Myanmar Witness has just published an important report on the threat to schools in Myanmar, a report welcomed by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Documenting damage to Myanmar’s education system since the 2021 coup, Myanmar Witness has documented 174 distinct incidents of violence affecting educational institutions in Myanmar since February 2021. Schools have […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from July 15 to 21, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, Shan State, Kachin State, and Mon State from July 15th to 21st. The Military Junta Navy attacked heavy artillery on the villages along the Ayeyarwady River in […]
Myanmar junta forces abducted and killed five residents of Tumaya Village in the western part of Mingin Township, Sagaing Region on the night of 16 July, according to the Student’s Revolutionary Force (SRF). Among the deceased were two women, accused of providing information to the revolutionary forces. The victims were identified as U Win Swe […]
Tens of thousands have already fled the town in Shan state amid fighting between Kokang rebels and the military. Around 30,000 civilians are trapped in the largest town in northeastern Myanmar’s Shan state amid intensified fighting between the military and ethnic Kokang rebels, residents and aid workers said Thursday. The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from July 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, Shan State, and Rakhine State from July 8th to 14th. The Military Junta used the political prisoners as human shields in Thandwe Prison, Rakhine State, […]
MizzimaDespite cases moving against the Myanmar junta in international courts more political will and resources are needed to bring the junta to justice, according to advocacy group, Progressive VoiceIt said that the processes around international accountability for the crimes committed by the Myanmar military inched forward in the past week, as Argentina’s judiciary moves closer […]
The new soldiers are headed to brutal conflict zones after only 3 months of training. The first round of soldiers recruited under Myanmar’s controversial military draft law have completed their training and are being deployed to the frontlines of the junta’s war against rebels in the country’s remote border areas, their family members said Tuesday. […]
Brotherhood Alliance announces four-day ceasefire The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) announced Sunday that a temporary ceasefire was put in place in Lashio Township of northern Shan State, near the Burma-China border, during the Communist Party of China’s third plenum meeting, which ends July 18. “The MNDAA set its ceasefire for four days but […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from July 1 to 7, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, Rakhine State, and Shan State from July 1st to 7th. The Military Junta used the civilians as human shields and searched mines on Monywa-Mandalay Road. The Military’s […]
School buildings are often targeted by indiscriminate airstrikes or shelling from artillery. More than a quarter – or about 13,700 – of Myanmar’s 48,753 public schools have been closed due to the country’s civil war, the military junta’s Ministry of Education said. In western Chin state, which has seen fierce fighting since the 2021 military […]