Soldiers took the children when they unable to find the people they wanted to arrest Junta forces have arrested three 15-year-olds in Sagaing Region after being unable to find the people they wanted to arrest during raids targeting National League for Democracy (NLD) members, locals said. The children were among 13 civilians detained in the […]
By THE IRRAWADDY 8 October 2021 The Myanmar military has deployed at least four battalions of reinforcements – around 3,000 soldiers – to the country’s most restive regions to conduct clearance operations against civilian resistance forces, according to local civilian armed groups and a source close to the military. In addition, one of the junta’s most notorious commanders […]
Eight months have now passed since the attempted coup in Myanmar. Every day, the country plunges deeper and deeper to a point of no-return. The value of the local currency is at an all-time low and internet shutdowns in 25 townships have stifled the already deteriorating human rights situation. Against the backdrop of darkness, the junta is […]
By THE IRRAWADDY 4 October 2021 A large proportion of more than 76,000 children in Myanmar who have been forced to flee their homes since the February coup could go hungry as their families share a single meal per day, Save the Children has warned. Citing the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, the charity said on Monday […]
The Magway Region village, which was occupied over the weekend, has been a target of army attacks since last month Residents of Htei Hlaw, a village in Magway Region’s Gangaw Township that was occupied by junta troops over the weekend, said they returned to their homes on Monday to find burned houses and the charred […]
Locals said that the child’s father is a Myanmar military soldier Junta troops shot and killed a six-year-old girl and four other people during a raid on a village in Sagaing Region last week, locals told Myanmar Now. Around 100 soldiers arrived at Pyin Htaung village, Khin-U Township at 4am on Friday and began shooting. […]
By THE IRRAWADDY 1 October 2021 At least 99 more people, including a toddler and four senior citizens in their seventies, were killed by Myanmar junta forces in September. Their deaths push the number of people who have died at the hands of the military regime to 1,146 over the past eight months, according to the Assistance […]
Increasing attacks on civilians have devastated communities across Myanmar. The International Day of Peace which was marked on 21 September included sentiments calling for an end to war from various human rights groups. The Karen Women’s Organization wrote on their Facebook page: “Peace is when everyone including women, men and children can live happily. It means having […]
By THE IRRAWADDY 27 September 2021 Over 30 junta soldiers and at least 14 civilian resistance fighters were reportedly killed over the weekend during a series of intense firefights in several townships in Sagaing Region and Chin and Kayah States. Fierce fighting broke out on Sunday near Kone Thar Village in Kayah State’s Demoso Township, when a […]
By THE IRRAWADDY 27 September 2021 Recent days have seen a surge in killings of civilians—particularly members and vocal supporters of the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD), as well as villagers living in anti-regime resistance strongholds—by junta forces. The fatalities reported over the past three days include Mandalay-based political activist and philanthropist Ko Than Htun Oo, […]