The Chin National Front / Chin National Army (CNF/CNA) has announced the implementation of a mandatory military service law aimed at strengthening territorial control in Chin State. The announcement was made by CNF leader Colonel Solomon during an online fundraising program hosted by Chinlung Media on March 12. According to the leadership, Chin youth will […]
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Mizoram Chief Minister Lalthanhawla (Larthu Auma) announced to the State Assembly on 11 March that the Myanmar government has lost control of the territories hosting the US$484 million Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP), with the Arakan Army (AA) now governing the strategic corridor. “The Myanmar government no longer controls the areas where the KMMTTP […]
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Brigadier General Myint Shwe, commander of Light Infantry Division 101, and several officers with the rank of major were among the 116 people killed during a massive four-hour junta airstrike on an Arakan Army (AA) detention camp in Ann Township on 8 March. In a video testimony released by Arakan Princess Media, surviving prisoner of […]
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Fortify Rights said on 12 March that Rohingya refugees in Malaysia are being held indefinitely in harsh and degrading conditions in immigration detention centres, warning that many detainees face years of detention without legal recourse or access to courts. The full release is as follows. On January 1, 2026, the government of Malaysia began a […]
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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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