In Karenni State earlier this year, I met joint resistance forces from Pa-Oh National Liberation Army and Karenni Nationalities Defence Force. They arrived back from fighting in Shan State against the junta. Took some rest, food, and went back to fight for their country.

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Must-read op-ed on how the political shifts in #Thailand affect the sizable refugee population, and what Thai authorities can do to fulfill the country’s legal obligations wrt refugee rights. By my colleague Thanida “Jam” Piyachot @FortifyRights.

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If you like your economic news analysis in video form, I explained what immigration has to do with the unemployment rate these days, with the help of some excellent editors: https://t.co/wvG1Z4ZS2z

“Policing experts argue that masking by law enforcement is wrong because officers are public servants and are supposed to be accountable to the public. Hiding behind a mask makes that harder. Yes, officers’ jobs can be dangerous, but being publicly identifiable goes along with

Great article by my friend Ben Rogers of @FortifyRights about the "Davos of Dictators" gathering recently organized by Xi Jinping and the authoritarians of #China. https://t.co/eldqfetfBj

As certain analysts on Myanmar have breathlessly focused on recent Junta successes from strategic-level (unsustainable) combined arms offensives to retake some towns, it's really worth noting the other side of that equation: the complete erosion of Junta forces from the

Resistance forces captured the town of Kanthayar last year, it's 10km from a division-level garrison right outside a military town. Yet they haven't been able to advance at all, despite heavy artillery support. https://t.co/BtByscUXyi "It looks like the junta has taken heavy

In Kawkareik, where the Junta has "thrown everything" at reopening a road captured by the Resistance in late 2023, "The 90-day campaign launched in early August to reclaim the Kawkareik-Myawaddy road remains stalled near the outskirts of Kawkareik town." https://t.co/avCyoSTsGd

In Waingmaw, directly across the river from the Kachin capital, a major offensive push has tried to reopen the >150km road to Pangwa, the rare-earth mining centre of Burma that was captured by the Resistance last year. They've made it LESS than 1km. More than a week after the

In Indawgyi region, the Junta began an offensive with hundreds of troops from Nam Mun town in May. To the north they have yet to make it the 2.5km to the next village. It took them 2 months to advance one village to the west. They briefly captured a 2nd village (!!) along that

In Kyaukphyu, Junta propaganda channels today are bragging about 'recapturing' the Kyaukphyu electrical substation, and 'sending the enemy fleeing'. The only problem is that the substation is >1.5km inside of the Junta frontlines that have been stable for months.

There's clearly been a strategic push across the country to recapture significant areas before the sham elections scheduled for the end of the year, clearly bouyed by forced conscription. It is having meaningful success along 3 (maybe 4) fronts, and faltering practically

When people get so excited about those three examples, as if they shift the strategic calculus of the war, and overlook the other examples that go nowhere, perhaps they should reconsider whether this is analysis or merely latching onto talking points.

Please read for anyone interested in Myanmar. “This is NOT a regime that is close to changing the trajectory of Burma,” writes @Nrg8000.

In Karenni State, @sai_rights and I visited Daw Si Ei School in Demoso just weeks after it was attacked by the junta, killing four children. A mother who lost her child told us at @FortifyRights: “The first time I saw my son after the airstrike… his body was deformed.”

An important thread from my @FortifyRights colleague @john_hq3 I'm hugely proud of my colleagues at Fortify Rights for this incredibly important report which deserves to be very widely read #SaveMyanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

@Sai_Rights @FortifyRights We also visited residents that were attacked by junta airstrikes in Loi Nan Pha village. A woman resident of Loi Nan Pha village in Karenni State holds bomb fragments from a Myanmar junta airstrike on her village. ©Min Htet San, 2024. Read the full report on airstrikes