EURO-BURMA OFFICE ADDB Inc – Canada, Euro-Burma Office – Belgium, EBO Foundation – Chiang Mai
HIGHLIGHTS
ADDB/EBO Analysis Paper No. 12023 – Resolving the Crisis in Myanmar – 12 October 2023
ADDB/EBO Press Statement – Myanmar Air Force Target Civilians – 2 March 2023
ADDB/EBO Special Report – Myanmar Military Air Strikes Target Civilians – 2 March 2023
NEWS
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Kill 41 Civilians at Monastery and Market
Source: Irrawaddy
“The junta aircraft flew very low and purposely attacked the monastery, knowing that civilian IDPs were sheltering inside,” a local woman told The Irrawaddy.
By Irrawaddy
Myanmar. Fire set by military devastates Cathedral of Banmaw
Source: Vatican News
As the fighting continues in Myanmar soldiers of the military junta have reportedly burnt down St. Patrick Cathedral in Banmaw, Kachin State
By Lisa Zengarini | Vatican News
‘Inch by inch’: Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State
Source: Al Jazeera
“Even if they don’t surrender, we will go till the end, inch by inch,” CNDF Vice President Peter Thang told Al Jazeera in a recent interview.
By Lorcan Lovett
Myanmar’s junta seeks to regain air edge with foreign night vision drones
Source: Radi Free Asia
The drones from China and Russia are fitted with infrared cameras, allowing them to attack at night.
By RFA Radio
Immigration crackdown in southern China puts Myanmar migrant workers on edge
Source: Radio Free Asia
Chinese police increased raids this month after workers protested labor conditions in Yunnan province.
By RFA Burmese and RFA Mandarin
Thailand ‘bringing back the bad old days’ for fisheries, say activists
Source: Prachatai
As the House of Representatives approved amendments to the Fisheries Act, including allowing night fishing at more than 12 nautical miles from the shore with fine mesh fishing nets
By Tyler Roney | Prachatai
Locals call for halt to gold mining operations in Myitkyina due to environmental damage
Source: Mizzima
Residents of five villages under the Arlam Village Tract in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State, are demanding an end to gold mining operations using heavy machinery, citing severe environmental degradation.
By Mizzima
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OPINION PAPERS
Bangladesh: Hold Rohingya Militants Accountable for War Crimes, Cooperate with International Mechanisms
Source: Fortify Rights
New Report Exposes Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Other Serious Violations by Rohingya Militant Groups in Bangladesh
News Release / Report | Fortify Rights
Burma’s Suu Kyi Lifts Pro-Democracy Push to a Higher PlateauAid to Rakhine: Dhaka should weigh all options carefully
Source: The Daily Star
Analysts say that establishing the corridor being discussed between the UN and Bangladesh is not easy at all, as it involves numerous geopolitical, security, and diplomatic implications,
By Porimol Palma
Myanmar’s digital coup rigging the election before it begins
Source: Human Rights Myanmar
This report highlights how the military’s attacks on internet access and digital freedoms will further undermine the military’s plan to hold an election in 2025, which it claims will be free and fair.
Report | Human Rights Myanmar
PA-O ETHNONATIONALISM: PNO urged to abandon junta and join the revolution
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The 7-point joint statement gist includes the following:-
By Sai WANSAI
Global aid cuts couldn’t come at a worse time for Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
It cannot be in anyone’s interest to allow entire populations to plunge into starvation and disease
By Benedict Rogers
Open letter to the UNSG António Guterres from 290 civil society organisations to urgently open an investigation into conflicts of interest over the business activities of UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop
Source: Burma Campaign UK
We also call on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to immediately end the mandate of the Special Envoy, and on the Secretary-General to assume a leadership role in addressing the crisis in Myanmar directly
By 290 civil society organisations
Refugees in limbo, Thailand in denial
Source: Bangkok Post
For technical and legal reasons, the Thai government classifies them as “persons fleeing fighting from Myanmar”, allowing them to reside in so-called “temporary shelters”
By Kavi Chongkittavorn, veteran journalist on regional affairs
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