Entries by ND Burma

Myanmar’s War-Displaced Face Health Crisis as Donor Funds Dry Up

Internally displaced people (IDPs) in central Myanmar are facing malnutrition and other health problems as assistance from donors both in Myanmar and abroad dwindles, according to IDP support groups. Huge numbers of civilians in Magwe and Sagaing have been displaced. The situation became acute in 2022 when the junta and its allied militia ramped up […]

Thailand’s first aid convoy arrives in Myanmar

The foreign ministry is sending aid to 20,000 residents of war-torn Kayin state. Updated March 25, 2024, 09:08 a.m. ET. Thailand’s government started aid deliveries to Myanmar on Monday along a newly developed humanitarian corridor to assist civilians affected by fighting. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Thai and Myanmar Red Cross Societies, […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (March 15 to 21, 2024)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Mar 15 to 21, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Shan State, Kayin State, Kachin State, Rakhine State, and Chin State from March 15th to 21st. The head of the Prison who works under the Military threatened and […]

Myanmar junta returns bodies of Rohingya conscripts to families

Police claim they stepped on landmines, while escaping forced training. The bodies of seven conscripts forced to join Myanmar’s junta army were returned to their families, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday. The recruits were members of the Rohingya community, which has been frequently persecuted by the military for its heritage and Islamic faith. […]

More Than 30 Civilians Killed by Myanmar Junta in Sagaing: Volunteers

More than 30 civilians have been killed in fighting between Myanmar’s junta and resistance groups since February 20 in Kale Township, Sagaing Region, according to volunteers. Junta shelling caused most of the fatalities with others killed in drone strikes and shooting, a volunteer said. “The regime deliberately shelled civilian targets and residential areas. Some were […]

Airstrikes and shelling have killed 70 civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Bombs and artillery shelling have targeted towns where junta troops have recently been driven away. More than 70 civilians were killed in seven western Myanmar townships during the first three weeks of March as the junta sent airstrikes and artillery fire into communities where it recently lost control, local residents told Radio Free Asia. The […]

Irregularities taint military draft lottery in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady

Residents say not all of those eligible for service are being entered in selection pools. Authorities in southwestern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region have commenced lotteries to select who will be drafted into the military from among lists of draft-eligible youths, but residents say the process is tainted by irregularities. The announcement last month of a conscription […]

Myanmar prison gets ‘notorious’ reputation following deaths

Abuse and lack of medical treatment have left 15 political prisoners dead since last May. At least 15 political prisoners have died at Daik-U Prison in central Myanmar since last May, earning the prison in a remote area of Bago region a notorious reputation for abuse and neglect, aid workers and former prisoners told Radio […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (March 8 to 14, 2024)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Mar 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Shan State, Kayin State, and Rakhine State from March 8th to 14th. Internet Data and communication were cut off in Myawaddy, Kayin State. 3 elders […]

Rescued From Execution, Fathers Weep For Their Sons in Myanmar

Their hands were bound tightly behind their backs for the night. They heard they were going to be executed the next morning. U Maung Khin Swe recalls a junta officer ordering his men to kill him and nine other civilians captured by retreating junta troops in Rakhine State’s Minbya Township for use as porters and […]