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Regime signals more conscription of Muslim IDPs from Sittwe displacement camps
Source: Development Media Group
Junta soldiers arrived at the Thelchaung, Bar Sar, Dar Paing, Bawdupha, Ohn Taw Gyi and Ohn Taw Chay displacement camps and Bumay Village in Sittwe Township on September 20 and 25 and informed Muslim IDPs about the plan to enlist them as conscripts in October.
Development Media Group
Arakan State’s mangrove forests continue to shrink due to Chinese-backed projects
Source: Development Media Group
The restricted area is the site of a China-backed oil and gas pipeline project on Maday Island in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township. “We have lost mangrove forests due to the negative impacts of this project.
Development Media Group
“Statement on the Rejection of the Military Regime’s proposal for Talk”
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar
The Interim Executive Council of Karenni State (IEC) strongly believes that the military junta’s so-called peace invitation is not a solution, but rather a political ploy to exacerbate the country’s problem.
Statement | Interim Executive Council of Karenni State
Building a democratic future: The power of grassroots unity in Myanmar
Source: Democratice Voice of Burma
The path ahead is challenging, but through grassroots solidarity and a shared vision of an inclusive, federal democratic future, we can overcome the forces that seek to divide us.
James SHWE
Japan will not send new envoy to military-ruled Myanmar: sources
Source: Japan Today
A new ambassador needs to submit credentials to the junta — which took power on Feb 1, 2021, by ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government — and Japan was concerned dispatching an envoy would be taken as an endorsement of the military government, according to the sources.
KYODO
Rohingya crisis merits reconciliation
Source: Bangkok Post
As someone deeply connected to the region, I urge Mr Yunus and the international community to reconsider repatriation — at least in the immediate term. A different approach must be taken, one that focuses not just on moving people from place to place but on ensuring their safety and future.
Alan Clements
Armed Groups Snub Myanmar Junta ‘Peace’ Offer
Source: Irrawaddy
Lway Yay Oo, spokeswoman for the Ta’ang National Liberation Army of the Brotherhood Alliance, said: “The idea that armed groups should abandon their struggle and participate in elections, as proposed by the junta, is completely unrealistic.
Irrawaddy
Slovenia will participate in Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar
Source: Slovenian Press Agency (STA)
Slovenia will file an intervention in a Rohingya genocide case brought by Gambia against Myanmar before the International Court of Justice, the government decided on Thursday.
Slovenian Press Agency
Myanmar Scam Hubs Revive Fast After China Eases Pressure on Junta
Source: United States Institute of Peace
In Myanmar — a key center of this internet-based criminal activity — extreme political instability combined with the connivance of the country’s military and its militias continue to provide fertile ground for crime groups, albeit in new configurations.
Publication | Jason Tower; Priscilla A. Clapp
Myanmar’s opposition rejects a military appeal for talks on a political solution to armed conflict
Source: Associated Press
Nay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for the opposition’s shadow National Unity Government, told The Associated Press that a joint statement issued earlier this year by opposition groups has already paved the way for a negotiated political solution if the army agrees to its conditions.
Grant PECK
Myanmar junta invites insurgents, ‘terrorists’ to join election
Source: Radio Free Asia
Shadow government dismisses the invitation as a ‘bogus’ bid by the junta to improve its image.
RFA Burmese
Stop Turning a Blind Eye to Youngest Victims of Myanmar Junta’s Bombing Campaign
Source: Irrawaddy
For many children in Myanmar, airplanes are no longer fascinating flying objects but terrifying monsters in the sky.
Khin Nadi
Equality as ‘birthright’ in Myanmar
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Military rule is eroding in the Southeast Asian state because pro-democracy women have claimed equality for themselves.
Mark Sappenfield | Monitor’s Editorial Board
NUG Rejects Online Claim by Junta Supporters It Is on US Payroll
Source: Irrawaddy
NUG Deputy Foreign Minister U Moe Zaw Oo told The Irrawaddy the article was part of a smear campaign by the junta against the NUG to deceive Beijing into thinking the parallel government is financially supported by the West.
Irrawaddy
“As young people, we can’t do what we want and we no longer have any opportunities.”
Source: Myanmar Peace Monitor / Burma News International
Although each young person has their own hopes for the future, they now stumble through each day with uncertainty. In light of these circumstances, Development Media Group (DMG) has gathered some voices of young women in the rural areas of Arakan.
Interview | Voices of young Arakanese women whose dreams for the future have become uncertain
Over 50,000 Face ‘Starvation’ in Sittwe After Massacre, Eviction by Myanmar Junta
Source: Irrawaddy
The evicted villagers have taken refuge at 26 monasteries in Sittwe town after junta authorities failed to provide them with accommodation.
Irrawaddy
Myanmar junta airstrike kills civilians sheltering in rebel territory
Source: Radio Free Asia
Myanmar junta jets bombed a shelter for displaced people in a rebel-held town in Rakhine state on Thursday killing 14 civilians and wounding 25, an insurgent force official told Radio Free Asia.
RFA Burmese
Myanmar citizens in Thailand face extra risks on dangerous roads
Source: Radio Free Asia
Many accident victims eligible for compensation struggle with a language barrier and red tape.
Kiana Duncan and Pimuk Rakkanam for RFA
Desperate people in Myanmar are selling their organs
Source: MercatorNet
The economic crisis caused by Myanmar’s civil war is a humanitarian catastrophe, fuelling hunger, desperation – and the sale of human organs.
Antonio Graceffo
Sky News wins International Emmy Award for Myanmar war documentary The Last Hospital
Source: Sky News
Collecting the award, Stuart Ramsay paid tribute to the doctors and nurses at the hospital and the people who “looked after us” They witnessed a remarkable effort by medics to save lives on the frontline at a secret jungle hospital, as well as undeniable evidence of war crimes.
Sky News
MNDAA Ceasefire Will Not Hold in Northern Myanmar: China Analyst
Source: Irrawaddy
China specialist Dr Hla Kyaw Zaw recently talked to The Irrawaddy about the MNDAA’s statement and Beijing’s influence.
Interview | China specialist Dr Hla Kyaw Zaw
Do ‘good rebels’ exist in Myanmar?
Source: The New Humanitarian
‘To engage the country responsibly in a post-junta context, international stakeholders must appreciate the nuance of each ethnic armed group’s unique history, cultural identity, and ideological goals.’
Analysis | Isabel Rowan Scarpino; Nathaniel Schochet
Did Myanmar’s Junta Execute More Political Prisoners? Or Is This Psychological Warfare?
Source: Irrawaddy
Our team at the Myanmar Political Prisoners Network (PPNM) has continuously reported on human rights violations against political prisoners inside various prisons, which are difficult for the public to learn about.
Thaik Tun Oo | member of the Leading Committee of the Myanmar Political Prisoners Network (PPNM)
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
Outplaying China key to defeating Myanmar’s junta
Source: Asia Times
Resistance groups must recognize yielding to China’s pressure only allows the junta to survive, prolonging their struggles and deepening dependence
Commentary | Than N. Oo, co-founder of the Free Myanmar advocacy group