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Nearly 1,000 NLD-affiliated properties seized by Myanmar’s junta since coup
Source: Radio Free Asia
When the junta can’t arrest someone ‘it seizes the properties of family members.’
By RFA Burmese
Intense battle erupts between ABSDF and Military Council in Indaw
Source: Burma News International
Heavy fighting broke out on the morning of May 22nd between the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) and the Military Council in the Mawteik village of Indaw Township in Katha District, Sagaing Region.
By Kachin News Group
Five British Insurers Added to ‘Dirty List’ for Aviation Fuel Deliveries to Burma
Source: Burma Campaign UK
Burma Campaign UK added five British insurance companies to the ‘Dirty List’ after they failed to give a commitment to stop providing insurance cover for deliveries of aviation fuel to Burma.
By Burma Campaign UK
Shan And Pa-O Armed Groups Clash In Langkhur District
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The RCSS and PNLO are both signatories to the former government’s Nationwide Ceasewide Agreement (NCA) and are also members of the Peace Process Steering Team, which was established by the NCA groups as a negotiating bloc with the government.
By Shan Herald Agency for News
PPST says it engages in humanitarian works through ASEAN collaboration
Source: Burma News International
The AHA Center has been instrumental in working alongside us to streamline humanitarian efforts, aligning them with the three key principles of the NCA. However, it should be noted that not all seven EAOs within the PPST are engaged in collaboration with the AHA Center.
By Karen Information Center
Vietnam vows to support Myanmar in promoting peaceful, sustainable solutions
Source: Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
Addressing the UN Security Council’s Arria-formula meeting on the humanitarian situation in Myanmar on May 19 (local time), Thoa stressed that the process of solving the situation in Myanmar must be controlled and led by the country itself.
By Vietnam News Agency (VNA)
Sexual violence in the fog of war
Source: Frontier Myanmar
As regions like Sagaing plunge deeper into the chaos of Myanmar’s post-coup conflict, cases of sexual violence by both sides are on the rise and victims have few avenues to seek redress.
By Frontier
Over 120 Myanmar Lawmakers Arrested by Regime Since Coup
Source: Irrawaddy
In a statement released on Friday, the CRPH, a parliamentary committee formed by a group of lawmakers elected to the coup-dissolved Parliament, said that as of Friday, 41 Union parliament lawmakers and 87 regional lawmakers had been arrested. At least 88 of them are still being detained.
By Irrawaddy
Junta launches unprovoked airstrike on Karenni village
Source: Mizzima
The junta launched an unprovoked airstrike on Sawlon Village, in Karenni State’s Bawlakhe Township at about 4:00 a.m. on 17 May.
By Mizzima
Myanmar’s junta threatens media that don’t report official cyclone death numbers
Source: Radio Free Asia
Reports by media that more than 400 were killed “were baseless and have frightened the public,” a junta statement Friday said. “We will take action against those media using existing laws.”
By RFA Burmese
Myanmar Protest Leader Gets Extra 20 Years in Jail for High Treason
Source: Irrawaddy
Jailed anti-junta protest leader Ko Wai Moe Naing was found guilty of high treason on Friday and sentenced to an additional 20 years by a junta court on Friday, taking his total sentence to 54 years.
By Irrawaddy
Seven NCA-signatories say they will keep seeking to resolve political crisis
Source: Than Lwin Times
This statement was released after the plenary meeting of the top leaders of the seven ethnic armed organizations that signed the NCA, which was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on May 17 and 18.
By Than Lwin Times
Myanmar enacts Weapons Law aimed at keeping guns away from resistance
Source: Radio Free Asia
Junta threatens prison and death penalty for those who bear, sell and distribute weapons.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar’s oldest ethnic armed group rejects junta’s offer for peace talks
Source: Radio Free Asia
“Now we can’t work under the NCA,” he told Radio Free Asia. “What is happening now is that [ethnic-majority Bamar] chauvinism and military dictatorship prevail,” he said. “We will fight these and then establish a federal democracy.”
By RFA Burmese
Cyclone Mocha Destroys Myanmar’s Farmland in Sagaing and Magwe
Source: Irrawaddy
Over 40 square kilometers in the west of Khin-U Township in Sagaing Region have been inundated since Sunday.
By Irrawaddy
Cyclone Victims in Myanmar’s Rakhine Struggle Amid Lack of Aid, Soaring Prices
Source: Irrawaddy
Cyclone-hit Rakhine residents are struggling to repair their homes amid surging commodity prices as humanitarian assistance has yet to arrive from either the country’s ruling regime or international aid agencies
By Irrawaddy
How Myanmar’s Junta Uses Telecom Companies to Target Journalists
Source: Voice of America
Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has consolidated control over the country’s mobile service providers, putting activists, opposition members and journalists at greater risk of surveillance, according to experts.
By Liam Scott
PPST members to hold talks on Military Council-lead NSPNC issues
Source: Burma News International
Colonel Saw Kyaw Nyunt, spokesperson of the PPST told the Shan Herald that these discussions are scheduled to take place in Chiang Mai on May 17th and 18th.
By Shan Herald Agency for News
Myanmar Crony Promoting Electric Vehicles Despite Ongoing Power Blackouts
Source: Irrawaddy
According to The Irrawaddy’s business sources, it was Daw Khine Zaw who sold Min Aung Hlaing on the idea of promoting the use of EVs, including electric buses, in Myanmar. She has already been engaged in the renewable energy business, including solar power, for several years.
By Irrawaddy
Nearly 400 feared dead after Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Source: Radio Free Asia
The NUG said the figure was based on estimates of the damage, since search and rescue teams have not retrieved the bodies and many victims are still missing. The figure has not been independently verified by RFA.
By RFA Burmese
EAOs, NUG Want Cross-border Aid For IDPs In Burma
Source: Kantarawaddy Times
“If the international community wants to provide humanitarian assistance and not go through the military regime, cross-border aid is the best way,” said an anonymous source responsible for handling humanitarian affairs in Karenni State for a prominent organisation.
By Kantarawaddy Times
KNU says junta must be held accountable for burning of nearly 20 civilians
Source: Than Lwin Times
The junta army took the villagers of Nyaungpinthar as hostages, tied them with ropes, burned and killed 19 civilians, including four children and 11 women, and brutally tortured and killed another villager.
By Than Lwin Times
Youths launch campaign to help Karenni IDPs
Source: Mizzima
The Karenni IDP Assistance Network was formed by politically active young people from various Karenni townships who were eager to volunteer.
By Mizzima
NUG to assist Myanmar’s Federal Wings drone warfare
Source: Mizzima
The National Unity Government (NUG) will allocate a budget to Federal Wings for the production of aerial combat drones.
By Mizzima
Pride and Prejudice: Gay Myanmar doctor takes to the jungle to help war victims
Source: Mizzima
In a Podcast by Insight Myanmar, Pyae Phyo Kyaw describes how he is simultaneously helping his people on the one hand, while taking a sledgehammer to the barriers that have long defined Burmese society on the other.
By Mizzima