Entries by ND Burma

OPEN LETTER FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING ASEAN’S APPROACH TO THE ONGOING POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN MYANMAR

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To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei DarussalamH.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CambodiaH.E. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of IndonesiaH.E. Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicH.E. Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of MalaysiaH.E. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, […]

Regime forces attacked with drones after decapitating teacher

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The junta troops responsible for murdering the teacher and two others in Magway’s Pauk Township on Monday also burned down an entire village late last week A resistance group says that it used drones to launch two attacks on a junta column that decapitated a teacher and killed two others in Magway Region’s Pauk Township […]

Outgunned resistance forces kill four police in Natmauk village

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More than 150 people were forcibly detained following the incident, which occurred after local defence team members encountered a group of police on patrol A group of nine local defence team members killed four police officers during a half-hour clash in Magway Region’s Natmauk Township on Sunday, according to resistance sources. The incident occurred at […]

Bomb blasts, gunfire at Myanmar’s biggest prison kills eight, including guards 

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Prison staff and civilians are reportedly among those killed after shots are allegedly fired from a watchtower at Yangon’s Insein Prison following a parcel bomb attack At least eight people were killed and 15 injured after Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison was hit with two explosions and a shooting on Wednesday morning, according to sources at […]

UN agencies’ Myanmar PR campaign raises more questions than it answers

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International aid organisations have not done enough to allay concerns about their deals with the country’s hated regime Faced with growing criticism over their push to normalise relations with Myanmar’s illegal military junta, United Nations agencies have embarked on an effort to justify their actions. Using social media, they have deployed infographics and other tools […]

Chin woman and girl knifed to death in Magway township with heavy military presence

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The two victims disappeared last week while on their way home from a nearby village; their bodies were discovered on Sunday A young woman and a 14-year-old girl were found murdered in southwestern Magway Region’s Ngape Township on Sunday, four days after they went missing in the heavily militarised area. The two victims, who were […]

Prisoner beaten to death in Myingyan Prison

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The prison, which holds hundreds of political detainees, has become one of the most notorious in the country since last year’s coup A prisoner who was sent to Mandalay Region’s Myingyan Prison last week was beaten to death within a day of his arrival, according to prison sources. Nay Myo Oo, a resident of the […]

Prospects for Peace in Myanmar

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Achieving peace in Myanmar has been a long and troubling journey as the Myanmar junta has historically jeopardized and devastated all possibilites. This is evident through a long line of broken ceasefires and attacks on vulnerable, unarmed populations. Throughout different periods, the violence perpetrated against ethnic people has led to hundreds of thousands fleeing for […]

Seven civilians killed in 3 shootings in Myanmar’s Yangon

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The 3 incidents involved the military or anti-junta forces, sources said. At least seven civilians were killed in three separate shootings involving the military or anti-junta forces in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon on Thursday evening, according to witnesses. The incidents took place in Yangon’s Pabedan and southern Dagon Myothit townships and left six men and […]

The world needs to recognise—and support—Myanmar’s ‘humanitarian resistance’

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As UN aid agencies line up to sign deals with the junta, local groups fighting “for victory and humanity” continue to be the country’s real saviours The recent rush of UN agencies to sign memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Myanmar’s military junta has raised important questions about who is really carrying the burden of humanitarian […]