Wednesday, September 15, 2021

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Any Embassy Sales by Junta Would Be Illegal, Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Warns

Posted: 15 Sep 2021 05:51 AM PDT

The National Unity Government issued the warning amid reports that the regime plans to sell the site of Myanmar's diplomatic mission in Japan.

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Junta’s Demand to Spy on Customers Prompts Telenor to Leave Myanmar

Posted: 15 Sep 2021 05:06 AM PDT

The parent firm of telecom operator Telenor Myanmar says the junta's demand that it be able to intercept clients' communications would violate sanctions and int'l law.

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Myanmar Junta Cuts Internet Access in Anti-Regime Resistance Strongholds

Posted: 15 Sep 2021 04:33 AM PDT

An internet blackout is in place in several townships in Sagaing and Mandalay regions, with local resistance groups expecting fresh attacks from regime forces.

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Myanmar Junta Troops Suspected of Killing and Mutilating Civilians

Posted: 15 Sep 2021 04:22 AM PDT

The bodies of the five victims showed signs of torture and were found following clashes between junta soldiers and civilian resistance fighters in Gangaw.

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Myanmar Military Regime Accuses Resistance Fighters of Bago Bank Heist

Posted: 15 Sep 2021 04:15 AM PDT

Local resistance groups deny responsibility for the four billion kyats robbery, saying junta claims are disinformation designed to smear the Bago People's Defense Force.

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Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Attends Court as Health Improves

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 05:08 AM PDT

The detained State Counselor said she was feeling better Tuesday, though still dizzy; she missed Monday's hearing as she was feeling unwell.

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Over 1,700 Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Past Three Months, Civilian Govt Says

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 05:02 AM PDT

The troops were killed in clashes with civilian resistance fighters and ethnic armed groups, the National Unity Government said.

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China’s Infrastructure Projects in Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet Threaten to Encircle India

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 04:44 AM PDT

New railways linking China to Southeast and South Asia have significant security implications for India.

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Int’l Community Can’t Be Relied on for Myanmar Democracy Movement or People’s Safety: NUG

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 03:36 AM PDT

Myanmar's shadow govt said last seven months have shown that national solidarity, collective action are most effective ways to end coup, instability caused by military.

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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Int’l Community Can’t Be Relied on for Myanmar Democracy Movement or People’s Safety: NUG

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 05:57 AM PDT

Myanmar's shadow govt said last seven months have shown that national solidarity, collective action are most effective ways to end coup, instability caused by military.

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China’s Infrastructure Projects in Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet Threaten to Encircle India

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 04:37 AM PDT

New railways linking China to Southeast and South Asia have significant security implications for India.

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Civilians Arrested as Myanmar Military Cracks Down in Kayah State

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 04:13 AM PDT

Half the population of Kayah State in southeast Myanmar has been displaced by fighting, while junta forces are torturing detained civilians and using them as human shields.

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Over 1,700 Myanmar Junta Soldiers Killed in Past Three Months, Civilian Govt Says

Posted: 14 Sep 2021 01:00 AM PDT

The troops were killed in clashes with civilian resistance fighters and ethnic armed groups, the National Unity Government said.

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Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Attends Court as Health Improves

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 11:45 PM PDT

The detained State Counselor said she was feeling better Tuesday, though still dizzy; she missed Monday's hearing as she was feeling unwell.

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Myanmar’s UN Ambassador to Stay On: UN Sources

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 10:36 PM PDT

In a major blow to the junta's drive for legitimacy, China and the US have reportedly reached an agreement to keep U Kyaw Moe Tun in his seat.

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Monday, September 13, 2021

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Myanmar’s Shadow Government Prepares Evidence of Junta War Crimes

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 07:29 AM PDT

The National Unity Government is preparing to submit a report to the United Nations this month.

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Denies Rumors of Talks With Myanmar Regime

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 04:45 AM PDT

The detained State Counselor told her lawyers that no one from the junta's State Administration Council has met with her.

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What Has Happened to Myanmar’s Tatmadaw?

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 04:32 AM PDT

Tasked with fighting a full-fledged war in the heartland, it remains to be seen whether the military will splinter or double down on its atrocities.

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Myanmar Junta Kills At Least 12 Civilians Over Weekend

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 04:12 AM PDT

Two Magwe Region villagers were reportedly killed after resistance fighters blew up a military-owned telecoms mast.

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Over 80 Myanmar Military-Owned Telecom Towers Destroyed Nationwide

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 03:56 AM PDT

Civilian resistance fighters step up attacks on Mytel masts after National Unity Government's declaration of war against the military regime.

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Myanmar Military-Backed USDP Accused of Exploiting Smaller Political Parties

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 02:04 AM PDT

Co-leader of Wun Thar Nu Democratic Party claims that her party was included in a joint declaration issued by the USDP without any consultation or agreement.

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Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Sick; Court Hearings Postponed

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 01:21 AM PDT

Lawyers for the detained State Counselor said Monday's hearings have been put off for a week; she is due to appear for hearings in her other cases Tuesday.

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Ahead of UN Meeting, Local and Int’l Groups Call to Keep Myanmar’s Ambassador in Place

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 01:09 AM PDT

The military regime seeks to replace U Kyaw Moe Tun, as he has voiced opposition to it.

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Nearly 50 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Two Raids by Civilian Fighters in Chin, Magwe

Posted: 13 Sep 2021 12:54 AM PDT

One of the junta outposts, in Chin's Thantlang Township, was seized and destroyed by local resistance forces.

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Friday, September 10, 2021

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Notes From Myanmar’s Underground

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 07:45 AM PDT

Those of us who live in hiding do so in order to survive; not for ourselves, but so we can continue doing our part to rid the country of dictatorship once and for all.

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Myanmar Military Tells Muslims Not to Contact Arakan Army

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 05:18 AM PDT

The Arakan Army is increasingly taking control of large areas of Rakhine State but Muslim representatives have been told not to approach the armed group with issues.

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Junta Troops Killed in Civilian Attacks Across Myanmar

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 04:46 AM PDT

The regime has lost two bases to the Karen National Union and 22 teenage volunteers were killed in a regime raid in Magwe Region.

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Myanmar Junta to Auction Over 12,000 Tons of Illegal Timber

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 04:32 AM PDT

The illicit timber trade enables the military regime to finance its coup, despite sanctions from the West.

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Myanmar Shadow Government’s Declaration of War Echoes 1949 Rebellion

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 04:05 AM PDT

Soon after independence, half of Myanmar was occupied by rebel forces and ethnic armed organizations fighting the then government.

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Myanmar Rock Singer Ito Arrested for Alleged Anti-Regime Activities

Posted: 10 Sep 2021 12:52 AM PDT

It is not yet known where the singer and composer is being held or exactly what activities he is accused of; five others were detained with him.

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Myanmar Regime Holding Over 100 Relatives of Activists as Hostages

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 11:07 PM PDT

Six children are among 137 people still in custody who were arrested in place of activists sought by the junta, advocacy group AAPP said.

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

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Myanmar Junta Finds Allies Among Well-Known Buddhist Monks

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 08:13 AM PDT

While many monks display opposition to the regime, or have disrobed to take up arms against it, some high-profile clerics count top junta officials among their followers.

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Declaration of War Necessary as International Pressure Fails: Myanmar Shadow Govt

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 04:40 AM PDT

Daw Zin Mar Aung, the NUG's Foreign Minister, speaks about why the war on the regime is necessary because international intervention was sluggish and ineffective to topple them.

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Junta Troops Killed Across Myanmar as Resistance Steps up Operations

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 04:22 AM PDT

After Tuesday's declaration of war against the regime by the National Unity Government, civilian volunteers have launched numerous attacks.

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Japan’s Much-Touted Go-Between Has Little Sway Over Myanmar Junta

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:38 AM PDT

Tokyo appears to be distancing itself from ex-politician Hideo Watanabe, whose reported friendship with Min Aung Hlaing has done little to rein in his regime's abuses.

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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China Invites National League for Democracy to Summit for Asian Political Parties

Posted: 08 Sep 2021 07:00 AM PDT

The NLD and the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party will attend the online forum being organized by the Communist Party of China.

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Myanmar Junta Reports Increasing Attacks by Resistance

Posted: 08 Sep 2021 04:25 AM PDT

The regime has admitted that soldiers are increasingly under fire from civilian volunteers.

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Myanmar Military Telecom Towers Attacked by Resistance Fighters

Posted: 08 Sep 2021 03:49 AM PDT

The shadow National Unity Government has called for the junta's assets to be targeted in the nationwide defensive war it declared on Tuesday.

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Myanmar Resistance Responds to NUG’s Declaration of War on Junta

Posted: 08 Sep 2021 02:02 AM PDT

A series of attacks on regime forces followed the shadow, civilian National Unity Government's call for civilians to fight to end military rule.

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Pakistan Defense Delegation Made Unannounced Visit to Myanmar Capital

Posted: 07 Sep 2021 11:58 PM PDT

Regime leaders held talks last week with the high-level Pakistani delegation on weapons systems and aircraft maintenance, among other topics, sources said.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

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Thai Police Under Orders to Arrest Members of Myanmar’s Shadow Govt

Posted: 07 Sep 2021 06:40 AM PDT

Law enforcement agencies told to raid suspected hideouts of opponents of Myanmar's junta, which has friendly ties with Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha's govt.

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Myanmar Junta Detains Rights Activist, Family, Including Toddler

Posted: 07 Sep 2021 06:03 AM PDT

Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability member Ko Kyaw Minn Htut had joined the pro-democracy movement.

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Head of Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Says World Will Back Its Declaration of War Against Junta

Posted: 07 Sep 2021 04:57 AM PDT

While saying the int'l community would understand the NUG's call for armed uprising against the regime, Duwa Lashila outlines instructions for the movement.

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Myanmar Junta Denies Accepting ASEAN Ceasefire Proposal

Posted: 07 Sep 2021 04:32 AM PDT

Ethnic armed organizations say they don't believe that the Myanmar military will abide by any ceasefire.

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Myanmar Junta Drops Sedition Case Against Firebrand Ultranationalist Monk

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 10:47 PM PDT

U Wirathu walked free from Yangon's Insein Prison on Monday after nearly a year in detention on a charge brought by the ousted NLD government.

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Myanmar’s Shadow Govt Declares War on Military Regime

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 09:58 PM PDT

The National Unity Govt declared a state of emergency and called on all citizens to revolt against the junta; the move comes days before the UN General Assembly convenes.

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New Regime, Same Old Drug Myths in Myanmar

Posted: 06 Sep 2021 09:37 PM PDT

Reports that the junta's crackdown on political foes has diverted resources from drug interdiction recycle old fallacies about the narcotics trade in Myanmar.

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