Entries by ND Burma

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three in Bago’s Htantabin Township

Three others were injured in the attack, which was the first of its kind in the township Three civilians were killed and another three were injured when junta fighter jets dropped bombs on Karen National Union (KNU) territory in Bago Region’s Htantabin Township on Tuesday, according to sources. The attack took place at around 6pm […]

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

Military Junta troops arrested and used civilians as a human shield from Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, and killed 9 PDF members from Kawlin Township, and all these people were burnt and killed from 22nd to 30th April. The military junta troops also arrested the civilians including pregnant women, children, and elders used as human shields […]

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

Military Junta troops launched an airstrike from April 15th to 21st in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Chin State, Kachin State, and Kayin State. They committed incidents targeting Civilians in an airstrike by dropping 500lbs bombs and targeted the Regional Hospital where civilians are cured. The head of the Prison Department is committing Human Right Abuses […]

‘Ogre’ battalion uses brutality to instill terror in Myanmar

Sources say the unit takes heads as trophies to strike fear into the hearts of the junta’s enemies. Eds Note: Some readers may find the content of this article disturbing. They lop off people’s heads and mutilate bodies to instill terror. They torture victims to death. They seem fearless in battle, surging forward when under […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (April 8 to 14, 2023)

Military Junta troops targeted the civilians and launched an airstrike from April 8 to 14 in Sagaing Region, Chin, and Kayin States. Many civilians including children and pregnant women died in the airstrikes and the Military is still committing war crimes. The military also used over 30 civilians as human shields in Myingyan Township, Mandalay […]

Death toll from Myanmar junta air attack on northern village rises to 200

Around 70 residents remain in hiding after the April 11 assault. The death toll from a military airstrike in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region on civilians has nearly doubled to an estimated 200 people, a local member of the People’s Defense Forces told Radio Free Asia on Monday. During the April 11 attack, jets bombed and […]