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WEBSep 26, 2024 — Myanmar NOW is an independent news service dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased news about Myanmar in Burmese and English.. With a mission to expose injustice in society and to hold the powerful to account, Myanmar Now prioritises news that matters most to those who care about the vulnerable and voiceless in society.. Founded in Yangon in 2015 during a period of relative openness in ...
Myanmar military troops, families surrender to anti-junta forces at ...
WEBAug 2, 2024 — Injured soldiers were among the scores of junta troops that surrendered to anti-junta fighters at a vital military command centre in Lashio, northern Shan State on Friday, according to video footage and sources close to the anti-junta forces.. More than 200 junta troops and their family members surrendered after the command centre—the Myanmar army’s Northeastern Regional Military Command ...
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WEBSep 13, 2024 — UN decries ‘horrific’ torture as Myanmar sinks into human rights ‘abyss’. The Myanmar team of the United Nations’ rights office described ‘depraved’ torture methods used by the military junta against dissenters, attributing the pervasiveness of human rights abuses to a ‘vacuum of rule of law’ under the regime. Read More ».
Timeline: Myanmar’s year of resistance
WEBJanuary 2022: Western oil firms announce exit. The junta started the year with a series of new appointments and reassignments. First it made Major General Than Hteik the new head of Northwestern Regional Command, after forcing his predecessor, Brigadier-General Phyo Thant, to step down three months earlier. The role involves responsibility for military operations in Chin State and Sagaing and ...
Myanmar junta invites armed groups to stop fighting, start talks
WEB6 days ago — Myanmar’s embattled junta on Thursday invited armed groups opposed to its rule to stop fighting and start talks to bring peace, after three-and-a-half years of conflict. The unexpected offer comes after the junta suffered a series of major battlefield reverses to ethnic minority armed groups and pro-democracy People’s Defence Forces (PDF ...
Myanmar junta launches pre-election census one day earlier than …
WEB2 days ago — The junta, which cited voter registration errors among its reasons for refusing to accept the 2020 election results, has said that the present census “will help ensure accurate voter lists for elections.”. Although the junta previously announced that the census would be conducted from October 1 to 15, regime officials had already begun ...
Myanmar junta using veterans, militias to secure capital, as more ...
WEBAung Zay July 1, 2024. Than Tun Oo, chair of the junta-controlled Naypyitaw Council, inspects militiamen in the first week of June. Myanmar’s military junta is increasingly relying on army veterans and militias to provide security in Naypyitaw as it sends regular troops based in the capital to fight in other parts of the country.
Myanmar regime digs in as tensions grow around northern Shan …
WEBJun 17, 2024 — Myanmar regime digs in as tensions grow around northern Shan State’s largest city. The military’s moves to bolster its defences around Lashio have many residents fearing the collapse of a ceasefire that has largely held since January. Myat Pan June 17, 2024. TNLA troops seen at a ceremony in 2022 (Myat Pan …
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WEBAug 16, 2024 — Telecoms blackouts aggravate Myanmar civilians’ suffering in horrific war. In parts of Myanmar impacted by conflict, civilians feel forced back to an earlier era without mobile phones or internet, with letters as the only remaining means of reaching loved ones in conflict zones, and some areas cut off from all forms of communication.