Hundreds of Myanmar Villagers Report Diseases...

Residents in northern Myanmar are contracting diseases from nearby chemical waste, residents told Radio Free Asia. In Kachin state, rare earth mining produces toxic chemicals that end up in water sources, they said.

Junta Troops Destroy 129-Year-Old Church in...

Junta soldiers and pro-military Pyu Saw Htee militia have torched a Sagaing region village for the fourth time, burning down its 129-year-old Catholic church.

Burmese Freelance Journalist Sentenced to 15...

Myanmar journalist Myo San Soe has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on two terrorism counts by a court at Pyapon Prison in Ayeyarwady region.

Myanmar Junta Forces Raid Village in...

Myanmar junta forces and members of an affiliated militia group torched most of the homes in a village in the central Magway region, another display of the regime’s reliance on arson in its fight to hold onto power 18 months after removing the democratically elected government in a coup

Clashes Between Junta Forces and Arakan...

Renewed fighting between Myanmar regime forces and the Arakan Army has intensified in Rakhine and Chin states with at least 10 clashes since July 18, following the dissolution of a fragile cease-fire that had held for a year and a half, residents of the western states told RFA

Kachin State Kills At Least 15...

At least 15 civilians died during fierce fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and junta forces in Hpakant township, in Myanmar’s northernmost Kachin state

IDPs in Kayin Are Now Being...

The number of persons displaced in Myanmar has risen to nearly a million as a result of airstrikes and indiscriminate bombardment. As conflicts between Myanmar’s army and opposition forces get closer to civilian targets, civilians who have just abandoned their homes in Kayin state speak out about the dangers of returning to work in their fields ahead of the new growing season

Mass Protests in Thailand Against Military...

With mass protests taking place in Myanmar against the coup, migrant workers in neighboring Thailand are also voicing their outrage over the military takeover back home

Myanmar Protests For Democracy

People across Myanmar continued protesting a military coup and called for the release of the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.  This, despite an increased show of force by military and police

Myanmar Forces Raid Ruling Party Headquarters,...

Myanmar security forces raided the headquarters of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party on Tuesday, a party official said, as nationwide demonstrations against the military takeover turned bloody when police fired on a large crowd in the capital, wounding two protesters. In a nighttime raid as anti-coup protests in Myanmar’s major cities …

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