Thursday, January 20, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Regime Forces Tortured and Massacred Ethnic Chin Journalist and Civilians

Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:14 AM PST

Evidence from witnesses and photos reveal the journalist and nine other civilians in western Myanmar's Chin State suffered appalling torture before being executed by junta soldiers.

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Rise of Rakhine Rebels Poses Challenge for Myanmar Junta

Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:04 AM PST

The Arakan Army has used the ceasefire with regime forces in Rakhine State in western Myanmar to establish its own separate administration.

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Karen Armed Group Commander Sacked Over Execution of Alleged Myanmar Junta Spies

Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:51 AM PST

The Karen National Union has dismissed Major General Saw Nerdah Mya as the head of one of its armed wings in response to the deaths of 25 men in May last year.

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Myanmar Regime’s Reliance on Air Power a Sign of Weakness: US Security Expert

Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:32 AM PST

The junta's forces 'can no longer win on the ground,' says Burmese-American scholar and former US Army lieutenant colonel Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd.

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Myanmar Professor Jailed for Three Years for Leading Anti-Coup Protest

Posted: 19 Jan 2022 11:09 PM PST

Dr. Akar Moe Thu of Yangon University was arrested in March last year while organizing an anti-coup demonstration by university teachers in the city.

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Myanmar Regime to Present Objections in Rohingya Genocide Case to ICJ Next Month

Posted: 19 Jan 2022 04:54 AM PST

The next hearings in the case brought by Gambia have been scheduled for the third week of February.

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Myanmar Junta Jails Rakhine State Ministers on Corruption Charges

Posted: 19 Jan 2022 03:42 AM PST

The detained National League for Democracy ministers face numerous charges from the military regime for alleged corruption.

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Junta Arrests Two More Journalists in Southern Myanmar

Posted: 19 Jan 2022 03:16 AM PST

At least 46 reporters are currently being detained, making the military regime the world's second-biggest jailer of journalists after China.

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Ex-Army Captain Shot Dead For Being Myanmar Junta Informant

Posted: 19 Jan 2022 12:57 AM PST

The former army officer and head of the local Veterans Association was assassinated at his home in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw.

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Myanmar Junta Executes Sagaing Resistance Fighters

Posted: 19 Jan 2022 12:50 AM PST

Villagers in Monywa Township said four resistance fighters were killed and four civilians abducted during a raid by regime troops.

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Nearly 160 Myanmar Regime Troops Killed in First Half of January: KNU

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 10:46 PM PST

The group added that regime forces' artillery and airstrikes have displaced tens of thousands of civilians, creating a humanitarian crisis in southeastern Myanmar.

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