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Rohingya people must not be forgotten: Prof Yunus seeks global attention, shares 3 proposals
Source: United News of Bangladesh
Chief Adviser Prof Yunus proposed to international community to re-visit approach to Rohingya crisis. He said the UN Secretary General may convene an all stakeholders’ conference on the Rohingya crisis soonest possible.
United News of Bangladesh
Japan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta
Source: Irrawaddy
Sources familiar with the matter said the current ambassador, Ichiro Maruyama, will end his term soon and be replaced by a Chargé d’Affaires – a second-ranking diplomat.
Irrawaddy
Pope: Free Aung San Suu Kyi; Vatican ready to welcome her
Source: Vatican News
Pope Francis made his appeal for the deposed Burmese leader, a promoter of human rights and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, during a visit with Jesuits during his visit to Jakarta at the beginning of his Apostolic Journey to southeast Asia and Oceania earlier this month.
Salvatore Cernuzio
Hundreds of illegal workers arrested in Ayutthaya
Source: Bangkok Post
Local officials raided a construction camp in Uthai district of Ayutthaya province on Tuesday morning and arrested 272 illegal workers from Myanmar.
Post Reporters
Myanmar Junta Targets Hotels, Civilian Areas in Lashio as Bombing Continues
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar junta’s air force again used highly destructive 500-lb bombs against civilian targets in ethnic rebel-held Lashio, the northern Shan State capital, on Tuesday, killing a civilian and injuring over a dozen more.
Irrawaddy
CHRO: Military council has killed over 70 Chin children since coup
Source: Khonumthung News
Since the military coup, at least 73 Chin children, including infants, have been killed by the military council throughout the country, including in Chin State, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO).
Khonumthung News
China pressures Myanmar ethnic groups to cut ties from forces perceived as close to US
Source: Voice of America
China used its economic and political leverage when it reportedly cut off trade and supplies to Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region, to create distance between the MNDAA and the National Unity Government (NUG)
Nyein Chan Aye
Four Young Protesters ‘Disappeared’ After Yangon Rally Against Myanmar Dictatorship
Source: Irrawaddy
University Students’ Union Alumni Force said in a statement on Saturday that the four detainees are thought to be undergoing torture in interrogation, a common regime tactic.
Irrawaddy
As AA Verges On Control of Arakan State, MSMEs Ask: Is Optimism Too Optimistic?
Source: Development Media Group
Having suffered losses and hardship for generations, MSME entrepreneurs are nonetheless hopeful that a so-called “Arakkha People’s Government” might turn the tide.
Win Nyunt
Myanmar junta deploys Y-12 aircraft for aerial bombing campaigns
Source: Mizzima
The Myanmar junta has been using Y-12 aircraft to drop mortar rounds in aerial attacks, a tactic that has intensified since late 2023 in clashes with revolutionary forces.
Mizzima
Revolution Fundraiser in South Korea went on a hunger strike and raised more than 100 million kyats in a few minutes passing 26 hours
Source: Tha Din
Mr. Hlaing Gyi went on a hunger strike to commemorate his 28th birthday and raise 100 million kyats for the war refugees in Anyar Region (Central Myanmar) and the special operations of Myingyan District PDF.
Kyaw Kyaw, Tha Din
Military Defeats of Junta reveal propaganda efforts designed to promote ethnic conflict to mask diminishing power
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
The military junta is increasingly relying on gratuitous acts of violence, conducting mass arrests with spurious charges laid under their Anti-Terrorism Act.
Independent Mon News Agency
The Myanmar junta’s desperate campaign of terror
Source: The Spectator
Tucked away in a valley in Pekon Township in Myanmar, on the border with Karenni and Shan states, a community of some thousand people were about to go to sleep. The violence which has plagued Myanmar for over three years had once again come to Pekon.
Caleb Quinley
Lukashenko hails potential for Belarus-Myanmar cooperation
Source: BelTA
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Myanmar’s Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries
BelTA
The difficulties of Myanmar’s young people fleeing to avoid the draft
Source: Mizzima
Myanmar youths have been making desperate attempts to enter Thailand through various border areas to avoid being conscripted. Their efforts have been met with restrictive laws laid down by Thai authorities.
Mizzima
ARSA commander arrested in Bangladesh with rifle, ammunition supplied by Myanmar military
Source: Narinjara News
The arrested commander, identified as Nurul Islam, was apprehended on the night of 19 September, said the APBn. An arms expert confirmed that the weapon seized was not a G-3 rifle, as previously reported by the Bangladeshi media outlets, but an M-11 rifle, procured by the military junta.
Narinjara News
Family Friend Helps Myanmar Junta Boss Buy Arms From Israel
Source: Irrawaddy
Tun Min Latt, a wealthy Myanmar tycoon in his mid 50s, is close to Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and landed on the United States’ sanctions list in 2023 for supplying the regime with weapons.
Aung Zaw
Myanmar students in Thailand must renew passports at home, junta says
Source: Radio Free Asia
The new restriction comes amid the junta’s recent enactment of a draft to shore up troop shortages amid losses to rebel armies that oppose the military’s Feb. 1, 2021, coup d’etat.
RFA Burmese
PNLO patron Khun Okkar resigns, sides with pro-regime militia
Source: Myanmar Now
Colonel Khun Okkar, the long-time patron of the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation (PNLO), said he has left the group and will instead work with the pro-junta Pa-O National Organisation (PNO).
Saw Reh
China spent millions on this new trade route – then a war got in the way
Source: British Broadcasting Corporation
The ambitious plan aims to connect China’s landlocked south-west to the Indian Ocean via Myanmar. But the corridor has become a battleground between Myanmar rebels and the country’s army.
Laura Bicker
Five Social Aid Workers Arrested in Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State
Source: Burma News International
Junta soldiers arrested five members of the Paing Shin Mae (PSM) Social Aid Group, including its chairperson, in Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State on 18 September 2024.
Than Lwin Times
Nearly 13,000 residents flee artillery shelling by Myanmar junta ships along Chindwin River in Kani Township
Source: Mizzima
As a result of the military’s actions, around 13,000 residents from various villages along the river, including Shan Myaung, Nyaungvinwun, Mingone, Daze Gyaung, Ngar Phyat, Pan Seng, Motedaw, Chaing, Min-Oh, and Ai Taung have evacuated to escape the conflict.
Mizzima
Sagaing Resistance Seizes Pro-Myanmar Junta Village near NW Command
Source: Irrawaddy
Sagaing Region resistance groups say they seized a pro-junta Chaung-U Township village near the headquarters of the junta’s Northwest Military Command on Thursday.
Irrawaddy
Junta and militia launch joint attack on RCSS base in Mongping, Shan State
Source: Burma News International
RCSS spokesperson Major Sai Kham San said that approximately 100 junta soldiers and militia members attacked the RCSS base in Yanghkam Village Tract, located in Mongping Township of Kengtung (Kyaingtong) District, resulting in intense gun clashes
Shan Herald Agency for News
Junta’s Threats of Hazardous Airstrikes and Flood Disasters – Issue 153
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor / Burma News International
The Bi-Weekly News Review by Burma News International (BNI)-Myanmar Peace Monitor (MPM) documents the data and events related to the lives lost and devastated during the floods, alongside the airstrike threats posed by the military council led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
Bi-Weekly News Review | Myanmar Peace Monitor