Villagers from three villages flee from non-stop artillery shooting
20 Apr 2019
“We came here around 4 p.m yesterday. We were afraid of the barrage of artillery fire. We ran to any direction could we see. We met one another at Zedidaung village.”
20 Apr 2019
“We came here around 4 p.m yesterday. We were afraid of the barrage of artillery fire. We ran to any direction could we see. We met one another at Zedidaung village.”
19 Apr 2019
“People are fleeing. They shoot weapons at night and launch shooting sprees on a daily basis, they are shooting now,” a woman from Baungdwet village said.
16 Apr 2019
“The village is located between No.377 and 378 Light Infantries. The shots were fired by the No. 378 Light Infantry adjacent to the village,” the villager said.
12 Apr 2019
“They entered and searched through our village. And they got a list of people from a house. It is the list of the village sentry that includes 35 people. They said that it was the list of the AA troops and they found 19 people with the same name on the list,” he said.
12 Apr 2019
“Since we are seeking to list Mrauk-U as a world heritage site, artillery shells and bullets should not hit in the precinct of the ancient city,” said U Tun Tha Sein, Rakhine State Hluttaw representative for Mrauk-U Township.
12 Apr 2019
“While they were hiding in a monastery, bullets hit the roof. A bullet hit the mother first and then hit the daughter,” one of the residents from Mrauk-U said.
12 Apr 2019
"My brother and his friend were on a motorcycle when they were hit by a vehicle from the Engineering Company. The driver of the vehicle was trying to overtake another car on the road," said U Aung Than Win, elder brother of Maung Win Htay.
10 Apr 2019
“We can be called the Arakan Army in English, but it can be called Arakan Tat Taw, omitting the Myanmar phrase “ma” from the previous name,” the AA’s chief said.
09 Apr 2019
A soldier who was charged with attempted rape of a village woman in Buthidaung Township on Sunday afternoon has been put on trial, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief announced.
09 Apr 2019
The ongoing conflict in Rakhine State is an important issue for both Rakhine State and the Union, said Amyotha Hluttaw deputy speaker U Aye Tha Aung, chairperson of the Supporting Committee...
08 Apr 2019
“We cannot perform plays in the northern part of Rakhine State because of battles and the curfew order. We have to avoid volatile locations. So, performing our vocation has become problematic. Furthermore, no one is willing to encourage us to entertain,”
08 Apr 2019
A soldier from the Tatmadaw tried to rape a mother of a 5 year-old-son while she was in a vegetable plantation near her village in Buthidaung Township on April 7.
07 Apr 2019
A man’s body tied to a rock was discovered at a river bank in Minbya Township on Sunday morning, according to local residents.
07 Apr 2019
A villager from Si Taung said that they want go home because of insufficient accommodations, food, water, education, health and safety in the area they are taking shelter at.
06 Apr 2019
On April 6, one charity group was stopped by local police in Sittwe because they collected funds without permission.
06 Apr 2019
A youth charity group that is collecting funds and donations for war refugees in a market in Sittwe was stopped by local police this morning.
05 Apr 2019
“First they dropped three bombs and three other bombs were dropped at another target. Then they came back and dropped three bombs again. There was a total of three bombing raids. Everybody ran down into the creek ......
05 Apr 2019
The State education office has circulated the instructions to district and township education offices to convey the state cabinet’s directives to all basic education schools.
05 Apr 2019
According to the orders of the Rakhine State government, local residents are told not to go outside between 9 p.m and 5 a.m as of April 2 in the five townships.
04 Apr 2019
Unfortunately, the commission’s investigation process has been impeded by the ongoing battles so the commission cannot make a complete appraisal of damages resulting from attacks, U Tun Aung Kyaw told the DMG.