Entries by ND Burma

The flow of injustice outlined in this report shines a light on the harsh reality political prisoners and their families must endure in Burma

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It describes experiences of suffering and trauma that extend far beyond their time spent in prisons. From the moment of their arrest, they are subjected to evolving hardships, including brutal interrogations of torture and inhumane treatment. Even after their release, the aftermath of this ordeal continues to impact their lives. Political prisoners are left traumatised, […]

Urgent Statement: Extrajudicial Murders of Political Prisoners

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July 10, 2023 On June 27, under the pretense of transferring them, the military removed political prisoners from Daik-U (Kyaiksakaw) Prison. 37 political prisoners have since gone missing. However, when concerned families of the political prisoners inquired at Daik-U Prison, the prison authorities repeatedly denied the whereabouts of these prisoners. On July 7, 2023, the […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (July 1 to 7, 2023)

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Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from July 1 to 7, 2023 Military Junta troops arrested over 100 civilians from Sagaing Region from July 1st to 7th. Over 8 civilians died by the Military’s arresting and killing within a week and a civilian was burnt and killed in Khin-U Township, Sagaing Region. […]

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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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(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

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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

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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 […]