Entries by ND Burma

UN must end its ‘failed approach’ in Myanmar, report says

Criticising the UN’s Myanmar Country Team for accepting the junta as ‘de facto authorities,’ international experts urge direct coordination with the publicly mandated government, ethnic governance bodies and other resistance groups to deliver aid  The Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) criticised the United Nations (UN) for “failing” the people of Myanmar through its dealings […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (September 22 to 30, 2023)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Sep 22 to 30, 2023 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Shan State, Kachin State, Kayin State, Mon State, Magway Region, and Sagaing Region from September 22nd to 30th. 6civilians from the Magway Region were arrested and used as human shields. 18 […]

Forced Relocation (Cartoon Animation)

အတင်းအဓမ္မရွှေ့ပြောင်းခံရခြင်းကို လူ့အခွင့်အရေး ချိုးဖောက်မှုတခုအဖြစ် မှတ်တမ်းတင်နိုင်ရန်အ တွက် အောက်ဖေါ်ပြပါ အင်္ဂါရပ် ချိုးဖောက်မှုမြောက်သော အချက်အလက်များ ထင်ရှားကြောင်း သက် သေ တင်ပြရပါမည်။ ၁။ တစုံတဦး၏ အိုးအိမ် သို့မဟုတ် မြေနေရာမှာ ဖယ်ရှားခံရခြင်း ၂။ အကြောင်းမဲ့ အတင်းအကျပ် ဖယ်ရှားပစ်ခြင်း ၃။ အလိုမတူခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ဆန္ဒမပါဘဲ လုပ်ဆောင်ခြင်း ၄။ အစိုးရ၏ လုပ်ဆောင်ချက်တို့ ဖြစ်သည်။

Junta shells school in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, injuring 18 kids

Six children were severely wounded in the attack that took place while school was in session. At least 18 children were injured and receiving medical care after junta troops fired artillery shells on a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region during the middle of the school day, according to residents. The incident was the latest […]

Human Rights Violation Documentation Infographic

The research team of Kachin Women Research Group and Kachin Human Rights Watch Group collected (50) cases of human rights abuses in Myitkyina, PutaO, Banmaw, and Mohnyin districts of Kachin State, and Lashio and Muse districts of Northern Shan State from July 2022 to February 2023. Among those (50) cases, (6) are from the period […]

Junta troops kill 28 militia members in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

Locals said there were too many bodies to cremate. Junta troops ambushed and killed 28 People’s Defense Force members in Sagaing region’s Myinmu township, witnesses told Radio Free Asia on Monday. The dead include 20 members of the Black Eagle defense force, five members of the  Myaung Revolution Army, two members of  People’s Security Group-Myinmu […]

Junta arrests principal of private high school in Sagaing

The school was also shuttered, with the junta posting a sign on the building suggesting that it had ties to ‘terrorist organisations’  The military arrested the 57-year-old principal of a private school in Sagaing town last week and shut down the institution the following day, Myanmar Now has learned.  Htar Htar Oo was taken into […]

Young political prisoner dies of heart attack in Myanmar prison

The man experienced health problems after being tortured but was not treated. A 21-year-old political prisoner who was sentenced to a long term in Myanmar’s Insein Prison died of a heart attack at the weekend, sources close to the family told Radio Free Asia on Monday. The prison authorities informed family members about the death […]

Myanmar Junta Massacres Sagaing Resistance Fighters

Myanmar’s junta killed 24 Sagaing Region resistance fighters and two civilian administrators on Friday evening, according to rebel groups. Troops stationed at the entrance of Myaung Township reportedly surrounded resistance fighters from the Chay Yar Taw People’s Defense Force (PDF) and other PDFs under the civilian National Unity Government. “They were surrounded and trapped while they […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (September 15 to 21, 2023)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Sep 15 to 21, 2023 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing and Mandalay Region from September 15th to 21st. Over 130 civilians including women from Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi Region and Kachin State were arrested and used as human shields. Military Junta […]