22nd June 2021 The resistance is getting stronger. In Mandalay, anti-junta cells are in operation but are having to deal with informants. The way the conflicts are developing there will be an increase in bodies floating down the Irrawaddy river. A Mandalay civilian resistance group fighting against the military regime
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20th June 2021 It is becoming apparent that there is a possibility that the revolt against the Junta could succeed. This unlikely possibility is because the Tatmadaw can’t get on top of the dissenters and close down the country. They are finding it impossible to gain control nationally, with
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19th June 2021 A vote took place in the UN on stopping the supply of arms to Myanmar. The results are below. The UN General Assembly has stopped short of calling for a global arms embargo against Myanmar’s military, even as it took the rare step of urging member
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18th June 2021 Below is a press release from the US embassy in Yangon. It confirms the devastation I reported a few days ago. It is nice to see that sources are still holding good. The activists are striking back in Yangon at selected targets. An army truck with regime
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17th June 2021 We have an update on the Managing Editor of Frontier who was arrested at Yangon airport in May. Frontier Myanmar’s managing editor Danny Fenster today appeared in a special court in Yangon’s Insein Prison to face a charge under section 505-A of the Penal Code,
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