At least 40 ferryboat helmsmen and residents detained by Myanmar’s military at BXT Port in the Arakan State capital Sittwe have reportedly been charged by the regime, family members said.

More than 80 percent of airstrikes by the regime since the coup have targeted civilian villages across the country, according to a report released today by the BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.

“An IDP woman died half an hour after giving birth to her twins. She died because it was not convenient for her to go to the hospital,” said an IDP woman

Fighting has intensified since the Arakan Army (AA) launched an attack on a junta tactical command base in Samee town, Chin State, on December 14.

Pregnant women and children under 2 years old in rural Arakan State cannot receive vaccinations as the regime has imposed travel restrictions amid its fighting with the Arakan Army (AA).

A Muslim boy was reportedly injured after a mortar shell fired by regime forces landed and exploded near Wahcheelah Village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township, on Thursday morning.

Individual Arakanese people will continue to lose access to rights and opportunities unless stability prevails in Arakan State, said junta boss Min Aung Hlaing in his message to mark the 49th anniversary of Arakan State Day on Friday.

About 1,200 basic education schools have been closed in Sittwe, Pauktaw, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Ponnagyun, Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Maungdaw, Minbya, Myebon and Ann townships due to fighting.

In the past it was almost exclusively the rural parts of Arakan State that needed to worry about landmines, but these days urban dwellers are also worried about the risk.

A local man from Ward-4 in Buthidaung, Arakan State, has been arrested on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA).

Myanmar’s military regime has reportedly arrested two local men in Thandwe District, Arakan State, for allegedly supporting the Arakan Army (AA) and People’s Defence Force (PDF).

The central committee on special economic zones in Myanmar held a meeting on Tuesday, which was attended by officials of the management committees of the Thilawa, Kyaukphyu and Dawei SEZs.

Some pagodas and stupas in the ancient city of Mrauk-U’s cultural heritage zone were damaged by junta air and artillery strikes on Wednesday.

Apart from fighting, it has been the junta’s indiscriminate artillery strikes, air strikes, arson attacks and arbitrary arrests that have contributed to the mass displacement.

Clashes between the military and AA are reported daily in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Rathedaung, Pauktaw, Kyauktaw, Minbya, Mrauk-U, Myebon and Ann townships in Arakan State, and in Chin State’s Paletwa Township.

“We only ask our children to eat full, and we eat less food. We face more hardships as we have many family members. We are in trouble as we no longer receive relief aid,” said Daw Moe Moe Nwe, an IDP woman.

Junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) clashed at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Mrauk-U town, with the regime using a gunship during the fighting, according to local residents.

Myanmar’s military regime is using the India-funded port in Sittwe to deliver construction materials to its battalions in the Arakan State capital, according to locals.

More than 100 junta soldiers have reportedly abandoned two hilltop camps near Panmyaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Minbya Township, according to local people.