Chris Gunness #Burma8888, Director Myanmar Accountability Project, Ex UN Director of Advocacy & Communications, Ex BBC Correspondent & Anchor. Usual rules.

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Joined June 2021
Not for the first time, Myanmar refugees in South East Asia are being squeezed by domestic political considerations, which Min Aung Hlaing is exploiting to the full, not least to legitimise his illegitimate dictatorship myanmar-now.org/en/news/from…
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Indonesia has the law, the file and the standing to lead ASEAN on accountability. A leader accused of genocide in Jakarta’s own prosecutors’ files does not belong on a state visit’s red carpet. Press on with the investigation instead. #ASEAN #JusticeForRohingya
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In April Indonesia’s AG accepted its first universal jurisdiction case: genocide against the Rohingya, filed by survivor Yasmin Ullah and 10 Indonesians incl. ex-AG Marzuki Darusman. Welcoming the accused as an honoured guest would mock Indonesia’s own law. #Myanmar #Rohingya
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Myanmar’s dictatorship says Min Aung Hlaing may visit Indonesia. Jakarta already holds a genocide file against him, accepted by prosecutors in April under Indonesia’s new universal jurisdiction law. Act on it; don’t roll out a red carpet. #Rohingya
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The Rohingya in Malaysia are spared the brutalities of the genocidal regime that would have come with repatriation, but they remain an excluded, vulnerable population, urgently needing protection, accountability for genocide & a just & lasting political solution to their plight.
At his press conference with @anwaribrahim in KL Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar would only take back those with verified citizenship. This means no Rohingyas will be going back under this agreement, despite Anwar saying this visit was meant to deal with the Rohingya refugee problem
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The junta says it has sought Interpol Red Notices against exiled journalists. Interpol's rules bar political cases, & it refused a near-identical junta request in 2022. As a former journalist & Director of MAP, I offer solidarity/support to truth-tellers everywhere #PressFreedom
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Bravo, Ambassador @AmbassadorTun. At the UN Third Committee on 6 Oct he told the world to reject the junta, hold those who commit atrocities accountable and stand with the people of Myanmar, even as the generals claim to have revoked his status. Principled and clear. #Myanmar
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Sickening to see the junta claim they are rescuing Myanmar national abroad from hardship.
the Myanmar regime itself has shared new figures, also noting 1905 individuals returned from Cambodia & 26 from India: gnlm.com.mm/tatmadaw-naval-v… 8041 individuals noted returned from Malaysia from January-August via air (+ the 1476 now returned by sea):
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Dozens killed in Myanmar by recent junta airstrikes. The response from ASEAN chair, the Philippines? It is "closely monitoring" and "expresses concern", and it will be "guided by consensus". No condemnation. Massacres need more than diplomatic throat-clearing. #ASEAN #Myanmar
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Myanmar nationals detained in 15 IDCs have been returned: 1,476 by sea on 29 September, 4,021 by air from 1 June to 30 September. They are also at risk, eg of forced conscription. Please Dear Journos, don't forget those returned by air. 2 days ago another 163 were flown back
Thank you Jonathan. You are 100% right. But there is a palpable fear among the Rohingya communities in Malaysia where they have always been 10th class non-citizens, hence my call for international protection. & their fears only grow in light of the "dance" between MAH & Anwar.
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Thank you Jonathan. You are 100% right. But there is a palpable fear among the Rohingya communities in Malaysia where they have always been 10th class non-citizens, hence my call for international protection. & their fears only grow in light of the "dance" between MAH & Anwar.
Replying to @MyanmarAProject
Fair point Chris but I’d be amazed if any Rohingyas are ever sent back to Myanmar. There is nowhere for them to go - the regime is not going to end its ban on them living outside Rakhine. Anwar’s dance with MAH is to show Malaysians he’s doing something about the Rohingya issue.
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MAP condemns the abhorrent treatment of the Rohingya/Burmese in Malaysia. Genocide victims/refugees need international protection from @UNHumanRights @Refugees. They must not be handed over to the genocidal Burmese junta.
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The ICC accuses Min Aung Hlaing of deporting Rohingya OUT of Myanmar. Now Malaysia's PM Anwar is preparing to roll out the red carpet so the junta can deport them BACK. Rights groups call it a potential "death sentence." This is not diplomacy, it's complicity. #JusticeForRohingya
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Min Aung Hlaing is heading to Malaysia to discuss deporting more Rohingya to the Myanmar military that drove them out through genocide. He should be in The Hague given the ICC arrest warrant against him for deportation/persecution of the Rohingya. #AccountabilityNow #Rohingya
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Malaysia hands over 100s of unprotected Myanmar refugees to the murderous junta which just this week carried out the Kyauktaw market massacre, killing 50+ people. Hundreds of thousand face a similar fate. Why is @Refugees not raising a global outcry? @UNReliefChief, + you?
Malaysia is putting people on a Myanmar Navy ship, UMS Moattama, and sending them back into the hands of the military they fled. Calling it “repatriation” does not make it safe. For anyone at risk of persecution, this is refoulement by sea.
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Given that China/Russia will veto, @MyanmarAProject demands that national courts in Indonesia, Timor-Leste & the Philippines (where we have cases) investigate.
🚨 The junta is losing ground on the battlefield — and taking it out on children. 214 children killed in under a year in #Myanmar — 61% by junta airstrikes. 🔴 UN Security Council must refer the junta to #ICC. 🔴 Sanction the junta & its enablers. More: bit.ly/4rHwW1S
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Myanmar's generals bomb markets because they believe no court will ever reach them. Universal jurisdiction says otherwise. The @UN_HRC must open investigations into the #Kyauktaw massacre now. War crimes have no statute of limitations. #Accountability
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Kyauktaw is not an aberration. A school in the same township in 2025. Mrauk-U hospital in December. Now a market. Every airstrike has a chain of command, from pilot to general. Every name can be documented. Every one can be prosecuted. #WarCrimes #Myanmar
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Yesterday a junta fighter jet dropped two bombs on the main wholesale market in Kyauktaw, #Rakhine. At least 49 reported dead, 58 injured: vendors, shoppers, passers-by. Bombing a crowded civilian market is a war crime. Those who ordered it must face trial. #MyanmarMilitary
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