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WEB4 days ago · Amid Rumors Myanmar Junta Plans to Hang More Opponents, Int’l Community Must Act. We cannot afford to wait and see if rumors that the junta is preparing to execute five more anti-regime activists are true—Min Aung Hlaing must be warned not to proceed. Covering Myanmar and Southeast Asia News, especially politics, ethnic issues and …
Did Myanmar’s Junta Execute More Political Prisoners? Or Is This ...
WEB5 days ago · A police truck leaves Insein Prison in Yangon on Oct. 18, 2021. / AFP. Reports emerged recently that Myanmar’s brutal military council is planning to execute more inmates on Insein Prison’s death row. Some rumors even claimed that executions took place on Sept. 23 and 24. I want to share all the information we have regarding these reports.
Could Flooding Bring Reform to Myanmar? - irrawaddy.com
WEB5 days ago · Founded in 1993 by a group of Myanmar journalists living in exile in Thailand, The Irrawaddy is a leading source of reliable news, information, and analysis on Burma/Myanmar and the Southeast Asian region. From its inception, The Irrawaddy has been an independent news media group, unaffiliated with any political party, …
Myanmar Junta Invites Armed Groups to Stop Fighting, Start Talks
WEB3 days ago · YANGON—Myanmar’s embattled junta on Thursday invited armed groups opposed to its rule to stop fighting and start talks to bring peace, after three-and-a-half years of conflict. The unexpected offer comes after the junta suffered a series of major battlefield reverses to ethnic minority armed groups and pro-democracy People’s Defense ...
Airstrikes Trump Aid: Floods Expose Junta’s Attitude to Myanmar …
WEB3 days ago · The Irrawaddy’s records show the Myanmar military has conducted over 40 airstrikes on resistance-controlled areas in the 27 days since Sept. 1, killing 180 people. The victims included dozens of children, and also regime personnel held captive by resistance forces. Since early September, when Min Aung Hlaing vowed to reclaim …
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Targeting Shan State Civilians: MNDAA
WEB5 days ago · Myanmar junta airstrikes are attacking schools and other civilian buildings in rebel-held northern Shan State, killing residents and destroying houses, according to anti-regime groups. On Wednesday morning, a technological school was bombed in the northern Shan State capital, Lashio, which was liberated by the Myanmar National …
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Follow Peace Talk Proposal
WEB3 days ago · 13. VIEWS. Myanmar junta airstrikes targeted the northern Shan State capital, Lashio, on Friday, hours after the regime proposed peace talks. A junta statement on Thursday night invited “terrorist” anti-regime groups, including People’s Defense Forces loyal to the civilian National Unity Government, to “political” peace talks. But ...
Over 50,000 Face ‘Starvation’ in Sittwe After Massacre, Eviction by ...
WEB4 days ago · Over 50,000 residents evicted from villages around Rakhine State’s capital, Sittwe, after a massacre by Myanmar junta troops in May, are now facing starvation and illness in overcrowded temporary camps. Troops slaughtered nearly 80 civilians in Byian Phyu village in late May, then forcibly relocated residents of some 20 villages on the ...
MNDAA Ceasefire Will Not Hold in Northern Myanmar: China …
WEB4 days ago · Everyone relies on China economically. When China says something, they have to respond. China wants a ceasefire and dialogue. It has been pushing bit by bit. So armed organizations in northern Myanmar, including the MNDAA, try to do what China says while pursuing their ambitions. They issue statements that can be interpreted in various …
Myanmar Junta Threatens Flood Relief Volunteers With …
WEB5 days ago · VIEWS. Myanmar junta officials are threatening charity groups aiding flood victims in Taungoo District, Bago Region, with arrest under the counterterrorism law. The threats stem from an assumption that the aid will reach villages under resistance control, according to the groups. A volunteer group of Taungoo youths and their friends in …