Myanmar emergency overview map: Number of people displaced in South East since Feb 2021 and remain displaced (As of 15 Nov 2021)
WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTSLast week, clashes and fighting continued across South-East Myanmar causing new displacement, particularly in Kayah State, Shan State (South) and Tanintharyi Region, as reported by media sources.Increased returns were reported to Loika…
Junta troops accused of raping two women in Myanmar’s Chin state
A rights group is demanding justice after soldiers loyal to Myanmar’s junta allegedly raped two young women while raiding a village in Chin state’s Tedim township, saying the incident highlights how the military has used “sexual violence as a weapon” s…
Asian envoy visits to Myanmar may signal pressure on junta to honor pledge
High-level envoys from the three Asian nations with the most influence in Myanmar have visited the strife-torn country in recent days, raising hopes of new international efforts to pressure the junta to honor pledges it made in April on resolving the p…
Myanmar frees US journalist Danny Fenster days after conviction
Myanmar’s military regime on Monday released American journalist Danny Fenster just three days after he was sentenced to 11 years of hard labor in prison for encouraging resistance to the junta and other alleged crimes.Fenster, the managing editor of o…
Myanmar junta jails US journalist for 11 years, drawing widespread condemnation
A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years for encouraging resistance to the country’s military rulers and other alleged crimes, drawing a rebuke from the U.S. State Department, which called the conviction “unjust….
Tens of thousands flee military operations in Myanmar’s Shan state and Sagaing region
Scorched-earth military operations in Myanmar’s southern Shan state and Sagaing region have forced nearly 40,000 people to flee their homes in the past two days, sources said Wednesday.Around 30,000 residents from 30 villages in Sagaing’s Depayin towns…
Myanmar’s junta blocked from attending global climate summit
Myanmar’s military regime has been snubbed once again on the international stage, this time by the organizers of the United Nations climate change conference, who turned its five-person delegation away at the door to the summit in Glasgow, Scotland, th…
Myanmar junta court sentences former NLD chief minister to 75 years for ‘corruption’
A military court in Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced the former National League for Democracy (NLD) chief minister of Kayin state to 75 years in prison for “corruption,” the latest example of a harsh punishment observers say is aimed at undermining party l…
Junta Adds Tougher Penalties to Myanmar Broadcast Law
Myanmar’s military council has amended the country’s broadcasting law in a move that rights groups and lawyers say will further restrict the media.The changes, passed Monday, relate to several sections of an existing law passed by Myanmar’s quasi-civil…