Entries by ND Burma

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 […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (March 22 to 31, 2023)

The Military Junta launched airstrikes and dropped bombs at Kayin State, Kayah State, Kachin State, Chin state, and Sagaing Region from March 22nd to 31st. As a consequence of the air strike, 14 people died, and at least 39 were injured, burnt houses, and death of cattle within a week. A leader of PDF from […]

Once-bustling town of Thantlang reduced to rubble by Myanmar’s junta

Military raids, arson attacks, and airstrikes have turned Thantlang into a ghost town. Western Myanmar’s once bustling town of Thantlang, with a sign above its gateway proclaiming that its inhabitants are “Not rich, but happy,” now lies in ruin after an onslaught of military raids, arson attacks, and airstrikes. Two years after the military seized […]

သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း အဓိပ္ပါယ်ကို သတ်မှတ်ခြင်း။ (Killing)

(က) နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေအရဆိုလျှင် သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း၏ အင်္ဂါရပ်များကား အဘယ်နည်း။ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းကို လူ့အခွင့်အရေး ချိုးဖေါက်မှုတရပ်အဖြစ် မှတ်တမ်းပြုရန်အလို့ငှာ အောက်ပါ အင်္ဂါ ရပ် (၃)ရပ် ထင်ရှား ကြောင်းဖေါ်ပြရပါမည်။ ၁။ လူ့အသက်ကို သေစေခြင်း။ ၂။ တရားဥပဒေမဲ့ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း။ ၃။ အစိုးရ၏ လုပ်ဆောင်ချက်။ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေ- လူတဦး၏ အသက်ရှင်နေထိုင်ခွင့် အသက်ရှင်နေထိုင်ခွင့်ကို အတင်းအကြပ် ရုပ်သိမ်းခြင်းကို အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေများက ပိတ်ပင် တားမြစ်ထားပါသည်။ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းသည် အသက်ရှင်နေထိုင်ခွင့်ကို ရုပ်သိမ်းခြင်းအဖြစ် အပြည်ပြည် ဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေကို ချိုးဖေါက်ရာ ရောက်သည်။

Myanmar army column kills several elderly civilians in assault on Sagaing Region village

Seven people who were unable to flee due to their advanced age and disabilities are found dead in their torched houses after a three-hour siege by junta troops in Budalin Township A 50-soldier junta column killed seven civilians—most of whom were elderly and had disabilities—in an arson attack on a village in Sagaing Region’s Budalin […]