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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
Brave Warriors for Myanmar attack Central Regional Military Command with rocket fire
Source: Mizzima
The BWM official added that they fired the rockets from within the inner security zone, managing to infiltrate checkpoints. BWM is currently assessing the deaths and damage to Military Council personnel.
Mizzima
Junta-controlled 5 Arakanese towns begin census program
Source: Narinjara News
Among the 17 townships in Arakan State, the population and housing census has begun today in urban areas under five towns, which are under the control of the military junta, for the upcoming election in 2025.
Kyaing Hein Lin, Narinjara News
Myanmar Regime Mainly Bombing Residential Areas: Lashio Civilian
Source: Irrawaddy
Myanmar regime airstrikes have targeted Lashio since August 30, killing six civilians and injuring 77 others and damaging houses, schools, markets and shops in the northern Shan State capital.
Interview | Lashio resident Ko Gam Sai
Statement of the Joint Anti-Sham Election Working Committee of the National Unity Government and the National Unity Consultative Council on the Fraudulent Invitation of Illegal Military Junta
Source: National Unity Government and the National Unity Consultative Council
The invitation of a military junta was an ineffectual effort to divide ethnic resistance organizations and People Defense Forces (PDF) in order satisfy their foreign organizations which they maintain close relation with.
Joint Statement | NUG and NUCC
Conscription: Myanmar’s Nuclear Option and the Man Who Pressed the Button
Source: Irrawaddy
The first conscription law was enacted in 1959 under the interim government of General Ne Win, who would later stage Myanmar’s first coup, in 1962.
Maung Kavi
Traders in Myanmar struggle as borders with China remain closed in rebel-held areas
Source: Radio Free Asia
6 of Shan state’s border gates are under the control of insurgent ethnic groups.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar Junta’s Aim in Lashio: ‘If We Can’t Get It Back, We’ll Destroy It’
Source: Irrawaddy
In response to the losses, and unable to mount a ground operation to retake the city, the junta has conducted aerial bombardments of Lashio since late August.
Nayt Thit
Thousands flee Myanmar airstrikes after rebel ambush
Source: Radio Free Asia
About 10,000 villagers in Myanmar’s Sagaing region are fleeing junta airstrikes launched after forces loyal to a shadow pro-democracy government inflicted unusually heavy casualties on a military column, residents told Radio Free Asia.
RFA Burmese
SAC Targets Local Charities Amid Efforts to Regain Territories
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
On September 29, a charity organization in Hsipaw Township, which was aiding displaced people and the wounded, came under attack by an SAC airstrike.
Shan Herald Agency for News
Junta’s Disarmament Offer: A Test Of Resistance’s Stance – Issue 154
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor / Burma News International
This week, the Burma News International (BNI)-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s Weekly News Review examines the junta’s disarmament offer and the responses from the resistance forces.
Bi-Weekly News Review – Issue 154 | Myanmar Peace Monitor