Entries by ND Burma

Six civilians used as human shields found dead near Myaing village

The victims were among at least 40 villagers captured by junta soldiers advancing through the area in recent weeks The bodies of six civilians who were captured by regime forces earlier this month were discovered near a village in Magway Region’s Myaing Township last week. The victims, who were among 40 villagers taken hostage and […]

Lawyer facing life sentence on terror charges sent to Obo Prison

Ywet Nu Aung was being held inside one of Myanmar’s most notorious interrogation centres prior to her transfer to the prison A lawyer who was charged last month under Myanmar’s anti-terror law for allegedly financing an armed resistance group was transferred to Mandalay’s Obo Prison on Thursday. Ywet Nu Aung, a prominent lawyer who has […]

Elderly man killed in northwestern Myanmar after junta artillery shell hits his home

Unable to flee with the other residents, the 70-year-old man was left behind as a military convoy assaulted villages along a road through Sagaing’s Khin-U Township A 70-year-old man was killed on Wednesday after the military fired both heavy and light weapons into his village in Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township.  Kun Thee had been hiding […]

Murders in Yangon and Mandalay linked to Thwe Thout

Anti-regime forces who killed alleged members of the group last week say they had a hit list of more than 150 intended victims Attacks targeting supporters of Myanmar’s ousted ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), left at least four people dead in Yangon and Mandalay late last week. On Thursday, two unidentified gunmen […]

More than a dozen Rohingya die when boat capsizes off Myanmar coast

About 90 people, including women and children, were aboard the boat heading to Malaysia More than a dozen people, including women and children, died on Saturday when a boat carrying at least 90 Rohingya from western Myanmar’s Rakhine state to Malaysia capsized and sank in the Bay of Bengal during a storm, Myanmar residents and […]

Junta armed forces target villages along Irrawaddy River in central Myanmar arson campaign

Raids lead to the widespread destruction of communities, including their religious centres, from Katha to Myaung The Myanmar army set fire to multiple villages along stretches of the Irrawaddy River running through Sagaing Region in recent days, destroying hundreds of homes and buildings of religious and historic significance.  A military operation that started along the […]

Weekly Update : 16-23 May 2020

The horrors perpetuated against innocent civilians demands accountability from the international community. For too long, the junta has enjoyed impunity. International accountability mechanisms are needed for justice for survivors of #HRVs!

Regime Forces Torture and Kill 29 People in Upper Myanmar

Myanmar junta troops have killed 29 people since May 10 in Sagaing Region’s Ye-U Township, according to local resistance groups and residents. Two of the victims were resistance fighters, while the rest were civilians from a number of villages who were detained by regime forces and taken to Mone Taing Ping Village, where they were […]

Weekly Update May 9 – 15 May 2022

The people of #Myanmar deserve better than what ASEAN has offered. ASEAN must listen to voices of those on the ground including experienced human rights defenders & the NUG to make decisions which hold the junta accountable for their crimes.

Charred corpses discovered in Sagaing village occupied by junta troops

It was not clear if the six victims were local people or civilians from elsewhere who had been taken hostage as human shields Local defence forces in Sagaing Region’s Ye-U Township say they found the charred remains of six people on Thursday in a village that had been occupied by regime forces for two days. […]