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JOINT STATEMENT BY THE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS OF MYANMAR AND CAMBODIA CONDEMNING HUN SEN’S SUPPORT OF THE MYANMAR MILITARY JUNTA

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4 January 2022 We, the undersigned civil society organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia, strongly condemn Hun Sen for supporting the criminal military junta in Myanmar and demand an urgent coordinated international response to immediately halt the junta’s campaign of terror. The Myanmar military junta has been using extreme violence to terrorize the people across the […]

Human Rights Situation of Myanmar: Post Coup (December 27 to 2 January)2022

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On 1 January, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners reported that since 1 February, 1393 people had been killed, 11, 296 arrested and over 8000 are still being unlawfully detained. In December alone, according to the National Unity Government, over five dozen civilians were murdered and tens of thousands were displaced by the junta’s violence. The Women’s League of […]

Pakokku man accused of funding PDF dies in junta custody

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The man was in prison for more than a month before his family learned that he had been arrested and was reportedly in poor health A man who was arrested in October on charges of financially supporting the anti-regime People’s Defence Force (PDF) died in prison last week, according to a source close to his […]

More Magway villagers fall victim to marauding regime forces

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At least two civilians were killed in separate incidents last week as the junta continues its efforts to crush opponents to its rule Regime forces and members of the pro-military Pyu Saw Htee group murdered at least two villagers in Magway Region last week, according to local sources. On Thursday, the charred remains of a […]

Junta forces and military-backed armed group terrorise Sagaing residents

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Displaced locals from a Taze Township village say they heard the military fire both shells and guns before they saw smoke rising from the community Displaced locals from Sagaing Region’s Taze Township said they saw smoke rising from their village on Sunday morning after a clash between local resistance forces and junta troops broke out […]

NEW THREATS FROM THE AIR

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New report maps out SAC war crimes in northern BurmaA new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) provides evidence, including detailedmaps, of war crimes by forces of the State Administration Council (SAC) regime in Kachin State and northern Shan State during the past six months.“New Threats from the Air” reveals a new and […]

UN Security Council Demands Answers Over Myanmar’s Christmas Eve Massacre

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The United Nations Security Council has called for accountability for the Christmas Eve massacre in Hpruso Township, Kayah State, in which at least 35 people, including four children and two Save the Children staff, were killed in Myanmar. Photos from a Kayah-based group showed the charred remains of bodies on burned trucks in the rural […]

At least 61 civilians killed this month in clashes in Myanmar’s remote border regions

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More than 40,000 people were displaced from the fighting in Kayah and Kayin states, and Sagaing and Magway regions. More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar’s military and anti-junta forces in four of the country’s remote border regions in December alone, according to local […]

Human Rights Situation in Myanmar: Post-Coup 2021 December 20-21

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During the holiday season, the people of Myanmar have been denied peace and protection in their homelands. Across the country, the military junta continues to terrorize the civilian population through unlawful arrests, abductions, torture and murder. No one feels safe. In Karen State, clashes have been intensifying since 15 December between the Karen National Liberation Army […]

Seven bodies found in Ye-U village following airstrike

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The bodies included two women, three men, and two that were burnt beyond recognition  The bodies of seven local people who were killed last week following airstrikes on the village of Yae Myet in Sagaing Region’s Ye-U Township were discovered on Friday. Residents of the village told Myanmar Now that the bodies included two women […]