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December 20, 2025
Nine civilians killed as Myanmar junta intensifies airstrikes in Wetlet...
December 19, 2025
Myanmar junta arrests over 200 people under election protection law
December 18, 2025
UN General Assembly keeps Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun as Myanmar’s UN...
Dr. Aye Maung (L) and Wai Hin Aung (R).
January 22, 2018
Dr. Aye Maung and Wai Hin Aung to appear before court at the end of January
A Sittwe court’s statement says Ann constituency House of Representatives MP Dr. Aye Maung and young writer Wai Hin Aung will appear before court on...
January 22, 2018
TNLA and RCSS fight for three consecutive days
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) spokesman Maj. Tak Aik Kyaw confirmed to Mizzima that troops of Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and...
January 19, 2018
Myanmar celebrates the first Forum on Ethnic Sustainable Development
The first Ethnic Sustainable Development Forum was opened yesterday at the Mingalar Thiri Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw, according to a statement.
Dr. Aye maung. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
January 19, 2018
Rakhine MP remanded in custody at Sittway Prison
Dr. Aye Maung, a member of parliament who has been charged under the unlawful Association Law for giving a talk at a literature session in Yathedaung...
Dr. Aye Maung. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
January 18, 2018
Politician, writer charged with unlawful association
Police have filed charges under the Section 17 (1) of the Unlawful Association Law against Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung, who gave a talk to...
January 17, 2018
Myanmar must reverse laws and practices that perpetuate military impunity...
Myanmar's government must take concrete action to counteract decades of military impunity for human rights violations, the International Commission...
January 17, 2018
Seven ethnic Rakhine killed as Myanmar police fire on riot
Myanmar police said Wednesday they opened fire on a crowd of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists as they tried to seize a government office, in unrest that left...
People walking in front of the Sulay Pagoda in downtown area of Yangon. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
January 12, 2018
Amend provision violating free expression rights – HRW
Burmese authorities should not pursue a criminal complaint brought under Burma’s privacy law against a Facebook user for posts critical of a state...
In this photograph taken October 14, 2016, armed rebels belonging to KIA ethnic group take a cigarette break as they move towards the frontline near Laiza in Kachin state. Photo: Hkun Lat/AFP
January 11, 2018
Number of clashes decrease in December: Think Tank
At least 52 armed incidents took place nationwide in December, down from 63 the previous month, while the conflict in Shan and Kachin intensified,...
Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
January 11, 2018
Reuters chief expresses dismay at decision to prosecute two Reuters...
Mr Stephen J. Adler, President and Editor-in-Chief of Reuters has expressed his disappointment that two of his company’s Myanmar reporters are being...
Reuters' journalist Wa Lone shouts as he leaves after his trial at Mingaladon township court in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 December 2017. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA-EFE
January 10, 2018
Reuters journalists must be released: Amnesty
The Myanmar authorities must immediately release two journalists from the Reuters news agency who have been arbitrarily detained for investigating...
Ambassador of Italy Pier Giorgio Aliberti. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
January 10, 2018
Italy assumes chairmanship of Joint Peace Fund board
The Ambassador of Italy to Myanmar Pier Giorgio Aliberti has said, “The peace process is crucial for the future of Myanmar and the solution of ethnic...