An independent group of international human rights experts working for peace, genuine democracy, justice and accountability in Myanmar.https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mx6d25vvw22lMalaysia's decision to host accused war criminal Min Aung Hlaing for an official visit "tells the region that the 2021 coup, & the violence his military has inflicted on the #Myanmar people since, are acceptable," says APRH in new statement. . https://aseanmp.org/publications/post/aphr-opposes-min-aung-hlaings-visit-to-malaysia-warns-against-legitimizing-the-junta-and-trading-away-refugees-safety/ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar06 Oct 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx6d25vvw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mws6wtnm2s2o"It has to be stopped", SAC-M's Ben Lee tells BBC of Malaysia's forced return of #Myanmar refugees. By proceeding with the plan, PM Anwar Ibrahim has also betrayed: 🔴ASEAN 🔴the OIC 🔴Myanmar's pro-democracy movement Full: https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/09/ben-lee-prime-minister-anwar-ibrahim-is-trading-human-lives-for-political-expediency-video/ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar01 Oct 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mws6wtnm2s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mwpdzczr7c23PM Anwar Ibrahim once accused the junta of indefensible barbarism & depravity As #Myanmar reels from the latest junta massacre of civilians, Anwar's forcibly returning refugees to the same junta. Anwar's accepted Myanmar lives as the cost of political expediency. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260929-myanmar-airstrike-toll-hits-50-as-families-gather-dead30 Sep 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpdzczr7c23https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mwndn33w3c2tSAC-M's Ben Lee spoke to BBC News about Malaysia's agreement with Myanmar's junta to refoul nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals to #Myanmar today. 🗣️PM Anwar Ibrahim's actions are rooted in political expediency & human lives are the currency in this trade, said Ben Lee. Full 🎬: https://youtu.be/r_N8Zbu7M-w?si=_I2TkTPbIEBoFciX29 Sep 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwndn33w3c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mwkla63ayc2fနိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းသည် ထွက်ရှိလာမည့် ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေရလဒ်များအားလုံးအတွက် ယခုအချိန်ကတည်းက ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားရမည်ဟု Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) နှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ အထူးအကြံပေးကောင်စီ (SAC-M) တို့က ဆိုကြသည်။ 🔗 tinyurl.com/2p9z5bp428 Sep 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkla63ayc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mwdkhd4z522dThe forthcoming judgment from the #ICJ in The Gambia v. #Myanmar is a landmark opportunity to advance the #Rohingya people’s fight for justice. Our joint paper with LAW explores a range of plausible judicial outcomes & their far-reaching implications. 🔗 shorturl.at/3YVPr #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar25 Sep 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdkhd4z522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mwct4lcqt22d🚨NEW: LAW & SAC-M's joint position paper on the forthcoming #ICJ judgment in the Gambia v. #Myanmar case. A landmark opportunity to advance the #Rohingya people’s fight for justice, states must prepare now—not after the ruling—for all outcomes. Paper: shorturl.at/3YVPr #WhatsHapppeningInMyanmar25 Sep 2026 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwct4lcqt22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mvm6aelpnc2mSAC-M's Chris Sidoti spoke to CNA about Min Aung Hlaing's intensifying efforts to unseat Myanmar's #UN Ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun. "Although #China and #Russia will be influential, they do not determine this issue alone," he said. Full clip: https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/09/chris-sidoti-myanmars-un-representation-will-not-be-determined-by-russia-china-alone-video/ #Myanmar16 Sep 2026 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm6aelpnc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3muvrrtw4i225'SAC-M's Ben Lee told ST that countries which roll out the red carpet for MAH are “complicit in the junta’s continuing atrocities against #Myanmar civilians”. “Concessions must be extracted from the junta. #ASEAN must stop negotiating against itself."' https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmars-min-aung-hlain-scheduled-to-visit-cambodia-from-sept-11-12-sources07 Sep 2026 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvrrtw4i225https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mu4o3sqngk23Accused war criminal Min Aung Hlaing is the subject of at least 1 int'l arrest warrant for serious int'l crimes. SAC-M's Chris Sidoti speaks with CNA about the risk of arrest to the #Myanmar junta leader amid his expanding diplomatic offensive. Full: https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/08/chris-sidoti-travel-risks-increasing-for-accused-war-criminal-min-aung-hlaing-video/28 Aug 2026 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4o3sqngk23https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mtwc4tcq7c2vရိုဟင်ဂျာပြည်သူတွေ ဘာကြောင့်ဆက်လက်နှိပ်ကွပ်ခံနေရပြီး ကျူးလွန်သူတွေဟာ အရင်ကရော၊ အခုရော တာဝန်ခံစရာမလိုပဲ ဘာကြောင့် ဆက်ပြီးရှောင်တိမ်းနေလို့ရတာလဲဆိုတာကို ဒီနေ့လိုအချိန်မျိုးမှာ နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းက မဖြစ်မနေ ပြန်သုံးသပ်ဖို့လိုပါတယ်။ 🔗 tinyurl.com/n4khtxvu25 Aug 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwc4tcq7c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mtuocexh6s249 years ago, the #Myanmar military launched an atrocity campaign to erase the #Rohingya from northern Rakhine State. Today, Rohingya continue to be persecuted, while the perpetrators – then & now – evade accountability. The int'l community must act. 🔗 https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/08/nine-years-after-the-genocide-the-rohingya-are-still-waiting-for-justice/25 Aug 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuocexh6s24https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mtkktygffk2b'The Special Advisory Council for #Myanmar said this week that "by embracing a warlord, #Thailand has torched its credibility". The decision to also allow a visit from Ye Win Oo was "adding to its ignominy", the statement added.' https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260820-thai-myanmar-military-chiefs-meet-as-post-coup-thaw-progresses #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar21 Aug 2026 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkktygffk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mtinq4zzys2r'SAC-M said that #Thailand’s policy had “shattered any vestige of a common #ASEAN position on #Myanmar” without extracting any concessions of note in return. Thailand's decision to host junta General Ye Win Oo, it added, will only add to the country’s “ignominy".' https://thediplomat.com/2026/08/myanmar-military-chief-begins-visit-to-thailand-aimed-at-expanding-security-ties/20 Aug 2026 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtinq4zzys2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mti4qlghfs2sMore coverage of our recent statement 👇 "Khun Kasit accused Thai PM Anutin of lacking basic knowledge & clear objectives on #Myanmar while adding that Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow was betraying the collective stance of his #ASEAN counterparts." https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/thailands-myanmar-outreach-slammed-by-former-thai-foreign-minister-un-experts.html#google_vignette20 Aug 2026 01:45 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mti4qlghfs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mtg7zlwkgc25DVB's coverage of our joint statement with Khun Kasit Piromya, former Foreign Minister of #Thailand, on Thailand’s short-sighted & self-interested embrace of accused war criminal & #Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing. 🔗 https://english.dvb.no/thailand-has-torched-its-credibility-former-foreign-minister-and-sac-m-condemns-bangkoks-engagement-with-myanmar-regime/ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar19 Aug 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg7zlwkgc25https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mtfhpbv4f22oThe #Thai Gov't's self-interested embrace of #Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has torched its credibility & further fuelled junta bloodshed & intransigence. Now, it's preparing to host another accused junta war criminal, General Ye Win Oo, today. 👉 https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/08/by-embracing-a-warlord-thailand-has-torched-its-credibility-its-taking-asean-down-with-it/19 Aug 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfhpbv4f22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mswt3vbqys2qJunta bombs continue to pummel resistance-held areas of Myanmar's Sagaing Region, even as 200K civilians contend with devastating floods. Every natural disaster is just another opportunity for the junta to punish civilians. https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-regime-continues-airstrikes-amid-flooding-in-sagaing/ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar13 Aug 2026 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswt3vbqys2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3msi5bt7ogs2iSolidarity✊ 'Thai civil-society organisations have condemned the #Thai gov't’s reception of accused war criminal & junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, accusing it of granting political legitimacy to military rule & disregarding the suffering of #Myanmar’s people.' https://www.nationthailand.com/news/world/40069463?fbclid=IwdGRjcATiOuBjbGNrBOIwb3Bkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEezXc4kyjgaCEC57zEFiadFCC2C7hV9XGghIOr98QueOTXwQWh18A_5CtbsOc_aem_kfDlvQtFYthrNsC55wV0zw07 Aug 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi5bt7ogs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mshhy6lxcc2s'Playing “neighborly bridge” to a war criminal without demanding accountability is not diplomacy—it is complicity. #Thailand cannot allow economic rhetoric to eclipse regional security & human rights. It should not lend legitimacy to the junta in Naypyitaw.' https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/commentary/bangkok-must-not-take-the-bait-as-myanmars-war-criminal-visits.html07 Aug 2026 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshhy6lxcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3msdc42ucuk2j"It is meaningless to treat a fleeting glimpse of Suu Kyi as evidence that the junta is ready to end its reign of terror. The real test of its intentions is whether it releases political prisoners, & ends attacks on civilians..." #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/suu-kyis-icrc-meeting-is-a-strategic-move-by-myanmars-regime-not-a-sign-of-change/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTeHtlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUWE05UlhEbGRUbjJXeXJTc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqmW5FPuWD5c6LeZ2R8SzC06DH7i5oUWr-Rq_iGQGFfeTNAwc-to3lvIA4du_aem_rzx91SSTu2I3iAZ2rl-dDg05 Aug 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdc42ucuk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mrxbbuondc27အာဆီယံသည် ရက်သတ္တပတ်နှစ်ပတ်ကြာ အရှက်တကွဲအကျိုးနည်း ဖြစ်ခဲ့ရပြီးနောက် မြန်မာ့အရေး ဘုံသဘောတူညီချက်ငါးရပ်နှင့်ပတ်သက်ပြီး ၎င်း၏ “ညီညွတ်သောသဘောထား” ကို ထပ်လောင်းအတည်ပြုခဲ့သည်။ အာဆီယံသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ တရားဝင်နိုင်ငံရေးအစုအဖွဲ့များ၊ အရပ်ဘက်လူမှု အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းအစုအဖွဲ့များနှင့် ထိတွေ့ဆက်ဆံမှုများ တိုးမြှင့်ဆောင်ရွက်သွားရမည်။ tinyurl.com/4r68a37f31 Jul 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxbbuondc27https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mrwi46sujc25'Accused war criminal Min Aung Hlaing is now deploying his proxy ‘parliament’ to heap further humiliation onto #ASEAN,” said SAC-M's Ben Lee. He said the bloc should prepare a new framework beyond the 5PC if the regime continued to reject it.' #Myanmar https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-leader-publicly-rejects-asean-five-point-consensus-as-blocs-agreed-position/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTZEg5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE3akw0YXl0Nmd3UkVNR0l5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlo4y_eNP-rIT37ejoDUW2yRpSc44q0Xy3zEl58Xb7ho-w7pZNGDQEpBdDps_aem_rC8iCEfmX3Y9bW3xsp6qQA31 Jul 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwi46sujc25https://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mrvws7zl4k2r"SAC-M has called on #ASEAN to immediately enforce binding compliance deadlines & escalating penalties on Myanmar’s junta, warning that five years of soft diplomacy have ended in total humiliation." #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://english.dvb.no/sac-m-demands-binding-benchmarks-and-penalties-as-myanmar-regime-mocks-asean-peace-plan/31 Jul 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvws7zl4k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/special-council.bsky.social/post/3mrrt7ckvsk2s#ASEAN just closed a humiliating fortnight by reaffirming its 5PC on #Myanmar. Now it must finally require the junta's full compliance and finalise: 🔹compliance benchmarks 🔹an implementation deadline 🔹a series of punitive steps for junta non-compliance 🔗 https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2026/07/asean-stop-mincing-words-and-enforce-the-five-point-consensus-on-myanmar/29 Jul 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:md6pwe667go2lppuohpy4bdi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrt7ckvsk2s