Myanmar: 44 global orgs urge G20 countries to pay urgent attention to pressing rights issues

September 9, 2023

A group of 44 organisations from around the world have urged the G20 countries – heads of state and governments of which are meeting in New Delhi today and tomorrow – to pay their focused attention to the crisis unfolding in Myanmar, India’s The Wire reports. “The escalating atrocities perpetrated by the military junta demand […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi ailing

September 6, 2023

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ailing and a request for an outside physician to see her has been denied by the country’s military rulers, a source familiar with the matter and the shadow government loyal to her said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate instead has been treated by […]Continue Reading

Myanmar won’t be allowed to lead ASEAN in 2026, in blow to generals

September 6, 2023

Southeast Asian leaders decided Tuesday that Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of their regional bloc as scheduled in 2026, in the latest blow to efforts by its ruling generals to gain international recognition after violently seizing power in 2021, AP reports. Western governments led by the United States have condemned the Myanmar army’s […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s battle-scarred junta replaces five security ministers

September 3, 2023

The junta replaced its security and border affairs ministers in four states and one region with younger colonels on Friday, it said in a statement, The Irrawaddy reports. It is struggling to regain rural territory amidst rising resistance attacks in the states and region, while regime targets in their cities and towns are also face […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army alleges Myanmar junta’s covert support for ARSA

September 1, 2023

U Khaing Thu Kha, spokesperson for the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), stated that they are closely observing the Military Council’s moves towards covert support of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), a designated terrorist group, as a subsidiary entity to further the interests of the Regime forces, Burma News International reports. “We are Continue Reading

Gabonese military officers announce they have seized power

August 30, 2023

A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term, Reuters reports. Appearing on television channel Gabon 24, the officers said they represented all security and defence forces in the […]Continue Reading

Manipur violence deepens distrust between communities

August 30, 2023

Lawmakers in Manipur, a northeastern state in India, rocked in recent months by ethnic violence, gathered for a special session of the state legislature on Tuesday, DW reports. The meeting lasted just an hour, as a war of words erupted between ruling party and opposition legislators over the tense and volatile situation in the state. Speaker Thokchom […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta rallies support to defend capital as resistance gets closer

August 30, 2023

The regime is mobilizing support from local residents for possible attacks on the capital, following recent resistance attacks on junta bases in the regime’s nerve center, The Irrawaddy reports. A team of junta officials led by Naypyitaw Council member Colonel Min Naung gave food supplies, issued citizenship ID, and provided healthcare services in villages in […]Continue Reading

Nearly 30 Rohingyas hidden inside Myanmar dump truck and arrested

August 29, 2023

Military Council forces and subordinate police in Kyangin Township, Ayeyarwady Region, discovered and apprehended 27 Rohingya passengers who were covertly riding in a dump truck, Burma News International reports. At the Oatpon checkpoint in Zeepinkwin village tract, Kyangin, the dump truck was intercepted. Upon inspection, the Rohingya individuals who had been concealing Continue Reading

Divided UN Security Council condemns Myanmar junta—again

August 25, 2023

The junta was condemned by all but two members of the UN Security Council on August 23 for its “unrelenting violence” across Myanmar over the past months, but Myanmar’s Ambassador to the UN said more than words were necessary to stop the regime from committing atrocities, The Irrawaddy reports. Only China and Russia, which can […]Continue Reading