Maung Pyone Cho, 17, of Linthar Ward in Ngapali Town, was hit by shrapnel while he was fishing near the shore at around 7 a.m. on July 10.

Junta soldiers abducted U Khin Maung, a 40-year-old mobile phone shop owner, and Daw Khin Sandar Aye, 45, owner of a cosmetics store, from their homes on July 7.

Casualties were inflicted by airstrikes, shellings, arbitrary arrests and killings, torture in prison, rape and landmine encounters, said the report. Fourteen of the victims killed were under the age of 18, it said.

An artillery shell fired by junta troops stationed on a hilltop camp fell and exploded in Nyaungpin bazaar in Thandwe Township on Tuesday, wounding a local man and woman.

The MNDAA is not only holding talks with the shadow National Unity Government (NUG) but also expanding its territory beyond Kokang, said junta spokesman Major-General Zaw Min Tun.

The four boats carrying foodstuffs were seized by a Myanmar Navy ship near Manaung Township on June 25 while returning from Ayeyarwady Region.

“This is continuing amid a lack of international action to cut off the junta’s jet fuel supply chain. The US has the power to act to disrupt the junta’s access to jet fuel,” Justice For Myanmar spokesperson Ma Yadanar Maung said.

Hundreds of traders from Arakan State found themselves stranded on the road with goods in tow after the CYLA blockaded the route used to import goods from Lawngtlai to Arakan State through Paletwa Township as of June 24.

The IDPs are living in temporary tents near the forest, and the IDP children are suffering from skin diseases due to the conditions they are living in.

The idea of designating the Chinese New Year as a public holiday in Myanmar was initially discussed during a meeting between junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai last year.

The number of clashes increased as the Arakkha Army (AA) is currently battling for control of Maungdaw, Thandwe, Ann and Taungup townships in Arakan State.

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has seized three junta camps in Momeik Township, northern Shan State, the ethnic armed group said in a statement on July 8.

Around 400 Sittwe residents remain detained and some of them have been charged by the regime. According to family members, some of those who remain detained do not know what they are being charged for, and have not been able to contact them.

“Many farmers can’t afford agricultural materials as their prices have surged. Many farmers are growing fewer acres this year,” said farmer U Aung Thein Tun from Ponnagyun Township.

Observers say junta troops deployed in Thandwe Town intend to use the remaining civilians as human shields as the AA is poised to attack the town.

A resident of Kyeintali Town lost one of his legs from the knee down after stepping on a landmine while foraging for vegetables on Sunday, the latest in a growing number of landmine-related casualties in Arakan State’s Gwa Township.

Clashes between the AA and military were reported in May and June on a daily basis and the fighting was at its heaviest during the first week of July, the AA said.

Two people were killed and four others were injured after an artillery shell fired by the military landed and exploded in Ballone Village, part of Mogok Township in Mandalay Region, on July 7.

“He left his home early to cut down firewood. He stepped on a landmine on a mountain range at around 8 a.m. on July 7. He lost his left leg and bled to death,” said a local resident.