Political foes of the junta detained with Yuki Kitazumi told him they had been punched and kicked while blindfolded, nearly fatally tortured and denied food for days.
A National League for Democracy Shan State member is the latest assassination victim while others continue to face arrest.
Myanmar’s regime seized the mountainous town of Mindat on Saturday and is reportedly shooting civilians on sight.
Firefights between the civilian resistance force and the junta’s troops in Chin State’s town entered their fourth day on Saturday with an “all-out assault” by the junta underway.
The arrest and killing of poet Khet Thi continues a long heritage of frontline solidarity with the people on the part of those who create their art with words.
Believing elite families are funding the Civil Disobedience Movement, junta officials have rounded up their kids and falsely promised cash bribes will get them released.
The mountainous town of Mindat has become the scene of intensive shootouts between heavily-armed military and out-gunned civilians.
Thailand tells UN envoy it will do everything possible to ensure that the situation in Myanmar moves in the right direction.
Regime launches airstrikes as three-day battle for control of a vital road in Kachin State continues.
Regime forces seized homemade weapons at a site in Sagaing Region where young anti-coup protesters were undergoing military training.
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