@markfarmaner.bsky.social
Director, Burma Campaign UK. Working for human rights and democracy in Burma/Myanmar.
“It’s wonderful news for the prisoners...But as expected” political prisoners are being used “for public relations purposes by Burmese military to try to build a fake narrative of reform”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Myanmar’s military rulers grant amnesty to thousands ahead of election
Order reduces sentences for 3,085 people and drops charges against another 5,580 people still at large.
www.aljazeera.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“It’s wonderful news for the prisoners...But as expected” political prisoners are being used “for public relations purposes by Burmese military to try to build a fake narrative of reform”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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“We are witnessing a farcical situation where they are raiding their own town to destroy facilities they helped build and which they have been profiting from,” said Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK. www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
US, China Spur Southeast Asian Scam Crackdown
Myanmar kingpin extradited to China, but skepticism over crackdown remains
www.asiasentinel.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“We are witnessing a farcical situation where they are raiding their own town to destroy facilities they helped build and which they have been profiting from,” said Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK. www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
“We are witnessing a farcical situation where they are raiding their own town to destroy facilities they helped build and which they have been profiting from,” said Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK.
www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
US, China Spur Southeast Asian Scam Crackdown
Myanmar kingpin extradited to China, but skepticism over crackdown remains
www.asiasentinel.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“We are witnessing a farcical situation where they are raiding their own town to destroy facilities they helped build and which they have been profiting from,” said Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK.
www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
www.asiasentinel.com/p/us-china-s...
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📢Latest #Myanmar Humanitarian Update
🚨Civilian casualties and new displacement continue daily
🍚Myanmar is now a hunger hotspot of “very high concern”, with nutrition situation worsening in Rakhine
📈The 2025 HNRP is only 15% funded
reliefweb.int/report/myanm...
🚨Civilian casualties and new displacement continue daily
🍚Myanmar is now a hunger hotspot of “very high concern”, with nutrition situation worsening in Rakhine
📈The 2025 HNRP is only 15% funded
reliefweb.int/report/myanm...
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
📢Latest #Myanmar Humanitarian Update
🚨Civilian casualties and new displacement continue daily
🍚Myanmar is now a hunger hotspot of “very high concern”, with nutrition situation worsening in Rakhine
📈The 2025 HNRP is only 15% funded
reliefweb.int/report/myanm...
🚨Civilian casualties and new displacement continue daily
🍚Myanmar is now a hunger hotspot of “very high concern”, with nutrition situation worsening in Rakhine
📈The 2025 HNRP is only 15% funded
reliefweb.int/report/myanm...
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GB News broadcasted a package last week on analysis of people with "foreign sounding" names.
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
GB News broadcasted a package last week on analysis of people with "foreign sounding" names.
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
Peddling unverified and racist statistics on national TV is dangerous and we must call it out.
The Liberal Democrats are calling on Ofcom to investigate and take swift action.
Anna Sabine MP
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Locals say the military is stepping up air and ground assaults across Sagaing ahead of planned elections, targeting villages with no active resistance presence
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Locals say the military is stepping up air and ground assaults across Sagaing ahead of planned elections, targeting villages with no active resistance presence
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...
It is now more than a year since the British government brought in new sanctions to stop arms, money and equipment to the Burmese military.
Every day the death toll rises.
Email the British Foreign Secretary calling on the British government to act.
action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
Every day the death toll rises.
Email the British Foreign Secretary calling on the British government to act.
action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
Tell the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again
It is almost a year now since the British government imposed any new sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. While the British government fails to act, the Burmese milita...
action.burmacampaign.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
It is now more than a year since the British government brought in new sanctions to stop arms, money and equipment to the Burmese military.
Every day the death toll rises.
Email the British Foreign Secretary calling on the British government to act.
action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
Every day the death toll rises.
Email the British Foreign Secretary calling on the British government to act.
action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
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ASEAN must unequivocally reject the Burmese military's sham election. ASEAN must not send observers or provide any form of technical or political support to the Burmese military. ASEAN must stand firmly in solidarity with the people of Burma.
#ASEANSummit2025
#ASEANMalaysia2025
#ASEANSummit2025
#ASEANMalaysia2025
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
ASEAN must unequivocally reject the Burmese military's sham election. ASEAN must not send observers or provide any form of technical or political support to the Burmese military. ASEAN must stand firmly in solidarity with the people of Burma.
#ASEANSummit2025
#ASEANMalaysia2025
#ASEANSummit2025
#ASEANMalaysia2025
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🚨 LAST CALL!
Apply for the Digital Storytelling Workshop—November 27–29, 2025, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Strengthen your storytelling & communication skills to share stories that inspire change.
🕒 Deadline: Nov 2, 2025
📩 [email protected]
Apply for the Digital Storytelling Workshop—November 27–29, 2025, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Strengthen your storytelling & communication skills to share stories that inspire change.
🕒 Deadline: Nov 2, 2025
📩 [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨 LAST CALL!
Apply for the Digital Storytelling Workshop—November 27–29, 2025, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Strengthen your storytelling & communication skills to share stories that inspire change.
🕒 Deadline: Nov 2, 2025
📩 [email protected]
Apply for the Digital Storytelling Workshop—November 27–29, 2025, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Strengthen your storytelling & communication skills to share stories that inspire change.
🕒 Deadline: Nov 2, 2025
📩 [email protected]
It is almost a year since the British government last sanctioned the Burmese military. Email the British foreign secretary via this link and tell her to do more to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
Tell the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again
It is almost a year now since the British government imposed any new sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. While the British government fails to act, the Burmese milita...
action.burmacampaign.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It is almost a year since the British government last sanctioned the Burmese military. Email the British foreign secretary via this link and tell her to do more to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
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It is almost a year now since the British government imposed any new sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. Tell the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
Tell the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again
It is almost a year now since the British government imposed any new sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. While the British government fails to act, the Burmese milita...
action.burmacampaign.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It is almost a year now since the British government imposed any new sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military. Tell the British government to start sanctioning the Burmese military again. action.burmacampaign.org.uk/new-sanction...
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume imposing regular sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military.
It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military.
burmacampaign.org.uk/british-gove...
It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military.
burmacampaign.org.uk/british-gove...
British government must resume sanctioning the Burmese military
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume imposing regular sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military.
It is almost a year since the British gover...
burmacampaign.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to resume imposing regular sanctions to cut revenue, arms and equipment to the Burmese military.
It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military.
burmacampaign.org.uk/british-gove...
It is almost a year since the British government imposed any new sanctions on the Burmese military.
burmacampaign.org.uk/british-gove...
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❌⛽️ Ban jet fuel exports to #Myanmar!
Weekly update on the situation in Karen, Mon & Dawei since the failed coup: October 2025 | Week Three
⚠️ 47+ Arrested
⚠️ 39+ Detained
⚠️ 26+ Injured
⚠️ 12+ Killed
Airstrikes continue to pose a concern. In HURFOM areas, such incidents are recurring & causing immense fear.
⚠️ 47+ Arrested
⚠️ 39+ Detained
⚠️ 26+ Injured
⚠️ 12+ Killed
Airstrikes continue to pose a concern. In HURFOM areas, such incidents are recurring & causing immense fear.
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
❌⛽️ Ban jet fuel exports to #Myanmar!
Countries which rejected the sham 2010 election went on to lift sanctions and back the military installed regime which followed. Our briefing paper warns that the military are trying to repeat the same trick.
burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
The Burmese Military's 'Elections': New Date, New Danger, Same Sham
The Burmese military are planning new elections at the end of 2025. They will clearly be a total sham and mostly rejected internationally and domestically. The Burmese military know this but are calcu...
burmacampaign.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Countries which rejected the sham 2010 election went on to lift sanctions and back the military installed regime which followed. Our briefing paper warns that the military are trying to repeat the same trick.
burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefi...
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International action against cyber scams and human trafficking cannot succeed without targeting the root cause — the Myanmar military, which needs funds to continue its campaign of terror against the people.
China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams
The Ming family ran “scam parks” from a Myanmar town near the Chinese border that fueled billion-dollar fraud and other crimes, where those who tried to escape were beaten or killed.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
International action against cyber scams and human trafficking cannot succeed without targeting the root cause — the Myanmar military, which needs funds to continue its campaign of terror against the people.
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The renowned singer Ah Moon is performing in London on the 1st November. Get your ticket here www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket... and raise urgent funds for people fleeing conflict in the Bhamo region. If you can't make it, you can also donate to the urgent appeal at kachinrelief.org.uk/urgent-appeal/
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The renowned singer Ah Moon is performing in London on the 1st November. Get your ticket here www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket... and raise urgent funds for people fleeing conflict in the Bhamo region. If you can't make it, you can also donate to the urgent appeal at kachinrelief.org.uk/urgent-appeal/
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📡 A Myanmar Witness investigation documents evidence that up to 3 Czech Let L410 aircraft may now be with Myanmar Air Force.
✈️ One plane has been re-registered and flying under junta control
✈️ Two more followed in 2025
⚠️ Possible breach of EU sanctions
Read their investigation:
✈️ One plane has been re-registered and flying under junta control
✈️ Two more followed in 2025
⚠️ Possible breach of EU sanctions
Read their investigation:
Tracing flights: Has a Czech company supplied aircraft to the Myanmar Air Force?
Using flight tracking data, call signs and satellite imagery, Myanmar Witness has gathered evidence indicating that Czech company Let Aircraft Industries, part of Omnipol, may have supplied the…
buff.ly
September 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
📡 A Myanmar Witness investigation documents evidence that up to 3 Czech Let L410 aircraft may now be with Myanmar Air Force.
✈️ One plane has been re-registered and flying under junta control
✈️ Two more followed in 2025
⚠️ Possible breach of EU sanctions
Read their investigation:
✈️ One plane has been re-registered and flying under junta control
✈️ Two more followed in 2025
⚠️ Possible breach of EU sanctions
Read their investigation:
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Japanese payments biz JCB partners with Myanmar’s UAB Bank as an acquirer. UAB is a crony-owned bank exposed to international sanctions.
We sent JCB a letter on July 17 with questions — NO REPLY.
Letter sent with @mekongwatch.bsky.social & Japan groups. 📄 buff.ly/KgmdJ2A
We sent JCB a letter on July 17 with questions — NO REPLY.
Letter sent with @mekongwatch.bsky.social & Japan groups. 📄 buff.ly/KgmdJ2A
September 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Japanese payments biz JCB partners with Myanmar’s UAB Bank as an acquirer. UAB is a crony-owned bank exposed to international sanctions.
We sent JCB a letter on July 17 with questions — NO REPLY.
Letter sent with @mekongwatch.bsky.social & Japan groups. 📄 buff.ly/KgmdJ2A
We sent JCB a letter on July 17 with questions — NO REPLY.
Letter sent with @mekongwatch.bsky.social & Japan groups. 📄 buff.ly/KgmdJ2A
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Rohingya collect their food rations at a World Food Programme (WFP) e-voucher outlet in a refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during a media visit, which included DVB, on Aug. 26. The WFP has decreased the food ration amount rom $12 to $5.90 USD per person, per month since April.
#Rohingya
#Rohingya
August 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Rohingya collect their food rations at a World Food Programme (WFP) e-voucher outlet in a refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during a media visit, which included DVB, on Aug. 26. The WFP has decreased the food ration amount rom $12 to $5.90 USD per person, per month since April.
#Rohingya
#Rohingya
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Birmanie: «Aucun espoir que la situation s'améliore et que les Rohingyas puissent rentrer chez eux»
Birmanie: «Aucun espoir que la situation s'améliore et que les Rohingyas puissent rentrer chez eux»
Il y a huit ans, plus d'un million de Birmans appartenant à la minorité musulmane des Rohingyas, persécutés par l'armée birmane, fuyaient vers le Bangladesh voisin. Aujourd'hui encore, ces réfugiés vivent dans des camps surpeuplés et ne peuvent pas retourner dans leur pays ravagé par la guerre civile. Mark Farmaner, directeur de Burma Campaign, ONG qui milite pour les droits humains et la démocratie en Birmanie, regrette que justice n'ait toujours pas été rendue aux victimes.
www.rfi.fr
August 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Birmanie: «Aucun espoir que la situation s'améliore et que les Rohingyas puissent rentrer chez eux»
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Important new Shan Human Rights Foundation report reveals 19 rare earth mining sites in territory controlled by the National Democratic Alliance Army, aka Mong La army, in Shan State's Mong Yawng township near the Mekong River & China border (short thread).
shanhumanrights.org/satellite-im...
shanhumanrights.org/satellite-im...
Satellite images and videos reveal 19 rare earth mines in NDAA-controlled area of eastern Shan State near Mekong River - Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF)
Satellite images from May 2025 and recent video footage reveal nineteen rare earth mining sites under the control of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA or “Mong La” army) in Mong Yawng townsh...
shanhumanrights.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Important new Shan Human Rights Foundation report reveals 19 rare earth mining sites in territory controlled by the National Democratic Alliance Army, aka Mong La army, in Shan State's Mong Yawng township near the Mekong River & China border (short thread).
shanhumanrights.org/satellite-im...
shanhumanrights.org/satellite-im...
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At least 21 people incl. 3 pregnant women were killed on Thurs night when #Burma’s junta bombed a residential area in #Mogok, a TNLA-controlled ruby-mining town in #MandalayRegion. Yet another example of junta bombing its own ppl to keep grip on power.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SanctionAviationFuel
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SanctionAviationFuel
A nighttime bombing leveled a residential area near a monastery in the ruby-mining town, with search teams still recovering bodies from the hillside site
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...
Read more:
myanmar-now.org/en/news/junt...
August 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
At least 21 people incl. 3 pregnant women were killed on Thurs night when #Burma’s junta bombed a residential area in #Mogok, a TNLA-controlled ruby-mining town in #MandalayRegion. Yet another example of junta bombing its own ppl to keep grip on power.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SanctionAviationFuel
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #SanctionAviationFuel
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#Myanmar now ranks third globally for drone events — behind only Ukraine & Russia — as the junta ramps up investment to counter opposition forces.
A new @theguardian.com piece using #ACLED data examines the conflict’s scale: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A new @theguardian.com piece using #ACLED data examines the conflict’s scale: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Myanmar military junta using European technology for drone attacks, report says
Junta obtained ‘anti-jamming’ product made in Europe through a Chinese company, research finds, triggering calls for tighter sanctions
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
#Myanmar now ranks third globally for drone events — behind only Ukraine & Russia — as the junta ramps up investment to counter opposition forces.
A new @theguardian.com piece using #ACLED data examines the conflict’s scale: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A new @theguardian.com piece using #ACLED data examines the conflict’s scale: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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3/ The situation is worse than 2016-2017 genocide, largely because people have no access to communications in #Rakhine State while they face the AA's forced transfer, displacement, systematic starvation & other atrocities. We need immediate attention to this ongoing genocide.
August 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
3/ The situation is worse than 2016-2017 genocide, largely because people have no access to communications in #Rakhine State while they face the AA's forced transfer, displacement, systematic starvation & other atrocities. We need immediate attention to this ongoing genocide.