A junta column fires artillery into a village in the attempted advance, but loses more than 20 soldiers to an ambush on its boats, a resistance spokesperson says A nine-year-old boy was killed when the Myanmar army fired heavy artillery into a village along the Ayeyarwady River last week in Kachin State’s Shwegu Township, according […]
PRESS RELEASE: *Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta* Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Holds First Hearing into Law 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court Jakarta 26 September 2022: The Constitutional Court in Jakarta has held its first hearing into whether the law governing the Human Rights Court can be changed, allowing […]
A junta unit attacked by the resistance with explosives returns to torch area villages, forcing locals to flee their homes Thousands of villagers have been displaced by recent military assaults on Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township, according to local sources. Members of the anti-junta resistance said that a 70-soldier column in western Khin-U and a 200-soldier […]
On the International Day of Peace, The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Condemns Ongoing Brutalities by the Myanmar Junta 21 September 2022 On this International Day of Peace, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) calls for an immediate cessation to the hostilities being perpetrated by the Myanmar junta against civilians. For […]
Witnesses said 2 gunships fired on the school ‘for nearly an hour.’ Military helicopters fired on a village school in Myanmar “for nearly an hour” before junta foot soldiers let loose with guns, killing at least seven children, residents said Monday, in what appeared to be the deadliest attack on children since last year’s coup. UNICEF […]
The victims, who included two children, were among hundreds sheltering at a local monastery in the southern Shan State town Shelling by junta forces killed four internally displaced persons (IDPs) in southern Shan State’s Pekhon Township on Friday, according to local sources. The victims, who were among some 300 people sheltering at a monastery in […]
Teachers and students were also reportedly held hostage in one of the villages targeted in the assault on Friday At least six children were killed when Myanmar’s military launched air and ground assaults on several villages in Sagaing Region’s Depayin Township during school hours on Friday, according to local sources. Residents of the area said […]
The freelance journalist faced charges of ‘incitement’ and ‘illegal association’ for her reporting. UPDATED AT 12:44 PM EST ON 9-15-22 A special court in Myanmar on Thursday sentenced Htet Htet Khine, a former BBC television presenter, to three years in prison with hard labor for “incitement” and “illegal association” for her reporting work, according to […]
Myanmar’s junta added a charge that carries a death sentence against jailed protest leader Ko Wai Moe Naing for his role in the protest movement against military rule. The 27-year-old pro-democracy activist has been held in Monywa Prison, Sagaing Region, since his arrest in April last year during an anti-regime rally. He has already faced […]
Dozens of people are missing and presumed dead after a junta siege on the village of Sezin forces thousands of civilians to seek refuge in northern and central Myanmar The surviving residents of Sezin remember August 9 as the last night in their homes. By 2am, they describe their village as being engulfed in flames, […]