The Arakan Army is present around the village and the Burma Army has warned villagers to leave but has not waited for them to leave before firing. The Burma Army has also shut down the internet in Paletwah Town
Today, Miletwah Village civilians fled to Paletwah Town, Chin State, after a Burma Army LIB 289 artillery barrage. On Feb. 16 the Burma Army fired artillery around Miletwah that injured a 50-year-old man
1 year agoKaren human-rights activist, Naw Ohn Hla, has been arrested & charged for protesting land lost by villagers from Shwe Mya Sandi Housing Project. Local authorities declared the housing project as unofficial. @karenwomenorg is calling for her immediate release
An artillery shell struck a home and killed 3 members of a family and injured 2 in Yay Chan Pyin Village, Buthidaung Township, on Feb. 12
An artillery strike hit a school, injuring 21 students, on Feb. 13th in Kha Mwe Chaung Village, Buthidaung Township
Facebook removed CIB RU network targeting Ukraine with links to RU military intelligence service. Writing about public figures in Ukraine, ethnic tensions in Crimea, MH17
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 103km NNW of Pathein, Burma
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 105km WSW of Chauk, Burma
A teacher was hit by a stray bullet in Panetaw Kontan village Rathedaung township on Feb. 3. In early Dec. 2019 AA and Burma Army supported by air power battled 5km east around Pry Khaung village
1 year agoMyanmar Rohingya mass graves GPS locations, to be offered by Arakan Army, a largely Buddhist Rakhine armed ethnic organization, AA accuses the gov military for re-igniting communal strife by spreading FakeNews of rape-murder of (Rohingyas) by AA.
US official confirms travelban being extended to nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgzstan, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania
Myanmar (Burma) today sent a plane back to China with most passengers still on board - including French and US citizens - after one man suspected of contracting the coronavirus was taken to hospital
On Jan. 28 approximately 160 Burma Army soldiers from LIB 301 and other units together under LID 88 battled TNLA soldiers near Maw Sang in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State.
2 women killed and 7 wounded by artillery rounds fired into Kin Daung village, Buthidaung township, on Jan. 25. Neither the nearby Burma Army LIB 551 or Arakan Army have claimed responsibility
IDP camp destroyed by Burma Army LID 66, forcing displaced villagers into further displacement from Sanyin village, Myebon Township, on Jan. 27
1 year agoFront page news in Myanmar: no genocide in Rakhine
1 year agoSummary of the ICJ Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures made by The Gambia in the case of Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (TheGambia v. Myanmar)
The United Nation's highest court orders Myanmar to "take all measures within its power" to prevent genocide against the Rohingya minority
UN Court says there is a real and urgent risk and there needs to be preventative measures against Myanmar
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 59km ENE of Akyab, Burma
546 IDPs fled to Enai village in Lashio township after artillery was fired around them from Namtu township direction, followed by gunfire nearby their Lashio villages. CSOs are present, but supplies are short
On Jan. 22 Burma Army soldiers issued a shoot-on-sight order to villagers near a new army outpost being constructed north of Tingkawk Village in Danai Township, Kachin State
Trump administration plans to add seven countries to travel ban list - Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania: WSJ
1 year agoButhidaung-based Myanmar military battalions have been firing indiscriminately mostly every night. On Monday morning at 4am a 7-year-old Rohingya girl from SinThayPyin hamlet was hit by bullet
Four bodies were recovered on 15-16 Jan around May Lwan village, Minbya Tshp, shot to death. The people went missing after a Burma Army and Arakan Army battle days prior
On 19 Jan. landmines injured 8 people (including 3 children) in Shwe Kyan, Minbya Tshp & 1 person in Buddaw, Ponnagyun Township
1 year agoPhoto from Myanmar Air Force MiG 29 escorting President of China Xi Jinping
1 year ago[email protected] appears to have disabled translation from Burmese to English, after it was found to be calling the Chinese president "Mr Shithole" during his trip to Myanmar
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Naypyitaw on the 17th for a two day visit
1 year agoBurma Army and Karen Border Guard Forces (BGF) withdrew from the New Mon State Party (NMSP) Mon Hinthar Dine checkpoint on Jan. 13, which the Burma Army occupied on Nov. 27.
