Seventeen journalists remained behind bars in Myanmar as of the end of June 2026, despite the release of one media worker during the second quarter of the year, according to a new report released by the freedom of expression organization Athan.

More than 500,000 people have been displaced by military conflicts in Arakan State, with women accounting for 57 percent of the displaced population and facing major challenges related to health, hygiene and personal security.

Drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, the article reconstructs the events surrounding one of the deadliest alleged atrocities committed against civilians during the conflict in Arakan.

The United League of Arakan (ULA) and local residents are expanding social harmony initiatives in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships, areas controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State.

A nine-month pregnant woman was physically assaulted during an attempted rape in Paukpinkwin Village, Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State.

Women's participation remains low in the administrative system of the United League of Arakan (ULA), which controls most of Arakan State, according to the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

Clashes remain intense between opposing forces in Yekyi and Thabaung townships of Ayeyarwady Region as the military junta continues large-scale offensives, according to military sources.

Basic education enrollment is declining significantly in areas controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State, according to a report published this month by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) titled “ULA/AA’s Governance and Beyond-Control Challenges.”

A junta column of around 200 troops advancing toward the Nat Yay Kan tactical base, the military's last remaining stronghold along the Ann-Padan Road, retreated with heavy casualties after being intercepted by the Arakan Army, according to a ground military source.

A diarrhoea outbreak is spreading across Sittwe and nearby villages in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, with deaths reported among affected residents, according to local sources.

Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across several villages in the Panmyaunggyi Creek area of Anjanapura Township, an area controlled by the Arakan Army, according to local residents.

A 17-year-old girl from Ramree Town, Arakan State, was beaten, robbed and raped in Taungup Township, with the alleged perpetrator currently in the custody of the Department of Law Enforcement and Public Security (DLEPS).

Nearly 100 displaced persons at the Kanhtaunggyi displacement camp in Myebon Township, Arakan State, are facing severe livelihood hardships due to a lack of humanitarian aid and support, according to local sources.

Cholera and diarrhoea cases continue to surge across Yangon Region, resulting in at least one death and more than 260 infections, according to statements released by the military junta's Yangon Region government.

Captain Zin Yaw, a military defector, assessed that the military junta might grant concessions to the demands of the ethnic armed organizations it meets with, subsequently leveraging those agreements to exert pressure on other ethnic armed forces and revolutionary groups.

Heavy clashes have broken out between the military junta and the Arakan Army near the Taung Maw Oo naval station in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, with both sides exchanging heavy artillery fire, according to military sources.

At least 65 civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured in military junta airstrikes across Arakan State and Paletwa Township in Chin State over the past two weeks, according to data compiled by DMG.

The military junta is launching heavy offensives using various tactics and methods in an attempt to penetrate Arakan State, which is controlled by the Arakan Army, according to a statement released by the ethnic Arakanese armed group on August 14.

Digital repression persisted from May to July across areas controlled by the military junta, revolutionary forces and ethnic armed organizations throughout Myanmar, according to a report by the Myanmar Internet Project (MIP).