Thread by @meemalee

On Mothers’ Day 2021, please spare a thought for the mothers in Myanmar fighting the junta with peaceful civil disobedience.

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Every morning, it’s become routine for mothers to give a blessing to their children leaving the house to take part in the daily protests.

Every morning, mothers around Myanmar realise they may never see their child again.

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Military snipers are deliberately targeting the youth protestors with head shots.

This may be to intimidate, as they know that with the world watching they cannot easily return to their previous method of indiscriminate machine gunfire on whole crowds.

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Remember the names of these fallen children:

Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, someone’s daughter, age 19.

Shot in the head on 4 Feb 2021.

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Wai Yan Tun, someone’s son, age 16.

Shot in the head on 20 Feb 2021.

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Angel Kyal Sin, someone’s daughter, age 19.

Shot in the head on 3 Mar 2021.

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Htet Wai Htoo, someone’s son, age 23.

Shot in the head on 3 March 2021.

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Lin Htet, someone’s son, age 19.

Shot in the head on 11 Mar 2021.

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And the mothers themselves are under attack.

Yesterday in Sein Ban, just south of where my brothers were born, a single mother of three hid 20 young protestors in her home.

She refused to give them up to the junta, so they shot her in the head too.

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Please help everyone in Myanmar by calling on your Government and your representatives to take immediate and swift action toward the military junta - links here linktr.ee/meemalee and in my bio.

And Happy Mothers’ Day 💔

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With music.

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This Mothers’ Day, I’m thinking of all the new mothers and mothers-to-be in in Myanmar, peacefully protesting for a better world for their children.

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This Mothers’ Day, I’m thinking of all the mothers in Myanmar sending their children into the streets to protest peacefully against the coup, not knowing if they will come back alive each day.

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This Mothers’ Day, I’m thinking of all the mothers in Myanmar whose children never came back.

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