Friday, April 9, 2021

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Regime’s Troops Kill More Than 20 in Friday Assault

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 09:24 AM PDT

Regime forces reportedly used mortars to drop explosive shells on three Bago residential wards in a dawn raid targeting roadblocks.

In Myanmar, Pair of Protest Activists Share Common Goal: Root Out Dictatorship

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 08:57 AM PDT

Meet two of the most prominent faces in the protests in Mandalay and Monywa.

Myanmar Junta Bans Satellite Dishes in Effort to Restrict Anti-Regime News

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 05:17 AM PDT

PSI satellite dishes that broadcast DVB TV and Mizzima targeted by the regime as junta struggles to control the media.

KIA Ambushes Myanmar Military Convoy in Kachin State

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 04:25 AM PDT

The Kachin Independence Army says it will continue to attack reinforcements as long as the regime's security forces kill peaceful protesters.

Kachin State Land Confiscated by Myanmar Military Crony Taken Back by Local Farmers

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 03:06 AM PDT

Yuzana Co, which confiscated the farmland 15 years ago, ordered to leave the Hukawng Valley by ethnic armed group the Kachin Independence Army.

Myanmar Junta Using Prison Courts to Try Political Prisoners

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 02:42 AM PDT

Relatives of prisoners denied the chance to attend trials in the temporary courts and claim they breach human rights.

Malaysian Ambassador’s Meeting With Junta Member ‘Not Recognition’: Kuala Lumpur

Posted: 09 Apr 2021 01:01 AM PDT

The envoy met the regime's electricity minister to inform him that Malaysia's Petronas had suspended its Andaman Sea gas project, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said.

A Textbook Example of Authoritarian Rule in Myanmar

Posted: 08 Apr 2021 07:30 PM PDT

Myanmar's military regime is following a familiar playbook after seizing power and overturning democracy.