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Meta’s new content policies risk fueling more mass violence and genocide

Source: Amnesty International

Published on Feb. 17, 2025, 8:42 a.m.

As one former Meta employee recently told Platformer, “I really think this is a precursor for genocide […] We’ve seen it happen. Real people’s lives are actually going to be endangered.”

By Pat de Brún, Head of Big Tech Accountability at Amnesty International

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In 2024 alone, at least 35 people died in prison due to a lack of adequate healthcare

Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 11:04 p.m.

An interview with Ko Thaik Tun Oo, a leading committee member of Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar (PPNM), about the human rights violations in junta-controlled prisons, health care, and family visits to prisoners.

Interview | Ko Thaik Tun Oo, leading committee member of Political Prisoners Network-Myanmar

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Nine opposition groups announce drafting of laws for federal transition period

Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 11 p.m.

The nine groups, comprising Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs) and ethnic/state representative committees, stated that they are amending the AFTA, which has constitutional-level impact, as they advance together toward a federal union following the principle of “strong states for a strong union.”

Karen Information Center

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Jalsa Ceremony Held in AA-Administered Mrauk-U Area to Present Quran Recitation Certificates

Source: Narinjara News

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 3:55 p.m.

The event occurred in Mrauk-U Township in early February 2025, featuring officials from the Arakan Army. The event was attended by Quran reciters, religious figures, Muslim village leaders, and local residents

Naung Min Thu, Narinjara News

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Meeting held to discuss security along Thai-Myanmar border

Source: The Nation

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 3:24 p.m.

Commander of Naresuan Force acknowledges ongoing security threats stemming from cross-border conflicts, criminal activities

The Nation

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Refugees face deepening crisis

Source: Bangkok Post

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 3:16 p.m.

Clinics have shut their doors. Medicines are running out. Lives are now hanging in the balance.

Editorial | Bangkok Post

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Myanmar raid nets 29 suspects

Source: Bangkok Post

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 3:09 p.m.

Online gambling dens in Tachileik linked to Thai couple in Chiang Mai

Anucha Charoenpo; Mongkol Bangprapa

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Chinese assistant minister visits Mae Sot and Myawaddy

Source: The Nation

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 9:39 a.m.

He reviewed border screening measures and later travelled to Shwe Kokko to observe efforts to crack down on scam networks.

The Nation

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Dhaka for including Rohingya issue in OIC’s 10-year action plan

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

Published on Feb. 16, 2025, 8:52 a.m.

Dhaka has called for the inclusion of the Rohingya repatriation issue in the OIC’s Ten-Year Plan of Action (2026-2035), emphasizing the need for the organization’s continued advocacy for the sustainable return of the Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar.  

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha

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Junta leader accuses foreign countries on Union Day of worsening Myanmar’s internal conflicts

Source: Mizzima

Published on Feb. 15, 2025, 11:10 p.m.

During a message delivered at the 78th Union Day ceremony in Naypyidaw on 12 February, Myanmar’s junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, accused certain foreign nations of deliberately exacerbating the country’s internal conflicts, pushing them toward a regional crisis.

Mizzima

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