Political prisoners had protested after guards beat an inmate found with a mobile phone. Prison guards in Myanmar on Friday shot and killed a political prisoner and wounded more than 60 other people – including eight critically – after inmates protested their beating of the victim a day earlier, Radio Free Asia has learned. The […]
Nearly 100 people have been handed the death penalty for opposing the regime that seized power nearly two years ago A junta-controlled court sentenced a primary school teacher to death last Friday for his alleged role in the killing of a suspected military informant in Ayeyarwady Region’s Myan Aung Township more than a year ago, […]
The Independence Day amnesty includes a former National League for Democracy minister, authors and journalists. UPDATED AT 4:44 p.m. ET on 01-04-2023 Myanmar’s military rulers ordered the release of 7,012 inmates, including some political prisoners, in an Independence Day amnesty Wednesday. Detainees held in prisons and police stations across the country had their sentences reduced […]
Thura Aung Ko is released from Yangon’s Insein Prison some 10 months after being convicted of corruption by Myanmar’s military regime The Myanmar junta released former religious affairs minister Thura Aung Ko from Yangon’s Insein Prison on Tuesday night in an amnesty ahead of the country’s January 4 Independence Day, according to a relative of […]
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One year on from the horrific massacre, watch Myanmar Witness’ mini-doc investigation. “Do you know what happened in Myanmar last Christmas?” is a first mini-documentary by Myanmar Witness, investigating the horrific events at Moso on Christmas Eve 2021. 24 December 2021. Footage emerges on social media of burnt out vehicles somewhere in Myanmar. Reports of […]
More than 10,000 fled their homes in Tigyaing township ahead of the raids. Junta troops stormed 20 villages in Tigyaing township over three days this week, burning down over 400 houses as their arson campaign continued in Myanmar’s Sagaing region. Local residents told RFA around 300 troops took part in the campaign, prompting more than […]
Officials from the Kachin Baptist Convention are summoned to the Northern Regional Command in Myitkyina and reportedly shown video ‘evidence’ of Dr Hkalam Samson’s ‘crimes’ The junta is expected to soon file criminal charges against the detained former chair of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) Dr Hkalam Samson, a representative of the organisation said on […]
The incident comes a week after 68 Rohingya men and women were arrested in the same area while being transported in a truck The bodies of 13 Rohingya men and boys were found dumped on the side of a road in a northern Yangon suburb on Monday morning, two sources told Myanmar Now. The victims, […]
The soldiers belonged to a unit that arrived in Karenni State just days before it witnessed one of the worst mass killings since the coup Four soldiers accused of taking part in one of the worst atrocities committed by Myanmar’s military since it seized power nearly two years ago were captured in battle on Saturday, […]