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How the Myanmar Junta’s Election Laws Are Stifling Dissent Ahead of Polls
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Phoe Tar
To lay the groundwork for the phased election it plans to stage in December and January, the Myanmar junta amended existing election laws and in July enacted additional legislation popularly known as the Election Protection Law.
Myanmar Junta Accused of ‘Famine Warfare’ as Hunger Grips Karenni State
Source: The Irrawaddy
As Myanmar’s military regime ramps up ground and air assaults to expand control in Kayah (Karenni) State, displaced civilians are facing worsening food shortages, soaring prices, and the collapse of livelihoods
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
Source: Associated Press | By Kristen Gelineau
Throughout Myanmar and in the refugee camps along its borders, the cuts in aid have left children screaming and crying for food. The USAID cuts come at a time when other countries have slashed humanitarian aid
Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation to train imams in Rohingya camps
Source: United News of Bangladesh
A consensus to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on this initiative was reached on Tuesday at the Secretariat during a meeting
Airstrike threats haunt over 3,000 IDPs in Lay Kay Kaw
Source: Karen News
The IDPs, numbering around 3,400, are currently sheltering near the Thaungyin River after being evacuated from Site 1 camp in Dooplaya District under the Karen National Union (KNU), Lay Kay Kaw Town, and eight nearby villages.
Poland voices support for the freedom of Myanmar’s embattled independent media on study trip
Source: Mizzima
Polish politicians and government officials have voiced support for the Myanmar media and free speech to a delegation of Myanmar independent media houses on a recent study trip to Poland
Civilians Caught in Crossfire as Junta Advances Toward Kyaukme
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
They dropped bombs from planes, and we couldn’t stay in the village anymore. Even when hiding under the bed, it sounded like they were circling right over us.
Intensified Fighting and the Myanmar Junta’s Upcoming ‘Election’
Source: Mizzima | By Antonio Graceffo
As Burma approaches its first election since the 2021 coup, the junta has intensified ground and air operations across multiple fronts. On a macro level, observers report that resistance forces are losing territory as the military regains ground
Myanmar groups to sue Telenor over data sharing with military regime
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By Reuters
This allowed the regime to track, imprison and kill citizens who oppose it.
Myanmar Junta Blitzes Karen Town With Hundreds of Troops and Suicide Drones
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Phoe Tar
The Myanmar junta’s counteroffensive in Karen State has breached resistance defenses in Lay Kay Kaw,14 kilometers south of Myawaddy on the Thai border, recapturing parts of the town, according to resistance sources.
Myanmar Junta Boss Promotes Personal Aide to Head Anti-Terrorism Directorate
Source: The Irrawaddy
Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has appointed his former aide-de-camp, Colonel Sein Maung Lin, as head of the military’s Directorate of Anti-Terrorism, in what analysts say signals his preference for loyalty over qualifications.
Myanmar Junta Strike Kills at Least 32 on Buddhist Festival of Light
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
Several children were among at least 32 people killed and over 50 injured on Monday night when junta paragliders bombed a peaceful candlelight vigil in Sagaing Region’s Chaung-U Township.
Ahead of PH’s Asean chairship, solons urge stronger action on Myanmar
Source: INQUIRER.net | By Krixia Subingsubin
With the Philippines set to take the chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) next year, 16 House lawmakers from both the majority and minority blocs urged the government to take stronger action on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.
Buddhist Monk Accused of Kidnapping Men for Myanmar Military Service
Source: The Irrawaddy
A Buddhist monk is leading a junta-aligned Pyu Saw Htee militia unit in the Sagaing Hills, working hand in hand with junta troops to forcibly conscript young men, according to residents.
Notorious Junta-Allied Politician ‘Bullet’ Hla Swe Says Voter Rolls Riddled With Errors
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
On Sunday, Hla Swe, the USDP’s Naypyitaw chairman and a former military officer, wrote on social media that the voter rolls were inaccurate and appeared to be recycled from the 2020 election.
Thai Call Centre Victims Rescued from Myanmar Traffickers
Source: The Nation
The operation successfully secured the release of the 16 individuals, who had been lured to the Shwe Kokko-Myawaddy area in Myanmar, directly across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot district in Tak Province.
Muslim diaspora groups urge self-determination for Muslims in Arakan
Source: Development Media Group | By Admin
The appeal was included in the New York Declaration on Rohingya Rights and Protection, issued on 30 September following a high-level UN conference on refugee issues. A total of 33 Muslim rights groups co-signed the declaration.
Women in Yangon townships forced to pay to avoid military conscription
Source: Mizzima
Women in several Yangon townships are being coerced into paying monthly fees to local administrators and Military Commission officials to avoid being conscripted into military service, according to residents.
Junta Intensifies Airstrikes Across Shan, Hitting Four Townships in First Week of October
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The Myanmar military junta has escalated its aerial attacks in Shan State, carrying out airstrikes on at least four townships — Mongkut (Mogok), Namtu, Hsipaw, Mantong, and Namhsan — during the first week of October.
Authoritarian Legacy: Myanmar’s Military and the Failure of Professionalization
Source: Small Wars Journal | Essay by Tin Shine Aung
For decades, the Tatmadaw has ruled through fear, violence, and repression, not only positioning itself as an entity above its civilians but also as a guardian of the people or protector of Buddhism in Myanmar.
Sixty-four Myanmar citizens prosecuted by Naypyidaw under regime’s ‘Election Protection Law’
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Regime media reported that Tun Tun Naung, the regime Minister for Home Affairs, told a meeting in Naypyidaw on Saturday
Extrajudicial killing and rape of civilians by junta troops in Kyaukme township
Source: Shan Human Rights Foundation | Update
On 24 September 2025, troops of the Burmese military regime killed four civilians sheltering in farm huts about 10 kilometers from Kyaukme town, including a sixteen-year-old girl who was also raped.
Japanese parliamentary association denounces regime elections in Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
The Japanese Parliamentary Association for Supporting Myanmar’s Democratization, a group of parliamentarians calling for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar, submitted a 15-point appeal to Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Takumi Miyaji.
Myanmar One Championship fighters sponsored by Karen BGF leader’s family amid controversy over scam links
Source: Mizzima
The family of Colonel Saw Chit Thu, commander of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), has provided financial and logistical support to several Myanmar athletes who participated in recent One Championship events in Thailand
Junta launches new offensive in Waingmaw following recent setbacks
Source: Burma News International | By Kachin News Group
In Lamyan, fighting has flared up again. Clashes broke out after the junta and allied militias launched a ground offensive. Junta forces in Myitkyina City, Kachin State, have also been shelling the area to support their troops on the ground.