At least 363 women killed by the junta in the two years since the military seized power in a Feb. 1, 2021, coup, according to Thailand’s Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma).
At least 14 people have been killed in a junta raid on Monywa township in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, according to residents.
Around 80 junta troops stormed a village in Sagaing region’s Yinmarbin township, killing nine People’s Defense Force (PDF) members and one local.
Myanmar beauty queen Han Lay was granted asylum in Canada after a week after her detention in Bangkok
Four men were found slain in Myanmar’s central city of Mandalay on Sunday in what appears to be the latest in a series of killings by a shadowy pro-junta militia group, sources in the country told RFA0
Authorities in Myanmar have detained at least 56 monks who spoke out against junta in the nearly 18 months since last year’s coup, while many other religious leaders opposed to military rule face harassment and are on the run amid the threat of arrest, RFA Burmese has learned
Renewed fighting between Myanmar regime forces and the Arakan Army has intensified in Rakhine and Chin states with at least 10 clashes since July 18, following the dissolution of a fragile cease-fire that had held for a year and a half, residents of the western states told RFA
Myanmar’s army is holding to power a year after the military coup, and democratically elected officials are facing lengthy prison sentences, as the people continue to fight the coup
A UN spokeswoman informed reporters in New York that six months after the Myanmar military seized control of the democratically elected government, the UN team in Myanmar has reiterated its solidarity with the people of Myanmar in their quest of democracy, peace, human rights, and the rule of law.
Additional sanctions have been imposed on Burma’s military dictatorship for its deadly response to pro-democracy protests by U.S.