Entries by ND Burma

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.”

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For Immediate Release The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma.” 26 October 2022 Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), releases our latest report: “The junta wiped us out again”: Socio-economic impacts post-coup in Southeastern Burma. Our findings confirm that the Burma […]

Myanmar junta forces kill, burn 10 in southern Sagaing village

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Nine of the victims were members of a local resistance group killed in a pre-dawn raid in Yinmabin Township The charred remains of nine resistance fighters and one unidentified civilian were found in a village in Sagaing Region’s Yinmabin Township on Friday, according to local sources. The bodies were discovered in the village of Shwe […]

Military jets bomb concert in northern Myanmar, killing at least 50

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Attack is believed to be single deadliest airstrike since February 2021 coup. Military jets bombed a concert northern Myanmar commemorating the founding of an ethnic political group on Monday, killing at least 50 civilians and wounding 100 more, according to residents.  It was believed to be the deadliest single airstrike since the military seized power […]

Myanmar military bombs Kachin music concert, killing dozens including civilians, performers and KIA officers

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The KIA says the nighttime airstrikes were carried out by the junta to target civilians ‘on purpose’ and constitute a war crime Myanmar junta airstrikes on a music festival killed several dozen people in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State on Sunday evening, according to media reports and a spokesperson from the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO).  The […]

Myanmar army artillery fire in Karenni State hits shelter housing displaced family

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The father in the family of four was killed and the mother was injured along with their eight-year-old son; only the five-month-old infant was reportedly left unscathed Heavy artillery fired by the junta’s forces near Kone Thar village in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Loikaw Township on Sunday killed a 35-year-old man and severely injured a 33-year-old […]

Myanmar junta seals off roads after hitting crowded concert with airstrike

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As the death toll rises to as many as 70, roadblocks prevent the wounded from getting medical attention. By RFA Burmese2022.10.25 In this photo provided by a citizen journalist, a mass burial ground with newly placed gravemarkers for the victims of Sunday, Oct. 23 Myanmar junta airstrikes are seen in Hpakant township, northern Kachin State, […]

Junta Airstrike on Hpa Kant Music Concert is an Atrocity

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October 25, 2022 On October 23, a music concert was held in Hpakant, Kachin State, as an early celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the founding of Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). In the evening of the commemoration event, the armed wing of the junta forces perpetrated an aerial bombardment with fighter planes, causing the death […]

OPEN LETTER FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNING ASEAN’S APPROACH TO THE ONGOING POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN MYANMAR

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To: ASEAN Leaders H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei DarussalamH.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CambodiaH.E. Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of IndonesiaH.E. Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicH.E. Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Prime Minister of MalaysiaH.E. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, […]

Regime forces attacked with drones after decapitating teacher

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The junta troops responsible for murdering the teacher and two others in Magway’s Pauk Township on Monday also burned down an entire village late last week A resistance group says that it used drones to launch two attacks on a junta column that decapitated a teacher and killed two others in Magway Region’s Pauk Township […]

Outgunned resistance forces kill four police in Natmauk village

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More than 150 people were forcibly detained following the incident, which occurred after local defence team members encountered a group of police on patrol A group of nine local defence team members killed four police officers during a half-hour clash in Magway Region’s Natmauk Township on Sunday, according to resistance sources. The incident occurred at […]