Entries by ND Burma

Video shows rebel group sentencing own fighters to death for ‘abuse of power’

Footage of public spectacle provides a rare look at how the ethnic army metes out justice to its own. The video opens with an overhead shot of 10 individuals wearing blue jumpsuits on a stage adorned with banners in Chinese and large loudspeakers before slowly pulling back to reveal hundreds of spectators – several of […]

Junta wields fear as a weapon with killing of civilians in Myanmar’s Sagaing

New data shows the military killed nearly 90 people in the region in the first quarter of 2024. Junta troops arrested and killed nearly 90 civilians in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region during the first quarter of 2024, according to data compiled by RFA Burmese, including several elderly villagers and others who were unable to flee […]

Junta recaptures key border base, but Karen rebels say fight isn’t over

The two sides are fighting for control of Myawaddy, a major trade hub on the Thai border. Myanmar’s military has reclaimed a key base in Myawaddy, a trading hub on the Thai border, after it fell to rebels earlier this month, an official with an ethnic Karen militant group said Wednesday. But he called its […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (April 15 to 21, 2024)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from April 15 to 21, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Magway Region, Kayin State, Kayah State, and Shan State from April 15th to 21st. Military Junta Troop used chemical toxic bombs in Kayin State. Military Junta and police […]

Karen rebel forces attack stranded Myanmar junta troops on Thai border

Junta sends in airstrikes to support 200 junta troops trapped by a river across from Mae Sot. Gunfire, artillery and exploding bombs could be heard early Saturday around Myawaddy, a Myanmar city on the Thai border across from Mae Sot, as an ethnic Karen army closed in on about 200 junta troops stranded near a […]

Carnage Follows Amnesty in Myanmar: Four Prisoners Shot Dead, 12 Injured

Four inmates were shot dead and 12 more were injured after security forces opened fire on prisoners protesting inside Kachin State’s Myitkyina Prison on Thursday, Kachin media reported. Prisoners were protesting the junta’s amnesty the day, which saw 3,303 prisoners released nationwide to mark Myanmar’s traditional New Year, before they were shot. Only 101 of those who […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (April 8 to 14, 2024)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from April 8 to 14, 2024 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in the Sagaing Region, Kayin State, Mon State, and Kachin State from April 8th to 14th. The head of the Prison who works under the Military threatened, tortured, and blackmailed the political […]

Close the Sky

In Myanmar, the sky holds monsters that tear families apart. Here is a video of Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein and her team to support the campaign on jet fuel, don’t hesitate to share.