Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say

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Thomson Reuters 

Saturday, June 27, 2020 

 

(Reuters) - Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.

But a government spokesman said late on Saturday an evacuation order issued by border-affairs officials had been revoked. Border affairs acknowledged issuing the order through the local administrator but said it affected fewer villages.

Thousands in western Myanmar flee as army plans operations, monitors say

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Reuters
 28 Jun 2020

Myanmar army soldiers walk along a road near Laukkai. (Reuters Photo/Soe Zeya Tun)b

Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after a local administrator warned dozens of village leaders that the army planned “clearance operations” against insurgents, a lawmaker and a humanitarian group said.

But a government spokesman said late on Saturday an evacuation order issued by border-affairs officials had been revoked. Border affairs acknowledged issuing the order through the local administrator but said it affected fewer villages.

ျမန္မာ့တပ္မေတာ္၏ တပ္တြင္း လူမ်ိဳး​ေရးခြဲျခားဆက္ဆံမႈ မ်ားကို မခံမရပ္ႏိုင္၍ ထြက္​ေျပးလာၾကသူမ်ားႏွင့္ အင္တာ ဗ်ဴး

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'Myanmar army's clash with insurgents kills 5 Rohingyas'

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Reuters

Yangon, Myanmar
1 March 2020,  

Myanmar police officer poses for a photograph in Maungdaw, Rakhine 9 July, 2019. Photo: Reuters 

At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed, including a child, and several injured after troops clashed with insurgents in Myanmar's conflict-torn western state of Rakhine, a lawmaker and two residents said on Sunday. 

Saturday's fighting broke out after Arakan Army rebels attacked a military convoy passing the historic temple town of Mrauk U, the regional MP, Tun Thar Sein, and a spokesman for the armed group, Khine Thu Kha, said.

Myanmar army clash with insurgents kills five Rohingya, including a child

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By Reuters -
March 1, 2020

At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed, including a child, and several injured after troops clashed. -NSTP Courtesy of PKRM 

YANGON: At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed, including a child, and several injured after troops clashed with insurgents in Myanmar’s conflict-torn western state of Rakhine, a lawmaker and two residents said.

Saturday’s fighting broke out after Arakan Army rebels attacked a military convoy passing the historic temple town of Mrauk U, the regional MP, Tun Thar Sein, and a spokesman for the armed group, Khine Thu Kha, said.

Two military spokesmen did not answer telephone calls from Reuters to seek comment, and the army did not immediately issue a statement on its website.

Myanmar Army Says it Will Try Soldiers Over Killings of Rohingya Civilians

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2020-02-21

Members of the Myanmar military honor guard take part in a ceremony marking the 73rd National Union Day in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, Feb. 12, 2020.
AFP

The Myanmar military announced Friday that it would investigate and open court-martial proceedings against soldiers accused of killing Rohingya Muslim civilians during a violent army-led crackdown in the country’s Rakhine state in 2017, the third such case in a country facing international criticism for failing to hold troops accountable for widespread atrocities.

Myanmar to court-martial more troops over Rohingya crackdown, army says

REUTERS
February 21, 2020

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s army said in a statement on Friday it would hold more court-martials over alleged abuses against Rohingya Muslims, after a government-appointed commission said soldiers committed war crimes against the minority. 

 

 FILE PHOTO: Rohingya children are seen at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 7, 2019. 

 

The panel concluded, in a report published in January, that members of the security forces, among “multiple actors”, were responsible for war crimes and serious human rights violations during a military-led crackdown against the group in 2017.

The army said in a post on its website on Friday it had studied the panel’s report in great detail and was reviewing allegations.

Two Rohingya women killed as Myanmar army shells village ( Nay San Lwin )

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Jan 25, 2020
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Rebels Dressed as Soccer Players Abduct Bus Passengers in Myanmar

The New York Times
By Saw Nang and Richard C. Paddock
Oct. 13, 2019

Gunmen stopped the vehicle on a highway outside the town of Mrauk U and seized 31 people, most of them firefighters, the authorities said.

MANDALAY, Myanmar — Gunmen dressed in soccer uniforms halted an express bus on a main highway in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine State and kidnapped 31 people, most of them firefighters, the authorities said on Sunday.

AA and locals accuse Tatmadaw soldiers of torching homes in Buthidaung Township

BNI
Development Media Group

Thursday, October 10, 2019  
by - Kyaw Chit

Some houses being set ablaze in Kuntaung Village, Buthidaung Township.

The Arakan Army (AA) stated on October 8 that a faction of No 22 Tatmadaw troop burned down homes in Nwar Yone Taung and Kun Taung villages in Buthidaung Township on October 3 and 4.

U Hla Shwe, Buthidaung Township’s administrator, confirmed that the houses in Kun Taung village were destroyed by fire on October 4, while U Aung Thaung Shwe, a member of the Pyithu Hluttaw, also said that he saw from Zedi Taung village a group of Tatmadaw soldiers set fires in Kun Taung village. 

Muslim Villager Shot Dead by Army While Going Fishing in Rakhine, Locals Say

The Irrawaddy
By Min Aung Khine
9 October 2019

A signpost marking Buthidaung Township / Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy 

SITTWE, Rakhine State—A Muslim villager was shot dead by the Myanmar military in Rakhine State’s Buthidaung Township at around 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to local villagers.

Locals accuse Army of setting houses on fire in Buthidaung

BNI Multimedia Group

Friday, September 06, 2019
Narinjara

Local people in Buthidaung township in northern Arakan have accused that the security forces set several many houses on fire at U Yin Tha village in afternoon hours of Wednesday.

A village administrator, who wanted anonymity, informed that the army took this action after two landmines were exploded near a telephone tower at U Yin Tha village under Buthidaung township as a column of Tamadaw (Myanmar Army) was passing through.

Rescue worker killed in attack on ambulance in northern Myanmar - army

Reuters

World News

August 17, 2019
Shoon Naing

YANGON (Reuters) - One rescue worker was killed and several others were wounded when an ambulance came under fire in northern Myanmar amid clashes between troops and ethnic rebels in the region, an army spokesman and a witness said on Saturday.

The rescue workers were 13 miles from Lashio, the largest town in Shan State, where ethnic armed groups have been fighting for greater autonomy from the central government, when their convoy came under attack.

Myanmar Army Reportedly Set Fire to the Houses of Villagers in Rathedaung and Buthidaung

Bni

Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Narinjara

 

Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) column reportedly set fire to the houses in AMyat Taung village of Rathidaung township and Alay Chaung Khami village of Buthidaung township in Rakhine State on Friday as they opened fire when they entered the village after the clashes, the villagers said.

A local resident from Amyat Taung village said “ The Myanmar Army marched on from mountain ranges where both sides are fighting which is about a mile from the village. The fighting took about half an hour. And they came from there and opened fire the village. The villagers fear run away. Then, they set fire the villages from every corner. We daren’t go and see and don’t know how many houses were destroyed."

Myanmar army rejects ICC bid for full Rohingya probe

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AFP 

June 27, 2019 

International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she wanted to raise alleged crimes by Myanmar against Rohingya to the next level. (AFP pic)

YANGON: Myanmar’s military on Thursday rejected an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s call for a full investigation into alleged crimes against Rohingya Muslims.

Fatou Bensouda launched a preliminary probe in September into the 2017 crackdown by Myanmar’s military that forced some 740,000 Rohingya over the border into Bangladesh with accounts of rape, mass killings and razing of villages.

Myanmar blackout may be cover for gross human rights violations: U.N. investigator

REUTERS

Tom Miles

June 24, 2019  

GENEVA (Reuters) - Myanmar’s army may be committing gross human rights violations under cover of a mobile phone blackout in parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin states, U.N. special rapporteur Yanghee Lee said on Monday. 

 Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee gives her report to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse 

Lee, an independent expert who reports to the U.N. Human Rights Council on human rights in Myanmar, said nine townships had been blacked out, with no media access and serious restrictions on humanitarian organizations.

“I fear for all civilians there,” Lee said in a statement.

Feelings of anxiety about future of IDPs

BNI  
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Development Media Group

Home is a familiar word to everyone. Home is very important for everyone. Even if it is a small hut, everyone loves their home, because home is where the heart is. However, more than 30,000 people from Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U townships cannot return home yet due to the ongoing skirmishes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) and the exchange of gunfire in their villages .

Artillery kills 2 Muslim villagers in Myanmar's Rakhine

AA 

Kyaw Ye Lynn | YANGON

22.05.2019

Another person also injured when artillery shell hit home in Muslim-majority Alekyun village, says police officer 

A Muslim man and his 8-year old son was killed by artillery that villagers believed was fired by Myanmar military in the country’s Rakhine state.

Local police officer confirmed that an artillery shell hit a home in Muslim-majority Alekyun village in Kyauk Taw Township on Tuesday, killing two Muslim villagers and wounding another.

OHCHR expresses deep concern over Rakhine men and boys detained by Myanmar army

Dhaka Tribune
Tribune Desk
Published at May 10th, 2019

OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville Reuters

'We are deeply concerned about possibly 40 to 50 ethnic Rakhine boys and men who reportedly remain detained since April 30 in a school in Kyauk Tan village, Rathedaung township in northern Rakhine State'

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has expressed deep concern over around 40 to 50 ethnic Rakhine boys and men who have reportedly been detained in a school in northern Rakhine State since April 30.

AA member shot dead in Kyauktaw

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Published 11 May 2019

A member of Arakan Army (AA) who blew off a military column shouldering security duties along Yangon-Sittway Union Road was shot dead, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services reported on May 10.

On May 10 morning, an AA group carried out two remote-control mine attacks on the military column working at about 3,000 metres away from Kyauktaw, Rakhine State. While clearing mines in the area, security troops shot an AA member dead and seized a motorcycle, a grenade, two mobile phones and accessories for planting mines, according to the press release.