The junta has issued a directive to police and local administrators in wards and villages to monitor internally displaced persons (IDPs) entering Ayeyarwady Region from Rakhine State. Administrators and police officers have been instructed to check where IDPs are staying and to conduct interrogations of IDPs and the homeowners of the homes they are staying […]
Approximately 1,500 Myanmar refugees entered the India’s Mizoram State between 22 and 29 July bringing the total number of Myanmar refugees in Mizoram to 35,125, according to All India Radio. It said that the 1,500 new refugees had dispersed across five districts in Mizoram State. Champhai District saw the highest influx, with 1,293 refugees arriving […]
Nay Linn Htike wrote articles for the Democratic Voice of Burma before the 2021 military coup. A former reporter who was imprisoned under a law designed to punish comments that imply the military junta’s rule is illegitimate has died of cancer at an infamous prison near Yangon, a former coworker told Radio Free Asia. Nay […]
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. […]