Myanmar migrants in Thailand petition NUG for ID cards
A group representing migrant workers from Burma in Thailand shared on Tuesday that it has collected over 1.2 million signatures from its membership, Nov. 1-3, to petition the National Unity Government (NUG) to issue identification documents instead of having to rely on the regime-issued Certificate of Identity (CI).
“We must stop the regime from continuing to exploit our hard-earned money through taxes, remittances, and CI and passport application processes, while killing our families and destroying their lives, homes and property in Myanmar,” the Myanmar Migrant Workers’ Representative Coordinating Committee in Thailand stated on Nov. 3.
The campaign will conclude on Nov. 8 in the hopes of reaching three million signatures. The group added that it would share the petition with Burma’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, who advocates on behalf of the NUG with the international community.
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NLD calls on ASEAN not to undermine democracy in Myanmar
Burma’s ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) party, which governed the country from 2016 up to the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) not to undermine democracy or disregard the democratic aspirations of Myanmar’s people.
“Any engagement with the military coup leaders should be assessed by its actual contribution to ending violence, securing the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners, restoring democracy, and establishing an inclusive political process,” stated a joint letter to ASEAN on Nov. 3—ahead of the regional bloc’s summit in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 16-18.
The NLD, along with 15 interim administrative units established in response to the 2021 coup and representing states and regions across Burma, expressed concern over five ASEAN member states’ recent engagement with regime leader Min Aung Hlaing, after he visited the capitals of Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Malaysia.
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Rohingya activist urges UN to hold Myanmar military accountable
Lucky Karim, the founder of Refugee Women for Peace and Justice (RWPJ), spoke before the U.N. Security Council during its annual open debate on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) on Oct. 27, warning that regional normalization with Burma’s military directly undermines global accountability and abandons women living under systematic violence.
Recalling how she was forced to flee with her family from their homes in Arakan State at the age of 14 alongside nearly one million other Rohingya to spend six years in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Karim said that conditions across Burma have deteriorated dramatically for women and children ever since.
“Women and girls are especially targeted and face increasing sexual and gender-based violence, including in detention facilities. Soldiers gang rape and murder young girls. Armed actors use rape and starvation as weapons of war,” Karim told the U.N. Security Council’s current and incoming members at the Civil Society Forum.
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News by Region
ARAKAN—A source in the Arakan Army (AA) told DVB on the condition of anonymity that regime forces have regained control of Alel village, one of three on Pauktaw Township’s Ngapyi Island, on Wednesday as fighting continues in Pauktaw and Ponnagyun townships, which are 20-131 miles (32-210 km) north and east of the state capital Sittwe.
The island lies roughly one nautical mile (1.6 km) east of the regime’s Shwemingan naval base in Sittwe. Khaing Thukha, the AA spokesperson, stated that the island remains “firmly” under AA control despite sustained regime airstrikes and naval bombardments since the counteroffensive began. Read the full article on our website
KARENNI—The Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) announced that it will provide interest-free microloans to 50 small-scale businesses operating in its territory with applications open from Nov. 1 to Dec. 20. Details of the loan amounts and repayment periods have not been disclosed.
The IEC, which was established by Karenni resistance forces in June 2023 as a provisional government, told DVB that priority will be given to businesses involved in agriculture, livestock, edible oil and animal feed production. Resistance forces have seized control of Mawchi, Mese and Shadaw towns. | SOURCE
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