Human rights atrocities in Myanmar have shown no signs of abating. Quite the contrary, the volatile situation is worsening daily. On Sunday, 5 December, peaceful protesters were run over by military vehicles resulting in casualties and many injuries in Yangon. The junta denied that they did anything wrong in state-sponsored media propaganda. Days later, more protests were […]
Around 80 junta soldiers were reportedly killed during attacks by civilian resistance forces in Magwe, Sagaing, Mandalay and Yangon regions and Chin and Kayah states on Thursday. The Irrawaddy could not independently verify any of the reports. On Thursday afternoon, two civilian resistance groups from Kani and Mingin townships ambushed a military convoy, which included […]
The victims, all of whom were unarmed, included a disabled civilian and 10 members of local anti-junta guerrilla forces This report contains disturbing images Eleven unarmed people, including teenagers, were captured and massacred by junta soldiers in a village in Sagaing Region on Tuesday, shortly before locals found the smoldering remains of their burnt bodies. […]
Ten months have now passed since the attempted coup in Myanmar. In the time that has elapsed, horrifying rights abuses have been perpetrated against local people who have exemplified a spirited resistance to the junta. The regime is armed with weapons and uses force as a fear mongering tactic. Civilians have what the military lacks […]
Rights groups condemned the rulings as a ‘travesty of justice’ A Naypyitaw court on Monday sentenced detained leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint to four years in prison on charges of incitement and breaking Covid-19 regulations, according to court sources. They were the first verdicts handed down to the ousted State Counsellor and […]
The 21-year-old woman’s family denied the charges, saying she has no income and rarely leaves her home A 21-year-old woman is in police custody in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township after being arrested late last week on suspicion of financially supporting the anti-regime People’s Defence Force (PDF). Aye Myint Myat Aung was detained last Friday at […]
In one case, soldiers repeatedly beat a farmer in front of villagers and splashed water on his face to wake him when he passed out Two men were murdered by soldiers after being detained in Mandalay Region this week in seperate incidents, locals have told Myanmar Now. Than Tun Aung, a 25-year-old farmer, was detained […]
Despite Sunday’s deadly attack, another anti-regime protest was held in Yangon’s Hlaing Township later in the day Regime forces plowed into a crowd of protesters in Yangon’s Kyimyindaing Township early Sunday morning, killing at least five before arresting around 15 others. Witnesses told Myanmar Now that the incident occurred minutes after a flash mob formed […]
For families in Myanmar, fear and uncertainty occupy their darkest thoughts. The possibility of being separated or killed during a raid by the junta has contributed to the harrowing ordeals civilians have been forced to confront since February. As more and more activists and former politicians are abducted by the Myanmar military, relatives of activists […]
BANGKOK — Fighting in Myanmar between the junta’s military and an ever-savvier armed resistance has hit a “deadly stalemate,” with both sides dug in but lacking the force for a knockout blow as violence continues to spiral, analysts say. Rights groups say soldiers and police have shot and killed more than 1,200 civilians at ongoing […]