Villagers say at least three people died as a result. Myanmar’s junta detained hundreds of villagers in Rakhine State, including children, over suspected links to ethnic minority insurgents and beat at least three people to death, residents told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. The security sweep appeared aimed at preventing the Arakan Army insurgent force […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from May 15 to 21, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Chin State, Rakhine State, and Shan State from May 15th to 21st. Over 200 men from Magway Region, Yangon Region, and Shan State were arrested for 2nd batch […]
19 May 2024: The Rohingya people in western Myanmar are again at risk of genocide. The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council must address this risk and the worsening human rights emergency in Myanmar generally, by convening an urgent special session, says the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). This weekend, Rohingya remaining in Buthidaung township, […]
Thousands are fleeing a township after the Arakan Army ordered them to leave. About 30 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority have been killed in clashes between junta forces and ethnic minority Buddhist insurgents, residents of Rakhine State said on Saturday, raising new fears that the persecuted Muslim community is being caught in the middle of […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from May 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Rakhine State, Kachin State, Shan State, and Kayin State from May 8th to 14th. 20 civilians died and over 50 were injured by the […]
Aerial bombings and gunfire on three villages destroyed homes and cars, and critically wounded many. Myanmar junta forces battling ethnic minority insurgents in three townships in the west have killed 15 people in strikes on villages, residents told Radio Free Asia Wednesday. The junta artillery fire and airstrikes on Tuesday also wounded 16 people in […]
Nearly 50 villages in the west are impacted by this year’s intense hot season, residents said. Nearly 50 villages in western Myanmar are facing shortages of water, residents told RFA on Tuesday, after the hot season brought record high temperatures across the region. Ponds and small lakes across Rakhine State are drying up, leaving residents with limited […]
Residents in Magway Region’s Saw Township said that at least 15 civilians, including children and a monk, were killed and 27 others were injured in an airstrike carried out by the military on a monastery in Ahkyipanpalun village of Kyauktu town on Thursday. “The monastery was engulfed in flames. They unleashed a barrage of 500-pound […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from May 1 to 7, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, Kachin State, and Rakhine State from May 1st to 7th. The Military Junta prohibited and blocked working permission in foreign countries on […]
“Apocalypse” is how a doctor has described the scene when Myanmar junta fighter jets used four 500lb bombs to destroy a hospital in Chin State’s Mindat Township on April 25, killing five patients and injuring 15 others. Dr. Shao* was among anti-regime medics who helped run Wun Ma Thuu Hospital, which provided free treatment to civilians injured in junta […]