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May 17, 2021
Residents of Tinma village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, were displaced by fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army in March of last year...
May 17, 2021
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday is set to consider a draft non-binding resolution calling for "an immediate suspension" of the transfer of weapons...
May 17, 2021
The government mouthpiece Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) claimed the junta’s armed forces arrested two youths in northern Shan State because...
May 17, 2021
Volunteer teams from Joseph Oxygen have been prevented from bringing people needing emergency medical care to the hospital after its rescue vehicles...
May 17, 2021
At least ten top leaders from Arakan State National League for Democracy (NLD) have been detained and arrested since the Feb 1 coup, said a NLD...
May 17, 2021
The police released eight out of 14 detainees who participated in the anti-coup protest in Narnattaw Ward in Loikaw Township in Kayah State on the...
May 17, 2021
IDPs have expressed their concern that some shelters in IDP camps in Arakan State are in urgent need of repair as the dry season draws to a close...
May 17, 2021
Burma Army continued its assault on Mindat, firing at least 15 rounds into the southern Chin State town guarded by Chin Defense Force (CDF) on...
Photo: Protesters hold up banners and the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on May 14, 2021. Photo: AFP
May 17, 2021
Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence - a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces has described the...
May 17, 2021
The clash between the KIA and the Military Council has been going on for three days in the territory of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Brigade 3...
Some monks have this year defied religious edicts against political activity (Photo: AFP)
May 14, 2021
Myanmar's Buddhist monk-hood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country's nascent democracy, with...
May 14, 2021
With the junta-reconstituted Union Election Commission (UEC) offering to meet with political parties for a second time, the Arakan Front Party (AFP)...