Military column torches a village in Rathedaung Township
06 Jul 2019
A military column under No.22 Brigade set fire to houses in Amyet Taung village in Rathedaung Township on the afternoon of 5 July at about 2 p.m., according to locals.
06 Jul 2019
A military column under No.22 Brigade set fire to houses in Amyet Taung village in Rathedaung Township on the afternoon of 5 July at about 2 p.m., according to locals.
05 Jul 2019
The Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp at the bank of Lay Myo River in Mrauk-U Township is inundated with rain and river water, more than 400 houses are in dire need of immediate evacuation,
05 Jul 2019
The AA’s Commander-in-Chief Maj-Gen Twan Mrat Naing, deputy chief Big-Gen Nyo Twan Aung, Colonel Kyaw Han, Information officer Khiang Thukha and San Shwe Maung have been charged by Sittwe District court under the Counter-Terrorism law.
04 Jul 2019
Artillery shells that landed in a village during the skirmish between the Tatmadaw and the AA on 30 June near Minthartaung village in Kyauktaw Township, made villagers anxious about their safety.
04 Jul 2019
Some contestants for the beauty pageant were coming from conflict affected areas, so their journey could be problematic, consequently, the organizer of the Miss Universe Sittwe 2019 decided to call off the event,
04 Jul 2019
“The Tatmadaw bears the main responsibility for security and protection, and we work on governing. So, it is hard for us to instruct the Tatmadaw how to handle certain situations.
04 Jul 2019
A guest-house opened on the Yangon-Mandalay highway on 2 July. Travelers can stay overnight for free if they get tired from traveling long distances.
03 Jul 2019
Arakan State has the second lowest number of reported rape cases among all states and regions, the Rakhine Women’s Committee said on Myanmar Women’s Day, which fell on July 3.
03 Jul 2019
“It is meaningless that people were killed just because they were suspects and they were not protected by the rule of law. The ANP cannot accept such incidents.
03 Jul 2019
“It was a terrible case. Villagers were arrested and tortured. Ko Zaw Win Hlaing died from injuries he received while soldiers beat him senseless during his interrogation. Such situations should just not happen, so we denounce that incident,”
03 Jul 2019
As hostilities between the Tatmadaw and the AA keep mounting clashes continue in northern Arakan State. Recently, both sides received heavy causalities during a battle, the AA said.
03 Jul 2019
In the case of 13 people from Chin Let Wa village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, who have been charged under section 17 (1) and (2) of the Unlawful Association Act, four prosecution witnesses have been questioned
02 Jul 2019
Since a Tatmadaw troop fired guns at farmers heading to their farmland in Htate Wa Pyin and Yote Chaung villages in Mrauk-U Township, local farmers are finding it difficult to grow paddy according to villagers.
02 Jul 2019
Torrential rainfall in Arakan State has produced floods in one hundred houses in Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp in Mrauk-U Township, according to relief workers.
02 Jul 2019
Local residents from Kan Pyin village who returned from IDP camps in the Buthidaung downtown area to work on their village farmland have been detained for interrogation on 2 July by the Tatmadaw, said Amyotha Hluttaw MP for Buthidaung Township.
02 Jul 2019
Nearly 300 acres of farmland in Pabechaung village in Kyauktaw Township cannot be cultivated to grow paddy because No.539 Light Infantry Regiment, which has been positioned near the village, prohibited farmers to do cultivation, a villager said.
01 Jul 2019
The report titled “Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone and Local People’s Future” focused on 12 points and includes the responses of political parties, CSOs, elderly people from communities, farmers, women and fishermen.
01 Jul 2019
The ongoing armed conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA that started since early December now occur near Yangon-Sittwe road, many public buses running between Sittwe, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U are being affected by the skirmishes.
01 Jul 2019
Due to the growing number IDPs in northern Arakan State resulting from intensified clashes between the AA and the Tatmadaw the requirements for additional food supplies has increased in IDP camps.
01 Jul 2019
A local resident from Pauk Taw Pyin village in Mrauk-U Township, who had been detained and interrogated by the Tatmadaw under the suspicion of being a member of the AA, died on the evening of July 1 while he has been in intensive care at Sittwe hospital.