Tag: Myanmar

More than 60 women were killed across Myanmar in February as the ruling military junta increased its reliance on airstrikes and heavy artillery to target civilian areas, according to the latest report by the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU). In a statement released on 10 March, the BWU documented the deaths ...

By MPA More than 140 civil society organisations and revolutionary groups have called for the immediate prosecution of a resistance battalion commander in Sagaing Region following harrowing allegations of sexual violence, torture, and religious persecution. A joint statement released on March 9 by 148 organisations—including the All Burma Federation of ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Residents in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, are struggling under the weight of new fuel restrictions while facing a continuous surge in forced military recruitment and arbitrary arrests. Despite the public’s focus being diverted by a new "odd-even" plate number system for fuel rationing, local monitoring ...

By Ko Myo / MPA Evidence of a mass killing has emerged from Myanmar’s Bago Region, where at least 30 civilians were reportedly executed or killed by military air strikes after being used as human shields, according to local sources and resistance groups. The Karen National Union (KNU) reported on ...

A 19-year-old student was killed instantly and her mother seriously injured after a Myanmar military "suicide drone" struck their home in Chin State, local sources have reported. The attack occurred at approximately 16:00 local time on 8 March in Lunn Hawt village, Falam Township. According to local reports, the drone ...

At least 30 civilians have been killed following a brutal military operation involving mass arrests, summary executions, and airstrikes in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region, according to statements from the Karen National Union (KNU) and the National Unity Government (NUG). The crisis began on the morning of 5 March when approximately ...

Pro-military lobbyists in Myanmar have launched a coordinated propaganda campaign on Telegram, claiming that China’s strategic interests will force Beijing to provide a diplomatic and military shield against Western intervention. The campaign centers on Myanmar’s role as a "vital alternative exit" for Chinese energy imports. Lobbyists argue that because China ...

Heavy fighting has broken out in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA), with reports of significant damage to civilian infrastructure following intense aerial bombardments. As the military struggles to maintain control over one of its few remaining strongholds in the region, ...

By Nway / MPA HPAKANT, Kachin State — A Myanmar military airstrike on a jade mining site in Hpakant Township has killed a mother and left her three-year-old son among the wounded, local sources reported. The attack occurred just after 1:00 PM today, March 7, when a junta jet fighter ...

By Min AB / MPA KAWKAREIK, Karen State — Intense fighting has broken out in Karen State as the Myanmar military launches a multi-pronged offensive to regain control of the strategic Asia Highway and expand its footprint across Kawkareik Township, according to local military sources. The military junta has deployed ...