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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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.