<p>On 9&nbsp;September&nbsp;2021, over 60 former and current parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia have signed an&nbsp;open letter&nbsp;to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, urging his administration to take urgent action to support human rights and democracy in Myanmar, and express concern about its stated policy to wait on action by the ASEAN.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Southeast Asian parliamentarians have responded warily to the&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98%26id%3D298ef80540%26e%3D8250da8729&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628179230526000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfs3zWyBb_R4VgZMXmz2vQzAneug" href="https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98&amp;id=298ef80540&amp;e=8250da8729" target="_blank">decision by ASEAN</a>&nbsp;to appoint Brunei&rsquo;s Foreign Affairs Minister II Erywan Yusof as its special envoy to Myanmar, urging him to take immediate and decisive action to put an end to the military&rsquo;s bloodshed and chaos.&nbsp;</p>

<p>ASEAN and the international community must provide humanitarian aid to Myanmar, but must not allow the junta to weaponize humanitarian aid to seek legitimacy, said Progressive Voice and FORUM-ASIA.&nbsp;</p>

<p>397 Civil society organizations from Myanmar urge the Group of Seven countries (G7) to take the lead in solving the crisis in Myanmar taking place due to the coup in February instead of the inert&nbsp;ASEAN.</p>

<p>Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) has released a statement saying that their journalist team of 5 are now &ldquo;safe in a third country&rdquo;.</p>

<p>417 right groups issued a statement condemning ASEAN&#39;s continuous engagement with the Myanmar junta while refusing to hold dialogues with&nbsp;other parties, including the representatives of the National Unity Government (NUG), ethnic leaders, and the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).&nbsp;</p>

<p>As&nbsp;the ASEAN Secretary-General and a representative of the ASEAN Chair, Brunei, are&nbsp;<a href="https://aseanmp.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=88dabc094b65d7801c004ec98&amp;id=0be38daf70&amp;e=8250da8729" target="_blank">expected</a>&nbsp;to visit Myanmar this week, parliamentarians across Southeast Asia urge them to hold the military accountable for its blatant disregard of the five-point consensus, and to meet with all major stakeholders in Myanmar, <a href="https://aseanmp.org/2021/06/02/ahead-of-expected-visit-asean-must-hold-myanmar-military-accountable/">ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)</a> said today.</p>

<p>One month since the ASEAN Leaders&rsquo; Meeting on Myanmar, parliamentarians across Southeast Asia urge the regional bloc to ensure the immediate and effective implementation of the Five-Point Consensus, and to hold the military accountable for its blatant disregard of the agreement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In order to eradicate all forms of dictatorship and restore democracy in military-ruled Myanmar, the newly formed National Unity Government (NUG) has called for urgent international recognition and an end to violence before political dialogue.</p>

<p>The Chiang Mai Provincial Court has postponed the trial of 3 journalists and 2 associates of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) who were arrested for illegal entry. Civil society has raised concerns over their wellbeing if they are deported.</p>

<p>The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must immediately impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Myanmar to bring an end to the mass killing of largely peaceful protestors by the Myanmar security forces, said Amnesty International in a joint call with over 200 civil society organizations on 5 May 2021.</p>