The revelation comes as Telenor prepares to finalise the sale of its Myanmar unit to a military-linked company later this month Norwegian telecoms company Telenor, a leading operator in Myanmar serving more than 18 million users, has complied with multiple requests from the military junta for sensitive user data since last year’s coup, according to […]
The mob also looted several villages and carried the stolen goods away on several trucks, locals said Junta soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee militiamen murdered four people, burned hundreds of homes, and looted villages during a three-day rampage through Sagaing Region’s Pale Township last week, local residents have told Myanmar Now. The mob of about […]
Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil society organizations reject UN Special Envoy, Dr Noeleen Heyzer’s, proposal that those defying the military must negotiate a power sharing as a solution to the current political, human rights and humanitarian crisis created by the terrorist military junta. In an interview with Channel News […]
Civil Society organizations reject UN Special Envoy’s proposal of “power sharing” Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil society organizations reject UN Special Envoy, Dr Noeleen Heyzer’s, proposal that those defying the military must negotiate a power sharing as a solution to the current political, human rights and humanitarian […]
A seven-year-old boy is killed in his home by indiscriminate shooting in the Kachin State capital following an explosion at a police battalion A seven-year-old boy in Myitkyina, Kachin State, was killed by a stray bullet after junta troops opened fire in his neighbourhood in response to an explosion at a nearby police battalion on […]
As the one year of the coup approaches, Amnesty International declared “If the international community continues to drag its feet on the grave human rights violations including lethal violence targeted at protestors that we have seen in Myanmar this past year, many more people will suffer and this human rights crisis could worsen.” The international community has […]
At least 23 civilians were killed in junta raids since early January in Loikaw Township, Kayah State, according to a humanitarian group. Loikaw, the state capital, is largely deserted because of junta airstrikes in early January after clashes broke out between Myanmar’s regime and resistance groups. On Friday six civilians killed during junta raids were […]
The boy was shot dead along with his uncle and brother Soldiers shot and killed four civilians, including a 10-year-old boy, after their unit came under attack by explosives in Sagaing Region’s Ayadaw Township on Wednesday morning, locals have told Myanmar Now. Resistance fighters from the Ayadaw Revolutionary Alliance detonated the bombs near Baw Kone […]
The cracks in the military junta are showing. In addition to heavy casualties, the regime is struggling to maintain recruits. The Myanmar Army has less support now than ever as an unstoppable Spring Revolution topples the regime’s incessant claims for legitimacy. Junta casualties continue to mount as the regime sends more reinforcements while expanding their […]
Myanmar’s military regime is seeking to adopt a new cybersecurity law to jail anyone accessing banned sites like Facebook via virtual private networks (VPNs). The regime banned social media following last year’s coup, including Twitter, Instagram and Facebook – the main gateways to the internet in Myanmar – but people access the sites using VPNs, […]