YANGON, Myanmar — At least 32 people were arbitrarily detained by security forces in Yangon over the past month, according to data released by the Rangoon Scout Network (RSN), a local underground monitoring group. The report highlights a disturbing pattern of "shadow arrests" across nine townships, where civilians are frequently snatched from the streets or during night-time raids. Of the 32 documented cases, only...

THATON, Myanmar — Police forces in Mon State have reportedly abducted seven young men, including a 14-year-old boy, demanding exorbitant ransoms before forcibly sending them to military training camps. The incident occurred on May 3, 2026, in the Kyaikkaw and Theimseik areas of Thaton Township. According to military sources in the district, eight youths were initially detained while traveling from nearby villages. One was...

FALAM, Myanmar — The Myanmar sham government has dispatched over 100 non-CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement) civil servants to the strategic town of Falam in Chin State, in a desperate bid to restart its administrative machinery a year after losing control of the region. On the morning of May 6, a convoy consisting of more than 20 vehicles and nearly 150 motorcycles arrived in Falam...

BORDER REGION — Recent figures from a military defector support group reveal that nearly 95% of soldiers fleeing Myanmar’s military over the past month are young men forcibly recruited under the national conscription law. According to data released by People’s Goal, 41 out of the 44 soldiers who defected to the resistance in April were conscripts. The trend highlights the growing fragility of the...

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — The leader of Myanmar's sham government, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has unveiled a massive 11,000-carat ruby in the nation's capital, a move critics are dismissing as a propaganda effort to distract from ongoing military setbacks. The gemstone, weighing 2,200 grams, was reportedly unearthed in the world-renowned "Valley of Rubies" in Mogok. The state-controlled media broadcast images of the general inspecting...