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Today, PV & 8 local CSOs published a joint briefing paper on the junta weaponizing humanitarian aid in #Myanmar's Dry Zone. The paper calls for the support to locally led border channels & humanitarian responders to reach communities in need. Full report:https://bit.ly/4yqF0XA

Genuine solidarity is neither charity nor pity. True empathy occurs when two hearts meet, and I begin to see our struggles as intertwined. Read more 👇👇 kohmar.substack.com/p/letters-to... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @pvamplify.bsky.social @DVB_English

Weekly update on the situation in Karen, Mon & Dawei since the failed coup: October 2026 | Week Four ⚠️ 7+ Arrested ⚠️ 5+ Detained ⚠️ 9+ Injured ⚠️ 4+ Killed Across targeted areas of HURFOM, displacement is on the rise as junta forces advance in local areas.

@pvamplify.bsky.social's weekly highlight... speaks on why the US's re-engagement with the Myanmar Junta is extremely problematic on a lot of levels & talks about the Junta's lobbying campaign & more. Important read. 15/

9 Oct: junta jet drops a 500-pound bomb on a Presbyterian church in Chin State. Same day: US lifts a #Myanmar military associate from its sanctions list. #US must stop legitimizing the junta & increase targeted sanctions. More: https://bit.ly/47BR64c

According to data collected by Kantarawaddy Time, junta’s indiscriminate attacks killed at least 49 civilians in Karenni State between Jan-Sep 2026. Every airstrike runs on aviation fuel. #ASEAN & the intl community: ✅ Ban aviation fuel exports ✅ Impose global arms embargo https://bit.ly/3WjD2cV

SEANF’s decision was “a long-awaited principled action” and “strips the criminal military junta-controlled MNHRC of regional legitimacy.” “This decision sends a clear message that this body can no longer hide behind a SEANF membership card,” irrawaddy.com/news/myanmar... @pvamplify.bsky.social

🎉 A win for the people of #Myanmar After 5 years of civil society advocacy, #SEANF has expelled the junta-controlled #MNHRC, following #GANHRI & #APF. CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institutions (Burma/Myanmar) welcomes this principled decision. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3VNdqFl

🚨PM Anwar Ibrahim's overtures risk encouraging other #ASEAN member states to lend further false legitimacy to the illegal junta. #Malaysia must: ✅Halt all deportations to #Myanmar ✅Grant #UNHCR access to detained MMR nationals ✅Provide temporary legal status https://bit.ly/4dETrPg

Weekly update on the situation in Karen, Mon & Dawei since the failed coup: October 2026 | Week Three ⚠️ 8+ Arrested ⚠️ 6+ Detained ⚠️ 12+ Injured ⚠️ 6+ Killed HURFOM documented several cases of airstrikes and artillery attacks against civilians as the junta continues to target innocent communities.

"Yet #solidarity ✊ is not a given. Some groups stand firm, while others hide behind so-called “neutrality,” an easy position that avoids criticism but fails to confront #injustice, and one I find unprincipled." Read more👇👇 kohmar.substack.com/p/letters-to... @pvamplify.bsky.social @DVB_English

2021: @anwaribrahim urged #ASEAN to suspend #Myanmar & sanction the junta. 2026: he welcomed junta leader #MinAungHlaing, pledging “whatever possible” to bring the junta back into ASEAN. #Malaysia must: 🔴 End normalization with the junta 🔴 Halt all deportations to Myanmar 🔗 https://bit.ly/4dETrPg

📝 Letters to a young activist ✊ 'Solidarity' "One of the most important truths to hold close on this long path toward freedom is that you are part of something far larger than yourself. Activism is, by its very nature, a collective journey." Full text: https://bit.ly/4zEt1pi

📢 JOINT PRESS RELEASE: At the 2026 IMF-#WorldBank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, #Myanmar CSOs called on the Bank to engage democratic & ethnic governance actors, open formal dialogue under its FCV Strategy, and ensure no funds flow through the junta. Full text: https://bit.ly/4i0hZU3

🙋‍♀️During Civil Society Townhall with World Bank Group, @khinohmar.bsky.social asked: Why has the Bank not engaged these democratic and ethnic regional and local governance actors, and civil society, in its projects over the past five years? Full video👇 bit.ly/3TvbTTC

On 28 Sep, junta jet bombed a crowded market in Rakhine, Kyauktaw Township, killing at least 50 civilians. ⚠️ Every handshake deepens complicity in its atrocity crimes. #ASEAN & the intl community must: 🚨End all engagement with junta 🚨Cut off arms & aviation fuel https://bit.ly/3UjLDMb

Today, Progressive Voice turns 10. ✊ For 10 years, we’ve stood with the people of #Myanmar, defending #HumanRights through dark times & moments of hope. Thank you to every partner, donor, supporter & friend who stood with us. The journey continues, together. #PV10Years

PM Anwar Ibrahim has now pledged to do "whatever is possible" to bring junta back into #ASEAN.🚨 That is the legitimacy junta has chased since its illegal coup attempt & sham election, & #Malaysia is handing it over in exchange for refugee returns, not progress on the #ASEAN #5PC. ⚠️

⌛ Happening in 30 mins‼️ Pre-event ➡️ #ACSCAPF 2026 (Oct 27–29 in Manila) #ASEANPeoplesForum Human Security Across Borders: #Myanmar’s Forced Conscription, Displacement and Protection Crisis in #ASEAN Register: https://bit.ly/4ARUGnR or Watch live: https://bit.ly/4hAGsQR

Military-imposed fees are pushing already struggling families deeper into hardship. 🚨50,000 MMK per household to junta 🚨25,000 MMK per month to PNO militia Families should not have to choose between putting food on table & paying military-imposed fees. https://bit.ly/4ANjGg5

🗣️On 8 Oct, MyanmarNOC together w/ International Peace Bureau, Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma, ALTSEAN-Burma & FORUM-ASIA will host an online workshop to provide an updated analysis of the human security crisis in #Myanmar. Interested? Register in advance here ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4ARUGnR

PM Anwar Ibrahim meeting junta leader Min Aung Hlaing tomorrow is a slap in the face to ASEAN’s human rights principles. Is #ASEAN officially finished? #RIP ASEAN. The red carpet has spoken.🚨

🚨 Despite junta’s ongoing violence, women continue to document abuses, organize communities, support survivors, & advocate for justice. #ASEAN & intl community must: ⚠️Back women's orgs ⚠️Cut off junta’s lifelines ⚠️Press for the release of all pol prisoners Read more👇 https://bit.ly/4eemj0K

🇲🇾 Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, don’t betray your principled past! Read more here 👇👇👇 kohmar.substack.com/p/a-letter-t... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Malaysia #ASEAN #anwaribrahim @pvamplify.bsky.social

Igor says #Myanmar's neighbours & regional actors "bear significant responsibility for prolonging" the war when they "bet on the military junta, provide it with political & diplomatic acceptance," & put resources, technology & trade into its hands. Full: https://bit.ly/4z9tYFF

💢 The junta killed 89 women & girls in under 3 months, and uses rape as a weapon of war in #Myanmar. Yet women in #Myanmar keep fighting for justice & equal power. 💪 🔴 UN must refer Myanmar to #ICC 🔴 Cut junta's arms, aviation fuel & finances 🔴 Fund women's orgs More: https://bit.ly/4eemj0K

“နိုင်ငံရေးနဲ့ အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးပိုင်းမှာ ဗမာမဟုတ်တဲ့ တိုင်းရင်းသားတွေရဲ့ တန်းတူညီမျှ အာဏာခွဲဝေမှုကို ဗမာအများစုက ယုံယုံကြည်ကြည်နဲ့ လက်ခံဖို့၊ သိယုံတင်မကပဲနဲ့ လက်ခံဖို့ လိုနေတယ်လို့ ကျွန်မ မြင်တယ်” 🗣️ ဒေါ်ခင်ဉမ္မာ 📍Honest Information၏ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနေ့ အထိမ်းအမှတ် အထူးအင်တာဗျူးမှ ကောက်နှုတ်ချက်

📨 Letters to a young #activist #5 Whose Peace? Refusing false stability without real #peace and #justice ☮️🕊️ Read more 👇👇 kohmar.substack.com/p/letters-to... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #WomenBuildingPeace #womenleagueofburma @pvamplify.bsky.social @DVB_English

⚠️ Military junta is not just attacking homes; it is destroying the future of #Myanmar’s children by bombing schools. #ASEAN & the intl community must: 🚨Cut off the sale & transfer of arms, dual-use goods, & aviation fuel 🚨Impose further sanctions on junta Read more ⤵️ 🖇️ https://bit.ly/4rHwW1S

🚨Floods in Tanintharyi, #Myanmar: 13+ dead, 30 missing, 10,000+ affected. Urgent need for shelter, food & medicine. ❌ Aid must not go thru the junta. It must reach affected communities directly thru trusted local groups & border based channels. 🖇️ https://bit.ly/4xUUOAC

Another junta massacre in #Myanmar.💔 Airstrikes on a market in Kyauktaw, #Rakhine State, killed at least 49 civilians & injured 58. #ASEAN & the intl. community must hold the junta accountable. ❌ No silence. ❌ No impunity. More ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4hjXl25

🚨Since 2021 attempted coup, Myanmar junta unlawfully & forcibly arrested thousands. Human rights defenders, journalists & civil society groups face torture, surveillance, censorship, internet shutdowns and criminalization. #Myanmar HRDs must be protected. ✅ Read more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4yiYehh

🚨 The junta is losing ground on the battlefield — and taking it out on children. 214 children killed in under a year in #Myanmar — 61% by junta airstrikes. 🔴 UN Security Council must refer the junta to #ICC. 🔴 Sanction the junta & its enablers. More: https://bit.ly/4rHwW1S

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim: Why compromise your credibility now by legitimizing this inhumanly violent and repressive junta that is waging a campaign of terror against the people of #Myanmar? ⚠️ 🚨 Read the full article ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4dOyvFd

💭 Is it, or is it not, ‘the hour for moral leadership’? 👉 kohmar.substack.com/p/a-letter-t... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Malaysia #ASEAN @pvamplify.bsky.social

“The contest over UN seat is a struggle over whether guns can manufacture legitimacy, whether atrocities can be converted into diplomatic privilege, & whether UN will uphold the principles it repeatedly invokes." #Myanmar’s UN seat belong to Myanmar people. Read more👇 https://bit.ly/46zP1VT

166 GROUPS URGE #MALAYSIA PM @anwarIbrahim: DON’T SEND #ROHINGYA BACK TO #GENOCIDE Joint statement: #Refoulement of Rohingya by Malaysia or any #ASEAN member will make them complicit in ongoing genocide Signatories & text EN 🡺 tinyurl.com/joint-statem... BUR🡺 tinyurl.com/joint-statem...

Every company doing business with the illegal #Myanmar junta must take note. Read more @civicusalliance.bsky.social

166 organizations & 140+ individuals urge Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim to halt plans to forcibly repatriate 200,000 #Rohingya to #Myanmar. Malaysia must: 🛑 Stop plans to return Rohingya to Myanmar ☑️ Uphold non-refoulement ☑️ Protect refugees Full statement: https://bit.ly/4h7YSZ5

No one is safe anywhere in #Myanmar.🚨 ⚠️ In Karenni State, junta attacks have forced schools to close, yet children & family remain unsafe at home. #ASEAN & the intl community must: ▶️Sanction aviation fuel ▶️Disengage from junta ▶️Ensure civilian protection More 👉 https://bit.ly/4h94YbG

The Myanmar military junta subjects women political prisoners to torture, sexual violence & life-threatening denial of medical care. Among30,000+ political prisoners detained since the junta’s February 2021 coup are about 6,600 women and 640 children. New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...

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🚨Any attempt to legitimize the illegal junta risks enabling & normalizing its ongoing atrocities against the people of #Myanmar. ✅Recognize the legitimate representative of Myanmar, Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun ❌Reject the illegal military junta Read more 👇 https://bit.ly/4rpgRxE

“If it's my daughter, I would recognize even a tiny fragment, even a fingertip,” said a father of a 7 y/o girl killed in Pazigyi massacre.🚨 Blood Money Campaign urged #ASEAN & global companies to: 📣Cut aviation fuel supplies 📣Sanction the junta 📣End business ties More 👇 https://bit.ly/478e5mV

အမျိုးသမီးတယောက်အနေနှင့် ခေါင်းဆောင်မှု စိန်ခေါ်မှုတွေကို ရိုက်ချိုးကာ လူငယ်တွေနဲ့ စစ်ရှောင်ကလေးတွေရဲ့ ပညာရေးအတွက် ဆက်လက် ကြိုးစားနေတဲ့ ဆရာမ Maw Phoe Hsu Sha ကဲ့သို့ အမျိုးသမီးများအား ကူညီထောက်ပံ့ရန် အင်မတန် အရေးကြီးပါသည်။ ✅ အပြည့်အစုံဖတ်ရန်👇 https://bit.ly/4hbGxJr

Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun must remain as #Myanmar’s UN representative to ensure the voices of Myanmar’s people are heard at the UN.🚨 #UNGA Credentials Committee must: ➡️ Act independently of China & Russia ➡️ Reject illegal junta’s attempt for UN representation Read more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2yaf4j8y

တော်လှန်ရေးမှာ “တွေ့ဆုံဆွေးနွေးရေး” နဲ့ “လက်နက်ကိုင်တော်လှန်ရေး”— ဘယ်နည်းလမ်းက အောင်မြင်မှုနဲ့ ပိုနီးစပ်ပါသလဲ Progressive Voice အဖွဲ့တည်ထောင်သူ ဒေါ်ခင်ဉမ္မာ၏ သုံးသပ်ချက် ⤵️ (TM media နှင့် အင်တာဗျူးမှ)

📌📌လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ ကူညီသူများအနေဖြင့် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာထွက်ပြေးနေရသည့် ပြည်သူများထံ ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံစွာ၊ လွတ်လပ်စွာ သွားရောက်ကူညီနိုင်ရမည်ဖြစ်ပြီး အကူအညီလိုအပ်နေသူများကို ကူညီပေးသူများအားလည်း ထိုသို့ကူညီပေးခြင်းအတွက် အပြစ်ပေးအရေးယူခြင်း မပြုသင့်ပါ။ #PeoplesVoices

#Myanmar military has essentially formalized a human trafficking racket under the guise of military service, w/ ward administrator, police, auxiliary fire brigades, & soldiers operating as localized cartels. End forced deportation & support those fleeing. https://bit.ly/4xTzFrl

People of #Myanmar have made their collective voice clear: they stand in full support of Amb. Kyaw Moe Tun and demand that the #UN retain him as their rightful representative. ✅ Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun must keep his seat. Read more 👇👇 kohmar.substack.com/p/u-kyaw-moe... @pvamplify.bsky.social

Regarding freedom of expression online during August, a total of 9 individuals were arrested for expressing opinions, reacting to posts, or writing comments on social media. More > tinyurl.com/3j8mvy9w #Myanmar #athan #FoE