Monday, June 6, 2022

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Myanmar Junta’s Nod for Activists’ Death Sentences Draws Global Ire

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 05:55 AM PDT

Foreign govts and organizations have joined local groups in condemning the junta's announcement that it will proceed with the executions of four anti-regime activists. 

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Myanmar Regime Unlikely to Grant Wa Statehood: Analysts

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 05:50 AM PDT

The United Wa State Party has full control over its territory on the Chinese border but gaining full statehood might be challenging. 

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Local Resistance Force Kills Eight Junta Troops in Myanmar’s Yaw Region

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 04:26 AM PDT

The mine ambush was carried out after PDF forces in Magwe's Gangaw Township learned junta troops were planning to attack them; some eight junta soldiers were killed.

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Myanmar Junta Forces Kill Seven Civilians Including a Child in Sagaing Region

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 03:36 AM PDT

The victims were murdered during the latest raids by regime troops on civilian targets in restive Sagaing.

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Civilian Suffering in Myanmar Northwest Highest as Regime War Crimes Continue

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 03:26 AM PDT

Domestic and international observers have recorded the regime's ongoing atrocities, especially in Chin, Sagaing, Magwe, Shan, Kayah and Karen.

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Myanmar Resistance Destroys Trucks in Junta Convoy

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 03:11 AM PDT

An hourlong drive in Kayah State took a large regime convoy six days because of repeated resistance ambushes.

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Pro-Junta Militia Extorting and Looting Locals in Upper Myanmar

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 01:52 AM PDT

Pyu Saw Htee militia are demanding cash and stealing property from NLD supporters and farmers in Sagaing Region. 

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Cambodia as ASEAN Chair: A Mid-Term Assessment on Myanmar

Posted: 06 Jun 2022 01:23 AM PDT

Ahead of November's summits, ASEAN will need to see progress on its Five-Point Consensus if Phnom Penh's call for Myanmar to return to the fold can be realized.

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