Monday, April 25, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Pro-Junta Militia Kills NLD Supporters in Myanmar 

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 06:03 AM PDT

Two men's bodies and a heavily wounded woman were dumped in Mandalay in response to a resistance threat.  

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Ethnic Armed Groups Reject Myanmar Junta Chief’s Peace Talks

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 04:12 AM PDT

Min Aung Hlaing's call for talks is seen as a desperate attempt to reduce attacks from ethnic armed organizations while the regime battles the people's defense forces. 

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ASEAN’s Myanmar Peace Plan Condemned for No Significant Progress

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 04:08 AM PDT

One year after the bloc's failed Five-Point Consensus was agreed, western countries were also criticized for a lack of action and standing behind ASEAN's hollow words. 

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ASEAN’s Peace Efforts Dead in the Water

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 02:17 AM PDT

The regional bloc's failed five-point consensus should be replaced by proper demands for peace, argues Bo Kyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. 

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Myanmar Regime Forces Accused of Serial Sexual Assaults

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 02:02 AM PDT

Soldiers and pro-junta militia have committed multiple rapes in Mandalay Region since the coup.

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Myanmar Junta Chief Reveals His Egotism by Awarding Himself Honorary Titles

Posted: 25 Apr 2022 12:32 AM PDT

Min Aung Hlaing has decorated regime figures and spent hundreds of billions of kyats on titles and pensions when the economy is in chaos.

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