Coup Watch September 2023: Junta Destabilized by Trouble in Its Top Ranks
October 11th, 2023 •
Author:
ALTSEAN-Burma
,
Asia Democracy Network
,
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
,
Burma Human Rights Network
,
Initiatives for International Dialogue
,
International Federation for Human Rights
,
Progressive Voice
,
US Campaign for Burma
,
Women’s Peace Network
•
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- Burma Coup Watch for the Month of September 2023: Junta Destabilized by Trouble in Its Top Ranks
- As of 25 Sep, there were at least 26,262 armed clashes and attacks, displacing 1,662,000 people since Feb 2021. Junta troops continued their violent crimes.
- Junta jailers brought to heel by hunger strike.
- Too corrupt even for the junta: coup leader sacks protégé.
- ASEAN concludes the summit with the introduction of a troika of special envoys.
- Thai MP blasts junta incursion into Thailand.
- Isolated junta reaches out to BRICS, North Korea, and Belarus.
- Shattered healthcare system faces diseases spread and puts HIV patients at risk.
- Junta moves ahead with forced repatriation of Rohingya refugees, and aims to refoul 7,000 by the end of year.
- Cash starved junta robs overseas workers with 25% remittance tax.
- In preparation of sham elections, the junta moves ahead with census and biometric data capture.
- The junta’s attempted coup turns Burma into an online scam haven.
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