Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/scam-state-multi-billion-dollar-industry-south-east-asia #SouthandcentralAsia #AsiaPacific #Cybercrime #Cambodia #Myanmar

"Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia" - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/scam-state-multi-billion-dollar-industry-south-east-asia
'The raids on KK Park ... . But regional analysts say these are largely performative or target middling players, amounting to “political theatre” by officials who are under international pressure to crack down on them but have little interest in eliminating a wildly profitable sector.'
#scam #corruption #myanmar #laos #cambodia

Liberté pour le journaliste Sai Zaw Thaike, emprisonné au #Myanmar pour avoir exercé son travail !

Signez la pétition pour changez son histoire : https://www.amnesty.fr/petitions/liberte-pour-journaliste-sai-zaw-thaike

#changezleurhistoire #AmnestyInternational #droitshumains

In Myanmar, illicit rare-earth mining is taking a heavy toll

In Myanmar, illicit rare-earth mining is taking a heavy toll https://arstechni.ca/UYEL #rareearthelements #rareearthmetals #syndication #Science #Myanmar

ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M4.9 #earthquake hit #Monywa (#Myanmar) at 01:25:16 local time (UTC 18:55:16). Shaking was felt over 300mi by approximately 108M people in Bangladesh and India.

#Earthquake 64 mi NW of #Monywa (#Myanmar) 17 min ago (local time 01:25:16). Updated map - Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
📱https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1907714

🔔#Earthquake M4.9 occurred 64 mi NW of #Monywa (#Myanmar) 17 min ago (local time 01:25:16). More info at:
📱https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1907714
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake.php?id=1907714

🔔#Earthquake M4.9 strikes 64 mi NW of #Monywa (#Myanmar) 17 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1907714

#Earthquake 24 mi E of #Falam (#Myanmar) 12 min ago (local time 01:25:10). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyeswitnesses. Share your experience via:
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#Earthquake confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M5.1 || 24 mi E of #Falam (#Myanmar) || 12 min ago (local time 01:25:10). Follow the thread for the updates👇

Junta Sets Up Committee to Expedite China-Backed Muse-Mandalay Railway

https://lemmy.ca/post/56127713

Junta-Aligned Karen Militia Relocating Chinese Scam Workers to Myanmar Cities

https://lemmy.ca/post/56127536

Niente cibo né sapone, né tende.
Le famiglie #Rohingya, oltre 1 milione di persone nel più grande campo profughi del mondo, lottano per sopravvivere in mezzo al drastico taglio degli aiuti.

#1dicembre #Bangladesh #Myanmar #Refugees #HumanRights

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/01/bangladesh-rohingya-refugees-aid-health-funding-cuts-infants-malnutrition

So in order for a Swedish grandmother to receive her pension, a child in #Myanmar will have to get killed by the junta, did I understand this correctly? "Swedish pension funds had invested $485 million in companies selling arms to or doing business with Myanmar's military rulers"

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ehhfh4g7r57wxk35i2hkbtgv/post/3m6vyrkry5c2x

Happy sweet December to everyone from #Myanmar ! 💫❄️🌲🕊️

Prisoner of conscience signing

Salisbury group held its Write for Rights in the Cathedral

November 2025

The Salisbury group held a successful Write for Rights in the Cathedral Cloisters today and there was an unbroken file of people agreeing to sign. We highlighted two individuals and one group of individuals. The latter were Guerreras por la Amazonia who call themselves the ‘daughter of the earth’ who despite threats and intimidation, continue to demand climate justice for their communities. Climate issues are being seen more and more in human rights terms in recent years. The activities of resource firms who are deforesting large chunks of the Amazon, are having a dramatic effect on the wildlife and on he indigenous peoples. The group took action against Chevron-Texaco to limit the methane flares they emit.

We highlighted Sai Zaw Thaike from Myanmar where the military junta still holds sway although a little less confidently these days. He is a photo journalist who was arrested 3 years ago and sentenced to 20 years of hard labour, tortured and held in solitary confinement for exposing what happened after cyclone Mocha.

Sonia Dahmani (pictured) from Tunisia was our third person. Sonia is a lawyer who has spoken out about racism, migration and prison conditions. She has been harassed and accused of spreading false news. She is under arrest and one of several who have been treated this way by the authoritarian president Kais Saied.

[Since preparing the Write for Rights, it appears that she has been released in the past few days. This is good news]

View of the signing.

Our thanks go to group members Andrew for arranging the event with the Cathedral, Fiona for organising the signing itself, and Tony, Val, Peter and Lesley for assisting on the day.

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#amazon #cathedral #climate #myanmar #salisbury #tunisia #writeForRights

Quân đội Thái Lan đã bắn đạn khói cảnh cáo sau khi đạn pháo từ cuộc giao tranh giữa quân đội Myanmar và các nhóm vũ trang dân tộc thiểu số bay lạc sang lãnh thổ nước này.

#TháiLan #Myanmar #BiênGiới #XungĐột #AnNinhKhuVực
#Thailand #Myanmar #Border #Conflict #ThaiArmy

https://vtcnews.vn/hung-dan-phao-tu-myanmar-thai-lan-ban-canh-bao-ar990293.html

The Civil Society Network for Human Trafficking Victim Assistance has formally requested Thailand’s Naresuan Task Force to allow the safe transfer of 90 human trafficking victims recently rescued from conflict-affected areas in Myanmar.

#Thailand #Myanmar #HumanTrafficking

https://www.thaienquirer.com/63282/civil-society-network-requests-naresuan-task-force-to-facilitate-safe-transfer-of-90-human-trafficking-victims-from-myanmar/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

🇲🇲🇨🇳 In #Myanmar ist die Militärjunta auf dem Vormarsch. Eine Weile sah es so aus, als hätte der Widerstand die Oberhand. Doch die Militärjunta hat mehrere wichtige Orte zurückerobert – auch dank Unterstützung aus #China. www.srf.ch/news/interna...

Myanmar vor den Wahlen – die M...