Junta shelling kills 1, injures 3 in Shan state
A 33-year-old woman died and three men were injured when junta troops fired heavy artillery at an internally displaced persons’ camp in Myanmar’s eastern Shan state.A mortar shell landed on the camp near Moebye township on Monday evening, residents tol…
HRW: Rohingya Refugees Suffer Widespread Police Abuse
An elite Bangladesh police unit is engaged in the rampant extortion, harassment and wrongful arrests of the Rohingya refugees it has been tasked with protecting, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.The Armed Police Battalion (APBn) operates in camps housin…
ASEAN chair Indonesia to set up special envoy office on Myanmar
ASEAN chair Indonesia will set up a special envoy’s office to deal with the post-coup crisis in Myanmar but not allow that country to hold the regional bloc hostage, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Wednesday. As holder of the Association of Southea…
Junta airstrike kills 5 Chin National Front soldiers
A junta military airstrike on the Chin National Front headquarters in Chin State killed five of its soldiers and injured at least 10, locals told RFA.Five fighter jets attacked the headquarters at Camp Victoria in Thantlang township even though there w…
Myanmar junta meets with ethnic rebels to garner support for 2023 elections
Myanmar’s junta met with three armed ethnic organizations over the weekend as part of a wider campaign to enlist support for an upcoming general election dismissed by democracy watchdogs as a military ploy to maintain power.Leaders from the United Wa S…
Myanmar court sentences 116 Rohingya refugees for violating immigration laws
A court under the jurisdiction of Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced 116 Rohingya refugees to between two and five years in prison for traveling without documents after they left camps in Bangladesh and Rakhine state to try to get to Malaysia, sour…
Junta airstrike kills 1, injures more than 30 in Kachin State
A junta military airstrike on a popular gold prospecting area in Myanmar’s Kachin State killed one man and injured more than 30 other people, some critically, forces loyal to the country’s parallel National Unity Government told RFA. Three fighter jets from Myitkyina Air Force Base opened fire near two villages […]