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Shan State Authorities Order Evictions in Kalaw, Citing “Former Military Land”
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
More than 30 households in Kalaw Township, southern Shan State, have been ordered to vacate their land after local authorities claimed it was “former military land,” sparking resistance from long-term residents.
Myanmar Generals Make Beeline to China All September
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
September has seen a flurry of Myanmar generals’ visits to China after coup leader Min Aung Hlaing declared during his visit to Beijing earlier this month that the two neighbors are enjoying “their strongest ties ever.”
Nine Endangered Red Pandas Rescued as Trafficking Soars in Post-Coup Myanmar
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
The animals were seized on September 14 by a People’s Defense Force (PDF) unit in resistance-held Indaw Township, near the Kachin-Sagaing border, as smugglers transported them by vehicle.
Nine More People Including Children Detained in Myanmar Junta’s Pre-Poll Crackdown
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Phoe Tar
Myanmar’s military regime said Monday it had arrested another nine people under its Election Protection Law for allegedly trying to disrupt the upcoming vote, bringing to 12 the number of people detained under the draconian law in less than a month.
Arakan Army Detains Female Journalist in Rakhine’s Maungdaw
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Myo Pyae
Mudra, a 31-year-old female journalist, was arrested while reporting on the lack of educational equipment at a school in the ethnic Mro village of Thihoaye, in AA-controlled Maungdaw, BNA Editor-in-Chief Kaung Myat Naing told The Irrawaddy.
AA Chief Accuses Bangladesh Officials of Inciting Rohingya Insurgent Attacks
Source: The Irrawaddy
In an exclusive interview with The Irrawaddy, he said fighters from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) launched an assault on the base in Maungdaw Township, northern Rakhine State on the night of Sept. 18.
Arakan Government Urges Border Residents to Report Travel Due to Extremist Threats
Source: Border News Agency | By BNA Author
The statement also warned that, because of violent activities by Islamist extremist groups in the Arakan region, residents should avoid travelling alone or in small groups as much as possible when passing through forests or isolated areas.
Islamist Extremist Groups Spread Propaganda Along Arakan-Bangladesh Border
Source: Border News Agency | By BNA Author
According to the AA, these Islamist extremist groups are taking advantage of the fact that the AA has not yet been able to fully enforce public security. It stated that these groups are operating from bases inside Bangladesh.
At least 92 Incidents of Civilian Massacres Recorded in Myanmar
Source: ISP-Myanmar | By ISP Admin
Of these, 88 were carried out by the Myanmar junta, killing 1,723 civilians. Contrarily, resistance forces were responsible for four incidents, leaving 85 dead.
Violent Sham Election Preparations Continue
Source: Progressive Voice Myanmar | Weekly Highlight
Myanmar people—both in the country and abroad—reject the sham election for what it is: the attempt of a murderous junta to fabricate false legitimacy through political manipulation and atrocity crimes.
AA’s humanitarian office warns of possible surge in mosquito-borne diseases in Arakan State
Source: Burma News International | By Development Media Group
Some displaced people are not staying in residential areas but are living in temporary huts in forests, plains, and meadows, making it difficult for them to access adequate healthcare.
Clashes between ARSA and AA rage on for a week, forcing locals to flee
Source: Development Media Group | By Admin
The clashes, which began near Inn Chaung and Kyauk Lone villages close to Taung Pyo Letwae on September 16, have now stretched into their seventh day, residents said.
Food Shortages Threaten Thousands of IDPs in Southern Shan State
Source: Shan Herald Agency for News | By SHAN
“The villagers gave them a place to stay. There are about 6,000 people living there in camps. They have been in these villages for nearly three years and still cannot return home,” an aid worker told SHAN.
Myanmar Bishop: ‘Civilians are suffering, just trying to survive’
Source: Vatican News | By Deborah Castellano Lubov
Bishop Peter Tin Wai of Pyay in the Rakhine state decries the tragic effects for innocent civilians, who are ‘just trying to survive,’ including for young people, who, being forced to enlist and fight, are determined to flee.
Global rallies in support of Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Global rallies were held in support of Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun remaining as Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and South Korea on Saturday.
Myanmar scam centres set daily US$50k goal: Malaysian humanitarian organisation
Source: Asia News Network
MHO chief public relations officer Daniel Khoo said previously the target was about US$5,000. “To achieve these kinds of numbers, you will need to scam dozens of people daily.
Myanmar Junta Eases Election Rules to Keep Parties in Race
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Maung Kavi
The regime amended its rules on Sunday, reducing the number of constituencies national parties must contest from half (417) of the total of 833 constituencies to just one-quarter (209).
Myanmar Junta Pushing South to Break Karen Resistance Ahead of Poll
Source: The Irrawaddy | By Poe Tar
Myanmar regime forces are pushing to reclaim La Kay Kaw, 14 kilometres south of Myawaddy on Karen State’s Thai border, one year after it fell to resistance forces, according to frontline sources.
ARSA abducts locals and spreads propaganda portraying them as AA members
Source: Development Media Group | By Admin
An Arakan politician told DMG: “ARSA’s killings of civilians did not start just now; it has been happening since before 2017. The reason they can continue killing and threatening people like this is because they have secured a base of operations in Bangladesh.”
Infectious disease outbreak kills 11 children in Mindat, over 600 infected amid medicine shortage
Source: Mizzima
“We have enough health workers, including striking CDM [Civil Disobedience Movement] staff, but there is a severe shortage of medicines. The situation is very difficult,” the official told Mizzima.
Myanmar, Thai air force chiefs hold bilateral talks
Source: The Nation
At the invitation of Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Htun Aung, Air Chief Marshal Punpakdee Pattanakul, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force, and his wife arrived in Naypyidaw on a Royal Thai Air Force ATR-72 aircraft for bilateral engagement activities.
Heartbreak in wake of deadly junta bombing of Kyauktaw village school
Source: Development Media Group | Vox Pop
DMG interviewed some of the families of the students in the wake of the tragedy.
Arakanese couple, Mro man killed in northern Maungdaw near Bangladesh border
Source: Narinjara News | By Naung Min Thu
The Inn Chaung village is far from the main road and hard to get to. Locals claim that the ARSA terrorist organization poses a threat in the area.
Myanmar’s UN Ambassador urges decisive action against junta amid rising atrocities
Source: Mizzima
For over 55 months, the people of Myanmar have suffered dreadfully from the military junta’s inhumane and brutal atrocities.
Impassable Road Leads to Kachin State Food Shortages
Source: Kachin News Group
Junta soldiers and members of the junta-aligned Pyu Saw Htee militia erected a blockade of the main road between Mandalay Region’s Mandalay City and Myitkyina City, the capital of Kachin State, to stop goods from reaching Myitkyina and Kachin State.