Entries by ND Burma

Myanmar army troops set fire to Catholic church in Karenni State

A column from LID 66 torched and mined the religious site after suffering casualties in clashes with area resistance forces, a KNDF spokesperson says The military torched a Catholic church in Demoso Township, Karenni (Kayah) State, on Wednesday and laid landmines in the surrounding area before leaving, the spokesperson for a local resistance force said. […]

Two youths killed as bomb blasts hit Yangon

Explosions were reported in at least five townships in the city on Thursday, days after a similar series of blasts in Mandalay Two youths were killed in Yangon’s Dagon and South Dagon townships on Thursday, allegedly while they were carrying out out bomb attacks on regime targets. The first incident occurred on Ayeyar Wun Road […]

Ten more civilians killed in Myanmar army push to seize control of Sagaing

Locals describe the capture of villagers—including children—by junta soldiers who force them to serve as human shields and porters before they are murdered Junta forces reportedly killed 10 villagers, including two children, in recent days in Sagaing Region, where the military continues to carry out fierce assaults on the civilian population in an attempt to […]

Myanmar troops swap slaughter stories

Myanmar troops swap slaughter stories Evidence of atrocities revealed on a soldier’s lost cell phone Editor’s note: This story contains images and descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.  By Khin Maung Soe and Nayrein Kyaw for RFA Burmese Two armed men stand behind a tangle of bodies leaking blood which […]

Weekly Update : 6 June -12 June 2022

The junta’s decision to move forward with the death penalty is inhumane and unlawful. Justice has been delayed and denied in #Myanmar. As more lives are lost to military violence, the urgency for the international community to respond becomes even greater. Weekly Update:

Guards deny female inmates drinking water after protest in Myanmar’s Insein Prison

The women said a fellow prisoner’s miscarriage was the result of guard negligence. Authorities in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison have cut off the drinking water supply to the cells of female political prisoners who protested poor living conditions in the facility after a fellow inmate who was denied medical treatment suffered a miscarriage, sources said […]

Political prisoners shot, beaten to death in Mandalay, Hpa-an crackdowns

Recent incidents inside some of Myanmar’s most notorious prisons point to harsher repression and deepening tensions Two of Myanmar’s most notorious detention centres carried out brutal crackdowns on political prisoners over the past week, signalling the junta’s determination to impose harsh penalties on detained dissidents. On Sunday, two political prisoners were beaten to death and […]