NLD campaign signboard destroyed in Maei town
12 Sep 2020
A National League for Democracy (NLD) election campaign signboard near a local market in Maei town, Taungup Township, was destroyed over the weekend.
12 Sep 2020
A National League for Democracy (NLD) election campaign signboard near a local market in Maei town, Taungup Township, was destroyed over the weekend.
12 Sep 2020
A female student from Sittwe University of Distance Education who sustained a shrapnel wound to her head when an artillery shell struck Nyaungkan village in Myebon Township will likely receive treatment in Yangon, according to family members of the victim.
11 Sep 2020
Arakan State-based political parties are calling on the government to restore full internet access during the election campaign period as the early days of canvassing have been marked by technological and public health-related hurdles.
11 Sep 2020
Two more men have been arrested in connection with the death of a police constable in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, who went missing along with a colleague on September 5.
11 Sep 2020
A police officer was hospitalised after being shot at a restaurant near Rar Maung Hall in Minbya Township, Arakan State, on September 10, a police official told DMG.
11 Sep 2020
A student who participated in a protest in Mandalay opposing human rights violations in Arakan State has been arrested, according to an official from the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU).
11 Sep 2020
The Tatmadaw has taken back into its custody a rice mill owner from Sabarhtar village in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, who had been transferred to a police station in Sittwe, according to family members.
11 Sep 2020
A 6-year-old boy from Aungzigone village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township was wounded by an artillery shell believed to have been fired by the Tatmadaw on September 11, according to locals.
10 Sep 2020
Activists in Mandalay led by the All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) staged a protest on September 10 against human rights violations in Arakan State.
10 Sep 2020
The killing of a schoolteacher and two children this week in Arakan State’s Myebon Township has been condemned by a teachers’ union and the international advocacy group Save the Children.
09 Sep 2020
The United Nations has expressed its concern over the mass displacement of civilians from two villages in Kyauktaw Township that went up in flames amid recent fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA).
09 Sep 2020
Three members of the Arakan Students’ Union who staged a protest in front of the Arakan State government offices in Sittwe were arrested on September 9.The arrestees have been identified as Ko Toe Toe Aung, chair of the Sittwe Students’ Union; Ko Kyaw Naing Htay, the information in-charge of the Arakan Students’ Union; and Ko Oo Than Naing, the information in-charge of Sittwe University of Computer Studies.
08 Sep 2020
Cargo trucks plying routes from the Arakan State capital Sittwe to lowland areas will have to temporarily halt operations as of September 9 due to COVID-19, according to highway express drivers.
08 Sep 2020
A murder case has been opened against the owner of a shrimp pond in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, after a police officer was found dead near its waters on September 7.
08 Sep 2020
At least four people including two children were killed and 10 others were injured when artillery shells allegedly fired by the military struck Nyaungkan village in Arakan State’s Myebon Township on September 8, according to locals.
07 Sep 2020
Candidates who have registered to contest the November 8 general election in Arakan State have criticised a Union Election Commission (UEC) decision to wait until sometime next month to announce any constituencies that will not hold the vote.
07 Sep 2020
Three people who recently tested positive for COVID-19 in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, have yet to check in at the township’s main hospital, said Dr. Than Tun Oo, superintendent of the hospital.
07 Sep 2020
The All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU) issued a statement on September 6 denouncing Tatmadaw militancy in Arakan State amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
07 Sep 2020
The Khumi Affairs Coordination Council (KACC) has called on the military and the Arakan Army to end their hostilities in Paletwa Township, Chin State, to allow for the holding of the 2020 general election there.
07 Sep 2020
One of two missing border guard police from Thayet Oak outpost in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, was found dead on Monday morning.