Police claim they stepped on landmines, while escaping forced training. The bodies of seven conscripts forced to join Myanmar’s junta army were returned to their families, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday. The recruits were members of the Rohingya community, which has been frequently persecuted by the military for its heritage and Islamic faith. […]
More than 30 civilians have been killed in fighting between Myanmar’s junta and resistance groups since February 20 in Kale Township, Sagaing Region, according to volunteers. Junta shelling caused most of the fatalities with others killed in drone strikes and shooting, a volunteer said. “The regime deliberately shelled civilian targets and residential areas. Some were […]
Bombs and artillery shelling have targeted towns where junta troops have recently been driven away. More than 70 civilians were killed in seven western Myanmar townships during the first three weeks of March as the junta sent airstrikes and artillery fire into communities where it recently lost control, local residents told Radio Free Asia. The […]
Residents say not all of those eligible for service are being entered in selection pools. Authorities in southwestern Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region have commenced lotteries to select who will be drafted into the military from among lists of draft-eligible youths, but residents say the process is tainted by irregularities. The announcement last month of a conscription […]
Abuse and lack of medical treatment have left 15 political prisoners dead since last May. At least 15 political prisoners have died at Daik-U Prison in central Myanmar since last May, earning the prison in a remote area of Bago region a notorious reputation for abuse and neglect, aid workers and former prisoners told Radio […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Mar 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Shan State, Kayin State, and Rakhine State from March 8th to 14th. Internet Data and communication were cut off in Myawaddy, Kayin State. 3 elders […]
Their hands were bound tightly behind their backs for the night. They heard they were going to be executed the next morning. U Maung Khin Swe recalls a junta officer ordering his men to kill him and nine other civilians captured by retreating junta troops in Rakhine State’s Minbya Township for use as porters and […]
The UN secured barely more than half the aid it requested last year for the million Rohingya people living in deteriorating conditions in Bangladeshi camps, of whom more than half are under 18 Geneva – The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday called for increased support for the many Rohingya refugees languishing in camps in Bangladesh, […]
At least three civilians have reportedly been killed in Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region, by Myanmar’s junta in retaliation for a resistance ambush which killed six soldiers. On Monday morning, the Pakokku Urban Guerrilla Force from adjacent Magwe Region and other groups ambushed a junta vehicle at the entrance of Myingyan town, killing all six troops […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Mar 1 to 7, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region, Rakhine State, Shan State, and Kachin State from March 1st to 7th. Internet Data and communication were cut off in Kachin State and Sagaing Region. […]