Eight human rights groups have called on the international community to take action on behalf of victims of torture by the Myanmar military, using the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26 to do so.

As more and more cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Arakan State, parents are worried about their children’s health, according to students’ parents.

A police lieutenant from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force in Maungdaw and three family members of a schoolteacher in Thandwe who earlier tested positive for Covid-19 were among six new cases of the virus reported in the two Arakan State townships on June 25-26.

Ko Kyaw Than Hlaing, a former chairperson of the Arakan Social Association-Japan (ASAJ), was arrested at Yangon International Airport on Friday upon returning to Myanmar from Japan, according to family members.

Four Arakanese students who were charged under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 29 of the Disaster Management Law for staging an anti-war protest last year again appeared before the Sittwe Township Court on June 25.

A sailing competition that could not be held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic is back again this year in Arakan State’s Manaung Township. The sailing competition had been held annually in Manaung for a decade prior to last year’s interruption. 

The Sittwe Township Court again heard the case of former Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, who has been charged with incitement, on June 25 via video conferencing system.

Displaced residents of Tinma village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township have made an agreement with the military council to return home in October, villagers said.

Buds of nipa palm grown along the coast of Arakan State are dried and produced as an herbal tea that some purveyors say has numerous health benefits.

Six cases of Covid-19 were reported in Sittwe, Taungup and Maungdaw townships on June 23, according to the Arakan State Department of Public Health. 

The Shwe Karuna Foundation, which provides free medical treatment to cataract and kidney patients in Arakan State, is facing financial difficulties, according to foundation officials.

Some children from camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State are suffering from skin rashes, redness and dengue fever, as well as nausea, fevers, and diarrhoea, according to civil society groups and IDP camp officials.

A woman from an area 4 miles from Maungdaw town tested positive for Covid-19 on June 24, according to the Maungdaw District Hospital.  

Some wards in Ramree town have been inundated by up to two feet of water after days of steady rains in Arakan State, residents said. 

Arakanese civil society organisations have urged authorities to close border trade gates as the number of Covid-19 cases in Arakan State is increasing. 

The Arakan Liberation Army (ALA) said Thursday that it was not its fault that a man was shot dead in Sittwe recently. 

The Sanyin camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Myebon Township, which was damaged by recent strong winds and heavy rain, is being rebuilt with the help of local and foreign donors, according to a camp official. 

The Daung Chaung village-tract administrator’s office in Gwa Township, Arakan State, was set on fire earlier this week, according to a clerk from the office.

Home goods and an array of other items made of coconut shells are products in search of new markets, the makers in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township have lamented.