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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report, “We Dare Not Return,” Displacement and the Denial of Human Rights in Southeastern Burma

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For Immediate Release 7 March 2023: Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases a new report, “We Dare Not Return,” Displacement and the Denial of Human Rights in Southeastern Burma. The report includes an analysis of the current situation in our respective target areas of Southeastern Burma throughout 2022. The findings draw on interviews with emergency […]

4 of every 5 townships in Myanmar impacted by conflict since coup: UN agency

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The UN Human Rights Office calls for ‘urgent, concrete action’ to end a humanitarian crisis in the country. Nearly four out of every five townships in Myanmar has been impacted by conflict in the two years since the military coup, according to the United Nations, prompting calls by civil society for “immediate action” to end […]

Junta arrests 22 civilians after mine blast in Sagaing region

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The arrested include 3 civil disobedience movement teachers. Junta troops have been rounding up civilians in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region in the hunt for supporters of anti-regime militias after a mine blast that killed two People’s Defense Force Members. Three of the 22 civilians were released Sunday, leaving 19 in custody including three civil defense […]

AAPP Press Release: New Report “Towards Accountability: The Urgent Need for Renewed International Attention to Sit-Tat’s Crimes Against Humanity in Burma”

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March 1, 2023, marks 759 days since the military junta attempted to take control of the country and repressed pro-democracy resistance with mass arrests, massacres, and other atrocities. Today, to call on the international community to take action against the junta, AAPP has published its report, “Towards Accountability: The Urgent Need for Renewed International Attention […]

Beheaded bodies of PDF members found in southern Sagaing Region

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Resistance forces claim the military captured and executed three of the fighters, while the other two were killed in combat Content warning: This report contains graphic images and text depicting the effects of extreme violence, which may be upsetting to some readers. We advise discretion in viewing this content. The mutilated remains of five resistance […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (February 22 to 28, 2023)

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Military Junta air-strikes and bombing at Sagaing Region, Chin, and Kachin State from February 22nd to 28th. On the 22nd of February, three prefectures of Sagaing State, Shwebo, Ayadaw, and Wetlet were (additionally) announced under Martial Law. Military troops raped a CDM nurse before she was killed in Okpho township, West Bago Region. They also […]

Myanmar military destroys more than 100 homes in Mandalay on encroachment claims

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Residents of two blocks find themselves homeless overnight amid a junta eviction campaign. As soldiers and police looked on, bulldozers destroyed more than 100 houses on two streets in Myanmar’s second largest city, leaving residents – many of whom had been living there for decades – homeless overnight, sources in the country told Radio Free […]

Landmines injure several civilians, kill 15-year-old boy in Kanbalu

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Pro-regime Pyu Saw Htee militias and anti-junta local defence teams both operate in the area, and neither has admitted responsibility for setting the landmines Four separate landmine explosions killed one teenager and injured eight civilians, including children, in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township on Saturday, according to local sources.  A resident of Nyaung Zin village in […]

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

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Military Junta air-strikes and bombing at Hpapun area and South Kawkareik in Kayin State from February 15th to 21st. The military junta continued to raid and burn the villages in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, and Kayin State. They abduct the civilians and use as human shields along their marching area. 2 civilians from Kanbalu township, […]