Myanmar junta loses bases, scores of troops in four days of resistance attacks

November 20, 2023

The Myanmar junta lost over 50 troops and more bases over the last four days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. In one case, the junta has been accused of using globally banned chemical bombs to retake a base from […]Continue Reading

More than 500 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia

November 19, 2023

More than 500 Rohingya refugees originally from Myanmar landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday, the fourth wave of arrivals this week, a local UNHCR official said, Reuters reports. The refugees, who arrived at various parts of the province including Bireuen, Pidie and East Aceh, have overwhelmed local facilities, Munawaratul Makhya, a […]Continue Reading

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

Yemen’s Houthis hijack Israeli-linked ship in Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage

November 19, 2023

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday, officials said, taking over two dozen crew members hostage and raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front, AP reports. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they hijacked 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

Third batch of around 250 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia

November 16, 2023

About 250 desperate Rohingya refugees reached western Indonesia on a decrepit, overcrowded wooden boat on Thursday, bringing the total number reported by local officials to have arrived this week to nearly 600, AFP reports. The boat holding the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority, many barefoot and some pleading for help, sat just off the […]Continue Reading