Showing posts with label Myanmar Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Myanmar Military. Show all posts
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Myanmar Junta Using Rohingya Recruits to Sow Ethnic Hatred: Activists
Myanmar’s junta is accused of burning down Buthidaung town in Rakhine State using forced Rohingya recruits in an apparent attempt to boost ethnic hatred.
Monday, April 1, 2024
Shrinking aid for Rohingyas is a serious concern
daily observer
S A Korobi
Published : Monday, 1 April, 2024
Since 2017, the United Nations has been seeking humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya under the name of Joint Response Plan (JRP).The Rohingyas, who had taken refuge in Bangladesh to save their lives from a genocidal attempt by the Myanmar military, are still living in congested camps and restricted livelihoodswith no hope of change any soon. To add salt to the wound, the funding for them, the worlds most persecuted community, has been declining as every year passes.
Friday, March 22, 2024
Myanmar Junta ‘Orchestrating Rohingya Protests’ Against Arakan Army in Rakhine
The Irrawaddy
by Hein Htoo Zan
March 22, 2024
by Hein Htoo Zan
March 22, 2024
Rohingya stage a protest against the Arakan Army in Buthidaung, Rakhine State on Tuesday. / Han Nyein Oo
Myanmar’s military regime is orchestrating Rohingya protests against the Arakan Army to sow ethnic division in Rakhine State, according to a Rohingya activist, an ethnic Rakhine politician, and community leaders.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Video Shows Rohingya Forcibly Recruited Into Myanmar Military
March 14, 2024
Dozens of young Rohingya men ride a military truck on March 9, 2024. (UGC courtesy video)
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VOA has recently obtained video footage depicting Rohingya from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps being trained as soldiers in Rakhine state, the scene of heavy fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and ethnic armed groups.
VOA has recently obtained video footage depicting Rohingya from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps being trained as soldiers in Rakhine state, the scene of heavy fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and ethnic armed groups.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
The Rohingya in the shadow of the Arakan army
Dhaka Tribune
Shafiur Rahman
Publish : 02 Mar 2024,
“Instead of getting killed at the frontline by taking up arms for the junta, we would rather fight them and join the Arakan Army (AA).”
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Rohingyas being forcibly recruited by Myanmar military: report
The Daily Star
Agencies
Mon Feb 26, 2024
Rohingyas offered citizenship cards, $41 monthly salary if they join the military
Photo: Collected
Myanmar's military is forcibly recruiting Rohingya men from villages and camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Rakhine State and it is feared that they will be used as human shields, said a report.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Bangladesh refuses proposal to accept new Rohingyas
prothomalo
Raheed Ejaz, Dhaka
Updated: 18 Feb 2024
A boat enters Shahpari Island Jetty Ghat in Teknaf yesterday. Locals said, there were five Rohingyas, one of them was shotCollected
Friday, February 16, 2024
300 Myanmar junta troops who fled attack return from Bangladesh
RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.02.16
By RFA Burmese
2024.02.16
The troops had been stationed at a border post that the rebel Arakan Army captured earlier this month.
Myanmar citizens and Border Guard Police who crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to seek shelter in Bangladesh are escorted back into Myanmar after arriving by ship at Cox’s Bazar on Feb. 15, 2024. (AFP
Some 300 members of a junta military unit and a border police force who fled to Bangladesh during an attack by the rebel Arakan Army have been repatriated to Myanmar, according to several Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Friday, December 15, 2023
China says it facilitated Myanmar military's talks with rebel groups
China facilitated Myanmar's ruling military's peace talks with rebel groups, and the parties reached an agreement on a temporary ceasefire and the maintenance of dialogue, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Monday, December 4, 2023
Myanmar: The last days of the junta?
The latest phase of military conflict in Myanmar pitting rebel forces against the Myanmar military, better known as the Tatmadaw, may herald a new political and security landscape in the war-torn Southeast Asian country.
Since October, three ethnic armed organisations under the banner of the Three Brotherhood Alliance have launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta. Codenamed Operation 1027, the campaign has included the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Arakan Army, targeting Tatmadaw’s controlled areas and military outposts.
Since October, three ethnic armed organisations under the banner of the Three Brotherhood Alliance have launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta. Codenamed Operation 1027, the campaign has included the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Arakan Army, targeting Tatmadaw’s controlled areas and military outposts.
Monday, November 27, 2023
Myanmar Junta Continues to Suffer Defeats a Month Into Operation 1027
Monday marks one month since the Myanmar military regime was confronted with what has rapidly become the biggest challenge to its rule since the 2021 coup—a massive, coordinated resistance offensive dubbed Operation 1027 that has inflicted significant troop and territorial losses on the junta.
Friday, November 24, 2023
Myanmar Military ‘Kidnapping Civilians for Ransom in Rakhine’
Eleven businessmen are being held for ransom in Taungup Township, Rakhine State after the military seized them on Nov. 14 over alleged ties to the Arakan Army (AA), say family members of the men.
The businessmen were arrested by junta troops after the AA attacked border guard police outposts in Donepike and Cheinkalein villages in Rathedaung Township on Nov. 13.
The businessmen were arrested by junta troops after the AA attacked border guard police outposts in Donepike and Cheinkalein villages in Rathedaung Township on Nov. 13.
Parents Pull Children From Schools in Yangon as Myanmar Junta Troops Move In
Parents have stopped sending their children to public schools in several townships of Yangon after the regime started stationing troops at schools again last week.
Junta troops have been stationed at three highs schools in Thingangyun Township, one in South Dagon Township, one in Hlaing Tharyar Township, another in South Okkalapa Township, and at a few schools in North Okkalapa Township, residents of the townships say.
Junta troops have been stationed at three highs schools in Thingangyun Township, one in South Dagon Township, one in Hlaing Tharyar Township, another in South Okkalapa Township, and at a few schools in North Okkalapa Township, residents of the townships say.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Who’s Who in Myanmar’s NCA, Then and Now
The Irrawaddy
October 13, 2023
(Top row from left to right) Representatives of three NCA non-signatories and two NCA signatories that joined the junta-organized peace talks. (Bottom row left to right) Representatives of five NCA signatories that joined the talks.
Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing is planning to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in Naypyitaw on Sunday, even though some of the signatories have been fighting the Myanmar military since the 2021 coup, saying the accord is no longer valid.
Saturday, September 2, 2023
AA monitors actions by military council and ARSA in Rakhine
The United League of Arakan /Arakan Army (ULA/AA) asserts that its members always monitor various actions by the military council while using the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) terror group in Buthidaung and Maungdaw areas of Rakhine State.
"As far as we are concerned, I would like to inform that we always keep a watchful eye on the situation of Buthidaung and Maungdaw areas and all kinds of activities by the junta forces and ARSA rebels," said U Khaing Thukha, the spokesman of ULA/AA.
"As far as we are concerned, I would like to inform that we always keep a watchful eye on the situation of Buthidaung and Maungdaw areas and all kinds of activities by the junta forces and ARSA rebels," said U Khaing Thukha, the spokesman of ULA/AA.
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
When the Myanmar Regime is Defeated, the Future of the Rohingya Will Become Clear
The Irrawaddy
26 December 2022
26 December 2022
Rohingya Muslim refugee children gather around a water pump at the Thankhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on November 25, 2017. / AFP
U Nay San Lwin is the co-founder of the Germany-based Free Rohingya Coalition, but better known on social media as Ro Nay San Lwin. Known for his Rohingya activism, he has described the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) as criminals who kill their own kind. U Nay San Lwin talked recently to The Irrawaddy about the Spring Revolution against the military dictatorship and the conflict in Rakhine State.
Saturday, May 20, 2023
UN expert exposes $1 billion “death trade” to Myanmar military
United Nation
17 May 2023
NEW YORK / GENEVA (17 May 2023) – The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion USD in arms and raw materials to manufacture weapons since the coup in February 2021, according to a new report today by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews.
UN Member States are enabling this trade either through outright complicity, lax enforcement of existing bans, and easily circumvented sanctions, according to the report.
“Despite overwhelming evidence of the Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes against the people of Myanmar, the generals continue to have access to advanced weapons systems, spare parts for fighter jets, raw materials and manufacturing equipment for domestic weapons production,” Andrews said. “Those providing these weapons are able to avoid sanctions by using front companies and creating new ones while counting on lax enforcement.
NEW YORK / GENEVA (17 May 2023) – The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion USD in arms and raw materials to manufacture weapons since the coup in February 2021, according to a new report today by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews.
UN Member States are enabling this trade either through outright complicity, lax enforcement of existing bans, and easily circumvented sanctions, according to the report.
“Despite overwhelming evidence of the Myanmar military’s atrocity crimes against the people of Myanmar, the generals continue to have access to advanced weapons systems, spare parts for fighter jets, raw materials and manufacturing equipment for domestic weapons production,” Andrews said. “Those providing these weapons are able to avoid sanctions by using front companies and creating new ones while counting on lax enforcement.
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Myanmar’s brutal, two-year war against its people, explained
VOX
By Ellen Ioanes
Apr 16, 2023,
Popular resistance, though fierce, is fragmented and outgunned by the Tatmadaw junta.
Burmese protesters gather outside the Myanmar Embassy in Thailand on February 1, 2023, to mark two years since the Myanmar military seized control from the civilian government. Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
______________________________________________________________________________Ellen Ioanes covers breaking and general assignment news as the weekend reporter at Vox. She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts.
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The death toll from an attack on civilians by Myanmar’s military junta continues to rise, reaching around 170 people including 30 children. Tuesday’s airstrike on the opening of an administrative office in the rebel-held village of Pazigyi is the deadliest so far since the junta took power in a coup just over two years ago. Tuesday’s attack exemplifies the regime’s indiscriminate violence against civilians, including women and children; two years on, 3,000 civilians have reportedly been killed by the Tatmadaw, though the number of civilian deaths caused by both the junta and the resistance is likely higher. The airstrike is also indicative of the junta’s determination to retain power no matter the cost, despite its inability to maintain territorial control.
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Criminal Complaint Filed in Germany Accuses Myanmar Military of Genocide, War Crimes
New Delhi Times
NDT Bureau January 25, 2023
Campaign group Fortify Rights and 16 Myanmar nationals have filed a genocide and war crimes complaint against Myanmar’s military leaders in Germany in the latest bid to leverage the principle of universal jurisdiction against the country’s generals.
Fortify Rights announced the case Tuesday in Thailand, which shares a long and porous border with Myanmar, and says a 215-page complaint was filed with Germany’s federal public prosecutor on January 20. The prosecutor’s office must now decide whether to open an investigation.
The prosecutor’s office confirmed receipt of the complaint in an email to VOA but declined further comment.
Fortify Rights announced the case Tuesday in Thailand, which shares a long and porous border with Myanmar, and says a 215-page complaint was filed with Germany’s federal public prosecutor on January 20. The prosecutor’s office must now decide whether to open an investigation.
The prosecutor’s office confirmed receipt of the complaint in an email to VOA but declined further comment.
Universal jurisdiction holds that some crimes, including genocide, are so heinous they transcend national borders and that they and their perpetrators can be tried anywhere.
Saturday, January 14, 2023
2023 HRW REPORT ( MYANMAR )
HRW
2023 REPORT
Since staging a coup on February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military has carried out a brutal nationwide crackdown on millions of people opposed to its rule. The junta security forces have carried out mass killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, sexual violence, and other abuses that amount to crimes against humanity. Freedom of speech and assembly face severe restrictions.
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