Entries by ND Burma

Locals blame military after married couple’s mutilated bodies found in Sagaing

The victims each had burn marks on their skin and the wife had one of her breasts missing Locals in Sagaing’s Kalay Township found the badly mutilated bodies of a married couple late last month, days after they went missing, and have blamed the military for their murders. Moe Moe Htay, 48, was found dead […]

Myanmar Military Regime Bombs Kayah State Capital From the Air

Myanmar’s military regime launched air strikes on Loikaw, the capital of Kayah State, on Saturday and Sunday, forcing thousands of local residents to flee their homes. Fierce clashes broke out between resistance groups and junta troops in the town on Friday. Residents of at least three of 13 wards in Loikaw have fled since Saturday […]

Junta troops kill four teens after coming under attack near Tanintharyi village

Locals say the four youths—three of whom were minors—were shot at close range shortly after being detained on Friday Soldiers who came under attack from resistance forces in Tanintharyi Region’s Thayetchaung Township on Friday shot and killed four youths suspected of belonging to the People’s Defence Force (PDF), according to local sources. The four victims, […]

Myanmar military helicopter attack on populated village kills 5 people

Sources said the military fired indiscriminately into the village in response to a militia attack the day before. Military attacks in Myanmar’s Sagaing region killed at least 15 people this week, including four siblings aged 5-26 who died when a missile fired from a helicopter struck their home, sources said. The two Mi-35 attack helicopters […]

JOINT STATEMENT BY THE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS OF MYANMAR AND CAMBODIA CONDEMNING HUN SEN’S SUPPORT OF THE MYANMAR MILITARY JUNTA

4 January 2022 We, the undersigned civil society organizations of Myanmar and Cambodia, strongly condemn Hun Sen for supporting the criminal military junta in Myanmar and demand an urgent coordinated international response to immediately halt the junta’s campaign of terror. The Myanmar military junta has been using extreme violence to terrorize the people across the […]

Human Rights Situation of Myanmar: Post Coup (December 27 to 2 January)2022

On 1 January, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners reported that since 1 February, 1393 people had been killed, 11, 296 arrested and over 8000 are still being unlawfully detained. In December alone, according to the National Unity Government, over five dozen civilians were murdered and tens of thousands were displaced by the junta’s violence. The Women’s League of […]

Pakokku man accused of funding PDF dies in junta custody

The man was in prison for more than a month before his family learned that he had been arrested and was reportedly in poor health A man who was arrested in October on charges of financially supporting the anti-regime People’s Defence Force (PDF) died in prison last week, according to a source close to his […]

More Magway villagers fall victim to marauding regime forces

At least two civilians were killed in separate incidents last week as the junta continues its efforts to crush opponents to its rule Regime forces and members of the pro-military Pyu Saw Htee group murdered at least two villagers in Magway Region last week, according to local sources. On Thursday, the charred remains of a […]

Junta forces and military-backed armed group terrorise Sagaing residents

Displaced locals from a Taze Township village say they heard the military fire both shells and guns before they saw smoke rising from the community Displaced locals from Sagaing Region’s Taze Township said they saw smoke rising from their village on Sunday morning after a clash between local resistance forces and junta troops broke out […]

NEW THREATS FROM THE AIR

New report maps out SAC war crimes in northern BurmaA new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) provides evidence, including detailedmaps, of war crimes by forces of the State Administration Council (SAC) regime in Kachin State and northern Shan State during the past six months.“New Threats from the Air” reveals a new and […]