Netherlands Myanmar Solidarity Platform

22/04/2026

We are happy to announce that we are reviving the Platform! There are several new volunteers and there is a new Board, now comprising Swe Swe Aye (Chair), Aiden Bijloo (Treasurer), Marleen Brouwer and Frank van der Valk.

02/04/2026

𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 | 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐚𝐲: 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫

Join us for a powerful and timely documentary screening that sheds light on courage, creativity and resistance.

The International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague will host a screening of 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘢𝘺: 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳, a moving film following four democracy activists navigating life under military rule.

💬 After the screening, stay for a discussion with speakers including activists, researchers, and journalists working closely on Myanmar.

📍International Institute of Social Studies - Room: Aula B
🗓 22 Apr 2026, Wednesday
⏰16:00 - 17:45
🎟 Free Admission (Registration Required)

👉 Register and learn more:

This film follows four democracy revolutionaries in Myanmar who are finding creative means to fight against the military junta. Film screening and discussion

30/01/2026

🎬 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎 𝑺𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 | 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒂𝒚: 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒎𝒂𝒓

How do movements committed to non-violence respond when faced with brutal repression? And what role can art, music, and poetry play in a revolution?

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘢𝘺: 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘳 (2025) follows four democracy revolutionaries who are finding creative means to fight against the military junta.

📍UvA Roeterseiland Campus - Room-C0.01
🗓 6 February 2026, Friday
⏰17:00–18:45
🎟 Free Admission (Registration Required)

The film will be introduced by Myanmar expert 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐤𝐢 (𝐕𝐔) and followed by a discussion with:

- 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐰𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧: film protagonist and awardee of the Dutch Foreign Ministry’s Human Rights Tulip Award

- 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐲: film producer

- 𝐏𝐲𝐚𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐨 𝐊𝐲𝐚𝐰: Netherlands–Myanmar Solidarity Platform

🎤 Moderated by 𝐘𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐣𝐚 (𝐔𝐯𝐀)

Join us for this timely film and conversation on resistance, creativity, and solidarity

https://conflictstudies.uva.nl/content/events/2026/02/thabyay-creative-resistance-in-myanmar.html?origin=MK2JUmMARv2OjwAIqQ2MJQ&cb&cb

09/01/2026

📣 Update information on Construction of bomb shelter at Singu township (Safe Classrooms Project)

On 31 October 2025, NMSP has transferred €2400 to the Yay Myat Village Committe, Singu township. The committee and the volunteers have decided to construct a bomb shelter in the Basic High School of Yay Myat Village compound where 60-100 children can seek as a shelter if the Junta fighter jets attack.

However, since November 2025, the military has launched large-scale offensives against liberated areas in preparation for holding a sham election. Because Singu Township is a strategically important liberated area, the junta forces could arrive any time and plans to build bomb shelters had to be postponed. If they had been built, the military would have destroyed them.

As everyone feared, in December 2025, the military carried out airstrikes on Singu Township and nearby villages and then recaptured the area. As a result, all the residents of Yay Myat Village were forced to flee to safer forested areas, and schools have also been closed. At present, it is still not possible to build bomb shelters, and regaining control of Singu Township remains very difficult. We will keep our donors updated on the situation. Thank you! 🙏🏼