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 The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Calls for Accountability for Human Rights Violations Committed in Myanmar by the Military Junta in New Briefing Paper: “Waking to War Crimes”

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 The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Calls for Accountability for Human Rights Violations Committed in Myanmar by the Military Junta in New Briefing Paper: “Waking to War Crimes”   14 December 2021 For Immediate Release The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) strongly condemns the scaled up, ongoing military operations deployed […]

Waking to War Crimes

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The Myanmar military’s war on the people has devastated the lives of thousands across decades of unrelenting internal conflict. Since the junta’s attempted coup on 1 February 2021, their systematic assaults on civilian livelihoods has worsened across all regions and States in Myanmar. As divisive as they are deceptive, the Generals see themselves as the […]

Three shootings leave four people dead in Mandalay

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The killings come less than a week after another incident that claimed the life of a five-year-old girl  Four people were shot dead in Mandalay over the weekend in three separate incidents that took place between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, according to local sources. The first shooting was reported in Mandalay’s Chanayethazan […]

Human Rights Situation in Myanmar: Post-Coup (December 6-12 )2021

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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 […]

Myanmar Resistance Claims to Kill Around 80 Junta Troops

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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 […]

Junta soldiers massacre and burn 11, including teenagers, during raid on village in Sagaing

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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. […]

Human Rights Situation in Myanmar: Post-Coup (29 November – 5 December) 2021

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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 […]

Junta sentences Suu Kyi, Win Myint to four years in prison each

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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 […]

Kyaukphyu woman arrested on suspicion of funding PDF

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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 […]

Two Mandalay Region men killed in junta custody in separate incidents

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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 […]