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Padoh Shew Maung – speaking at the coordination meeting.
November 25, 2019
For the first time, four Karen ethnic armed groups have agreed to hold the district level Karen New Year celebrations on December 26, 2019. Padoh Saw...
November 25, 2019
Overseas based Burma ethnic alliance and coalition groups issued statements welcoming Gambia’s lawsuit to the International Court of Justice for...
November 25, 2019
Locals have demanded an explanation as to why they are being dispossessed of their land by the Kachin State government in order to build the Namjim...
November 25, 2019
Pesticides in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township are polluting nearby streams and killing fish and livestock, locals say. Workers on the 3,000-acre...
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November 25, 2019
Win Nyunt — Two civilians, who were travelling on a motorbike at night in Ponnagyun Township were shot by the Tatmadaw, both are receiving medical...
November 25, 2019
Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army have prevented farmers to harvest more than 12,000 acres of paddy fields in Rathedaung, Buthidaung...
November 25, 2019
The Burma Army took more than 60 villagers into custody and ordered them to serve as human shields against mine attacks in northern Shan State’s...
Mang Hkok villager
November 23, 2019
The Burma Army pounded rebel positions in northern Shan State with heavy weapons, according to a Ta’ang major. Maj Tar Aik Kyaw, in charge of Ta’ang...
November 23, 2019
One village rice-mall owner was killed and another individual got serious injuries as several artillery shells exploded inside a village under...
November 23, 2019
Myanmar Army handed over 15 villagers to the police around one week after their arrest on the suspicion of maintaining links with Arakan Army (AA)...
November 23, 2019
Four persons were sentenced to two years of imprisonment for selling Arakanese Rakhitta calendars in Arrawaddy division. According to the family...
Former rights lawyer and political prisoner Zaw Win leaves Pyigyitagon Township Court in central Myanmar's Mandalay region on November 20, 2019. Photo: Aung Ko Oo/Mizzima
November 23, 2019
A Myanmar court has sentenced a former rights lawyer and political prisoner to two years in prison with hard labour on defamation-related charges for...