Junta Watch: Mystery Deepens Over Fate of Regime No. 2; Finding Uses for Rohingya; and More
Also this week, the junta’s New Year amnesty maintained tradition by releasing criminals but keeping 20,000 political prisoners locked up.
Also this week, the junta’s New Year amnesty maintained tradition by releasing criminals but keeping 20,000 political prisoners locked up.
The town of Buthidaung in northern Rakhine State has been burned down amid allegations the regime is trying to spark ...
The day after the junta released 3,303 people from prisons in a nationwide conditional amnesty, guards opened fire on a ...
The junta’s No. 2 has not been seen in public since April 3, sparking rumors that he was either gravely ...
A splinter group of the New Mon State Party says it has stopped a regime convoy in Kyaikmayaw Township.
Since seizing Myawaddy, KNU/KNLA and PDF forces have remained outside it, leaving security within the town to ‘neutral’ Karen groups, ...
Around 30,000 sheltering in Kale are prey to heatstroke as the Sagaing township runs out of water, say health volunteers.
The junta merely said it would take steps to shield elderly prisoners from the heat; there is no evidence to ...
At least 20,000 political prisoners remain locked up in Myanmar following the junta’s New Year amnesty on Wednesday in which ...
Bangkok calls on junta to free democracy leaders from house arrest in line with ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus peace plan.
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