Women in Myanmar have shown their strength over decades of armed conflict. They have also reshaped a landscape of patriarchal values that have long attempted to shape the country. Advocates have been calling for stronger legislation to protect women from physical and emotional violence, but there has been a disappointing lack of desire to pass […]
The Human Rights Foundation of Monland, the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand and The Network for Human Rights Documentation Call for Justice for Women in Myanmar in New Joint Briefing Paper, “Resist” 8 March 20222 For Immediate Release Today, on International Women’s Day, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand […]
A series of attacks carried out on Saturday reduced one village to ashes, sources in Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township reported A village in Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township was almost completely incinerated on Saturday as regime forces carried out a series of unprovoked attacks in the area over the weekend, according to local sources. In a […]
Myanmar’s regime has cut internet access across Sagaing Region where armed resistance to the junta is strong. It is also launching airstrikes and torching villages. Residents said the internet was down across the sprawling region’s 34 townships other than four towns and cities, denying news about the fighting. A Tabayin resident told The Irrawaddy that […]
Junta soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee members ambush two villages in Magway Region’s Pauk Township, displacing residents and burning hundreds of homes. A combined force of Myanmar army soldiers and members of the junta-allied Pyu Saw Htee militias raided two villages in central Myanmar and torched more than 200 homes this week, locals said. The […]
Myanmar regime forces on Sunday used aircraft to bomb Lo Bar Kho Village in Demoso Township, Kayah State, where around 3,000 internally displaced civilians (IDPs) are sheltering. Junta airplanes dropped two bombs on the village on Sunday morning, with one falling near a clinic opened for the refugees, destroying a few buildings nearby. A resistance […]
A military spokesman said children were detained for their protection during clashes with opposition forces. Anti-junta paramilitaries on Monday freed some 100 preschool children and other residents they say Myanmar’s military had detained as “human shields” against a counterattack in a village in embattled Sagaing region’s Yinmabin township. Residents of Yinmabin’s Chin Pone village told […]
One of those killed was found with severe injuries on his body, suggesting he had been tortured, a local resident said Junta soldiers killed civilians, burned hundreds of homes, and destroyed food stocks during attacks on villages in Sagaing Region last week, locals said. Troops entered Kan Lay Kone village in Taze Township on February […]
Clear evidence of the power of the Spring Revolution can be seen in the momentum of ongoing protest and campaigning efforts. Another nationwide protest named the ‘Six Twos Revolution’ was organized to mark the anniversary of the 2021 ‘Five-Twos Revolution,’ held last year as part of a nationwide general strike. Protesters proudly held posters and […]