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Opinion Papers
Military airstrikes kill three children in heavy bombardment of Mindat Township
Source: Mizzima
A devastating wave of military junta airstrikes killed three girls under the age of 10 in Mindat Township in Chin State, according to local residents and aid workers, as the military unleashed 37 bombs across the region in a single day.
Junta preparing major offensive to seize control of Mobye–Nan Mekhon–Demoso Road
Source: Burma News International | By Shan Herald Agency for News
A Karenni resistance commander told Shan Herald that the situation has turned increasingly volatile after the junta began preparing for an offensive from Mobye Township toward Nan Mekhon in Demoso Township
Call for non-violent resolution of disputes within resistance movement
Source: Burma News International | By Than Lwin Times
The appeal came after disputes in June between the resistance-run National Unity Government (NUG)-affiliated People’s Defence Force (PDF) and another resistance faction, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), in Mandalay Region
The Child Rights Crisis in Burma
Source: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners | Thematic Report
Children have been continuously killed and maimed as a result of the military junta’s airstrikes, artillery shelling, raids and destruction of villages and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas following the coup.
Beyond Peace Talks: The Strategic Logic Behind the Junta’s Engagement with FPNCC Members
Source: Development Media Group | Political Analysis
Rather than signaling a genuine breakthrough in Myanmar’s peace process, the junta’s engagement with FPNCC members appears aimed at reducing military pressure on multiple fronts and creating strategic space for a long and difficult conflict that shows little sign of ending.