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HIGHLIGHTS
Sex-based violence in Myanmar
Source: Human Rights Myanmar | Publication Myanmar’s military systematically uses sex-based violence to subjugate women and girls, intensifying since the 2021 coup. Read Full...
How Myanmar’s gold rush threatens international rivers
Source: Dialogue Earth | By Kannikar Petchkaew n Mong Len, a rural area in Myanmar’s eastern Shan state, 35-year-old farmer Sai U stood helplessly as his cattle fell – poisoned by the water that had...
SAC Escalates Collective Punishment across the Danu Heartlands
Source: Shan Human Rights Foundation | Report This report documents the escalation of human rights violations by State Administration Council (SAC) troops, police and local Pyusawhti militia against...
The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscription by the Military Junta
Source: Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma | Briefing Paper Our latest research finds that women face immense risks in junta custody, and the dangerous attempts to make them fight on the...
Central Myanmar’s People’s Defense Forces Stake a Growing Claim
Source: The Irrawaddy | Analysis by Aye Chan Hsu After the 2021 military coup, pro-democracy resistance forces sprang up across the country, armed with whatever weapons they could find. Read Full...
NEWS
Resistance forces ‘besiege’ remaining regime outpost in Hpasawng, Karenni State
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) Deputy Commander Maui Pho Thaike told DVB that resistance forces have besieged the regime’s remaining...
Junta-Aligned SNA Captures PDF-Held Indawgyi Villages
Source: Burma News International | The Voice of Shani The junta-aligned Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) has captured Mongnawng and Mamonkaing villages in the Indawgyi region of Mohnyin Township,...
Mon, Karen, and Dawei Resistance Forces Ambush Military Junta Troops Advancing Toward Nat Aei Taung Border Camp
Source: Independent Mon News Agency According to resistance sources, four separate clashes took place between July 11 and 15 as junta columns advanced along the No. 8 Highway and toward the border...
Junta arrests over 20 Arakanese youths deported from Malaysia at Sittwe airport
Source: Narinjara News | By Thinzar Nwe Under the conscription law, the arrested young people may have been compelled to join the army. Read Full Story
PDF outpost falls in Gyobingauk as Myanmar junta advances across Thayarwaddy District
Source: Mizzima A People’s Defence Force (PDF) outpost in Gyobingauk Township, Thayarwaddy District, Bago Region, was overrun on 13 July during a coordinated raid by junta forces, according to local...
Karen Fighters Push for Myanmar Junta Outpost on Thai Border
Source: The Irrawaddy Located in Yebyu Township, the Nat Ein Taung outpost lies along a critical section of the gas pipeline that runs from the Andaman coast to Thailand. Read Full Story
Myanmar Junta’s Power Transfer Looms, but Real Control to Remain With Regime Boss
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi Myanmar is bracing for a political transition at the end of July, when the state of emergency declared by the junta’s State Administration Council (SAC) expires...
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OPINION PAPERS
Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens issue further warnings about telecoms crime
Source: Bangkok Post | By South China Morning Post Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of missing teenagers believed to have been caught up in scam centres, including some who have...
NUG says 18 ministers and deputies operating inside Myanmar
Source: Mizzima According to U Nay Phone Latt, spokesperson for the NUG Chief Minister’s Office, eight of the NUG’s 17 ministries are now actively operating in liberated areas. Read Full...
Myanmar’s Dangerous Drift: Conflict, Elections and Looming Regional Détente
Source: International Crisis Group | Briefing Paper China’s recent moves to prevent the junta’s collapse, diminishing Western interest, chaotic U.S. foreign policy and regional fatigue with a...
Dengue outbreak infects over 30 Myanmar children in Sittwe relief camps
Source: Mizzima “It’s happening in monasteries now being used as shelters. Each site holds fewer than 10 people, but with three or four such camps, the number of infected children has reached over...
Junta-Backed Militias Step Up Raids, Intimidation in Northern Ywangan Township
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News Residents of northern Ywangan Township, southern Shan State, are living in fear following a wave of armed raids by Myanmar military troops and Pyu Saw Hti militia...
A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China’s Border
Source: Bloomberg | By Timothy McLaughlin The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it’s supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world. Read Full...
Myanmar junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors
Source: Barron’s | Agence France Presse Myanmar's junta said Friday it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and "return to the legal fold" ahead of a...
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