Entries by ND Burma

Survivors haunted by Myanmar army massacre in Sagaing

Eyewitnesses to the brutal killing of 28 civilians in Ye-U Township recall a junta attack that was found to have been documented by the soldiers themselves No one will stay in the eastern parts of Mone Taing Pin anymore, where locals claim that dogs howl without provocation, putrid odours materialise and vanish, and shadowy figures […]

Junta troops kill 9 unarmed civilians, including 4 teens, in war-torn Sagaing region

The group was detained while enroute to receive medical training in a nearby township. Junta troops in Myanmar’s embattled Sagaing region captured and killed nine unarmed civilians, including four teenagers, as they traveled to receive medical training, according to an official from their group and a family member of one of the victims. The nine […]

OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PENNY WONG FROM 688 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

The Honorable Penny WongMinister for Foreign Affairs,Parliament House,Canberra ACT 2600 29 June 2022 Open letter to Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong from 688 civil society organisations Re: Urgent change of course and action needed on Myanmar Dear Minister Penny Wong, We, the undersigned 688 Burma/Myanmar, regional and international civil society organisations, welcome your appointment as […]

Almost 100 Civilians Tortured to Death by Myanmar Regime Since Coup

Myanmar’s military regime has tortured to death at least 95 people in interrogation centers and prisons since last year’s coup, said rights groups who called on the international community to help end the junta’s atrocities. Among those tortured to death were National League for Democracy officials and members, student activists, young resistance fighters, peaceful protesters, […]

Almost 100 Civilians Tortured to Death by Myanmar Regime Since Coup

Myanmar’s military regime has tortured to death at least 95 people in interrogation centers and prisons since last year’s coup, said rights groups who called on the international community to help end the junta’s atrocities. Among those tortured to death were National League for Democracy officials and members, student activists, young resistance fighters, peaceful protesters, […]

Weekly Update 20 jun – 26 Jun 2022

#ASEAN has failed the people of #Myanmar – again. ASEAN has had multiple opportunities to lead with integrity and discipline while responding to the multiple crises in Myanmar. Instead, they have turned their backs on principles of democracy and made excuses for the authoritarian tyrants who single-handedly derailed prospects for peace in the country.

Married couple tied up and shot by Myanmar forces in Tanintharyi region

Locals say a local pro-junta militia was also involved in the killings in Dawei district. Two people in their sixties were tied up and shot dead at close range by junta forces and their allies at a village in Myanmar’s southwestern Tanintharyi region on Sunday as revenge attacks by troops and their militia allies increase. […]

Three men found dead after attack on Myanmar military convoy

Junta forces travelling north to Tamu in Sagaing Region detained the three victims after being hit by a series of explosions Three men who were abducted after an attack on a military convoy in Sagaing Region’s Tamu Township last Thursday were found dead the following day, according to resistance sources. The men, who were all […]

Two more civilians brutally murdered near Letpadaung copper mining project

The men, believed to have been captured by junta troops, are found dismembered following a Myanmar military raid on a nearby village in Sagaing’s Salingyi Township Locals found the mutilated bodies of two men near the Letpadaung copper mining project in Sagaing Region’s Salingyi Township on Wednesday morning following a military raid on a nearby […]