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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Condemns Rising Cases of Arbitrary Arrests & Calls for Immediate End to Sentencing of Political Prisoners

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8 February 2022 The Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) condemns the ongoing arbitrary arrest of innocent civilians and subsequent outlandish sentencing of political prisoners by the military junta. By the end of 2021, over 2500 people in target areas of Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi regions were unlawfully arrested and detained. Over the […]

Human Rights Situation in Myanmar: Post-Coup(January31- February 6)2022

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On 1 February 2021, a somber anniversary marked 365 days since the unlawful coup. Throughout the year, the regime used dozens of tactics to attempt to silence and squander the resistance movement. No matter the levels of extreme violence deployed, the spirit of the Spring Revolution has continued to persist in defiance of the junta. […]

Hundreds of homes razed amid scorched earth campaign in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

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Pro-junta forces have torched more than 1,000 homes in four villages over five days. Junta troops and pro-military militiamen in Myanmar’s Sagaing region burned down more than 700 homes in Pale township over the weekend, according to sources, amid a scorched earth campaign that has left some 1,100 buildings destroyed in four neighboring villages over […]

Telenor has shared sensitive customer data with military since the coup: industry sources

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The revelation comes as Telenor prepares to finalise the sale of its Myanmar unit to a military-linked company later this month Norwegian telecoms company Telenor, a leading operator in Myanmar serving more than 18 million users, has complied with multiple requests from the military junta for sensitive user data since last year’s coup, according to […]

Soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee militiamen murder four, burn hundreds of homes in Sagaing

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The mob also looted several villages and carried the stolen goods away on several trucks, locals said  Junta soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee militiamen murdered four people, burned hundreds of homes, and looted villages during a three-day rampage through Sagaing Region’s Pale Township last week, local residents have told Myanmar Now. The mob of about […]

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REJECT UN SPECIAL ENVOY’S PROPOSAL OF “POWER SHARING”

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Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil society organizations reject UN Special Envoy, Dr Noeleen Heyzer’s, proposal that those defying the military must negotiate a power sharing as a solution to the current political, human rights and humanitarian crisis created by the terrorist military junta. In an interview with Channel News […]

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REJECT UN SPECIAL ENVOY’S PROPOSAL OF “POWER SHARING”

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Civil Society organizations reject UN Special Envoy’s proposal of “power sharing” Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil society organizations reject UN Special Envoy, Dr Noeleen Heyzer’s, proposal that those defying the military must negotiate a power sharing as a solution to the current political, human rights and humanitarian […]

Child shot dead as police open fire on Myitkyina neighbourhood following explosion

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A seven-year-old boy is killed in his home by indiscriminate shooting in the Kachin State capital following an explosion at a police battalion A seven-year-old boy in Myitkyina, Kachin State, was killed by a stray bullet after junta troops opened fire in his neighbourhood in response to an explosion at a nearby police battalion on […]

Weekly Update Human Rights Situation in Myanmar: Post-Coup (24 January – 30 January )2022

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As the one year of the coup approaches, Amnesty International declared “If the international community continues to drag its feet on the grave human rights violations including lethal violence targeted at protestors that we have seen in Myanmar this past year, many more people will suffer and this human rights crisis could worsen.” The international community has […]

Villagers Found Slain After Myanmar Junta Raids

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At least 23 civilians were killed in junta raids since early January in Loikaw Township, Kayah State, according to a humanitarian group. Loikaw, the state capital, is largely deserted because of junta airstrikes in early January after clashes broke out between Myanmar’s regime and resistance groups. On Friday six civilians killed during junta raids were […]