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Out of the Spotlight, Myanmar’s Rohingya Face Worst Violence in 7 Years
Source: United States Institute of Peace
The world has known about their plight for decades, and in 2024, only 636,000 Rohingya — or 23 percent of the 2.8 million Rohingya around the world — still live in their homeland, Myanmar.
Publication | Laetitia van den Assum
Myanmar civil society calls for ASEAN to move beyond the Five-Point Consensus and end all engagements with the illegal military junta
Source: Progress Voice Myanmar
We demand ASEAN to respond to and take concrete actions in accordance with the following recommendations at the upcoming ASEAN Summits:
Press Statement | Myanmar National Organizing Committee (Myanmar NOC) for ACSC/APF, comprising 15 civil society organizations
It’s important to prevent national unity from becoming a single story told in a single language
Source: Daily Maverick
Historically, language has been tied to national identity, patriotism and loyalty and has been a divisive factor, sometimes resulting in tragic violence.
Ismail Lagardien
Japan Downgrades Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta
Source: Irrawaddy
Sources familiar with the matter said the current ambassador, Ichiro Maruyama, will end his term soon and be replaced by a Chargé d’Affaires – a second-ranking diplomat.
Irrawaddy
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
Hundreds of illegal workers arrested in Ayutthaya
Source: Bangkok Post
Local officials raided a construction camp in Uthai district of Ayutthaya province on Tuesday morning and arrested 272 illegal workers from Myanmar.
Post Reporters
UN Human Rights Council 57: Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar
Source: GOV.UK
Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Myanmar. Delivered by the UK’s Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.
Speech | UK’s Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders
Myanmar Junta Targets Hotels, Civilian Areas in Lashio as Bombing Continues
Source: Irrawaddy
The Myanmar junta’s air force again used highly destructive 500-lb bombs against civilian targets in ethnic rebel-held Lashio, the northern Shan State capital, on Tuesday, killing a civilian and injuring over a dozen more.
Irrawaddy
Is the Breakup Between MNDAA and NUG true?
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
The MNDAA’s declaration of its separation from the NUG indicates that they lack a firm political strategy. In turn, the MNDAA chooses China as its side. This is a good lesson learned for resistance groups.
Hurn Kayang
CHRO: Military council has killed over 70 Chin children since coup
Source: Khonumthung News
Since the military coup, at least 73 Chin children, including infants, have been killed by the military council throughout the country, including in Chin State, according to the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO).
Khonumthung News
Could Elections Provide a Way Out of Myanmar’s Political Crisis?
Source: Fulcrum | ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
A small window into how the Myanmar people regard the viability of elections reveals plenty of mixed feelings about the country’s political future.
Kyaw Yin Hlaing
China pressures Myanmar ethnic groups to cut ties from forces perceived as close to US
Source: Voice of America
China used its economic and political leverage when it reportedly cut off trade and supplies to Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region, to create distance between the MNDAA and the National Unity Government (NUG)
Nyein Chan Aye
Four Young Protesters ‘Disappeared’ After Yangon Rally Against Myanmar Dictatorship
Source: Irrawaddy
University Students’ Union Alumni Force said in a statement on Saturday that the four detainees are thought to be undergoing torture in interrogation, a common regime tactic.
Irrawaddy
As AA Verges On Control of Arakan State, MSMEs Ask: Is Optimism Too Optimistic?
Source: Development Media Group
Having suffered losses and hardship for generations, MSME entrepreneurs are nonetheless hopeful that a so-called “Arakkha People’s Government” might turn the tide.
Win Nyunt
PALAUNG ETHNOCENTRISM REARS ITS HEAD: TNLA is embarking on a grand scale racial supremacy doctrine in northern Shan State
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News
Lwe Yae Oo, Spokesperson of the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF)/TNLA told Shwe Phee Myae news agency that although it is correct that family registration facts were being collected in Ta’ang language there has been no alteration into Ta’ang language, so far, on 19 September.
Sai Wansai
Myanmar junta deploys Y-12 aircraft for aerial bombing campaigns
Source: Mizzima
The Myanmar junta has been using Y-12 aircraft to drop mortar rounds in aerial attacks, a tactic that has intensified since late 2023 in clashes with revolutionary forces.
Mizzima
ASEAN Foreign Ministers must denounce executions of civilians in Myanmar, Southeast Asia MPs say
Source: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
Kaung Htet and his wife Chan Myae Thu were executed at 04:00 AM Myanmar time on 23 September 2024 for alleged involvement in Yangon’s Insein Prison bombing on October 19, 2022.
Statement | ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights
Carrying out death sentences may constitute a serious international crime
Source: Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
Statement by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
Statement | Nicholas Koumjian
Revolution Fundraiser in South Korea went on a hunger strike and raised more than 100 million kyats in a few minutes passing 26 hours
Source: Tha Din
Mr. Hlaing Gyi went on a hunger strike to commemorate his 28th birthday and raise 100 million kyats for the war refugees in Anyar Region (Central Myanmar) and the special operations of Myingyan District PDF.
Kyaw Kyaw, Tha Din
Military Defeats of Junta reveal propaganda efforts designed to promote ethnic conflict to mask diminishing power
Source: Independent Mon News Agency
The military junta is increasingly relying on gratuitous acts of violence, conducting mass arrests with spurious charges laid under their Anti-Terrorism Act.
Independent Mon News Agency
The Myanmar junta’s desperate campaign of terror
Source: The Spectator
Tucked away in a valley in Pekon Township in Myanmar, on the border with Karenni and Shan states, a community of some thousand people were about to go to sleep. The violence which has plagued Myanmar for over three years had once again come to Pekon.
Caleb Quinley
Lukashenko hails potential for Belarus-Myanmar cooperation
Source: BelTA
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Myanmar’s Prime Minister, Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries
BelTA
A dark cloud over the revolution: Sexual violence in Myanmar
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
While the junta’s atrocities against civilians have been widely documented, a lesser-known aspect of the conflict has been the pervasive and devastating use of sexual violence against women and girls by both the military and the resistance forces.
Shwe Paw Mya Tin
The difficulties of Myanmar’s young people fleeing to avoid the draft
Source: Mizzima
Myanmar youths have been making desperate attempts to enter Thailand through various border areas to avoid being conscripted. Their efforts have been met with restrictive laws laid down by Thai authorities.
Mizzima
No limits to the lawlessness of Myanmar’s predatory military regime
Source: Radio Free Asia
A desperate junta terrorizes civilians, pilfers flood aid and even steals its own troops’ insurance benefits.
Commentary | Zachary Abuza