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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 […]

Myanmar’s military bombs village ceremony killing scores of civilians

The junta sent in jets and an attack helicopter during the opening of a local administrative office, locals say. UPDATED at 4:46 p.m. EDT on April 11, 2023 As many as 100 villagers have been killed and more than 50 injured when junta aircraft bombed a crowd of hundreds attending an office opening ceremony in […]

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill dozens in attack on NUG ceremony

Many of the victims were members of the public who were offered food as part of the ceremony, which also coincided with the start of Myanmar’s traditional New Year’s celebrations As many as 80 people, including children, are feared dead following an air raid carried out by Myanmar’s military in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township early […]

Sentenced to Death by the Junta

As of April 6, 2023, the junta has sentenced 151 other individuals to death, according to AAPP’s documentation. Notably, of the 34 pro-democracy supporters whose ages are known, 58.8 percent are individuals under 30 years old, showing the junta’s targeted use of the death penalty against youth actively opposing the military coup and supporting the […]

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

Military Junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Kayin State, and Kachin State from April 1st to 7th. They burnt and killed 9 Civilians within a week. Thwaythoke, The Military’s backed militia killed a person from Chanmyathasi and 4 persons from Aungmyaythasan, Mandalay Region. 15 political prisoners were beaten […]

Week of fierce fighting forces 50,000 to flee Kale township in Myanmar’s north

Junta troops attacked 17 villages with ground troops, heavy artillery and airstrikes. Heavy artillery began raining from the sky onto villages to the north of Kale township on March 30, touching off what would become a week of fierce fighting between junta troops and local armed opposition forces. By the time the dust had settled […]

Clashes near Myawaddy displace thousands of civilians to Thailand

The battles took place near Shwe Kokko, the site of a major development project partly owned by the junta-allied general secretary of Karen State’s Border Guard Force Junta forces continued to battle the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and their allies this week near the town of Shwe Kokko, north of Myawaddy, Karen State, forcing […]

Continuous fighting near Shwegu displaces thousands of civilians

Thousands of local residents—as well as volunteers from aid organisations—have been displaced by military shelling and airstrikes that began in Shwegu Township, Kachin State last week amid clashes with resistance forces. People from at least seven villages south of the town of Shwegu—including Hnget Tadar, Si Thaung, Man Wein, Nam Lang, Nawng Let Gyi and […]