Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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Chin Teenager Killed by Myanmar Junta Shelling

Posted: 29 Jun 2022 05:09 AM PDT

Four civilians in Mindat have been killed by  heavy junta weapons in June.

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Nationalist Monks Recruit Pro-Myanmar Regime Militias in Sagaing

Posted: 29 Jun 2022 05:06 AM PDT

Pyu Saw Htee recruits accompany junta operations and they help soldiers to harm the people, villagers say. 

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Over 750,000 People Displaced in Myanmar Since Coup

Posted: 29 Jun 2022 04:26 AM PDT

UN warns the junta's destruction of homes and continued fighting will prolong the suffering of the country's 1.1 million refugees. 

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ASEAN Envoy to Meet Only EAOs Approved by Myanmar Junta Chief

Posted: 29 Jun 2022 03:04 AM PDT

The country's major ethnic armed organizations are actively fighting the regime and boycotted last month's peace talks with the junta.

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Battle for Junta Military Outpost on Thai-Myanmar Border Rages for Fourth Day

Posted: 29 Jun 2022 01:29 AM PDT

Karen forces were set to capture the strategic location in Myawaddy Township on Tuesday night but regime forces held the outpost after launching an artillery attack.

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Chinese Foreign Minister to Visit Myanmar for 1st Time Since Coup

Posted: 28 Jun 2022 11:26 PM PDT

Wang Yi's visit to attend a meeting of Mekong nations follows attacks on a Chinese mine project and the junta's transfer of detained civilian leader Suu Kyi to prison.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

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ASEAN Special Envoy on Second Visit to Myanmar; No Meeting With Suu Kyi

Posted: 28 Jun 2022 05:19 AM PDT

Despite a request by ASEAN chair Hun Sen, the military regime will not allow the envoy to meet the detained democracy leader.

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Myanmar Junta Tortures Sagaing Anti-Regime Activist’s Mother to Force Surrender 

Posted: 28 Jun 2022 03:37 AM PDT

A police chief in Wetlet Township has told activists to surrender or one of their mothers will be killed. 

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Resistance Mine Attacks on Myanmar Junta Convoys Kill Almost 40 Soldiers

Posted: 28 Jun 2022 03:34 AM PDT

People's Defense Forces in Sagaing and Mandalay regions used mines to repeatedly attack junta convoys, including one escorting a senior regime official. 

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Karen Groups Battle Myanmar Military for Control of Key Outpost

Posted: 28 Jun 2022 12:05 AM PDT

The KNU's armed wings and other resistance groups have been fighting junta forces for control of strategically important Ukayit Hta in Myawaddy Township since Sunday.

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Nearly 7,000 Civilians in Mon State Flee Myanmar Junta Raids and Shelling

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 06:00 AM PDT

Fighting is breaking out in Mon State after Karen National Liberation Army and resistance ambushes.  

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Almost 100 Civilians Tortured to Death by Myanmar Regime Since Coup

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 04:50 AM PDT

Myanmar rights groups detail evidence of horrific torture and call on international community to help put an end to the military's impunity.

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Three Elderly Civilians Killed by Junta Soldiers in Southern Myanmar

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 04:03 AM PDT

Regime forces have mounted frequent raids this month in the resistance stronghold of Launglon Township, Tanintharyi Region.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Raid Villages After Power Cable to Chinese Mine Blown Up

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 03:13 AM PDT

Regime troops are based at the controversial Wanbao copper mine in Sagaing Region and using the compound to raid villages.

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As Myanmar Burns, Junta Pours Money Into ‘World’s Tallest’ Buddha Image

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 03:08 AM PDT

Among the biggest donors to the 25-m-high statue in Naypyitaw are members of the current junta as well as ex-generals and ministers of former military regimes.

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ASEAN’s Envoy on Myanmar Urges Suu Kyi’s Return to House Arrest From Solitary Confinement

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 02:57 AM PDT

Prak Sokhonn asked the junta to exercise 'compassion' in the ousted State Counselor's case, echoing 'deep concerns expressed by ASEAN colleagues.'

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Myanmar Regime Chief’s son to Import Russian Oil

Posted: 27 Jun 2022 02:49 AM PDT

The junta is turning to Russia, its major arms supplier, to help solve the country's energy crisis.

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Saturday, June 25, 2022

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Junta Watch: No Rest for Military Veterans; Rewriting the Election Rules, and More

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 07:02 PM PDT

Also this week, Moscow's aid was sought on the electricity crisis, and the coup boss continued his personal vendetta against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, moving her to a prison.

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Friday, June 24, 2022

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Can Aung San Suu Kyi Survive Myanmar Junta’s Latest Attack?

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 06:43 AM PDT

By moving her to prison, the generals believe they have finally gotten rid of the 77-year-old forever.

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Myanmar Resistance Claims 25 Junta Soldiers Killed

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 06:32 AM PDT

The Tamu People's Defense Force claims to have inflicted heavy casualties on regime forces in Sagaing Region.

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Military is Weaker Since Coup and Momentum is With the Armed Resistance

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 05:05 AM PDT

Ye Myo Hein, author of a recent report on Myanmar's armed rebellion, said the resistance needs a stronger chain of command and more weapons.

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Son of Slain Villager Recalls Myanmar Junta Massacre in Sagaing

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 03:54 AM PDT

Almost 30 residents of Mon Taing Pin Village were slaughtered by regime troops in May. Ko Thurein's father and nine relatives were among the victims.

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Sagaing Civilians Killed in Random Myanmar Junta Shelling

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 03:47 AM PDT

Regime troops have fired artillery at Chaung-U town for the first time.

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Suu Kyi’s Solitary Confinement Will Backfire on Myanmar Junta: HRW

Posted: 24 Jun 2022 03:41 AM PDT

Human Rights Watch says cruelty towards Daw Aung San Suu Kyi only boosts the resistance movement.

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Arakan Army Detains Myanmar Naval Officer

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 11:56 PM PDT

The AA seized a captain near a naval base in Sittwe, Rakhine State; the group and the regime have been seizing each other's personnel amid rising tensions in the state.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Seize Villagers as Human Shields in Sagaing

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 05:46 AM PDT

A resistance group in Khin-U Township said it will not attack the regime forces while they detain nearly 50 civilians. 

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Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Urges Int’l Community to Step Up Support

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 05:36 AM PDT

As the number of people killed by the junta passes 2,000, the National Unity Government called for material support of the kind that is being provided to Ukraine.

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ASEAN Must Step up Pressure on Myanmar Junta: UN Expert

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 04:15 AM PDT

UN Special Rapporteur says Myanmar people can't take another year of inaction from ASEAN.

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Whereabouts of Myanmar Anti-Regime Activist Unknown After Arrest

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 04:11 AM PDT

Lin Htet Naing was seized by regime forces on Saturday. He has been jailed twice before.  

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Myanmar Junta Rejects Red Cross Request to Resume Prison Visits 

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 02:04 AM PDT

The move follows revelations in March of widespread human rights violations in Myanmar's jails, with political prisoners the victims of abuse by prison authorities.  

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Myanmar Junta Claims Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Treated ‘Well’ in Solitary Confinement

Posted: 23 Jun 2022 01:34 AM PDT

The regime's spokesman confirmed the 77-year-old democracy leader has been moved to a prison from house arrest.

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Myanmar Junta Shifts Trial of Australian Economist to Prison Complex: Source

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 09:20 PM PDT

Sean Turnell, who was an adviser to detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, is charged with violating the country's official secrets law and faces a 14-year term.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

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Myanmar Junta Troops Based at Chinese-Owned Mine Cut Up Villagers

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 07:00 AM PDT

Soldiers stationed at the controversial Wanbao copper mine in Sagaing Region are accused of slicing up two farmers. 

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Rakhine Citizens Seized After Myanmar Regime Office Raided 

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 05:39 AM PDT

Regime forces and the Arakan Army are seizing each other's personnel across sprawling Rakhine State as the threat of serious fighting looms.

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Myanmar’s Armed Resistance Groups Ready to go on Offensive: NUG

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 05:03 AM PDT

Fifteen months after the first People's Defense Forces were formed, the NUG's armed wing has made rapid progress and is becoming more like a professional army.

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Thousands Flee Junta Artillery Strikes in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 03:08 AM PDT

Locals in Sagaing Region say regime forces are firing heavy weapons at civilian targets day and night.

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Myanmar Junta Moves Detained Leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Prison

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 02:52 AM PDT

The 77-year-old democracy leader will likely be held in solitary confinement in the prison.

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Myanmar Junta Searches Homes After Arakan Army Seizures

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 02:10 AM PDT

The AA in Rakhine State says it has been seizing regime police and soldiers in response to junta abductions.

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Trial of Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Moved to Prison Compound: Source

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 02:05 AM PDT

Future hearings in cases brought by the junta against the ousted State Counselor, 77, will be heard in a specially built court inside Naypyitaw Prison, a source said.

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Myanmar Junta in ‘Political and Military Cul-de-Sac’: Security Expert

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 01:07 AM PDT

Janes' Anthony Davis says Myanmar's highly motivated PDFs have taken their resistance against an arrogant and ineffective Myanmar military into a crucial second phase.

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Resistance Group Founder Killed by Myanmar Junta Troops Died a Hero, Comrades Say

Posted: 22 Jun 2022 12:41 AM PDT

SBDF chief Bo Thanmani, son of a Rakhine communist rebel, was killed in a clash in Shwebo while using his group's only assault rifle to cover his fighters, members say.

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Who is Behind Myanmar Junta’s Ye-U Massacre?

Posted: 21 Jun 2022 06:39 AM PDT

The killing of 26 Sagaing Region residents has been linked to orders from the 4th Military Operations commander Brigadier General Kyi Thaik.

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France Pressured to Block Total’s Payment to Myanmar Junta

Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:17 AM PDT

French oil and gas major Total is due to pay the regime millions of dollars as it abandons a project with Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise.

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Myanmar Political Prisoners Crushed into Warehouse for Celebrating Suu Kyi Birthday

Posted: 21 Jun 2022 05:06 AM PDT

Political prisoners across Myanmar defied the junta by marking the deposed state counselor's 77th birthday.

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Myanmar’s Neighbors Must Refuse to Engage With the Military Regime

Posted: 21 Jun 2022 04:55 AM PDT

If the international community places concerted pressure on the junta and isolates it completely, the military will be forced to make concessions.

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Five Villagers Tortured and Killed by Junta Forces in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 21 Jun 2022 02:22 AM PDT

Regime soldiers continue to target civilians during their lethal and brutal raids in restive Sagaing Region.  

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Former Yangon Finance Minister Sentenced by Myanmar Junta for Corruption 

Posted: 21 Jun 2022 02:18 AM PDT

U Ye Min Oo received a 15-year sentence and still faces several other charges. 

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