1st April 2021 Underneath is the reason why it is so difficult to get information from Myanmar. Mobile networks have been offline since 15th March and network connectivity is sporadic to say the least. Meanwhile resistance continues to grow and the EAOs are becoming more active. Below is a clip
1st April 2021 With the impending involvement of more EAOs in the resistance to the Coup, I thought that it may help to provide a couple of maps showing the ethnic groups in Myanmar and the location of EAOs. (Ethnic Armed Organisations). If the EAOs manage to get together with
31st March 2021 The protests and the slaughter continues. The type of weapons being deployed escalates as seen in the video clip below. Taken in South Dagon, Yangon, a poor suburb. In further news today, the CPRH (various representatives of the NLD and other elected personnel) rescinded the 2008 constitution
30th March 2021 During these pieces about Myanmar, I have tried to give an assessment of the situation other than the daily headcount and pictures of demonstrations and people being shot. I have suggested that because the CDM is still protesting and the EAOs are getting organised that the Senior
28th March 2021 The Tatmadaw are increasing the variety of weapons they are deploying against the public. The regime would probably prefer it if we stopped referring to such weapons as RPGs. They are from now on to be described as SMPC Shoulder-Mounted Peace Cannons. The air raids on Karen
28th March 2021 In a new low of depravity, even for the amoral regime, a protestor was shot and refused treatment before being burned alive by the authorities. A neighborhood watch member was burned alive after being injured by gunfire from Myanmar’s security forces in Aungmyethazan Township, Mandalay, on
27th March 2021 Below is the breakdown of today’s death toll by region. This does not account for fatalities where the authorities drag away the bodies and dispose of them elsewhere. The situation is escalating so much that civil war is becoming increasingly likely especially with a debilitating escalation
27th March 2021 The message below was broadcast to the sound of soothing, tinkling piano music on the eve of Armed Forces Day (used to be revolution day). Translation “This isn’t anything like video games you play, your heads or backs would be shots just like your friends who
26th March 2021 Below is a letter from the Karen National Union to Min Aung Hlaing. It is a translation of the original Burmese letter sent to the General. This spells trouble for the regime and you can be sure that the KNU are talking to other EAOs. The Kachin
March 24th, 2021. Yesterday was the anniversary of the imposition of the first lockdown in the UK. I went on a visit to St Austell, a market town and centre of the once thriving china clay industry. St Austell, with a population of 20,000, is one of the larger
25th March 2021 Armed resistance to the coup regime is building. The Kachin Independence Army have started to engage the Tatmadaw in limited actions. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a major ethnic armed group based in Kachin State, has occupied a strategically important hill in Bhamo District held by Myanmar’
24th March 2021 It takes a lot to leave me speechless, but today, words fail me. Troops and police raided a house in Mandalay and deliberately opened fire, killing a 7-year-old girl sitting on her father’s lap having a cuddle. Unfortunately, this is now typical of the sociopaths recruited
23rd March 2021 Below is the latest tally of deaths recorded in Myanmar. The real death toll is actually much more than this due to the new tactics employed by the police and the Tatmadaw. Where possible, they are dragging the bodies away and disposing of them, not reporting back
22nd March 2021 We start today with a T-shirt that has been designed to be worn, initially in private, but in public once the protestors win. Optimistic I know, but it makes its point. Below are some of the weapons employed against the civilians involved in the protest movement. Below
19th March 2021 I am a little short of information today, but I reproduce an article below in full which underlines what I have been saying would be a major cause of trouble for the coup leaders. If they manage to get the concept of a federal Burma off the
18th March 2021 Malaysia issued a formal statement today which, by ASEAN standards is as hard-hitting as it gets. Western governments chipped in with their condemnation of the coup. The Military are losing support amongst the monks. This is unusual in that the monks are joining other groups to express
