The two victims disappeared last week while on their way home from a nearby village; their bodies were discovered on Sunday A young woman and a 14-year-old girl were found murdered in southwestern Magway Region’s Ngape Township on Sunday, four days after they went missing in the heavily militarised area. The two victims, who were […]
The prison, which holds hundreds of political detainees, has become one of the most notorious in the country since last year’s coup A prisoner who was sent to Mandalay Region’s Myingyan Prison last week was beaten to death within a day of his arrival, according to prison sources. Nay Myo Oo, a resident of the […]
Achieving peace in Myanmar has been a long and troubling journey as the Myanmar junta has historically jeopardized and devastated all possibilites. This is evident through a long line of broken ceasefires and attacks on vulnerable, unarmed populations. Throughout different periods, the violence perpetrated against ethnic people has led to hundreds of thousands fleeing for […]
The 3 incidents involved the military or anti-junta forces, sources said. At least seven civilians were killed in three separate shootings involving the military or anti-junta forces in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon on Thursday evening, according to witnesses. The incidents took place in Yangon’s Pabedan and southern Dagon Myothit townships and left six men and […]
As UN aid agencies line up to sign deals with the junta, local groups fighting “for victory and humanity” continue to be the country’s real saviours The recent rush of UN agencies to sign memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Myanmar’s military junta has raised important questions about who is really carrying the burden of humanitarian […]
26 September 2022 The undersigned Civil Society Organizations urge the Ethnic Resistance Organization not to attend the military sham Peace Dialogue, a sham intended as a way to distract and exit from their own political, military, and economic crisis. The armed conflict currently unfolding must be understood clearly as a battle between the military and […]
A PDF fighter was also found dead following the attack on the Myaung Township village of Na Bet late last week Regime forces killed a civilian and a member of a local People’s Defence Force (PDF) during a raid on a village in Sagaing Region’s Myaung Township late last week, according to resistance sources. The […]
Fighting between the military and the ethnic Arakan Army is intensifying in the region. Military shelling in Myanmar’s Rakhine state over the past four days has claimed the lives of at least two children and injured several others, residents said Monday, as clashes ramp up between junta troops and ethnic insurgents following a two-year lull. […]
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 […]