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Weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & so is the events 🧵

3 years ago, Warit, who was 15 was shot near Din Daeng police station while participating in a pro-democracy demonstration.
He died 2 months later.

Today Thai allies protested for justice!
#ทวงความยุติธรรมให้วาฤทธิ์
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There are 9 events in the calendar this weekend. 2 exhibitions, 1 conference, 3 film events, 1 protest, 1 campaign & 1 talk.

All details can be found in the calendar as usual:

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Sat:
@MekongWatch, @NPOayus &
@LotusProject1 hold screenings of "Above & Below the ground"
&
Free Burma action committee - San Francisco weekly protest! In solidarity with the Spring revolution!
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@MekongWatch @NPOayus @LotusProject1 Sat & Sun:
@TheFortSpace hold 4 screenings of "Lost and hope", a feature film about the strength & resistance of the Karenni people!

Sun:
@EngageMedia kick-off "Digital rights in Asia-pacific 2024" conference.
&
@peoplesgoal2022 hold their Sunday talk show!
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@MekongWatch @NPOayus @LotusProject1 @TheFortSpace @EngageMedia @peoplesgoal2022 Ongoing:
Travel Unbound exhibition at the Hong-Gah Museum
&
@freedomfilmfesta continue their 20th annual human rights film festival!
&
Exhibition at
@baccnews "Humanitarian and peace: The Voice of hope amidst the knives"
&
Campaign: #StrikeforPalestineTH w/ @THforPalestine
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That's all the events we have for now. Thanks to those that sent us events or tagged us in them!

Few highlights b4 we close.

Earlier this year @breadrosesDSA @tempest_mag held a series of talks on Labor in China, these talks are now published 👇

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Then 255 orgs in Myanmar inc @bloodmoney22222 @GscbMyanmar @GSCN_Strike sent a congratulatory letter to the students & people of Bangladesh for their successful revolution, honoured the sacrifice of those that died. Worth a read.

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Then this piece by @farooq_ro is an important one:
"A genocide against the Rohingya is continuing to unfold with global inaction" speaks on the recent continued attacks on the Rohingya. Calls on the international community to protect them!


/8english.dvb.no/a-genocide-aga…
Yesterday @RayhanAsat & Min Kim released a new report w/@Yale Macmillan Center Genocide Studies Program examining the mass imprisonment of #uyghurs under China’s authoritarian regime. An important documentation of what is happening there.


/9 gsp.yale.edu/sites/default/…

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Then lastly for 100 weeks activists in Chiang Mai have protested for the release political prisoners in Thailand 🫡

good piece highlighting their dedicated campaign in @prachatai_en

#FreeOurFriends


/10prachataienglish.com/node/11074
There is a lot going on, lots of injustice to fight but as we've said before there are a lot of people & groups fighting for a better future, u not alone in it all.
We are together, across borders, contexts & struggles.

Take care #milkteaalliance
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Oct 13, 2024
New week is upon us #MilkTeaAlliance & a good % of the events this week are in Thailand.

So it seems appropriate to open with this letter in @KhaosodEnglish by a Burmese refugee & activist, a heartfelt call for solidarity, friendship &cooperation.


1/khaosodenglish.com/opinion/2024/1…
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Lot has happened this week #milkteaalliance & we will get to some of the highlights at the end of the upcoming events🧵for this weekend.

To begin though 240 Myanmar orgs called on ASEAN to finally take real action to prevent the junta's violence 👇🏼

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A new week dawns & so here is the upcoming events 🧵for the week #MilkTeaAlliance. B4 we begin today is the 48th year since the October 6th Massacre at Thammasat University, Thailand. @ManushyaFdn have produced a good explainer on what happened that day
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There are 8 events in the calendar for this week: 3 exhibitions, 3 webinars, 1 workshop & 1 fundraiser.

Full details can be found in the google calendar here:

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Wed:
@PVamplify with Karenni National Women’s Organization, Karenni Civil Society Network & Union of Karenni State Youth  hold launch of paper “Federalism from the Ground Up: The Karenni Model of Nation-State Building” w/ @khinohmar Banya Khung Aung, Alar & Andrea
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Weekend is here #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the🧵of events we know are happening.

B4 we start this article worth a read on impact of conflict between the AA & Junta in Rakhine on minority communities by @hpanja_brang @EmilyFishbein11 & @myothazin_nwe
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Full details can be found here:

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Sat:
@THforPalestine @PSCThailand &
@seriipalestine will hold Solidarity actions for Palestine in Bangkok & Chiang Mai! (see their accounts for March guidelines)
&
Free Burma action committee - San Francisco hold their weekly solidarity protest for resistance in Burma!
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Sep 29, 2024
New week is almost here #MilkTeaAlliance & so here is the weeks upcoming events🧵

B4 we start in Thailand there are many cases related to Freedom of expression & assembly in Oct, some of those in court are our friends & allies. They should be free!

1/ tlhr2014.com/archives/70209
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Full details of all events can be found in the calendar:

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Mon:
@TheFortSpace hold "The Fort Talks: Crimes in Archival Form" A Conversation with Dr. Ken MacLean and Human Rights Defenders on Documentation.

Tues:
@GETSEA_ hold simulcast screening of "Breaking the Cycle" a film about coups & the youth resistance to them in Thailand
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Sep 27, 2024
Weekend is almost upon us #MilkTeaAlliance & here is the upcoming events 🧵

B4 we start want to highlight this piece from @krislc which while talking about his experience & Hong Kongers who have had to leave, we think will be relatable for many.


1/newbloommag.net/2024/09/25/hk-…
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Full details can be found in the calendar here:

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Sat:
Exhibition "Behind the Struggle: Hong Kong Civil society" at Open Ealing Arts Centre
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@SEAJunction host 2 Panel discussions "Mekong Dams, River Crisis, and Future Solutions: Can Science Help?" & "International Financial Institutions: Investment in Southeast Asia”
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