Entries by ND Burma

Red Cross chief calls for greater aid access after visit to Myanmar

Mirjana Spoljaric warns that conflict has cut off ‘countless people’ from essential services. Myanmar’s junta must allow greater aid access to civilians, the Red Cross chief said at the end of a visit to the war-torn country, warning that the conflict has created a humanitarian crisis that’s put “countless people” at risk. The United Nations […]

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill dozens, including prisoners, rebels say

The military has responded to a string of setbacks in Rakhine state with more intense air attacks. Myanmar’s military has killed 70 people, including many of its troops in rebel captivity, in two airstrikes in Rakhine state where Arakan Army insurgents have been making major gains against junta forces, the group said. The Arakan Army, or AA, […]

Myanmar armed group says 11 civilians killed in junta air strikes

BANGKOK —  Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic minority armed group battling the junta told AFP on Friday. The junta is battling widespread armed opposition to its 2021 coup and its soldiers are accused of bloody rampages and using air and […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (Aug 22 to 31, 2024)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 22 to 31, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Bago Region, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, and Shan State from August 22nd to 31st. Head of Prison which works under Military Junta, tortured and blackmailed the […]

Myanmar military court jails 144 villagers detained after massacre

Junta troops suspect the villagers were helping Arakan Army insurgents closing in on the state capital. Myanmar’s junta jailed 144 civilians for supporting insurgents more than three months after they were detained following a massacre of nearly 80 people in their village, which residents blamed on junta troops, families of the detained told Radio Free Asia on […]

More than 40,000 war displaced flood across border into Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region

Two-thirds of the population of Rakhine’s Gwa township have fled fighting between the military and ethnic rebels. As the fight between the military and ethnic rebels for the southernmost township in Myanmar’s Rakhine state escalates, more than 40,000 civilians have streamed across the border into neighboring Ayeyarwady region, residents said Thursday. The push to the […]

Trials ordered in 20-year-old Thailand military, police ‘massacre’

Bangkok  —  A court in Buddhist-majority Thailand decided Friday to try seven former military and police officials for their roles in the deaths of 85 Muslim men at a protest that took place 20 years ago. The seven are charged with murder, attempted murder and unlawful detention. The statute of limitations on the charges expires […]

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

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 15 to 21, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, Rakhine State, and Shan State from August 15th to 21st. The Military Junta arrested the civilians for military service in the Bago Region, […]

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 […]