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SUMMARY:60th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates
DESCRIPTION:On 21 April\, 2026 at 4-5pm (Bangkok Time)\, SEA Junction in collaboration with media partners\, Mizzima and The Irrawaddy\, will hold the 60th#WhatsHappeninginMyanmr.This update is the aim of contributing to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. \nSince March 2021\, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army\, known as Tatmadaw\, detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a general election which Suu Kyi’s NLD party won by a landslide. The coup by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military. Courageously\, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders and restoration of the democratic rule and the National Unity Government (NUG) has been formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)\, a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the coup. Economic collapse amid escalating conflict is making of Myanmar a failed state\, with many leaving the country in search of refuge and opportunities. The global community has overall condemned the coup and the military abuses\, but concerted diplomatic interventions are still too bland. Since then\, for four years now\, the population has been demanding the restoration of democracy and the release of the imprisoned leaders and all other political prisoners in spite of the military’s use of lethal force. Amidst the failure of the international community to respond and take action\, people are not giving up\, continuing their support for the opposition National Unity Government (NUG) in exile. Many young people have taken up arms and joined the armed struggle as a last recourse against dictatorship\, with many counting on the armed resistance by the People Defence Force and the Ethnic Armies gaining ground to eventually win the revolution. \nThe update aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the crisis situation in Myanmar for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. It is meant to be short informal dialogues with a speaker who provides an analysis of the latest events in the preceding two weeks for about 20 minutes before the moderator\, SEA Junction’s Founder and Director Rosalia Sciortino\, opens the floor for questions and answers. Our former speakers include Aung Zaw\, Founder and Director of The Irrawaddy; Khin Ohmar\, a well-known Peace and Security Advocate; Debbie Stothard\, an active promoter of human rights in Burma and the ASEAN regions; May Zin Thaw\, the founder of a local think tank institute Researchers’ Republic and Toe Zaw Latt\, R&D consultant\, Mizzima Media Group. On this November\, Khin Ohmar\, a well-known Peace and Security Advocate\, will provide an analysis of the latest events. \nTo participate\, tune in for the monthly update planned for 21 April at 4-5pm (Bangkok Time) via Zoom ((Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83061938754) and Facebook Live on our page: SEA Junction\, Mizzima-Myanmar News – English Edition\, and The Irrawaddy – English Edition. \n \n  \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions\, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 407-8 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information\, see www.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction \nMedia Partners: \nMizzima \nMizzima\, derived from the Pali for middle or moderate and chosen for its inference of an unbiased and independent media\, was established in 1998 in New Delhi\, India\, by veterans of Myanmar’s 1988 pro-democracy uprising. Founder Soe Myint and co-founder Thin Thin Aung participated in the movement for democracy and they were in exile in India as refugees. Since its founding the aim of Mizzima has been to provide high quality news relating to Myanmar while contributing toward freedom of expression and the realization of an inclusive and democratic Myanmar for all the country’s peoples. For more info\, please see: https://www.mizzima.com/ \nThe Irrawaddy \nThe Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news\, information\, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception in 1993\, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group\, unaffiliated with any political party\, organization or government. Founded in Thailand by a group of young Burmese activists who were forced to flee the persecution of the then military regime over the 1988 democracy uprisings\, The Irrawaddy has a strong belief in democracy\, and the crucial role of independent and accountable media for a democratic society. Since the opening up of the country in 2012\, The Irrawaddy was able to move to Myanmar and operate from within the country\, but it is now being threatened and its journalists are at grave risks as they continue reporting. For more information see: https://www.irrawaddy.com/about \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/60th-whatshappeninginmyanmar-monthly-updates/
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SUMMARY:Film Screening “A Rohingya Ramadan – Inside the World’s Largest Refugee Camp”
DESCRIPTION:The film “A Rohingya Ramadan” offers a rare and intimate view of life inside the world’s largest refugee camp\, seen through the eyes of several of its residents. More than a million Rohingya refugees\, stuck in open-air confinement\, surviving on minimal aid\, still fasting\, praying\, carrying on. A student prepares for her IELTS test to win a university scholarship\, a widowed newcomer navigates aid distribution\, a stall keeper sells betel leaf to feed his family\, and a young rapper writes music about camp conditions. \nMade in Cox’s Bazar during Ramadan 2025\, this documentary is the result of a collaboration between director Jidi Guo and Director of Photography Ro Yassin Abdumonab and Producer Sohel Khan\, both Rohingya human rights activists whom reside in the camp. They spent a month filming inside the Cox’s Bazaar refugee camps\, located in Bangladesh. \nFor all the research reports\, fundraising campaigns\, and officials announcing new high watermarks in the crisis\, daily life in the camps remains largely unseen. The movie captures the texture of daily life during the Islamic holy month and was commissioned by Al Jazeera Documentary. \nThe screening will take place at SEA Junction\, room 407-8\, 4th Floor\, BACC. The film is 52 minutes long\, it will be in Rohingya and English\, with English subtitles. The Producer-Director of the film\, Jidi Guo and Human Mobility\, Health\, & Human Rights researcher Haley Ritsema\, who spent over 3 years working on Rohingya issues in Cox’s Bazar will be present for the Q&A session. The Q&A session will be in English.  \nFilm Information  \nProducer-Director: Jidi Guo\nProducer: Sohel Khan\nDirector of Photography: Yassin Abdumonab\nPost-Producer & Script Editor: Aung Khant Si Thu\nEditor & Colorist: Kaung Wai Yan\nCommissioned by: Al Jazeera Documentary
    \nSpeaker Bios \nJidi Guo is a documentary filmmaker\, occasional writer\, and founder of production company One More Question. Her work has taken her to far corners of the word\, from the barren borderlands between China and Russia\, to the slums of Mathare\, Kenya\, and Colombia’s Coffee Triangle. She has created documentaries for Al Jazeera\, CNA\, Discovery and VICE. Her new film “A Rohingya Ramadan” is an intimate verité shot over a month inside the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar\, Bangladesh. Jidi is part of the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Unscripted Cohort of 2024 and her series “Shifting Horizons” holds a National Award for Best News Programme from the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2025. Born in China\, raised in the Netherlands\, she is currently based in Thailand. \nHaley Ritsema is an independent researcher and analyst focused on human rights\, democracy\, and non-state governance. Since 2021 she has been closely engaged on these issues with Rohingya living in exile in Cox’s Bazar\, Bangladesh\, where she also lived for two years. She has formerly worked with organizations such as IOM and Save the Children. From the United States\, Haley is now based in Thailand. \n \nFor more information\, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140  \nNB: The event is free\, donations are welcome to support SEA Junction activities.  \nOrganizers \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions\, from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 407-8 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. More information at http://seajunction.org/. \nOne More Question is a production company founded by Jidi Guo\, giving platform to stories and people often left out from mainstream narratives and inspiring everyone to ask one more question. What’s overlooked often matters most. \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/film-screening-a-rohingya-ramadan-inside-the-worlds-largest-refugee-camp/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, 4th floor\, BACC
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