Entries by ND Burma

The situation for political prisoners has reached a life-threatening status

– 23.August 2024 On August 19, 2024, an argument erupted when female political prisoners in Daik-U Prison made a complaint to a Ward Officer regarding the inappropriate nature of male prison staff frequenting the bathing area while female political prisoners were bathing. The argument resulted in female prisoners being shot with slingshots, leaving eight with […]

Myanmar rebels capture last junta base in township on China border

The captured base is a key to the defense of a military headquarters. One of Myanmar’s most powerful insurgent armies has taken full control of a strategically important township in Kachin state on the border with China, its information officer told Radio Free Asia. The Kachin Independence Army, or KIA, together with People’s Defense Forces […]

Over 1,000 Civilians Flee to Ayeyarwady as Fighting Nears Gwa Town in Southern Rakhine 

Over 1,300 civilians from southern Rakhine State’s Gwa Township have fled to neighboring Ayeyarwady Region as fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and Myanmar military junta troops nears Gwa town, according to local residents and a lawmaker familiar with the situation on the ground. In southern Rakhine State, the AA and joint resistance forces gained […]

Evidence of an escalation in brutal atrocities committed by Myanmar military – Myanmar Mechanism Annual Report

Geneva, 13 August 2024 – There is substantial evidence that brutal war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar military have escalated at an alarming rate across the country, according to information collected and analysed by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (Mechanism) and detailed in its Annual Report released today. The Report focuses on the […]

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

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Mandalay Region, Chin State, Shan State, and Kachin State from August 8th to 14th. The staff from the head of the Prison which work under […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (Aug 1 to 7, 2024)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 1 to 7, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Mandalay Region, Shan State, Chin State, and Rakhine State from August 1st to 7th. The Military Junta is making lists and arresting youths for batch 4th of Military Service in the […]

Myanmar junta bombs sleeping village killing seven, rebels say

Many people were wounded in the latest air attack in the strife-torn Mandalay region, residents said. The Myanmar junta’s air force bombed a village in a strife-torn central region killing seven people as they slept, an insurgent group said on Thursday, the latest deaths in what opponents of the junta say is a deliberate campaign […]

Some 5,000 Rohingya who fled recent fighting waiting to cross to Bangladesh

The minority Muslims left their homes in western Myanmar as fighting between the junta and insurgents intensified. Approximately 5,000 minority Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee from this week’s fighting in western Myanmar have been waiting for several days near the Naf River for an opportunity to cross into Bangladesh, residents said. Intense combat in Rakhine […]