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Opinion Papers
Karen Women’s Organisation Condemns Escalating Attacks on CiviLians During Thingyan
Source: Karen Women’s Organisation | Press Release
In Kawthoolei (Karen State), a sustained bombing campaign carried out over the three days of the holiday targeted and destroyed schools, homes, student dormitories, temples, churches, a hospital, and entire villages.
Junta builds military camp in Saw village, threatening trade routes to Chin and Arakan states
Source: Development Media Group
Residents said that beginning on April 25, more than 200 troops from the Kyaukhtu-based Artillery Battalion No. 367 moved into Kangyi Village to prepare for the construction of a permanent camp
Burma in the Balance: How China Calls the Shots
Source: Mizzima | By Ashley South
The new ‘Cold War’ reality in Myanmar pitches Chinese client groups (mostly in the north), junta proxy militias and the Myanmar Army, against western-aligned pro-democracy groups in the southeast and elsewhere.
Myanmar’sauthoritarian creep
Source: The Interpreter | By Manny Maung
When media outlets call Min Aung Hlaing “president” without caveat, they do the junta’s work for it.
Myanmar junta denies journalist Sai Zaw Thaike medical care, adding to pattern of prison abuse
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists
“Every day that passes without journalist Sai Zaw Thaike receiving the surgery he needs is a day his life is placed at greater risk,” said Shawn Crispin, CPJ’s senior Southeast Asia representative.