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Ye Ni, of The Irrawaddy, is facing charges under Myanmar's Telecommunication Law Section 66(d) over the outlet's reporting on conflict in Rakhine State. Photo: Ye Ni/Facebook
March 19, 2020
The Myanmar military should immediately drop its criminal defamation complaint against editor Ye Ni and stop using legal threats to stifle reporting...
Kachin State People's Party's signboard at their office in Myitkyina. Photo: KSPP/Facebook
March 19, 2020
Local political parties in Kachin state have been working together to strengthen the prospects of their candidates beating those from the ruling...
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March 19, 2020
At least 21 civilians have been killed and 28 injured after two days of air attacks by the Burma Army on villages in Chin State’s Paletwa Township...
March 19, 2020
The Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) issued a strong condemnation of the Burma Army’s recent air strikes on villages in Paletwa Township,...
Photo — Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief’s Office
March 19, 2020
Win Nyunt — Tatmadaw troops were killed and injured, and some military vehicles destroyed, when their convoys were attacked by mine detonations and...
Members of the Arakan National Policy Coordination Committee (ANPCC) are seen. (Photo – ANPCC)
March 19, 2020
Aung Htein — The Arakan National Policy Coordination Committee (ANPCC) has urged the respective warring parties to quickly find a political solution...
March 19, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Tatmadaw troops entered Tinma village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, and detained 10 residents on March 16, prompting worries...
Photos by Tai Freedom
March 18, 2020
Representatives from the Burma Army and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) met in Naypyidaw on Sunday to discuss issues ranging from the...
Myanmar migrant fishermen unload fish from Thai fishing boats at a port in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand. Photo: EPA
March 18, 2020
Suu Myat May Zaw — The Bangkok based Myanmar embassy issued a press release on March 16 which urges Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand not to go...
March 18, 2020
Min Tun — As residents of Arakan State townships where fighting has been occurring between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) have continued to...
March 18, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Nine civilians from four villages in Kyauktaw Township were injured amid hostilities on the morning of March 16, said U Oo Tun Win,...
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March 18, 2020
Two people are dead following fighting in up to five locations in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army...