The Tamu People's Defense Force claims to have inflicted heavy casualties on regime forces in Sagaing Region.
Ye Myo Hein, author of a recent report on Myanmar’s armed rebellion, said the resistance needs a stronger chain of command and more weapons.
Almost 30 residents of Mon Taing Pin Village were slaughtered by regime troops in May. Ko Thurein’s father and nine relatives were among the victims.
Regime troops have fired artillery at Chaung-U town for the first time.
Human Rights Watch says cruelty towards Daw Aung San Suu Kyi only boosts the resistance movement.
The AA seized a captain near a naval base in Sittwe, Rakhine State; the group and the regime have been seizing each other’s personnel amid rising tensions in the state.
A resistance group in Khin-U Township said it will not attack the regime forces while they detain nearly 50 civilians.
As the number of people killed by the junta passes 2,000, the National Unity Government called for material support of the kind that is being provided to Ukraine.
UN Special Rapporteur says Myanmar people can’t take another year of inaction from ASEAN.
Lin Htet Naing was seized by regime forces on Saturday. He has been jailed twice before.
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