Entries by ND Burma

Weekly Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar: Post-Coup (November 15- 21)2021

After nearly six months in detention, detained US journalist Danny Fenster was released by the military junta through the help of negotiations between former US Diplomat, Bill Richardson under terms which remain undisclosed. Days before, on 12 November the same authorities who deported him, also sentenced Danny to 11 years in prison on violations of immigration and unlawful associations laws. The […]

Military seizes body of Mogok youth killed by sniper

The victim was shot in the Mandalay Region town during a clash between the military and local resistance forces  The body of a young man who was shot dead by the military in Mogok last Thursday was taken away by his killers before his family could claim it, according to local sources. Wai Yan Aung, […]

Reporters from Rakhine-based Western News forced into hiding by junta

The outlet’s editor-in-chief has vowed to continue publishing stories despite an attempt by soldiers to raid its offices last week Several journalists from Western News, a media outlet based in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe, have gone into hiding after soldiers and police tried to locate their office for a raid last week, the […]

CALL ON INTERPOL TO BAN THE ILLEGAL JUNTA FROM REPRESENTING MYANMAR AT ITS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

22 November 2021 To: Kim Jong Yang, INTERPOL President; Jürgen Stock, INTERPOL General Secretary; the INTERPOL Executive Committee and INTERPOL Member Countries Subject: Call on INTERPOL to ban the illegal junta from representing Myanmar at its General Assembly Dear INTERPOL President Kim Jong Yang INTERPOL Vice Presidents Benyamina Abbad and Šárka Havránková INTERPOL General Secretary […]

Death Toll at Hands of Myanmar Junta Reaches 1,281

The bodies of a 23-year-old female medic and two male members of the Kale People’s Defense Force (PDF) were found at a camp which was raided by junta troops last Tuesday in Kale Township, Sagaing Region. The civilian resistance group said victims were Biak Rem Chin, Cher Thang Puia and Ram Mawia. Biak Rem Chin, […]

Myanmar Military Launches Crackdown on Urban Guerrilla Forces

YANGON, MYANMAR —  Myanmar security forces are deploying large numbers of forces to crack down on dissident groups in various townships in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, as anti-coup forces continue to intensify attacks against military assets and affiliates. A key member of the National League for Democracy, the party of ousted de facto leader Aung […]

Tortured teashop owner loses hearing after more than four months in detention

The man and his wife have both been held in Mandalay’s Obo Prison since their arrest in early July The owner of a teashop in Mandalay Region’s Sintgaing Township has lost his hearing and some of his eyesight due to torture at the hands of his interrogators, according to a source close to his family. […]

Myanmar Junta Troops Rape Chin Mother: Media

Myanmar’s junta soldiers gang-raped the mother of a baby in front of her husband in Tedim Township, Chin State, on Thursday night, according to the Chin media. The alleged incident in Akllui village on the Kale-Tedim highway involved the 27-year-old mother and three soldiers while her husband, 34, was forced to crouch in the toilet, […]

Myanmar Junta Releases US Journalist After Ex-Diplomat’s Intervention

Myanmar’s junta released and deported the US journalist Danny Fenster on Monday, three days after sentencing him to 11 years for incitement, contacting an illegal organization and breaching visa regulations. The regime’s spokesman confirmed the 37-year-old’s deportation after his release from Yangon’s Insein Prison. The release followed the former US diplomat and ex-New Mexico governor […]