's talking abt evacuating them.
Shame.
7-30-2021
But even leaving Afghanistan does not necessarily mean a
family is free from the threat of Taliban reprisal, Shinwari told CNN as he
waited at Dulles International Airport to welcome another SIV family to
America. "No One Left Behind" helped relocate the family to the US
with the help of a grant it used to pay for their airfare.
"For most of SIVs who are here, because they still have
their immediate family back in Afghanistan, their brothers, sisters, their
parents and their other relatives, if the Taliban or the al Qaeda finds out
that one member of the family was involved in assisting US military in
Afghanistan, they're going to kill the entire family," Shinwari said.
"If they can't catch the exact person, if they find out that person is
here in the United States, they will go after their family. They will kill
anybody in the family for the revenge.
CNN's
Michael Conte contributed to this report
Thursday 29 July 2021
Wendy Steginsky interviewed me in 2007
http://treeoflifereview.com/profile_kaung.php
It used to be called Wild River Review.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian economic advisor Dr. Sean Turnell received Chinese Covid vaccine in Naypyitaw prison, Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi's Australian eco. advisor Dr Sean Turnell receives Chinese Covid vaccine in prison in Burma.
Looks very thin and white-haired.
Has been held since early Feb.
@washingtonpost @cnnbrk @PentagonPresSec @amnestyOz
Earthquake, Sagaing, Burma/Myanmar
as if fighting/fleeing junta, Covid, rain were not enough.
I Weep for You My Native Land (title of unpublished memoir novel of mine).
IWFYMNL
Burma Myanmar---Kani, Sagaing, 8 men found tortured mutilated to death
Eight men found dead in Kani Township with clear signs of torture
Locals say the junta’s troops are responsible for beating, shooting and disfiguring the men, who ranged in age from teenaged to elderly, and were fleeing the military
8 men found tortured and mutilated to death, incld head bashed in, hung from plum tree, eye gouged out.
The place is called either "Among Plum Trees" or Plum Tree Pit"
Most likely former.
Pl copy and paste to yr social media sites.
7-29-2021
Genocide of PDF fighters in Minkin, Sagaing region, Myanmar, Burma.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/dozens-of-myanmar-resistance-fighters-seized-in-sagaing-region.html genocide of PDF in Minkin, Sagaing region @POTUS @VP @PentagonPresSec @VPSecretariat @DoctorsRights @HarvardLawHRP
57 PDF Peoples Defense Force arrested, Minkin.
57 PDF were on their way 3 AM to attack village known as Pyu Saw Hti (like Hitler Brown Shirts) stronghold.
At 5 AM, PyuSawHti came up and said they wished to parlay, bringing their women and children.
Said to leave arms behind.
Then they called in regular troops and "arrested" the 57, only 12 who did not believe them escaped.
PDF
who spoke with RFA's Khet Mar said 4 have already been executed and
extreme concern PDF will be tortured and killed contrary to Geneva
Conventions.
Journalists under attack in Burma/Myanmar
New video tracks persecution & abuse suffered by Burmese journalists fighting to report on what's really happening in #Myanmar under the SAC military regime. At least 98 journalists arrested, 46 still in detention. #SaveMyanmar #Burma
In Myanmar, the Press is Under Attack
(Bangkok,
July 23, 2021) – Myanmar’s military junta should stop prosecuting
journalists and end its assault on independent media, Human Rights Watch
said tod...
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