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Junta’s Old Tactics Are Deficit in Current Reality
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
if the military insists on control over understanding the country’s complex political realities through militarized means, Myanmar will inevitably face increasing fragmentation with each group striving for autonomy.
Hurn Kayang
Myanmar garment workers ‘face ongoing abuse’
Source: Ecotextile News
The labour rights violations recorded by BHRRC’s tracker were linked to 87 international companies sourcing from factories in Myanmar, with LPP, New Yorker, H&M, Workman and Lidl linked to the most allegations.
Simon Glover
Rare Earths, Hydropower, and History: Myanmar’s KIA Eyes More Victories in Kachin
Source: Irrawaddy
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) last week seized two junta strongholds in its ethnic homeland, marking what could be a historic turning point in the battle for control of Kachin State in northernmost Myanmar.
Ko Oo
Myanmar Democracy Leader Dr. Zaw Myint Maung Dies in Junta Custody
Source: Irrawaddy
The prominent politician and four-time elected lawmaker was chief minister of Mandalay Region and a deputy chair of the National League for Democracy (NLD). He was arrested after the military coup in February 2021 along with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior NLD figures.
Irrawaddy
Inside Chinland: Picturing the Struggle for a Free Chin State
Source: International Crisis Group
Crisis Group expert Richard Horsey visited to gauge the impact on the local population and assess what might come next for the region.
Photo Essay | Richard Horsey Senior Adviser, Myanmar
Progress lies beyond pre-coup order
Source: Bangkok Post
It is now clear that Asean, preoccupied by its internal constraints, has missed two important developments: 1) the growing strength of Myanmar’s resistance and 2) the increasing involvement of non-Asean members in the resolution of the crisis.
Laetitia van den Assum; Kobsak Chutikul
Sham Census Counts for Nothing
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
The Myanmar military junta is desperately clinging to its decades-old tactics of terror and surveillance, kicking off a so-called “census” while still bombing civilians countrywide.
Weekly Highlight | Progressive Voice Myanmar
Woman killed, four injured in ARSA ambush in Maungdaw Twsp
Source: Development Media Group
A group of seven locals were attacked by ARSA members near Meetaik Village at around 4 p.m. on October 6 as they were returning from Taungpyo Town in northern Maungdaw Township after purchasing commodities.
Development Media Group
MYANMAR CENSUS PROBLEMATIC: Nationwide election necessity or junta’s repressive tool to cling on to power
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Now the anti-junta ethnic-democratic forces must come up with a counter-measure as soon as possible, at least in view of the people under the junta’s reign of terror.
Sai WANSAI
ICNCC requests removal of two NUG ministers, seeks replacement amid political disputes
Source: Mizzima
The Interim Chin National Consultative Council (ICNCC) requested that the National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) remove two ministers from the National Unity Government (NUG), Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong and Dr. Ngine Tam Maung, and replace them with new appointees.
Mizzima
Strides toward harmony?
Source: Millennium Post
As Myanmar preps up for census preceding elections, the involvement of the pro-democracy National Unity Government (NUG)—currently in exile—is essential to tone down the prolonged civil war and uphold minority rights in Myanmar
Dipankar Dey
The MSFC is committed to the goal of dismantling all forms of dictatorship, including the military dictatorship, and building a federal democratic union
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor.
An interview with Mi Kun Chan Non, a member of the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC), about the MSFC’s position rejecting the military council’s invitation to resolve the political problems through political means.
Interview | Mi Kun Chan Non, member of the MSFC
Blocking the exits: Myanmar junta turns the screws on migrant workers
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
Frontier
AA ups law and order efforts in Arakan territory under its control
Source: Development Media Group
The revolutionary and nascent Arakkha People’s Government, led by the AA and its political wing the United League of Arakan (ULA), has formed a Department of Law Enforcement and Public Security and is recruiting new members to expand its functions, according to the AA.
Development Media Group
Supporting the People of Myanmar
Source: World Bank Group
The World Bank is providing direct support to the poor and vulnerable population through the Myanmar Community Support Project (MCSP) with financing from the from the Myanmar Partnership Multi-Donor Trust Fund ($22.5 million).
Brief | World Bank
Securing the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor: Navigating Conflicts and Public Scepticism
Source: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Despite significant military setbacks for the Myanmar military, as seen before and during Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s recent visit to Naypyidaw in August 2024, China continues to urge the SAC to accelerate the implementation of key CMEC projects.
ISEAS Perspective
Myanmar: Arbitrary arrests, torture of political prisoners and digital repression used to crush the Anti-Junta Movement
Source: Civicus Monitor
Since the 2021 coup, thousands of activists and protesters have been detained on fabricated charges including terrorism, incitement and sedition. Many have been convicted by secret military tribunals in unfair trials and given harsh sentences, including the death penalty.
Civicus Monitor
ASIA/THAILAND – Arrest or repatriation: the fate of many Burmese fleeing war
Source: Agenzia Fides
According to the Myanmar Humanitarian Action Centre, a non-governmental organization, this was an unprecedented restrictive measure.
Agenzia Fides
Road from Rakhine: The uncertain fate of Rohingyas
Source: Observer Research Foundation
The new conscription laws used to recruit the Rohingyas have become a key point of division against the Arakan Army (AA), a powerful ethnic armed group in Rakhine, who were earlier sympathetic to these people but now view them as pawns of the Junta.
Sreeparna Banerjee
A Rigged Game: The Regime’s Manipulative Call for Participation in Elections
Source: Irrawaddy
It is a familiar tactic from the generals, yet this time it appears tailored to project an image of inclusive elections to China and Myanmar’s credulous neighboring countries.
Ye Myo Hein
ISSI signs Working Protocol with Myanmar think-tank
Source: Mizzima
It is a familiar tactic from the generals, yet this time it appears tailored to project an image of inclusive elections to China and Myanmar’s credulous neighboring countries.
Mizzima
The United States Must Exercise Leadership to Help Myanmar’s Flood Victims
Source: Center for Strategic and International Studies
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene has caused devastating effects for the residents of western North Carolina, resulting in loss of lives and property, and has elicited a whole-of-government response by the Biden-Harris administration.
Commentary | Derek Mitchell; Jack Myint
Is the Brotherhood headed to Mandalay?
Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Unable to mount a meaningful counter-offensive, the regime’s core territory now lies exposed to the threat of direct attack by the Brotherhood Alliance and its partners.
Myanmar Conflict Update | International Institute for Strategic Studies
Myanmar Junta Intensifies Crackdown on People Leaving the Country
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar military regime is cracking down on citizens who hold passports marked “for visit” (PV) if they are suspected of going abroad for work purposes.
Brian WEI
Indonesia hosts international meeting on Myanmar with UN, junta rivals, sources say
Source: Reuters
Indonesia is hosting an international meeting involving the United Nations and opponents of Myanmar’s ruling military, sources with knowledge of the talks said on Friday, as a regional effort to end a civil war fails to gain traction.
Shoon Naing; Poppy Mcpherson