Oil, Mining, and Natural Resources

2021 

MYANMAR’S MILITARY 

OVERTHROWS THE 

CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT 

AND LAUNCHES A 

BLOODY NATIONWIDE 

CRACKDOWN.

 

BUT THIS IS NOT THE COUNTRY’S 

FIRST MILITARY COUP.

 

FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS,

GENERATIONS HAVE SUFFERED 

WIDESPREAD AND GRAVE ABUSES

 

BY MILITARY LEADERS SEEKING TO MAINTAIN POWER 

AT THE EXPENSE OF BASIC RIGHTS

 

AND SO FAR, THE GENERALS HAVE ENJOYED 

COMPLETE IMPUNITY FOR THEIR CRIMES.

 

1962 

GENERAL U NE WIN 

IMPOSES CATASTROPHIC

AUTHORITARIAN REGIME

 

DECADES OF REPRESSION FOLLOW

 

MASS UPRISINGS CRUSHED

 

SAFFRON REVOLUTION SUPPRESSED

 

IN ETHNIC AREAS

THE MILITARY USES 

 

SCORCHED EARTH STRATEGIES, 

TO INSTILL TERROR IN 

CIVILIAN POPULATIONS.

 

2017

MILITARY FORCES PERPETRATE A CAMPAIGN OF 

EXECUTIONS AND RAPE AGAINST THE ETHNIC ROHINGYA 

 

THE RESPONSE FROM THE 

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

IS WEAK.

 

THE GENERALS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR CRIMES 

 

AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

 

HAVE NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 

 

PROTESTERS ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES  

FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE

 

GOVERNMENTS NEED TO SHOW THE PEOPLE OF MYANMAR 

THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THAT FIGHT.

 

THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL 

SHOULD URGENTLY 

BAN ARM SALES 

TO MYANMAR 

 

AND REFER THE 

SITUATION IN MYANMAR TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.

Voiceover:

In Indonesia, the government has permitted companies to clear and drain peatlands for large-scale oil palm plantations.

Clearing and draining peatland releases large amounts of stored carbon into the air, accelerating climate change.

Rural communities, including transmigrants from Java, who live on peatlands, risk losing their land and their livelihoods. 

Palm oil companies have taken land from villagers without consultation, replacement land, or sufficient compensation, violating rights to property and an adequate standard of living.

Plantation operations contribute to peatland degradation, affecting the local subsistence crop yields and food security. 

With the loss of farmland, some women take difficult, low-paying jobs on the plantations or work for no pay to help their families. 

Communities trying to protect their land have been intimidated by the police.

The Indonesian government should take urgent action to safeguard local land rights and protect the environment and communities fighting for their rights.