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June 28, 2021
Eight human rights groups have called on the international community to take action on behalf of victims of torture by the Myanmar military, using...
June 28, 2021
As more and more cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Arakan State, parents are worried about their children’s health, according to students’...
June 28, 2021
Ko Kyaw Than Hlaing, a former chairperson of the Arakan Social Association-Japan (ASAJ), was arrested at Yangon International Airport on Friday upon...
June 28, 2021
Kachin displaced by conflict wants the Tatmadaw to stop attacking them in northern Burma after a shell landed in their internally displaced persons (...
June 26, 2021
Villagers found about 80 unexploded artilleries near Nga/San Baw village in Rathedaung Township in Rakhine State. Forty unexploded ordnance shells...
June 26, 2021
A nineteen-year-old woman died a day after soldiers shot her and a friend when they drove by a government building where the military is staying...
Photo by SHAN – War Victims at Kyautme in February 2021
June 25, 2021
Villagers are tired of never-ending violence between rival ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) fighting in northern Shan State for the last six months...
June 25, 2021
Six ministers, including Magway Region Chief Minister Dr. Aung Moe Nyo, have been charged under Section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law at their...
June 25, 2021
A local refugee aid worker told Mizzima that with only two weeks of food was left in the eastern part of Demawso Township, Kayah State, if they don't...
June 25, 2021
At least six civilians displaced by conflict in Chin state—a pregnant woman, two infants, and three elderly people—have died from lack of access to...
June 25, 2021
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a police checkpoint on an important bridge linking Kachin State capital, Myitkyina, to Waingmaw. At press...
June 25, 2021
Six cases of Covid-19 were reported in Sittwe, Taungup and Maungdaw townships on June 23, according to the Arakan State Department of Public Health...