Margarite Clarey
margariteclarey.bsky.social
Margarite Clarey
@margariteclarey.bsky.social
Senior Communications and Advocacy Officer @crisisgroup.org in Asia. Ex humanitarian and journo. DMs open 💫 Views my own.
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@margariteclarey.bsky.social on how Myanmar's independent media outlets serve as a check & balance.

“There are pro-military and pro-resistance media, but independent media are at risk of attack from both sides as we try to maintain our journalism standards”

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From Yangon to the Borderlands: Independent Media on Myanmar’s Post-coup Front Line | Crisis Group
Independent media outlets exiled from Myanmar play a vital role in reporting on the civil war to destruction wrought by natural disasters, while influencing the political culture of the resistance. Bu...
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April 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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OUR JOURNEYS | Independent Media on Myanmar’s Post-coup Front Line.

Media outlets exiled from Myanmar play a vital role in reporting on the civil war. But mounting challenges are jeopardising these organisations’ work, writes @margariteclarey.bsky.social.

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From Yangon to the Borderlands: Independent Media on Myanmar’s Post-coup Front Line | Crisis Group
Independent media outlets exiled from Myanmar play a vital role in reporting on the civil war to destruction wrought by natural disasters, while influencing the political culture of the resistance. Bu...
www.crisisgroup.org
April 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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MAPPING CONFLICT | The Arakan Army’s War in Western Myanmar

The Arakan Army now controls more territory than any other armed group in Myanmar but faces mounting challenges.

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February 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Mae Sot, a western border town in Thailand, is home to about 300 exiled #journalists from #Myanmar, many whom relied on USAid money to stay afloat. Trump’s decision has plunged newsrooms there into new depths of uncertainty and fear.

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‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid
Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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In @foreignaffairs.com, @graemesmithauthor.bsky.social, @jeromed.bsky.social and I urge Western policymakers to make better choices in #Syria than they did in #Afghanistan, or risk sabotaging Syria's transition 🧵1/
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Don’t Repeat in Syria the Mistakes of Afghanistan
Isolating Damascus's new rulers won't moderate them.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Meetings in Bangkok today and tomorrow, as Thailand pursues dual track approach on #Myanmar crisis, leaving diplomats wary of implications.

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Thailand launches bold push to break ASEAN's Myanmar deadlock
Bangkok pursues dual track approach but diplomats wary of implications
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December 19, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Late night piece from @sneweyy.bsky.social and colleagues after a fraught evening in Asia 🌏
December 4, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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"Even in provinces where more sympathetic Taliban commanders looked the other way, allowing underground schools to continue [..] women's freedom is still dependent on the decisions & whims of men in power." @melissacrt.bsky.social on erasure of Afghanistan's women www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How the Taliban are erasing Afghanistan’s women – photo essay
The journalist Mélissa Cornet and the photographer Kiana Hayeri met more than 100 Afghan girls and women in seven provinces, and found resistance and defiance but also despair
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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Disputed polls have fuelled political turmoil and mass protests at a time when Pakistan faces grave economic & security challenges. The credibility of all elected institutions is at stake, with few signs that rival claimants to power are willing to compromise.

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Disputed Polls and Political Furies: Handling Pakistan’s Deadlock | Crisis Group
Supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistan’s jailed ex-premier, took to the streets again in late November pressing the claim that February’s elections were stolen from his party. As the impasse goes on, the risk of violence is ever present. All sides should take a step back.
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November 28, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Making my BlueSky debut with 🇲🇲 news that hits close to home: An ICC arrest warrant for the general behind the brutal 2017 operations against the Rohingya— and still driving humanitarian catastrophes across #Myanmar today

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Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Application for an arrest warrant in the situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar
Today, my Office is filing an application for a warrant of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in the Situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar. Image ICC Prosecutor Khan on ap...
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November 28, 2024 at 4:02 AM