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Photo by  Sai One Leang Kham
November 21, 2019
A 41-year-old farmer from northern Shan State’s Hsenwi Township has been hospitalized following being physically assaulted by Burma Army soldiers on...
November 21, 2019
Civil society organizations (CSOs) based in northern Shan State have called on actors in the region’s armed conflict to refrain from targeting local...
November 21, 2019
Ethnic political parties in Kachin State have criticized an amendment to existing voter rights by the Union Election Commission (UEC) that would give...
November 20, 2019
A 27-year-old primary school teacher was shot and killed in a Tonzang Township village in Chin State on Sunday evening. Dim Lun Mang was shot in the...
November 20, 2019
Khaing Roe La — A woman was hit by a piece of shrapnel when an artillery shell exploded in a compound in Hteik Wa Pyin village of Mrauk-U Township in...
November 20, 2019
Khaing Roe La — A Tatmadaw unit was attacked by explosive devices on November 13 beside Yangon – Sittwe highway road near Thayat Tabin village in...
November 20, 2019
Win Nyunt — Tatmadaw soldiers fired guns around villages in Myebon Township from helicopters on November 18 and 19, locals said. An anonymous...
November 19, 2019
Families are concerned for two people detained by the Tatmadaw in Arakan State’s Ann Township because the Tatmadaw did not allow their respective...
Four detainees including Ko Thein Aung Myat were seen at Ngapudaw Township Court. Photo - Dwarawady Ashin Kuthala
November 19, 2019
Four people including a publisher and seller of the Rakhita calendar were sentenced to two years imprisonment by the Nagpudaw Township court in...
Photo Credited: RFA | Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing; State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi; President U Win Myint; Former Presidents Htin Kyaw and Thein Sein
November 19, 2019
These days, the Myanmar leadership is bogged down by several lawsuit proceedings which include International Criminal Court (ICC), International...
November 19, 2019
Ethnic Karen people in southeastern Burma are still suffering from human rights abuses by the military and private companies, according to a new...
November 19, 2019
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the planned Offshore Supply Base (OSB) project in Andin-Ywa-Thit-Ta-Min-Sake villages in Ye Township...