The airstrikes are getting more and more deadly
This week, in one of its deadliest airstrikes, the Myanmar military killed at least 133 people, including women and children, in the north-western Sagaing region. According to a report by the BBC, residents uploaded video showing scenes of appalling carnage, with dismembered bodies lying on the ground.
Congress has before it House Resolution 86 that calls for “an international arms embargo and a prohibition on the sale of aviation fuel and other dual use items to the Burmese military.” So let’s take a few minutes this week to ensure that our Members of Congress support and co-sponsor these vital resolutions.
In support of the people of Myanmar, our friends in Congress have introduced two bipartisan resolutions, one in the House of Representatives (H.Res.86) and the other in the Senate (S.Res.20). It’s vital that we tell our Members of Congress to step up for the people of Myanmar and co-sponsor these resolutions.
Your emails and phone calls to your Members of Congress are working! Thanks to your actions, we already have 23 sponsors – and growing! – of House Resolution 86. Would you commit to contacting your Members Of Congress this week to urge them to co-sponsor these crucial resolutions?
The resolutions condemn the Burmese military for seizing power in its February 1st, 2021, coup d’etat. More importantly, the resolutions put Congressional pressure on the Biden Administration to:
– impose sanctions on Burmese military-owned or military-controlled companies, such as Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE);
– impose an international arms embargo and a prohibition on the sale of aviation fuel and other dual use items to the Burmese military
– work with the United Nations and ASEAN countries to delegitimize the military; and
– empower and assist the National Unity Government of Myanmar, the National Unity Consultative Council, the Civil Disobedience Movement, and Burmese civil society.
Please follow up your message with phone calls and emails to the staff of your U.S. senators and representative.
We have a new resources to make this easier for you. We’re continually updating our online listing of key staff of every member of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Check it out here:
Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. Senate.
Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. House.
If you have extra time, please make a phone call and follow up email to the staff of your U.S. senators and representative. Just follow the steps below! Sometimes just one call or direct email from you can make the difference.
Action #1: make a phone call
- Click here to enter your zip code and find your House Member
- Click to find the names, emails, and phone numbers of key staffers to your U.S. senators and representative:
- Click here to check if your U.S. senators are already a co-sponsor of the resolution on Myanmar (S.Res.20). (If your senator is a co-sponsor, thank them. We don’t do that enough!)
- Click here to check if your U.S. representative is already a co-sponsor of the resolution on Myanmar (H.Res.86). (If your senator is a co-sponsor, thank them. We don’t do that enough!)
- When you reach their office, ask to be connected directly to the staffer, either in person on their voicemail.
- Simply tell the staffer – in person or on their voicemail – that you want your senator or representative to co-sponsor and support the resolution condemning the Myanmar military coup
- Leave your name, number, and city of residence to indicate that you live in the state.
- Email us at [email protected] and tell us how your calls went.
Follow up #2: send a direct email
Click to find the names, emails, and phone numbers of key staffers to your U.S. senators and representative:
- Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. Senate.
- Click here for a list of staff for the U.S. House.
- Click here to check if your U.S. senators are already a co-sponsor of the resolution on Myanmar (S.Res.20). (If your senator is a co-sponsor, thank them. We don’t do that enough!)
- Click here to check if your U.S. representative is already a co-sponsor of the resolution on Myanmar (H.Res.86). (If your senator is a co-sponsor, thank them. We don’t do that enough!)
You may wish to use a succinct and direct subject line such as: “Co-sponsor the resolution condemning the Myanmar military coup”
Start your message with a mention of where you live in the state. Feel free to include a sentence or two on why you care about human rights and Myanmar in particular. Please use or adapt the following text in your email. Please blind copy (bcc) us on your email at [email protected].
I ask that you co-sponsor and support the resolution (S.Res.20) and (H.Res.86) condemning the Myanmar military coup.
Congress must show leadership in holding the Myanmar military accountable for its coup d’etat and its brutal crimes against humanity. Congress must also show support for Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and its democratic and multi-ethnic new National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG).
Please write back and tell me if you have co-sponsored the resolution condemning the Myanmar military coup. Thank you.
Just one meeting, email, or phone call from a constituent can make a difference. Your Members of Congress need to know that you want Congress to act. The people of Myanmar can’t wait any longer.
For More Information
Click here for the text, co-sponsors, and progress of House Resolution 86
Click here for the text, co-sponsors, and progress of Senate Resolution 20
Stay informed with these news sources
Check out – and follow – the Facebook page of our key ally in Myanmar, the Blood Money Campaign
Subscribe to Frontier Myanmar’s excellent daily coverage from inside the country.
Check out the daily news at Myanmar Now
Listen to the podcasts at Insight Myanmar
Read the analysis at Progressive Voice Myanmar Justice For Myanmar works incognito inside Myanmar to research the Myanmar military’s business empire and exposes its domestic and foreign business partners
Learn more about our work for Myanmar here.