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August 29, 2019
Six farmers from Karenni (Kayah) State’s Demoso Township were imprisoned on Monday following a court hearing at which additional charges were laid...
August 29, 2019
Indigenous people in Burma’s ethnic states should be given greater control over resources in their respective territories, according to a new report...
August 29, 2019
Pang Myaung, a village in northern Rakhine State’s Minbya Township, came under heavy attack from Burma Army airstrikes and artillery fire on Tuesday...
August 29, 2019
A landmine explosion occurred near a border guard’s checkpoint on Maungdaw-Buthidaung road in the night of 25 August. A local’s vehicle heading to...
August 29, 2019
Collaborating with allies and Arakanese people, the AA is to retaliate against the Tatmadaw, the AA announced on 25 August. Three children were...
August 29, 2019
A Mrauk-U court on August 27 granted bail to Soe Moe Kyaw from Pyine Cha village in Mrauk-U township because he is under 18, nearly five months after...
August 29, 2019
Parliamentarians and lawyers say the rights of families with members who died in Tatmadaw custody in Arakan State have been violated because they...
August 28, 2019
Two villagers were charged by the Tatmadaw under the Explosive Substances Act 3 on suspicion of involvement in a bomb explosion near Min Phoo village...
August 27, 2019
Leaders from the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) and representatives from internally displaced people’s (IDP) camps met this week to discuss the...
August 27, 2019
A Waingmaw Township court sentenced three Chinese nationals to fines of 500,000 kyat (US$329) for operating shops without official permission earlier...
August 27, 2019
A new report from the Kachin Development Network Group (KDNG) alleges that the Burma Army’s seizure of Kachin State’s Hukawng Valley is a move toward...
August 27, 2019
Recent clashes between the Burma Army and an alliance of three ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State have left one person dead and several...