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Demands to Free Children Held by Myanmar Junta After School Attack

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

An estimated 20 civilians, including children, remain in regime custody with no news about the extent of their injuries.

Myanmar Regime Forces Kill Five Villagers in Sagaing

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

An unprovoked junta raid on a village in Sagaing Region’s Wetlet Township saw residents shot and detained and properties torched and looted.

Myanmar’s Revolution: Never Cold Blooded

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Guest Column

By Matthew B. Arnold

The use of the term ‘Never Cold Blooded’ by Myanmar’s revolutionaries shows how the country is being transformed by the fight against military dictatorship.

77-year-old Villager Killed in Myanmar Junta Raids in Sagaing

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The man’s body was found in a village well after the regime’s raids, which displaced thousands of villagers in Khin-U Township.

Myanmar Military Defector Reveals How Junta Killed Sagaing School Kids

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Burma

By Khin Nadi

Captain Zay Thu Aung said the regime helicopter pilots who attacked a school last week would have seen the children they killed.

Myanmar Junta Shelling Kills Child in Kachin State

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Regime troops on an island in the Ayeyarwady River shelled villagers on the riverbank in response to a resistance attack.

Children Injured in School Attack Treated in Hospital: Myanmar Junta Officer

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Parents of two wounded children seized after the attacks on the monastic school have been told they are in Sagaing Region’s capital.

Resistance Groups Claim 15 Myanmar Junta Troops Killed in Clashes

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The Karen National Liberation Army and Kachin Independence Army have reported successful attacks on regime forces in Karen State and Sagaing Region.

UN Chief Condemns Myanmar Junta School Attack

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accused the regime of violating international humanitarian law over Friday’s Sagaing Region attack.

Myanmar Resistance Rejects Junta Child Murder Claims

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Burma

By Hein Htoo Zan

Regime helicopters and ground troops left 11 children dead amid claims that resistance groups were based in the monastery.

Jailed Myanmar Protest Leader Faces Possible Death Sentence

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The junta has added a charge that carries the death penalty against Ko Wai Moe Naing.

Pro-Myanmar Junta Militia Sells NLD Supporters’ Possessions

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Pyu Saw Htee members have taken over a Sagaing Region village and are seizing the assets of National League for Democracy supporters.

India’s Cooperation With Myanmar’s Junta is not Yielding Results

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Guest Column

By Rajeev Bhattacharyya

New Delhi is maintaining a working relationship with the military regime, but the junta is doing nothing to address India’s concerns.

Myanmar Junta Troops Rape at Least Seven Women in Sagaing

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Those helping the victims believe there will be many more women who have not come forward.

Resistance Groups Claim 34 Myanmar Junta Soldier Deaths

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Five groups in Khin-U Township, Sagaing Region, say they ambushed regime raiding parties, killing three officers.