Japan reporter freed from Myanmar says inmates were abused (ငရဲခန်း စစ်ကြောရေး နဲ့ အင်းစိန်ထောင် ထဲက အခြေအနေ)
A Japanese journalist who was freed from a Myanmar prison said Friday that military and police interrogators repeatedly asked him about his friends, clients and made-up allegations. Yuki Kitazumi, a freelance journalist and a former reporter for Japan’s Nikkei business news, also said other inmates told him about abuses they suffered at the hands of […]
Recognize Myanmar unity gov’t before it’s ‘too late’, nations urged (NUG အား အသိအမှတ် ပြုရန် နှောင့်နှေးလေ ပြည်တွင်းစစ် ပိုကြီးမားနိုင်လေဟုဒေါက်တာ ဆာဆာ သတိပေး )
Myanmar’s pro-democracy unity government stressed the need for Southeast Asian leaders and the international community to immediately officially recognize it as the “sole legitimate” representative of the people of Myanmar, warning that delays in doing so could lead to a civil war and make way for “more atrocities.” “We are saying to our Asean (Association […]
Myanmar Political Prisoners Harshly Interrogated: Freed Japanese Journalist (ဂျပန်သတင်းထောက် တိုကျိုပြန်ရောက်၊ မြန်မာပြည်ကသတင်းစကား ကမ္ဘာကို ဖြန့်မည်)
A Japanese freelance journalist who spent nearly four weeks in a Myanmar prison before returning to Japan on Friday said the prison where he was being kept held many political prisoners who had been subjected to harsh interrogations. Yuki Kitazumi said in an online interview from a hotel outside Tokyo on Saturday night that he […]
Myanmar anti-coup fighters retreat from town as U.S. makes appeal (တောင်ပေါ်မြို့မင်းတပ်အခြေအနေ)
Fighters of a local militia opposed to Myanmar’s junta have pulled back from the northwestern town of Mindat after days of assault by combat troops backed by artillery, a member of the group said on Sunday. The United States and Britain called on the army to avoid civilian casualties and a shadow National Unity Government […]
Myanmar army battles anti-coup rebels in northwest town (မင်းတပ်မြို့တွင် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်များနှင့် တိုက်ပွဲပြင်းထန်လျက်ရှိ)
Myanmar’s army battled local militia fighters in the northwestern town of Mindat on Saturday, residents said, to try to quell a rebellion that has sprung up to oppose the junta which seized power in the Southeast Asian country in February. The fighting in Mindat, Chin state, underlines the growing chaos in Myanmar as the junta […]
Resistance fighters forced to retreat again as regime soldiers overrun Sagaing village (ချောင်းဦးမြို့နယ်တွင် စစ်တပ်က အကြမ်းဖက်စီးနင်း၍ ရွာလုံးကျွတ် ထွက်ပြေးရ)
No fatalities have been reported but there were several injuries on either side and one resistance fighter was arrestedMyanmar military soldiers have overrun a village in Sagaing Region where resistance fighters were taking shelter after their stronghold in the nearby town of Chaung-U was crushed earlier this month. The fighters were forced to once again […]
Myanmar beauty queen takes up arms against junta (လက်နက်စွဲကိုင်တော်လှန်မယ့် အလှမယ် ထားထက်ထက်)
YANGON (AFP) – A former Myanmar beauty queen has joined ethnic rebels to take up arms against the country’s military junta, posting photos of herself with an assault rifle.Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the military seized power on Feb 1, ousting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Ms Htar Htet […]
Myanmar marks 100 days of junta rule with protests, strikes (စစ်အာဏာသိမ်းမှု ရက်၁၀၀ မြောက်နေ့)
Protesters rallied in towns and cities around Myanmar on Tuesday to denounce its military rulers, 100 days after the generals’ overthrow of an elected government pitched the country into its biggest crisis in decades. Demonstrators took part in marches, motorcycle convoys and flash protests to evade security forces, some making three-finger gestures of defiance as […]
Nearly 200 Myanmar Troops Killed in Clashes With Karen Forces (စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်မှ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီးအဆင့်အပါအဝင် ၂၀၀ နီးပါး သေဆုံးခဲ့ဟု KNU ပြော)
Nearly 200 Myanmar military troops, including a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, were killed in clashes between the regime’s troops and the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Karen State. Military tension has risen in Hpapun area, Shwe Kyin and Thaton Districts, in Karen and Bago regions after the military wing of […]
Children of the junta: the relatives of Myanmar’s military regime living in Australia ( ဩစတေးလျတွင် အာဏာသိမ်းစစ်တပ်နှင့် ဆွေမျိုးတော်စပ်သူများ နေထိုင်ခွင့် တင်းကျပ် )
Relatives of military-linked officials are being targeted by anti-coup campaigners in Australia – even if they oppose the junta themselves Bryan Tun has messaged his father only once since February, when a brutal coup swept the military to power in Myanmar, resulting in more than 700 civilian deaths. “Hey Dad,” he wrote to his father, […]