Coup Watch September 2023: Junta Destabilized by Trouble in Its Top Ranks
11 October 2023
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
- 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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