Myanmar army detains three Kyaukphyu villagers
15 Aug 2020
Three residents of Kat Thabyay village in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township were taken from their homes and arrested by military personnel on August 14, according to family members.
15 Aug 2020
Three residents of Kat Thabyay village in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township were taken from their homes and arrested by military personnel on August 14, according to family members.
14 Aug 2020
The number of voters with disabilities in Arakan State for the 2020 general election stands at about 30,600, according to figures provided by the Arakan State election subcommission.
14 Aug 2020
The number of applicants in Arakan State for a second round of low-interest government loans to businesses affected by COVID-19 has risen nearly sixfold compared with the first batch of applicants, according to the Arakan State Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
14 Aug 2020
The conflict in northern Arakan State has delayed the delivery of medicines as fighting has sometimes played out along transport routes, according to pharmaceutical distributors.
14 Aug 2020
A total of 443 Myanmar civil society organisations issued a statement on August 13 objecting to a recent Union Election Commission decision to bar the People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE) from monitoring the country’s upcoming general election.
14 Aug 2020
Four men from Kyauktalone village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township were taken from their homes by the military on August 14, according to family members of the detainees.
13 Aug 2020
Four men including the vice chair of the Arakan National Party (ANP) in Taungup Township, who have been charged under Myanmar’s Counter-Terrorism Law, appeared in court on August 12 for a hearing at which the plaintiff, Police Major Zaw Myint Tun, was questioned.
13 Aug 2020
A total of 386 candidates have registered to run in Arakan State constituencies for the November general election, and 42 of them are independents, according to figures released by the state election subcommission on August 10.
13 Aug 2020
Six ethnic armed groups invited to attend the 4th Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong to be convened on August 19 in Nay Pyi Taw will not be making the trip to the nation’s capital, the Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee said on August 13.
13 Aug 2020
The head of Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Myoma police station, Police Captain Tun Naing Oo, was gunned down in front of the station on the evening of August 12, according to residents.
13 Aug 2020
Family members of a missing man from Tawpanzin village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, have expressed concern as they have yet to receive word on his status more than four days after he was reportedly detained by the military.
12 Aug 2020
A total of 20 female candidates from Arakan State will run for parliamentary seats in the 2020 general election as advocates of women’s inclusion push for greater representation in Myanmar’s legislative bodies.
12 Aug 2020
Five people including the chairperson of the local Arakan National Party (ANP) chapter in Sar Pyin village, Taungup Township, who had been charged under Myanmar’s Counter-Terrorism Law were released by the Taungup Township Court on August 12, their lawyer said.
12 Aug 2020
Candidates from the main opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) are slated to contest every constituency in conflict-plagued Arakan State for the 2020 general election, according to the candidate lineup unveiled by the USDP on August 12.
12 Aug 2020
A woman from Khapaw village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township was wounded by an artillery shell believed to have been fired by the military on August 11, according to family members of the victim.
11 Aug 2020
Riverbank erosion due to heavy seasonal rains and strong currents destroyed three houses recently in Thae Khone village, Pauktaw Township, according to residents.
11 Aug 2020
Outbreaks of influenza, diarrhoea and other illnesses have been reported at some camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State as the rainy season takes its toll on those uprooted by conflict.
11 Aug 2020
Sixty-eight out of 2,596 polling stations scheduled to be set up in Arakan State for the upcoming 2020 general election will be arranged for security personnel and their families, according to the Arakan State election subcommission.
11 Aug 2020
A resident of Pazun Phay village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township has died in military custody, according to family members of the man.
10 Aug 2020
Six candidates have registered to run for Yangon Region’s Arakanese ethnic affairs minister post in the 2020 general election, according to an official from the Yangon Region election subcommission.