Entries by ND Burma

Girl, 7, Among Three Civilians Killed as Myanmar Junta Bombs Camp for War Displaced

The Myanmar junta’s indiscriminate aerial bombing killed three civilians including a 7-year-old girl in a displacement camp in Kayah State’s Hpruso Township early on Monday. The junta extended into northern Hpruso the air raids and artillery attacks it has been conducting against the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force—an armed group resisting the military junta—in Demoso and the state […]

Soldiers kill and burn villagers during rampages throughout Myaing

Some 800 junta troops in several columns are taking part in the onslaught, with local resistance groups saying they are unable to fight back Hundreds of junta soldiers have rampaged through villages in central Myanmar’s Myaing Township in recent days, killing and burning civilians, destroying homes, and forcing thousands to flee, locals and resistance fighters […]

Boy shot dead during junta raid on Mingin Township village

The victim was killed on his 10th birthday, according to his aunt Regime forces shot and killed a 10-year-old boy during a raid on a village in Sagaing Region’s Mingin Township on Wednesday, according to a relative of the victim. The incident occurred after roughly 30 junta troops entered the village of Za Na Hpyin […]

NUG Accuses Myanmar Junta of Committing Crimes Against Humanity

Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) has accused the military junta of committing crimes against humanity, citing its artillery strikes and air raids on civilians. Many civilians were killed and injured and thousands were displaced by junta attacks using jet fighters and helicopters in Kachin, Karen, Kayah, Chin and Shan states and Sagaing and Magwe […]

Weekly Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar (January 3-9)2022

Myanmar has a message to Cambodian leader, Hun Sen: You are not welcome. His visit symbolizes support for the murderous regime who have killed, arrested and detained hundreds of innocent people with impunity. The leaders of the military junta have been violently steering the country off course for decades. Since 1 February, their selfishness and […]

Locals blame military after married couple’s mutilated bodies found in Sagaing

The victims each had burn marks on their skin and the wife had one of her breasts missing Locals in Sagaing’s Kalay Township found the badly mutilated bodies of a married couple late last month, days after they went missing, and have blamed the military for their murders. Moe Moe Htay, 48, was found dead […]

Myanmar Military Regime Bombs Kayah State Capital From the Air

Myanmar’s military regime launched air strikes on Loikaw, the capital of Kayah State, on Saturday and Sunday, forcing thousands of local residents to flee their homes. Fierce clashes broke out between resistance groups and junta troops in the town on Friday. Residents of at least three of 13 wards in Loikaw have fled since Saturday […]

Junta troops kill four teens after coming under attack near Tanintharyi village

Locals say the four youths—three of whom were minors—were shot at close range shortly after being detained on Friday Soldiers who came under attack from resistance forces in Tanintharyi Region’s Thayetchaung Township on Friday shot and killed four youths suspected of belonging to the People’s Defence Force (PDF), according to local sources. The four victims, […]

Myanmar military helicopter attack on populated village kills 5 people

Sources said the military fired indiscriminately into the village in response to a militia attack the day before. Military attacks in Myanmar’s Sagaing region killed at least 15 people this week, including four siblings aged 5-26 who died when a missile fired from a helicopter struck their home, sources said. The two Mi-35 attack helicopters […]