Myanmar’s spiraling rights and humanitarian crises risk getting “much worse” as global attention focuses on the Middle East war and aid dwindles further, the top United Nations expert on the Asian country warned. More than five years after Myanmar’s military snatched power in a coup, the junta is relentlessly continuing to attack civilians and obstruct […]
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Executive Summary R26. Rohingya Genocide Report November 2020, Naasha Puru (Ngar Sar Kyu) Village In August 2017, Myanmar security forces advanced upon the village of Naasha Puru (Ngar Sar Kyu), located in Maungdaw, Rakhine State. Prior to that, in October 2016, 100-300 assailants from the Myanmar military, as well as Rakhine civilians, besieged the village […]
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The Military Commission announced on 4 March that Myanmar has sufficient fuel supplies for about 40 days and that reserve stocks are also adequate. However, residents say townships in southern Myanmar including Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi Region, are facing severe fuel shortages and growing difficulties. In major cities including Mawlamyine, Hpa-An, Myawaddy, Kyainseikgyi […]
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At least 39 civilians were killed and 45 injured in Rakhine State during February, bringing the total number of casualties to 84, stated the data collected by Narinjara News. It shows that airstrikes by the military junta in February affected Rakhine townships namely Ponnagyun, Kyaukphyu, Ramree, Thandwe, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U. Currently all these townships are […]
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Maungdaw Township, Arakan State A local committee reportedly linked to the United League of Arakan / Arakan Army (ULA/AA) has been accused of interfering in Islamic religious affairs and demanding money from mosques in Maungdaw Township, according to local sources who spoke to WSNews24. A member of a mosque management committee, speaking on condition of […]
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Fisherfolk along the Arakan coast in areas under Arakan Army (AA) control report that their livelihoods are being severely disrupted by persistent heavy artillery fire from Myanmar’s military regime. Local communities face extreme hardships as junta warships frequently shell and seize fishing boats at sea. These attacks have made it impossible for residents to maintain […]
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Political observers and local residents are urging civilians in areas controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) to remain on high alert as clashes between the Myanmar military regime and the Arakanese ethnic armed group intensify near the state capital of Sittwe. Simultaneous battles are reportedly taking place in at least 14 locations, including Amyint Kyun, […]
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A series of unconventional airstrikes involving paramotors and gyrocopters has killed five civilians, including a 13-year-old girl, in Pale Township, Sagaing Region. The attacks, which began on the night of 4 March, targeted Ma Yoe Tone village and resulted in the immediate deaths of four residents – 85-year-old Daw Mi Kyi, 80-year-old Daw San Aye, […]
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Japan has provided US$6.7 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to support Rohingya and vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar through food assistance, nutrition services and agricultural resilience initiatives. The United Nations World Food Programme welcomed the new contribution, equivalent to JPY 1.05 billion, from the Government of Japan aimed at strengthening food security […]
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Amid ongoing solar-sector cooperation between the Myanmar regime and China, a launch ceremony for the Mekong-Lancang (2025) Solar Technology Standardization and Solar Capacity Testing Center Establishment Project was held in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, according to military-run Myawaddy media. The event was attended by Dr. Aung Zeya, the junta’s deputy minister for science and technology, Dr. […]
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