Gwa residents say township now littered with junta landmines
02 Jul 2024
“Officials from the township GAD warned locals about the risks of landmines on June 30. No one dares go to the forest,” said a local man in Kyeintalin Town.
02 Jul 2024
“Officials from the township GAD warned locals about the risks of landmines on June 30. No one dares go to the forest,” said a local man in Kyeintalin Town.
02 Jul 2024
A junta artillery attack on Kyaukme killed three civilians on July 1. A regime shelling on Sanpheit Ward in Hsipaw injured five locals the same day, the TNLA statement added.
02 Jul 2024
Junta soldiers deployed on the campus of Taungup University in Arakan State’s Taungup Town broke into the apartment of the university rector and stole valuables, sources told DMG.
02 Jul 2024
The junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) on Monday rejected the registration of the Arakan National Party (ANP) for allegedly violating the Political Parties Registration Law.
01 Jul 2024
Family members have expressed concerns for the safety of Thandwe Prison inmates in Arakan State’s Thandwe as fighting has intensified in the township and closed in on the town.
01 Jul 2024
“We ask residents not to return to the town and villages near the town until we issue further notice regarding their return,” said Matupi CDF Brigade 1.
01 Jul 2024
“Some pharmacies are still open, but we can’t buy the medicines we need. People who remain in the town can barely get any healthcare services,” said a Taungup resident.
01 Jul 2024
A junta jet fighter on Sunday night dropped a 500-lb bomb on Ward-1 in Kyaukme, destroying a hotel, a Buddhist monastery and about 20 homes.
01 Jul 2024
Thousands of people from Thandwe Township who have fled the war are taking refuge in Gwa Township, and locals fear the military-AA hostilities will spread.
01 Jul 2024
Most of the civilian casualties were reported in Thandwe Township, with 24 fatalities recorded, according to data compiled by DMG from June 1-30.
29 Jun 2024
Since the 2021 coup, most of them were killed by airstrikes, followed by shootings. Seventeen were killed in airstrikes and 12 were gunned down, according to the AAPP.
29 Jun 2024
The farmers said that only about 30 percent of the farmland in these areas has been planted with monsoon paddy due to the threat of junta shellings, airstrikes, and landmines.
29 Jun 2024
Thousands of people displaced by the fighting in Thandwe are taking shelter at 16 displacement camps. The majority of them are women, elderly people and children.
29 Jun 2024
Shwe Kyaung Pyin Village is located near Thandwe Town, and the junta air assault destroyed a monastery and some homes in the village, said a resident of Thandwe.
29 Jun 2024
Hundreds of traders found themselves stuck 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.
29 Jun 2024
The case in Argentina is the first universal jurisdiction case anywhere in the world concerning the Rohingya genocide, according to the statement.
28 Jun 2024
One social activist from Arakan State said: “Only Gwa and Manaung are under the full control of the military council in Arakan State. How can it conduct a population census?”
28 Jun 2024
"In recent months, the Myanmar military junta's war of terror against Myanmar people and its fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) have resulted in horrendous human rights violations and international crimes in Rakhine [Arakan] State," said the open letter.
28 Jun 2024
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended its humanitarian operations in the Arakan State townships of Rathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungdaw, the organisation said in a statement on June 27.
28 Jun 2024
The military regime’s sentence of five years’ imprisonment for the two DMG employees not only suppresses the media, but also infringes on freedom of the press, the right of journalists to be safe and secure, and the right of the people to know the truth.