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

Myanmar military regime says northern fighting could break country apart

November 9, 2023

Myint Swe, appointed as Myanmar’s president after the coup, has warned this month’s gains by an alliance of ethnic armed groups in areas bordering China risk breaking the country apart, in the military regime’s first acknowledgement of the challenge it is facing, Al Jazeera reports. The Three Brotherhood Alliance, a powerful ethnic armed grouping, launched […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta vows to hit back as rebels capture outposts, towns

November 5, 2023

Myanmar’s junta chief today vowed to strike back after an alliance of ethnic minority groups seized towns and blocked trade routes to China in the biggest coordinated offensive against the military since it seized power in a coup, Global New Light of Myanmar reports.      Fighting has raged for a week across a wide […]Continue Reading

Over 60 Myanmar junta troops killed in five days of resistance attacks

October 23, 2023

At least 66 Myanmar junta troops were killed in the last five days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) stepped up attacks on regime targets across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. Incidents were reported in Shan, Karen and Mon states and Mandalay, Magwe, Sagaing and Bago regions. The Irrawaddy has […]Continue Reading

US condemns Myanmar refugee camp strike, calls it ‘military attack’

October 11, 2023

The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called a reported ‘military attack’ in Myanmar on a refugee camp that led to the killing of several civilians, Reuters reports. THE TAKE At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in an artillery strike on a refugee camp near the border with […]Continue Reading