Monday, May 10, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Junta Forces Scour Forests in Search of Civilian Resistance

Posted: 10 May 2021 07:56 AM PDT

About 23 villagers, including 14 members of the civilian resistance force, were arrested Monday in Kani Township.

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Myanmar’s Long History of Informants

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:27 AM PDT

The civilian accomplices who tell the junta when and where to arrest protesters are part of a long tradition of treachery in the country.

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Myanmar Junta Forces Detain Rakhine Chief Minister’s Daughter

Posted: 10 May 2021 06:07 AM PDT

Daw Moe Hsan Suu Kyi was among several Rakhine National League for Democracy members seized over the weekend.

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Myanmar Junta Declares National Unity Government, CRPH, Defense Forces as ‘Terrorist’ Groups

Posted: 10 May 2021 05:30 AM PDT

Regime accuses the political and armed resistance organizations of incitement; those guilty of affiliation with them face 10 years to life in prison.

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Regime Abducts Ten Civilians in Myanmar’s Jade Town

Posted: 10 May 2021 04:24 AM PDT

Informants led junta forces to three houses in Hpakant, whose residents were then detained.

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to go on Trial at Special Court in Naypyitaw

Posted: 10 May 2021 02:56 AM PDT

The ousted State Counselor faces five legal cases and has not yet been allowed to meet her lawyers in person.

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Three More People Killed by Myanmar Junta Troops in Sagaing, Yangon

Posted: 10 May 2021 01:28 AM PDT

Those killed include a poet who was tortured to death and had his organs removed, and a medic who fell from a building while trying to flee a raid by junta forces.

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