UN urges humane treatment of captured Myanmar troops

November 19, 2023

The United Nations said Friday that Myanmar soldiers captured amid an offensive launched by anti-military armed groups against the junta must be treated humanely, AFP reports. The UN rights office said it was closely monitoring developments in Myanmar, where fighting has escalated since several ethnic minority armed groups launched attacks on the military in the […]Continue Reading

Junta continues to lose bases as Resistance Operations expand across Myanmar

November 17, 2023

More junta bases were seized and clashes continued to intensify over the last three days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) stepped up attacks on regime targets and junta bases across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. The Irrawaddy has collected the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs. […]Continue Reading

Eight children among 11 civilians killed in Myanmar junta air strike in Chin

November 17, 2023

Nearly a dozen civilians, including eight children, were killed in a Myanmar military aerial assault on Wai Luu Village in Matupi Township, Chin State on Wednesday that destroyed religious buildings, schools and civilian houses, the township administration reported, The Irrawaddy reports. Two Myanmar military fighter jets bombed the village at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, Continue Reading

Myanmar junta killed at least 150 civilians since Operation 1027 Launch

November 17, 2023

More than 150 civilians have been killed in Myanmar in junta shelling, airstrikes and massacres since Operation 1027 was launched on October 27 in northern Shan State, according to rights groups, reports The Irrawaddy. Reports by the media, human rights groups and the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) have recorded deaths in northern Shan, Kayah, […]Continue Reading

About 250 Rohingya refugees in Indonesia sent back to sea

November 17, 2023

About 250 Rohingya refugees crammed onto a wooden boat have been turned away from western Indonesia and sent back to sea, residents said Friday, AFP reports. The group from the persecuted Myanmar minority arrived off the coast of Aceh province on Thursday but locals told them not to land. Some refugees swam ashore and collapsed […]Continue Reading

Canada, Britain and main EU countries join Myanmar genocide case

November 17, 2023

Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain have teamed up to join the genocide case over Myanmar’s treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority before the United Nation’s top court in The Hague, the court said on Thursday evening, Reuters reports. The countries filed a joint declaration of intervention with the court, formally known as […]Continue Reading

Myanmar rebels say dozens of junta forces surrender, captured

November 15, 2023

Dozens of members of the Myanmar security forces have surrendered or been captured, a rebel group said on Wednesday, as a coordinated offensive by insurgent groups battling the junta gathers pace in several parts of the country, Reuters reports. At least 28 policemen gave up their weapons and surrendered to the Arakan Army (AA), while […]Continue Reading

Myanmar soldiers flee to India after clash with rebels

November 14, 2023

At least 43 Myanmar soldiers have surrendered to police in the Indian state of Mizoram a day after heavy clashes with anti-junta rebel fighters, an Indian police official said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Anti-junta fighters in Myanmar’s Chin state were aiming to gain control of part of a porous border with India, after tasting early […]Continue Reading

More Myanmar junta bases fall in Shan fighting: MNDAA

November 12, 2023

On Friday night it said it seized four Kokang outposts and another four positions near Xi Yuin Ji village between Laukkai and Chin Shwe Haw on Saturday morning, The Irrawaddy reports. MNDAA said that on Saturday morning it fired a rocket into the military’s northeastern headquarters in Lashio. The Brotherhood Alliance claims to have taken […]Continue Reading

Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility

November 12, 2023

A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021. The jet went down over Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Saturday during fighting […]Continue Reading