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Tag: Myanmar Military Coup

November 20, 2023

Ongoing Conflict in Northern Myanmar Kills...

Residents in northeastern Myanmar are facing both a humanitarian crisis and intense conflict, people living in the area told Radio Free Asia. On Sunday night, airstrikes by junta forces killed two people, including a child, in Shan state.  

November 17, 2023

Myanmar Junta Attacks by Air,River During...

The latest clash in western Myanmar between the Arakan Army and junta troops drove 20,000 people from their homes, residents told Radio Free Asia. After the ethnic armed group seized a police station in Rakhine state Thursday morning, junta forces retaliated with airstrikes. 

November 16, 2023

Myanmar’s Kunta Ambushes Rakhine Village at...

Four children were also injured in the surprise attack. By RFA Burmese Shrapnel from a shell explosion killed three villagers and injured several others in western Myanmar on Tuesday night, residents told Radio Free Asia. Four children were among the eight injured in Rakhine state as attacks escalate.  No fighting preceded the attack, locals said. …

November 2, 2023

Ethnic Armed Alliance Captures 3 Cities...

Allied ethnic armed groups captured three cities in northeastern Myanmar in a six-day battle, a representative of one of the groups told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. 

November 1, 2023

Military Shifts Strategy in Myanmar’s Far...

Myanmar’s military is shifting its strategy in the country’s southern Tanintharyi region, where it is battling dozens of ethnic armies and armed resistance groups, to lean on local fighters and isolate its opposition, according to residents and local defense forces.

October 30, 2023

Junta Fires at Myanmar Monastery, Killing...

Junta artillery shelling killed five civilians, including three children, in central Myanmar, according to residents. 

October 26, 2023

Myanmar’s Junta Removes 4 Minors From...

Myanmar’s junta issued prison sentences to 20 people, including four minors, residents told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. Most of the accused were sentenced under acts of terrorism in northern Myanmar.

October 25, 2023

Myanmar Victims File War Crimes Complaint...

Five Myanmar nationals on Wednesday asked the Philippines’ Department of Justice to open a war crimes investigation into 10 members of the Burmese junta for a range of alleged atrocities, including the killing of civilians, mutilation of bodies and torching hundreds of homes and churches.

October 23, 2023

Junta Sentences 7 Men to Death...

Myanmar’s military regime sentenced seven men in Ayeyarwady region to death, Pyapon township residents told Radio Free Asia over the weekend. Pyapon District Court issued the sentences on Friday, ordering another seven men to spend up to 55 years in prison in the country’s southern delta.

October 19, 2023

Myanmar activists sentenced to decades in...

Two activists were sentenced to heavy prison terms after participating in anti-regime activities, sources close to the families told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. 

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