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July 27, 2022
On Monday 25 July Ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) condemned the Myanmar junta's execution of four men, including prominent democracy activists Phyo...
Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. Photo: PEN America
July 26, 2022
PEN America, the writers' organisation that fights for freedom of expression for writers and against their persecution made a statement about the...
July 26, 2022
Some buses and taxis in Yangon that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) broke down because they used unknowingly used adulterated gas bought from gas...
This file photo taken on January 13, 2012 shows Kyaw Min Yu (C), known as Jimmy, and his wife Ni Lar Thein (L) holding her child, both members of the 88 Generation student group, celebrating upon their arrival at Yangon international airport following their release from detention. Photo: AFP
July 25, 2022
Campaign group Human RIghts Watch (HRW) has released a statement condemning the reported execution of four men in the country’s first death sentences...
Ko Jimmy (left) and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw (right)
July 25, 2022
Campaign group Progressive Voice has released a statement calling on the world to condemn the cruel execution of four democracy activists in Myanmar...
July 22, 2022
The Military Council arrested five children aged about 14 or 15 in Pyay Township in Bago Region at about 10:00 p.m. on 19 July, according to local...
July 21, 2022
Seeing blind people singing and begging for money is not an uncommon sight in Myanmar. They are likely to appear the most prominent example of a...
July 21, 2022
The Arakan Army (AA), despite being one of the more recently formed ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) has rapidly risen to become one of the most...
July 20, 2022
There is a shortage of cooking gas in shops in Naypyitaw due to delays in licensing gas imported on sea routes. This means that shops are having to...
July 19, 2022
A 20-year-old woman was killed on the spot when junta forces fired heavy artillery into Sel Village in Sagaing’s Myaung Township on 17 July...
July 19, 2022
The Basic Education Worker Unions - Steering Committee (BEWU-SC) and the Basic Education General Strike Committee-BEGSC jointly announced on 16 July...
July 18, 2022
A recently released policy brief from the World Bank on the financial sector in Myanmar recounts the challenges and destabilization faced by the...