“In my country, Myanmar, while I’m doing a speech on this day, there are so many people dying, more than 100 people died today. I deeply feel sorry for all the people who have lost their life.” The words of the Miss Grand International beauty pageant’s contestant from
Naomi Levin aijac.org.au Australians are more aware than ever of the brutality of the Iranian regime after details emerged recently of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s inhumane ordeal in Iranian prisons. As this awareness grows, there is reason to hope that international powers may be persuaded to refuse to support
3rd April 2021 Regular readers of these pieces will know that I always try to give a balanced view and occasionally give space to items from The Global New Light of Myanmar, the state-approved English language newspaper, a rival to The Myanmar Times, which has not been published since February
Israel is leading the world in the Covid vaccine roll out. Israel was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic – it reported over 831,000 infections. But in just a few months, after launching a mass vaccination campaign, life is “back to normal”. As of March 15, according to the World
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
Mary You have to wonder how much the New Zealand population is not being told, thanks to the left wing, Ardern-adoring NZ media. It has been reported in The Australian this week that New Zealand is an outlier in not criticising the World Health Organisation report into the origins of
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
Colin Rubenstein aijac.org.au As widely predicted, Israel’s fourth election in two years appears to have failed to provide a clear and decisive winner. After all the votes had been counted, neither incumbent PM Binyamin Netanyahu nor his rivals appeared to have anything like an easy path to
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
Ethan Yang aier.org Ethan joined AIER in 2020 as an Editorial Assistant and is a graduate of Trinity College. He received a BA in Political Science alongside a minor in Legal Studies and Formal Organizations. He currently serves as Local Coordinator at Students for Liberty and the Director of
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
The Prime Minister on the AM show bounced up and down, hands waving madly to distract from her explanations that lacked credibility. You might suspect she suffers from ADHD. What else could it be? Duncan Garner was honoured by her presence after the PM crossed the more annoying media off
While the Morrison government is rightly earning praise for its strong, principled stance against the Chinese regime, the fact remains that it is struggling to overcome a “silent invasion” that has spent decades white-anting Australia’s institutions, at every level. Whether it’s political parties taking literal shopping bags of
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
