The human rights situation in Myanmar is becoming increasingly unstable. Hundreds of thousands have been forcibly displaced. Among those trying to help injured civilians, protesters and combatants from the People’s Defense Forces are medical professionals. They too have been targeted by the Myanmar junta who have used their weapons to destroy clinics and confiscate medicine. In […]
Young people in Myanmar who protested against the junta are facing increasingly unjust punishments in military backed courts. Daily reports of the growing numbers of arrests and those who have ‘disappeared’ have only contributed to ongoing worries and concerns.
The boy was among four locals from Myitnge Township beaten in junta custody after they were accused of supporting the armed resistance Junta soldiers arrested and abused four people from Mandalay Region’s Myitnge Township over the weekend, accusing them of supporting the anti-dictatorship People’s Defence Force (PDF), locals said. Among them was Moe Lun, age […]
The move will bring greater scrutiny on the Myanmar military, says a Rohingya activist. UPDATED at 4:30 P.M. EDT on 2022-03-21 The United States has declared as a genocide the Myanmar military’s 2017 deadly crackdown against the Rohingya Muslim minority that killed thousands and forced an exodus to neighboring Bangladesh, Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]
The targeted individuals were helping families of detained students send them care packages in prison, says the chair of Myanmar’s student union coalition The All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) confirmed that three of their Mandalay-based members were charged last Friday by the junta with violating Myanmar’s counterterrorism law. The individuals, who were arrested […]
Journalists from Kamayut Media and Mizzima are convicted of incitement one year after their arrests in a continued nationwide crackdown on news organisations Junta courts in Naypyitaw and inside Yangon’s Insein Prison sentenced two journalists to two years in prison this week, one year after their arrests and charges of violating Section 505a of the […]
After the release of the report by UN HRC last week, it is abundantly clear that there is more than enough evidence to hold the military junta accountable for their crimes. There is no more time to wait. It is time for action & consequences. More in weekly update Download in English: http://ow.ly/KQVt50InRJS
Residents say the monks are helping to form the groups and even receiving weapons training. Ultranationalist Buddhist clergymen, including outspoken monk Wirathu, are throwing their support behind the pro-junta Pyu Saw Htee militia in its fight against prodemocracy paramilitaries in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, including by undergoing weapons training clad in saffron robes, residents said Monday. […]
The KNDF withdrew from Daw Ngan Kar under a barrage of missiles, airstrikes and artillery fire, but have vowed to retake the neighbourhood The junta’s forces have taken control of a key neighbourhood along a strategically important road in Karenni State that leads to Naypyitaw, forcing resistance fighters to retreat under a barrage of missiles, […]
In Sagaing Region, women who have lost their homes to brutal attacks by junta forces continue to defy their oppressors Charred wood and blackened sheets of corrugated metal were all that welcomed Hla May* when she returned to her home. The air in her village was still thick with the acrid smell of smoke. And […]