The people of Myanmar suffered as the anti-junta armed resistance took on the military in 2022. It was a year in which not only democracy and human rights eroded in the aftermath of the February 2021 coup, but also…
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Despite brutality, Myanmar regime retains access to a powerful arsenal
Last February, the United Nations official responsible for tracking human rights in Myanmar called for a global arms embargo against the ruling military junta, which was by then a year into a brutal crackdown on dissenters since its 2021 coup…
Read MoreDespite Rakhine cease-fire, Myanmar military blocks shipments of aid, fuel and goods
Junta troops are still banning the transport of humanitarian aid including shipments of medicines and fuel in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state a month after a local cease-fire went into force, according to sources in the region. Brokered by Japan…
Read MoreOne year on, still no justice for Burmese killed in Christmas Eve massacre
Rights activists and the relatives of nearly 50 civilians brutally killed and burned a year ago in a Christmas Eve massacre in eastern Myanmar’s Kayah state blamed on ruling junta troops say they are still trying to bring the perpetrators…
Read MoreMyanmar’s NUG, analysts criticize Thailand for hosting junta foreign minister
Myanmar’s shadow government, analysts and human rights groups have lambasted the Thai government for holding a meeting on the post-coup crisis there that included the Burmese junta’s foreign minister. The meeting in Bangkok on Thursday yet again exposed a sharp…
Read MoreMyanmar’s casualties of war face a perilous journey
It was pitch black when Ku Phe Law stepped on a landmine and shattered his legs during a skirmish with Myanmar junta troops in eastern Kayah State earlier this year. Drifting in and out of consciousness, the Karenni Nationalities Defence…
Read MoreGrisly discovery: Six civilians brutally slaughtered in Myanmar’s Mandalay region
Residents in central Myanmar made a grisly discovery on Wednesday when they stumbled upon the corpses of six civilians who worked at a local motorbike repair shop. Their bodies bore signs of torture and their hands had been tied behind…
Read MoreIn nighttime raid, Myanmar forces kill 4 opposition party members and 2 civilians
In a nighttime raid on a village in central Myanmar, junta forces killed six civilians, including four members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, residents said, in what appeared to be a targeted killing of political…
Read MoreGuards beat Muslim political prisoner to death in Myanmar’s Insein Prison
A Muslim political prisoner and former parliamentary candidate accused of plotting acts of terrorism was beaten to death by prison guards in Myanmar last year, according to Sean Turnell, the former economic advisor to deposed State Counsellor Aung San…
Read MoreMore than a dozen Rohingya found dead in Myanmar’s Yangon region
Authorities in Myanmar have launched an investigation after a group of women on their way to the market in Yangon region made a gruesome discovery early on Monday morning – 13 broken and waterlogged corpses believed to be members of…
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