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August 2, 2019
In a statement, the AA said it released the villagers at their request. Dozens of Chin villagers who were abducted by the Arakan Army (AA) nearly six...
August 2, 2019
The rights activists also demanded transparency in the investigation of a murder that shocked many last month. Kachin human rights groups have held a...
August 2, 2019
All charges against a filmmaker on trial for Facebook posts critical of the Myanmar military must be dropped immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty...
August 2, 2019
Five village schools have been temporarily closed after Nyaung Chaung police outpost in Buthidaung Township was attacked, said deputy education...
August 2, 2019
The Arakan Army (AA), an insurgent group that has come under fire for its alleged mistreatment of civilians, has released dozens of Chin villagers...
August 2, 2019
Although it has already been a year since News Mon State Party (NMSP) signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), NMSP still hasn’t become a...
Giving Human trafficking prevention awareness. Photo: Anti-trafficking Police Force
August 2, 2019
Myanmar authorities exposed a total of 23 human trafficking cases in July alone, Xinhua reported quoting figures released by the anti-trafficking...
August 2, 2019
A 65-year-old Muslim woman from Sin Thay Byin village in Buthidaung Township was killed during gunfire in the village because she was left in the...
August 2, 2019
Heavy rain, blocked roads and security risks because of military troops have hampered the efforts of the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC) to collect...
August 2, 2019
The Arakan State government hopes to open the Kanyin Chaung economic zone, developed in Maungdaw Township, by the end of 2019, Arakan State Municipal...
August 2, 2019
The newly funded projects will be built in areas controlled by signatories to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. Japan’s Nippon Foundation has...
August 2, 2019
Twenty eight suspected civilians from Mrauk Oo and Kyauk Taw townships being detained reportedly appeared in court of Sittwe yesterday afternoon for...