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China closes more Myanmar border crossings as Kachin armed …
18 hours ago · Myanmar Now October 21, 2024. The Lwegel border gate before the town was captured by the KIA (CNI News / Facebook) Chinese authorities have shut down all border crossings linked to territories controlled by the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), an ethnic armed group engaged in an ongoing offensive against Myanmar’s military junta.
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Oct 11, 2024 · Myanmar junta personnel extort bribes from civilians fleeing Rakhine State. People displaced from Gwa Township, Rakhine State said they were forced to make extortionate payments at checkpoints before crossing into Ayeyarwady Region, where they were travelling to escape escalating violence at home. Read More ». Saw Reh October 14, 2024.
‘We have no hope in Myanmar’ – A rebel and a journalist in love …
Sep 12, 2024 · Khayra, a citizen journalist for a local media outlet, was forced into hiding in March 2021 when authorities issued an arrest warrant for her reporting under Myanmar’s Counterterrorism Law, which is widely used to silence voices critical of the junta. Myanmar is second only to China as the world’s biggest jailer of journalists, according to ...
UN decries ‘horrific’ torture as Myanmar sinks into human rights …
Sep 18, 2024 · The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday provided accounts of horrifying torture and an overall worsening rights situation in Myanmar, amid intensifying hostilities and the absence of rule of law. “Myanmar is plumbing the depths of the human rights abyss,” said James Rodehaver, head of the United Nations rights office’s Myanmar team.
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5 days ago · UN decries ‘horrific’ torture as Myanmar sinks into human rights ‘abyss’. The Myanmar team of the United Nations’ rights office described ‘depraved’ torture methods used by the military junta against dissenters, attributing the pervasiveness of human rights abuses to a ‘vacuum of rule of law’ under the regime. Read More ».
How the world—including the West—helps to sustain the …
Feb 24, 2023 · Both the West and Myanmar’s Asian neighbours have promised to support the democratic aspirations of its people and punish the military for its violence (although the latter camp has always gone to greater lengths to avoid upsetting the generals). In practical terms, however, neither of these two groups of nations has been very effective in ...
Three years on, Myanmar’s military remains on the road to ruin
Jan 29, 2024 · Min Aung Hlaing and his fellow coup makers are incapable of learning from their failures, according to military insiders. Myanmar Now January 29, 2024. Vice Senior General Soe Win visits injured soldiers at Mingaladon Military Hospital in Yangon in late December 2023 (State Administration Council) As the third anniversary of Myanmar’s ...
Lens of defiance: The Myanmar film industry’s fight to survive in a …
Sep 30, 2023 · By reinstating draconian restrictions lifted during Myanmar’s decade-long era of relative freedom, the junta has moved to either silence filmmakers or force them to help it shape the narrative. Unwilling to accept either fate, Na Gyi has taken a third option—life in exile.
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Myanmar NOW is an independent news service dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased news about Myanmar in Burmese and English.. With a mission to expose injustice in society and to hold the powerful to account, Myanmar Now prioritises news that matters most to those who care about the vulnerable and voiceless in society.. Founded in Yangon in 2015 during a period of relative openness in ...