Cape Diamond
@capediamond.bsky.social
Journalist, Producer and Human Rights Advocate - covering #BurmaCoup in #Myanmar. European Parliament’s Sakharov Fellow 🇪🇺
#Myanmar is now celebrating the #Thingyan water festival. Here, I have recorded a cover of the renowned Thingyan song "Man Taung Yeik Kho." I hope you find it enjoyable. I extend my fondest wishes to all of you during this Myanmar New Year. 🌸💐🌼
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မန်းတောင်ရိပ်ခို (Man Taung Yeik Kho) - Cape Diamond (Cover) MV
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April 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#Myanmar is now celebrating the #Thingyan water festival. Here, I have recorded a cover of the renowned Thingyan song "Man Taung Yeik Kho." I hope you find it enjoyable. I extend my fondest wishes to all of you during this Myanmar New Year. 🌸💐🌼
youtu.be/ke6uRjTI-X0?...
youtu.be/ke6uRjTI-X0?...
#UPDATE on #MyanmarEarthquake: Junta chief made a TV appearance asking for international aid — Inviting foreign nations and organisations to lend a hand for the people of #Myanmar in need.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
March 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#UPDATE on #MyanmarEarthquake: Junta chief made a TV appearance asking for international aid — Inviting foreign nations and organisations to lend a hand for the people of #Myanmar in need.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarEarthquake: I am safe in #Yangon, #Myanmar.
Thank you for all your messages and support. I am keeping track of what is going on across the country. I will try to post updates here.
Thank you for all your messages and support. I am keeping track of what is going on across the country. I will try to post updates here.
March 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#MyanmarEarthquake: I am safe in #Yangon, #Myanmar.
Thank you for all your messages and support. I am keeping track of what is going on across the country. I will try to post updates here.
Thank you for all your messages and support. I am keeping track of what is going on across the country. I will try to post updates here.
Congratulations to our photography mentor and significant figure in #Myanmar journalism, Ko Ye Aung Thu @yeaungthu.bsky.social, on winning the @worldpressphoto.bsky.social #WPPh2025 contest with his piece "A Nation in Conflict."
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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March 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations to our photography mentor and significant figure in #Myanmar journalism, Ko Ye Aung Thu @yeaungthu.bsky.social, on winning the @worldpressphoto.bsky.social #WPPh2025 contest with his piece "A Nation in Conflict."
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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On Belarus Freedom Day, we reaffirm the EU’s solidarity with the people of Belarus.
We are determined to keep supporting all those who strive for a democratic future for the proud, independent nation of Belarus.
#StandwithBelarus #ДзеньВолі
We are determined to keep supporting all those who strive for a democratic future for the proud, independent nation of Belarus.
#StandwithBelarus #ДзеньВолі
March 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
On Belarus Freedom Day, we reaffirm the EU’s solidarity with the people of Belarus.
We are determined to keep supporting all those who strive for a democratic future for the proud, independent nation of Belarus.
#StandwithBelarus #ДзеньВолі
We are determined to keep supporting all those who strive for a democratic future for the proud, independent nation of Belarus.
#StandwithBelarus #ДзеньВолі
#Myanmar's junta foreign ministry on Friday announced the arrival of deportees from the US. One has already arrived on March 19, with another set to arrive on March 28. Worrying updates for deportees facing the junta due to the Trump administration's deportation policy.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
March 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#Myanmar's junta foreign ministry on Friday announced the arrival of deportees from the US. One has already arrived on March 19, with another set to arrive on March 28. Worrying updates for deportees facing the junta due to the Trump administration's deportation policy.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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🙌 Fortify Rights's new report, “𝗜 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” is out now.
The report reveals how members of Rohingya militant groups in Bangladesh have killed, abducted, tortured, and threatened Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in acts that may amount to war crimes.
Read more: bit.ly/NSAreportEN
The report reveals how members of Rohingya militant groups in Bangladesh have killed, abducted, tortured, and threatened Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in acts that may amount to war crimes.
Read more: bit.ly/NSAreportEN
March 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
🙌 Fortify Rights's new report, “𝗜 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” is out now.
The report reveals how members of Rohingya militant groups in Bangladesh have killed, abducted, tortured, and threatened Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in acts that may amount to war crimes.
Read more: bit.ly/NSAreportEN
The report reveals how members of Rohingya militant groups in Bangladesh have killed, abducted, tortured, and threatened Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in acts that may amount to war crimes.
Read more: bit.ly/NSAreportEN
"The UN chief's remarks came after human rights group Fortify Rights issued a statement urging the Bangladesh government to facilitate humanitarian aid and cross border trade to reach war-affected civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state."
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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UN considering humanitarian channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar.
www.france24.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The UN chief's remarks came after human rights group Fortify Rights issued a statement urging the Bangladesh government to facilitate humanitarian aid and cross border trade to reach war-affected civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state."
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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A clip I recorded of a radio playing VOA Burmese at 6:30 a.m. in #Maungdaw, #Rakhine State, #Myanmar, while reporting the #Rohingya crisis in January 2020. They’re extremely useful to those who were affected by the internet shutdown and who are unable to access media in war zones around the world.
March 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#Myanmar is in the second category, along with Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, and South Sudan, that might face travel restrictions under the Trump administration's latest ban, which covers 41 nations. The partial suspension would apply to tourist, student, and immigrant visas.
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Trump considers sweeping travel restrictions for dozens of countries — report – DW – 03/15/2025
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March 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#Myanmar is in the second category, along with Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, and South Sudan, that might face travel restrictions under the Trump administration's latest ban, which covers 41 nations. The partial suspension would apply to tourist, student, and immigrant visas.
p.dw.com/p/4ro3M
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Yangon (AFP) – The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said Friday.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #BurmaCoup
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #BurmaCoup
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WFP to cut food aid to 1 million people in Myanmar
The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said Friday.
www.france24.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yangon (AFP) – The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said Friday.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #BurmaCoup
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #BurmaCoup
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RFA - The Hong Kong Journalists' Association is appealing to journalists to preserve Facebook live video footage of 2019 protests after Meta said it will start deleting archived videos from its servers. www.rfa.org/english/chin...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
RFA - The Hong Kong Journalists' Association is appealing to journalists to preserve Facebook live video footage of 2019 protests after Meta said it will start deleting archived videos from its servers. www.rfa.org/english/chin...
#MYANMAR: Youth activists in Yangon kicked off a #StandWithUkraine campaign this weekend! It supports the ICC warrant for #Putin and the Argentine court's warrant for junta chief #MinAungHlaing.
Photos - AAMIJ (Burma)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Photos - AAMIJ (Burma)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
March 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#MYANMAR: Youth activists in Yangon kicked off a #StandWithUkraine campaign this weekend! It supports the ICC warrant for #Putin and the Argentine court's warrant for junta chief #MinAungHlaing.
Photos - AAMIJ (Burma)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Photos - AAMIJ (Burma)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
This is the most absurd example of the junta's attempt to limit press freedom, which has been severely lacking since the coup of 2021.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom #Myanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom #Myanmar
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A Myanmar online news site says its jailed journalist is tortured for revealing abuses of prisoners
An independent online news agency in Myanmar is alleging that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human rights violations...
apnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is the most absurd example of the junta's attempt to limit press freedom, which has been severely lacking since the coup of 2021.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom #Myanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #PressFreedom #Myanmar
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#Myanmar junta chief #MinAungHlaing is set to meet with #Putin in #Russia on March 4 and will seek armed and political support from #Moscow for ongoing wars with resistance groups across the nation. Moreover, he plans to seek indirect support from the #US via Putin for his forthcoming elections.
March 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#Update: Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Htin Kyaw are also on the arrest warrant list.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AungSanSuuKyi
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AungSanSuuKyi
#MYANMAR: Argentina court issues international arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing – A historic step towards justice for Rohingya genocide
www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
www.brouk.org.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#Update: Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Htin Kyaw are also on the arrest warrant list.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AungSanSuuKyi
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AungSanSuuKyi
#MYANMAR: Argentina court issues international arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing – A historic step towards justice for Rohingya genocide
www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
www.brouk.org.uk
February 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#MYANMAR: Argentina court issues international arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing – A historic step towards justice for Rohingya genocide
www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
www.brouk.org.uk/argentina-co...
I would rather fly to Europe from RGN than take a domestic flight in #Myanmar/#Burma. But yeah, I love travelling here in Burma.
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Myanmar domestic flights give foreign travelers sticker shock
Inflated fares and varying exchange rates can drive up one-way ticket prices
asia.nikkei.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I would rather fly to Europe from RGN than take a domestic flight in #Myanmar/#Burma. But yeah, I love travelling here in Burma.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Looking at the trend of more #Myanmar watchers switching to @bsky.app. There should be more Burmese users here. Make your voice heard! Although #Bluesky is not banned in the country, #X and #Facebook are. As for #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar, I will provide further updates here.
It’s me Cape Diamond, journalist and human rights advocate based in #Myanmar. Since last year, I’ve been a part of @bsky.app and I intend to provide more updates about Myanmar here. And as a Sakharov fellow of the European Parliament, I’ve been vocal about the state of human rights around the world.
February 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Junta soldiers in #Myanmar have beheaded and mutilated civilians in the #Sagaing Region, according to @fortifyrights.bsky.social’s new investigation. Three beheaded victims were found on a fence. Others were mutilated.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Myanmar Junta Soldiers Beheaded and Mutilated Civilians in Apparent War Crimes in Sagaing Region - Fortify Rights
ICC member states must urgently refer Myanmar to Chief Prosecutor for investigation and prosecution (BANGKOK, February 4, 2025)—Myanmar military junta soldiers attacked a village in the Sagaing Region...
www.fortifyrights.org
February 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Junta soldiers in #Myanmar have beheaded and mutilated civilians in the #Sagaing Region, according to @fortifyrights.bsky.social’s new investigation. Three beheaded victims were found on a fence. Others were mutilated.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, the junta has restricted the use of the internet and VPNs to conceal its daily brutality.
While it has failed to silence critics, Fortifyrights's Sai Arkar wrote that world leaders must take action to end the atrocities.
Read more: Bit.ly/DigitalRepressionMM
While it has failed to silence critics, Fortifyrights's Sai Arkar wrote that world leaders must take action to end the atrocities.
Read more: Bit.ly/DigitalRepressionMM
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, the junta has restricted the use of the internet and VPNs to conceal its daily brutality.
While it has failed to silence critics, Fortifyrights's Sai Arkar wrote that world leaders must take action to end the atrocities.
Read more: Bit.ly/DigitalRepressionMM
While it has failed to silence critics, Fortifyrights's Sai Arkar wrote that world leaders must take action to end the atrocities.
Read more: Bit.ly/DigitalRepressionMM
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🇲🇲 Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the Fourth Anniversary of the Coup
Myanmar/Burma: statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the Fourth Anniversary of the Coup
EU issued a statement on the fourth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar reiterating its strongest condemnation of the regime's violence and calling for an end to all atrocities.
www.consilium.europa.eu
February 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
🇲🇲 Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the Fourth Anniversary of the Coup