Entries by ND Burma

Evidence of an escalation in brutal atrocities committed by Myanmar military – Myanmar Mechanism Annual Report

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Geneva, 13 August 2024 – There is substantial evidence that brutal war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar military have escalated at an alarming rate across the country, according to information collected and analysed by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (Mechanism) and detailed in its Annual Report released today. The Report focuses on the […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (Aug 8 to 14, 2024)

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Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Mandalay Region, Chin State, Shan State, and Kachin State from August 8th to 14th. The staff from the head of the Prison which work under […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (Aug 1 to 7, 2024)

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Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 1 to 7, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Mandalay Region, Shan State, Chin State, and Rakhine State from August 1st to 7th. The Military Junta is making lists and arresting youths for batch 4th of Military Service in the […]

Myanmar junta bombs sleeping village killing seven, rebels say

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Many people were wounded in the latest air attack in the strife-torn Mandalay region, residents said. The Myanmar junta’s air force bombed a village in a strife-torn central region killing seven people as they slept, an insurgent group said on Thursday, the latest deaths in what opponents of the junta say is a deliberate campaign […]

Some 5,000 Rohingya who fled recent fighting waiting to cross to Bangladesh

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The minority Muslims left their homes in western Myanmar as fighting between the junta and insurgents intensified. Approximately 5,000 minority Rohingya Muslims attempting to flee from this week’s fighting in western Myanmar have been waiting for several days near the Naf River for an opportunity to cross into Bangladesh, residents said. Intense combat in Rakhine […]

Four more killed in sweeping crackdown in Myanmar’s Sagaing

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Junta troops have burned at least 400 houses in one Sagaing region since late July, residents said. Myanmar junta forces shelled a village in the Sagaing region killing four people, residents said, in the latest attack in an anti-insurgent campaign in which hundreds of homes have been torched and thousands of villagers have been displaced, […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (July 22 to 31, 2024)

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Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from July 22 to 31, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Tanintharyi Region, Mandalay Region, Shan State, and Rakhine State from July 22nd to 31st. The Military Junta Ships attacked with heavy artillery to the villages along the […]

Junta orders monitoring of Rakhine State IDPs in Ayeyarwady Region

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The junta has issued a directive to police and local administrators in wards and villages to monitor internally displaced persons (IDPs) entering Ayeyarwady Region from Rakhine State. Administrators and police officers have been instructed to check where IDPs are staying and to conduct interrogations of IDPs and the homeowners of the homes they are staying […]

1,500 Myanmar refugees cross into Mizoram State, India in one week

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Approximately 1,500 Myanmar refugees entered the India’s Mizoram State between 22 and 29 July bringing the total number of Myanmar refugees in Mizoram to 35,125, according to All India Radio. It said that the 1,500 new refugees had dispersed across five districts in Mizoram State. Champhai District saw the highest influx, with 1,293 refugees arriving […]