Entries by ND Burma

Indonesia pushes to implement failed Myanmar peace plan ahead of ASEAN meetings

The crisis in Myanmar is expected to be one of the main topics at meetings hosted by Indonesia next week. ASEAN chair Indonesia said Friday it was increasing efforts to implement a five-point consensus to end instability in post-coup Myanmar, while Burmese civil society groups called for junking the “ineffective” plan amid divisions within the […]

Myanmar junta forces murder seven civilians in Wetlet village

Regime troops killed seven people and injured several others in three separate incidents in and around the village of Thamayoe in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet Township on Thursday, according to local sources. Phoe Lwin, a 55-year-old fishmonger, was reportedly shot dead when he ran into a junta column just outside of the village, which is located […]

Shan State official who joined CDM killed in custody

A former civil servant who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) against military rule died days after his arrest in northern Shan State more than a year ago, his family has recently learned. Htay Lin Aung was a deputy staff officer with the General Administration Department in Shan State’s Nawnghkio Township when he decided to […]

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

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from June 22 to 30, 2023 Military Junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Chin State, Kayah State, Kachin State, and Sagaing Region from June 22nd to 30th. Over 9 civilians were injured and 11 died by the airstrike and civilian buildings were burnt […]

Forced Prostitution

(က) နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေအရ လိင်လုပ်ငန်းအတွင်းသို့ အတင်းအဓမ္မ သွတ်သွင်းခံရခြင်းတွင် မည်သည့် အင်္ဂါရပ်များ ပါဝင်သနည်း။ လိင်ဖျော်ဖြေရေး လုပ်ငန်းအတွင်းသို့ အတင်းအဓမ္မ သွတ်သွင်းခံရခြင်းအား လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်မှု တခုအဖြစ် မှတ်တမ်း တင်နိုင်ရန်အတွက် အောက်ဖေါ်ပြပါ အင်္ဂါရပ် (၄) ခု သက်သေထင်ရှားကြောင်း တင်ပြရပါမည်။ ၁။ လိင်ဆက်ဆံမှုပုံစံတခုခု ၂။ အတင်းအကျပ် လုပ်ဆောင်ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် အလိုမတူခြင်း ၃။ ငွေပေးခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် အလားတူပုံစံတမျိုးမျိုး ၄။ အစိုးရ၏ လုပ်ဆောင်ချက် တို့ ဖြစ်သည်။

Myanmar military arrests 10 workers for garment factory strikes

The detained include 2 members of a banned union. Myanmar’s junta authorities have arrested 10 workers from Yangon region for incitement to riot, state-controlled newspapers reported Thursday. Reports said two members of the outlawed Action Labor Rights group were arrested along with workers from two garment factories between June 14 and 17. The Action Labor […]

At least 10 dead in Myanmar junta airstrikes on Sagaing village

An aerial assault targeting a village in Sagaing Region’s Pale Township on Tuesday afternoon killed at least 10 civilians, including a Buddhist monk, according to local sources. The attack on Nyaung Kone, a village located less that 10km southwest of the town of Pale, took place at around 3pm and also destroyed a monastery and […]

UN rights expert urges bolder action by Indonesia, ASEAN against Myanmar junta’s violence

Speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, a United Nations (UN) expert called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to exert more pressure to end the Myanmar coup regime’s violence and human rights abuses.  ASEAN—a bloc of ten countries that includes Indonesia and Myanmar as members—initially treated the February 2021 military coup and violent […]

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

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from June 15 to 21, 2023 Military Junta troops arrested over 240 local civilians from Thayetchaung Township, Tanintharyi Region, Okpho Township, Bago Region and Sagaing Township, Sagaing Region and used them as human shields from 15th June to 21st June. Military Junta troops launched an airstrike […]

Five men die during military interrogation in Bago

Five men taken into junta custody for suspected involvement in an attack on a police station in Bago Region’s Waw Township died during interrogation, according to local sources. Members of the military reportedly notified the men’s families in late May of their deaths, but Myanmar Now learned of it this week through members of a […]