Simon Billenness
@simonbillenness.bsky.social
Democracy, human rights, and corporate accountability advocate with a special focus on Burma/Myanmar. Executive Director of International Campaign for the Rohingya and No Business With Genocide
Yesterday, we had a very productive day on the Hill lobbying for bills and appropriations for #Burma (#Myanmar).
We met up on the street with Senator Ed Markey (D, MA) and had the opportunity to thank him for his long-time support for the Burmese people.
We met up on the street with Senator Ed Markey (D, MA) and had the opportunity to thank him for his long-time support for the Burmese people.
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yesterday, we had a very productive day on the Hill lobbying for bills and appropriations for #Burma (#Myanmar).
We met up on the street with Senator Ed Markey (D, MA) and had the opportunity to thank him for his long-time support for the Burmese people.
We met up on the street with Senator Ed Markey (D, MA) and had the opportunity to thank him for his long-time support for the Burmese people.
Thank you, U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman (D, VA-07), for stepping up for the people of #Myanmar by co-sponsoring the BRAVE #Burma Act (H.R.3190).
@repvindman.bsky.social
@repvindman.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thank you, U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman (D, VA-07), for stepping up for the people of #Myanmar by co-sponsoring the BRAVE #Burma Act (H.R.3190).
@repvindman.bsky.social
@repvindman.bsky.social
Republican lobby firm DCI Group just took $3 million of dirty money to lobby the Trump Administration on behalf of the genocidal Myanmar military junta.
August 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Republican lobby firm DCI Group just took $3 million of dirty money to lobby the Trump Administration on behalf of the genocidal Myanmar military junta.
Hat tip to the Burmese community of Buffalo (NY) who, through their continual grassroots lobbying about their homeland of #Burma, have persuaded Rep. Timothy Kennedy to join the Congressional Burma Caucus and to sponsor H.Res.106 calling for an arms embargo on the #Myanmar military junta.
April 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Please share widely this video about how Radio Free Asia stood with the people of Burma.
March 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Please share widely this video about how Radio Free Asia stood with the people of Burma.
I feel an increasing panic that Trump’s antics over Greenland, Kennedy Center, and now Super Bowl are intended to distract from Musk’s illegal attack on the federal government and Vance’s announcement that the Administration will not comply with court rulings triggering a constitutional crisis.
February 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I feel an increasing panic that Trump’s antics over Greenland, Kennedy Center, and now Super Bowl are intended to distract from Musk’s illegal attack on the federal government and Vance’s announcement that the Administration will not comply with court rulings triggering a constitutional crisis.
Listening to Vice President Vance speak about the persecution of Christians at the International Religious Freedom Summit.
He didn’t even use the terms Abrahamic faiths or the Judeo-Christian tradition. He only talked about Christians.
If you were here, tell me the one question you’d ask him.
He didn’t even use the terms Abrahamic faiths or the Judeo-Christian tradition. He only talked about Christians.
If you were here, tell me the one question you’d ask him.
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Listening to Vice President Vance speak about the persecution of Christians at the International Religious Freedom Summit.
He didn’t even use the terms Abrahamic faiths or the Judeo-Christian tradition. He only talked about Christians.
If you were here, tell me the one question you’d ask him.
He didn’t even use the terms Abrahamic faiths or the Judeo-Christian tradition. He only talked about Christians.
If you were here, tell me the one question you’d ask him.
Go to your state capital building at noon on February 5th.
February 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Go to your state capital building at noon on February 5th.
Yesterday, Salai Mang Hre Lian, a human rights advocate from Burma, received from Secretary of State Antony Blinken one of the State Department's Global Human Rights Defender Awards.
December 11, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Yesterday, Salai Mang Hre Lian, a human rights advocate from Burma, received from Secretary of State Antony Blinken one of the State Department's Global Human Rights Defender Awards.
So far, We the People have voted once to not hire him, once to fire him, and only once to hire him for a limited term.
November 28, 2024 at 7:44 PM
So far, We the People have voted once to not hire him, once to fire him, and only once to hire him for a limited term.
Thank you, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, for signing up as the 16th co-sponsor of the #Rohingya Genocide, Accountability, and Protection Act (H.R.8936).
#whatshappeninginmyanmar
#whatshappeninginmyanmar
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Thank you, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, for signing up as the 16th co-sponsor of the #Rohingya Genocide, Accountability, and Protection Act (H.R.8936).
#whatshappeninginmyanmar
#whatshappeninginmyanmar
Thank you Rep. Ted Lieu for saying yes to our request that he co-sponsor the #Rohingya Genocide, Accountability, and Protection Act (H.R.8936).
@reptedlieu.bsky.social
@reptedlieu.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Thank you Rep. Ted Lieu for saying yes to our request that he co-sponsor the #Rohingya Genocide, Accountability, and Protection Act (H.R.8936).
@reptedlieu.bsky.social
@reptedlieu.bsky.social