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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 | Vatican News
Hopelessness Among Shan Refugees Persists After 20 Years Of Displacement
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The individuals who have been displaced were forced to flee their homes during the 2002 armed clashes between the Shan State Reconstruction Council and the Myanmar military, specifically the Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA). T
Shan Herald Agency for News
Meeting Discussions Focus on Advancing Union’s Interests, Reports PPST
Source: Karen News
The meeting was conducted online on both April 20 and 21. Colonel Saw Kyaw Nyunt stated the significance of finding a political resolution to the ongoing issue, which is one of the three crucial components of the NCA.
Karen News
Myanmar Junta Chief Meets With Former UN Secretary General in Naypyitaw
Source: Irrawaddy
Former United Nations (UN) chief Ban Ki-moon left Myanmar on Monday afternoon after meeting with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and former president U Thein Sein, but he did not meet the country’s jailed former leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Irrawaddy
‘Ogre’ battalion uses brutality to instill terror in Myanmar
Source: Radio Free Asia
Officially, they make up part of the 99th Light Infantry Battalion of the Myanmar military. But to most people, they are known as the “Ogre” column, a unit of killers notorious for their cruelty in a military already known for its brutality.
RFA Burmese
Ongoing Conflict between Military Council Troops and KIA in Kachin and Northern Shan State
Source: Burma News International
Colonel Naw Bu, a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), has reported that the KIA launched an attack on a Military Council vehicle using landmines on April 18 at the Pyarohn village junction in the Namya village-tract.
Network Media Group
Over 500 Residents Flee as Fighting Erupts Between Two Shan Armies In Laihka Township
Source: Burma News International
Reports indicate that the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) engaged in a clash in Laihka Township, leading to the displacement of residents.
Shan Herald Agency for News
Top election official shot dead in Myanmar
Source: Straits Times
The deputy head of Myanmar’s election commission was shot dead in Yangon on Saturday by rebel fighters, the military said. It is the latest killing of a high-profile individual linked to the country’s junta.
Agence France-Presse
Military land-grabbing gathers pace under cover of conflict
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Farmers and other land-owners have no legal recourse against a regime using war to seize land for military bases, client corporations and grandiose infrastructure projects.
Frontier
Myanmar Regime Troops Torch Large Sagaing Village
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta forces burned down most of the 700 houses in a Sagaing Township village on Friday morning, according to residents.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar Regime Troops Torch Large Sagaing Village
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta forces burned down most of the 700 houses in a Sagaing Township village on Friday morning, according to residents.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta Air Strikes Kill Over 210 People in Past Month
Source: Irrawaddy
More than 210 people were killed and 60 wounded in air strikes targeting the civilian population in six Myanmar regions and states that have become resistance strongholds from March 20 to April 18.
Nora
Junta offensive in Myanmar’s Kachin state kills 10, razes 1,000 homes
Source: Radio Free Asia
A resident of Shwegu’s Si Thar village told RFA that 10 civilians from the area were killed by junta troops when their convoy suddenly appeared in the area.
RFA Burmese
Over 40 children killed or injured in Karen ethnic areas in post-coup violence
Source: Karen News
According to Saw Nand Hsue, spokesperson for KHRG has also confirmed that the current list of 25 child deaths includes some fetuses that were still in their mothers’ wombs.
Karen News
Junta arrests reporter, celebrities who criticized deadly Myanmar military airstrike
Source: Radio Free Asia
Kyaw Min Swe, a reporter in Yangon, actress May Pa Chi, and vocalists Shwe Yi Thein Tan and May La Than Sin were charged on Thursday with violating Article 505 (a) of Myanmar’s penal code for “inciting public unrest,” a Yangon-based justice lawyer told RFA Burmese.
RFA Burmese
Chinese Official Meets Ex-Dictator, Ex-President on Trip to Myanmar
Source: Irrawaddy
Director-General Peng Xiubin of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) met former military dictator Senior General Than Shwe and former president U Thein Sein during his four-day visit to Myanmar from April 16-19.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar resistance leader Lian Hmung Sakhong calls for solidarity with Burmese people in Yale class
Source: Yale News
Students in the Yale course “Colonialism, Nationalism, and Identity in Myanmar” hosted Myanmar resistance leader, Lian Hmung Sakhong, the minister of foreign affairs in Myanmar’s National Unity Government — a resistance government formed after the February 2021 coup in Myanmar.
NEHA MIDDELA
India to host the second Track 1.5 roundtable on Myanmar
Source: Thai PBS World
India will convene the second “Track 1.5” roundtable on Myanmar next week, to continue progress made at the first meeting in Bangkok in March, according to a highly informed source.
Thai PBS World
Cobra Column claims victory in Mekanei village battle, killing two dozen Junta troops and seizing weapons
Source: Karen News
Following the escalation of the conflict, the Military Council and its affiliated Border Guard Forces (BGF) have reportedly increased security measures in the surrounding areas of Myawaddy Township, as well as along the banks of the Thaungyin (Moei) River.
Karen News
Myanmar Junta Bombs Pazi Gyi Nine Days After Massacre
Source: Irrawaddy
“The troops are still in Pazi Gyi and they are finding villagers who are hiding in the forest,” a volunteer told The Irrawaddy, adding that fear levels are high over the constant threat of airstrikes and attacks by ground troops.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Kill Three Civilians in Magwe
Source: Irrawaddy
Three civilians were killed on Thursday when Myanmar’s military regime launched airstrikes against the People’s Administration Group office in Tilin Township, Magwe Region, according to local media.
Irrawaddy
EarthRights International disputes Myanmar’s gas is crucial for Thailand’s energy security
Source: Upstream
NGO claims pipeline imports are being maintained to avoid kingdom having to purchase more LNG.
Amanda Battersby
Fundraising event for Myanmar IDPs and PDFs held in Kobe, Japan
Source: Mizzima
A fundraising event called the “Revolutionary Nway Oo Thingyan Festival” was held in Kobe City, Japan, to support internally displaced people (IDPs) and the people’s defense forces (PDFs), in Myanmar on 16 April.
Mizzima
‘How many more children have to die?’ Myanmar airstrike survivors ask what will it take for the world to act
Source: CNN
CNN spoke with half a dozen eyewitnesses and survivors who said those targeted in Pazigyi Village, part of a self-governed district in the central Sagaing region, were unarmed civilians enjoying a community celebration.
Helen Regan, Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Salai TZ, Su Chay
Grief, anxiety and despair: How the coup has hit the elderly
Source: Frontier Myanmar
The coup has inflicted all kinds of suffering on older people, ranging from fiery deaths in burning villages to grieving for sons and daughters killed in battle and living precariously without financial support.
Frontier