Su Thit has a table in a corner by the window in her home. She no longer sits there at night. “You never know when the bullets will fly,” she says.
She fears the Myanmar military might shoot at random. At 8 pm, when people still bang pots and pans in protest, security forces will sometimes fire at the sounds with slingshots, stones, bullets.
Su Thit, a pseudonym she is using for her safety, lives in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. She began protesting in early February, when demonstrators swarmed the streets in defiance of a military coup that toppled the country’s quasi-democratic government and detained its civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 5:45 am
Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees
from Myanmar
(Bangkok, May 12, 2021)–The Government
of Thailand should protect refugees from Myanmar from being
forcibly returned and establish protection mechanisms in
line with international human rights law, Fortify Rights
said today. On March 19, Thai Prime Minister Prayut
Chan-o-cha instructed government agencies to prevent
“illegal immigration” from Myanmar, according to
government meeting minutes. In line with this order, a Thai
provincial official confirmed to Fortify Rights that Thai
authorities this week returned to Myanmar at least 2,000
refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Karen
State.
“The Thai government should be
preparing to protect refugees rather than prevent border
Press Release – Fortify Rights Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees from Myanmar (Bangkok, May 12, 2021)The Government of Thailand should protect refugees from Myanmar from being forcibly returned and establish protection mechanisms in line with international …
Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees from Myanmar
(Bangkok, May 12, 2021)–The Government of Thailand should protect refugees from Myanmar from being forcibly returned and establish protection mechanisms in line with international human rights law, Fortify Rights said today. On March 19, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed government agencies to prevent “illegal immigration” from Myanmar, according to government meeting minutes. In line with this order, a Thai provincial official confirmed to Fortify Rights that Thai authorities this week returned to Myanmar at least 2,000 refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Karen State.
Myanmar disappears young men to crush uprising
Many families of the 3,500 people arrested since the coup do not know their loved ones’
whereabouts, but send food to prisons, hoping that it reaches them and is not sent back
By Victoria Milko and Kristen Gelineau / AP, JAKARTA
Myanmar’s security forces moved in, and the street lamps went black. In house after house, people shut off their lights. Darkness swallowed the block.
Huddled inside her home in this neighborhood of Yangon, 19-year-old Shwe dared to peek out her window into the inky night. A flashlight shone back, and a man’s voice ordered her not to look.
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In this on Feb 19, 2021 file photo, military trucks with soldiers inside are parked behind police standing guard behind a road barricade in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo: AP Photo)
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YANGON: Myanmar’s security forces moved in and the street lamps went black. In house after house, people shut off their lights. Darkness swallowed the block.
Huddled inside her home in this neighbourhood of Yangon, 19-year-old Shwe dared to peek out her window into the inky night. A flashlight shone back, and a man’s voice ordered her not to look.