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OPEN LETTER: DON PRAMUDWINAI .. “DON’T INTERFERE” “DO NOT ESCALATE VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY”

June 18, 2023/in Member statements, Press Releases and Statements

June 18, 2023 We, representatives of Myanmar civil society organizations, strongly condemn the secretive meeting which includes the illegal Myanmar military junta organized by the outgoing Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai of the caretaker Government of Thailand on Sunday 18 June 2023. We demand the caretaker government cancels the meeting immediately. This is a complete affront […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (June 8 to 14, 2023)

June 15, 2023/in HR Situation, News

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from June 8 to 14, 2023 Military Junta troops arrested over 100 local civilians from Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, Mabein Township, Shan State and Sataung from Sagaing Region and used them as human shields from June 8th to 14th. Junta soldiers raped and killed 2 women […]

OPEN LETTER: DON PRAMUDWINAI .. “DON’T INTERFERE” “DO NOT ESCALATE VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY”

June 18, 2023/in Member statements, Press Releases and Statements

Human Rights Situation weekly update (June 8 to 14, 2023)

June 15, 2023/in HR Situation, News

June 18, 2023

We, representatives of Myanmar civil society organizations, strongly condemn the secretive meeting which includes the illegal Myanmar military junta organized by the outgoing Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai of the caretaker Government of Thailand on Sunday 18 June 2023. We demand the caretaker government cancels the meeting immediately.

This is a complete affront to the people of Myanmar who have sacrificed their lives to resist the Myanmar military’s attempt to seize power through years-long terror campaign against the whole nation. The military junta has never been a legitimate government of Myanmar, nor has it acquired effective control over the country’s territories.

This secretive initiative of the outgoing Thai Foreign Minister is in blatant contradiction with the ASEAN consensus on non-invitation of representatives of the military junta in high-level meetings. We are outraged that the Foreign Minister Don stated in his invitation to ASEAN Member States that ASEAN should “fully re-engage Myanmar at the leaders’ level”. This decision was never agreed upon by ASEAN Member States, nor did the Indonesian Government, the incumbent Chair of ASEAN, initiate this meeting. In organizing this meeting, the caretaker Government of Thailand is acting without the mandate and any consultation with the ASEAN Chair. As a member state of ASEAN, Thailand must not deviate from the bloc’s agreement, and must halt this meeting at once.

The caretaker Thai Government’s unilateral move further goes against the United Nations Security Council resolution 2669 on 21 December 2021.

By trying to “fully re-engage” the illegal military junta, representatives of ASEAN Member States will stand in contradiction with the will of the people of Myanmar for the end of military tyranny and for a federal democratic Myanmar. Participation in this secretive meeting, and the failure to cut all ties with the illegal military junta would only be “part of the initial steps” of another failed peace process. Rather, this step sends the signal to the military junta that ASEAN will recognize it despite its commission on heinous crimes. This will only further embolden the military junta to continue its crimes and atrocities, to burn villages, to displace civilian population from their homes and land, to weaponize humanitarian aid and to try to impose its tyrannical rule against the will of the people.

We condemn the secretive initiative of Don Pramudwinai in strongest terms. We demand the caretaker Thai Government cancels this meeting immediately.

We call upon invited states to not attend the meeting, as this meeting will only fuel more violence in our country and undermine other genuine attempts by the international community to address the worsening crisis in Myanmar.

For further information, please contact:

Saw Alex. +48 728 027 952
Ko Ye. +66 816 490 228

Signed by 316 organizations including 235 organization who have chosen not to disclose their name;

Action Committee for Democracy Development ACDD
Ah. La. Ka (12) Hta Khwe. Primary Education Student Union
All Arakan Students and Youths Congress
All Religions Strike Column
Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters
Athan
Aung Myay Thar Zan Education Schools Strike Column
Aung Pin Lae Main Strike Column
AYN Ayeyarwady Youth Network
BCC စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း
Blood Money Campaign
Blooming Padauk
Burma Civil War Museum (BCM)
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN)
Burma Support
CDM Support Team Mandalay (CSTM)
Chan Mya Thar Si Township People Strike Column
Chin Farmer Network (C.F.N)
Committee Representing Mandalay Region Hluttaw
Cooperative University Student Strike Column
Daung Sit Thi
Democratic Party for a New Society
Education Family (Anti – Fascists Education Strike Columns Coordination Committee)
Ethnic Youth General Strike Committee
Freedom and Labor Action Group
Future Light Center
Future Thanlwin
General Strike Committee of Nationalities (GSCN)
Generation Wave
Grass-root People
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
India for Myanmar
Inlihtan Peninsula Tanintharyi
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network
Karen Peace Support Network
Karenni Human Rights Group
Keng Tung Youth
LGBTIQ Strike of Mandalay
MAGGA Initiative
Maha Aung Myay Township People Collective Strike Column
Mandalar University Student Strike Column
Mandalay Alliance Strike Collective Column
Mandalay Based People Strike Column
Mandalay Civil Society Organizations
Mandalay Engineer Group
Mandalay Engineer United Force
Mandalay University Student Alumni Union
Mandalay Wholesale Strike Column
Mandalay Youth Strike Column
MATA စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း
Medical Family – Mandalay
MIIT Student Strike Column
Muslim Youth Union
Mya Taung Strike Column
Myanmar Cultural Research Society (MCRS)
Myanmar Railway, Region (3) CDM Strike Column
National League for Democracy (Mandalay Region)
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma)
No 7 State High School Alumni Strike Column
NRFF- New Rehmonnya Federated Force
Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica
Pan Pa Wash People Strike Column
Phayagye Peace Strike Column
Private Pre-school Teachers Association
Progressive Voice
Pyi Gyi Ta Gon Strike
Sangha Samaga Strike Column
Save and Care Organization for Ethnic Women at Border Areas
Sein Pan Strike Column
Shan MATA
Sisters 2 Sisters
Southern Dragon Myanmar
Southern Youth Development Organization
Strike Column of Representatives of Arbitrarily Arrested People
Strike Column of Teachers from Universities and Degree Colleges of Mandalay
Synergy – social harmony organization
Taekwando Sport Association
Tai Youth Alliance (Myanmar, Japan, Thailand, South Korea)
Tanintharyi MATA
Thapaynyo News Letter
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