More than 1,000 people flee their homes in Sagaing region
More than 1,000 people from three villages in Sagaing region’s Tigyaing township fled their homes on Wednesday, as the junta continued its campaign of arson attacks. Residents of Me Zar Lay and Kan Pauk abandoned their villages after troops stormed and burned neighboring Aung Thar Kone. “The junta troops got […]
Troops capture 25 youths returning to their village in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
A group of 25 youths from Sagaing region’s Shwebo township has been captured by junta troops, according to locals. The young men, mostly aged between 13 and 20, fled Tha But Taw village due to fighting between junta forces and local People’s Defense Forces (PDFs). They ran into a military […]
Guards beat Muslim political prisoner to death in Myanmar’s Insein Prison
A Muslim political prisoner and former parliamentary candidate accused of plotting acts of terrorism was beaten to death by prison guards in Myanmar last year, according to Sean Turnell, the former economic advisor to deposed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Khin Maung Shwe, 44, had been sentenced to 65 […]
More than a dozen Rohingya found dead in Myanmar’s Yangon region
Authorities in Myanmar have launched an investigation after a group of women on their way to the market in Yangon region made a gruesome discovery early on Monday morning – 13 broken and waterlogged corpses believed to be members of the Rohingya ethnic group. The bodies were found near a […]
Burmese freelance journalist sentenced to 15 years in prison
Myanmar journalist Myo San Soe has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on two terrorism counts by a court at Pyapon Prison in Ayeyarwady region. He was transferred to Pathein Prison on Thursday right after the sentencing, according to his family. Pyapon prison only holds people sentenced to 10 […]
Myanmar’s Archbishop calls for dialogue after military raid on his home village
Myanmar’s Catholic Archbishop has called for a peaceful solution to the country’s political crisis following a brutal attack by the military on his home village in embattled Sagaing region, despite public criticism over his dealings with the junta. Speaking to RFA Burmese on Thursday, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of […]
NLD’s Tun Tun Hein sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison
Tun Tun Hein, a member of the Central Executive Committee of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of treason and rebellion. On top of a four-year term he received at the end of last year, the sentence takes his total prison […]