Entries by ND Burma

Entrusting Myanmar’s junta with aid distribution creates ‘more opportunities for injustice,’ civil society organisation says

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Humanitarian aid could be delivered through existing cross-border channels to ethnic administrations and community-based organisations, advocates of the process say A Kachin civil society organisation has called on international humanitarian agencies to ensure that no aid is delivered through the military regime that ousted the elected civilian government in a coup early last year. The […]

Weekly Update : 23-29 May 2022

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The humanitarian crisis in #Myanmar is worsening every day. As the monsoon rains begin, the plight of civilians desperately attempting to reach safety has become more dangerous and high-risk. The international community must respond to the humanitarian crisis with funds through cross-border aid actors and organizations and through legitimate stakeholders including the National Unity Government.

Myanmar Junta Torches 10 Villages in Two Days in Sagaing

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Myanmar’s regime launched airstrikes on and torched 10 villages in five townships in Sagaing Region over the weekend, displacing thousands of civilians. Airstrikes targeted Myaung Township on Sunday after people’s defense forces (PDFs) attacked junta troops at Ta Ma Say village. Ko Nway Oo, the head of the Civil Defense Security Organization Myaung, said a […]

Six civilians used as human shields found dead near Myaing village

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!