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 […]
An aid worker says that at least 15 residents near Lashio have been killed from artillery fire since July 3. Some 50,000 people have fled their homes over the last five days amid renewed fighting around Lashio, the capital of northern Shan state, residents and relief workers told Radio Free Asia. At least 15 civilians […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from June 22 to 30, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, Rakhine State, and Shan State from June 22nd to 30th. When the Military Junta used drones and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Bago Region, and […]
Authorities, recently arrived refugees say clashes between Myanmar junta, rebels drove them across the border. Rohingya are being brought into southeastern Bangladesh by smugglers as fighting between ethnic rebel groups and junta-aligned forces worsens next-door in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said officials and border crossers interviewed by BenarNews. Smugglers are targeting members of the stateless Rohingya […]
Over the past three years of this Spring Revolution, activists and civilians across the country have been arbitrarily arrested by junta in relation to the revolution, on a widespread and systematics scale. The junta has been detaining individuals in police station, interrogation centers, and prison under their control, torturing them physically, mentally, and sexually in […]
To: Members of the UN Security Council Copy: Members of the UN Human Rights CouncilUN High Commissioner for Human RightsUN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar 27 June 2024 Re: UN Security Council must take immediate intervention to coordinate protection of Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar Your Excellencies, We, […]
The military first blamed Sayadaw Bhaddanta Munindabhivamsa’s death on anti-junta rebels Myanmar’s military junta announced Friday that it would investigate the shooting death of a senior Buddhist monk, just one day after junta-controlled media denied responsibility. Sayadaw Bhaddanta Munindabhivamsa, the abbot of Win Neinmitayon Monastery in the Bago region, was shot dead Wednesday in his car […]