Friday, January 1, 2021
Arakan Army blames NLD, UEC for election impasse
Friday, December 25, 2020
British Banks Tied to A Military Accused of Genocide
24 December 2020
Steve Shaw reports on the loans that connect British banks to a telecommunications firm that provides money for Myanmar’s military, which has been accused of genocide
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
HSBC, Standard Chartered in hot water for lending to company with links to Myanmar military
UK-based The Observer, a sister concern of The Guardian, on Sunday reported that human rights groups are demanding that two of Britain's biggest banks explain why they have lent tens of millions of pounds to such a company.
HSBC and Standard Chartered have loaned a total of $60m (£44.5m) to Vietnamese telecom giant Viettel, which has stakes in Myanmar mobile network Mytel, in the last four years.
Over that period, the Myanmar military has been accused of committing war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Why Is Jordan Selling Arms to the Sanctioned Myanmar Military?
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Myanmar Military, Arakan Army Confirm Indirect Talks as Some Refugees Head Home
2020-11-30
AFP
Myanmar’s military and the rebel Arakan Army are holding indirect talks through mediators to try to build on a three-week lull in fighting in Rakhine state since elections, spokesmen for the warring sides told RFA.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
British sanctions against Myanmar military are ‘toothless’, says UK-based pressure group
Published on Oct 20, 2020
A member of the border guard force seen in Buthidaung township, Rakhine early last year. (Aye Chan Khaing/Myanmar Now)
Senior members of Myanmar’s military and security services have been completely unscathed by “toothless” British sanctions imposed in response to the mass killing of Rohingya in Rakhine state, a rights group said.
A recent annual review from the British Treasury showed that none of the 16 individuals, including commander-in chief Min Aung Hlaing, have had any of their assets frozen as a result of measures.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Amnesty blasts Myanmar military's ‘utter disregard’ for civilians in Rakhine
Rights group says it has new evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilians
An IDP camp in Rathedaung, Rakhine, that houses over 700 people (Kaung Mrat Naing/Myanmar Now)
Myanmar’s military has shown an “utter disregard” for civilians caught up in its conflict with the Arakan Army (AA), Amnesty International said on Monday.
Citing witness testimonies, satellite images, and videos obtained from within Rakhine state, the group said in a report it had found “new evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilians.”
“The Myanmar military’s utter disregard for civilian suffering grows more shocking and brazen by the day,” said Ming Yu Hah, Amnesty’s deputy regional director for campaigns.
“The UN Security Council must urgently refer the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court,” she added.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Can a Lawsuit Stop a Genocide?
Friday, October 2, 2020
Rohingya refugees face continuous violence
Friday, 2 October 2020
Two Myanmar soldiers have confessed to committing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, giving more evidence of the genocide against the minority group.
Myo Win Tun, 33, and Zaw Naoing Tun, 30, who belong to separate light infantry battalions, claimed they were given orders to “shoot and rape villagers” while raiding “kalar” villages – “kalar” is a derogatory term for Muslim Rohingyas.
Friday, September 11, 2020
Amnesty probe reveals global business ties to Myanmar military units accused of human rights abuses
Asia Correspondent and
Julian Ryall Tokyo
10 September 2020
Investigation finds Myanmar military units accused of abuses have links to conglomerate with foreign business partners
A new investigation by Amnesty International has revealed how a secretive Myanmar conglomerate, linked to multiple foreign businesses, has funded the Southeast Asian country’s powerful military, including units accused of human rights abuses and crimes under international law.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Myanmar’s Arakan Army Captures 30 Government Troops, Battalion Commander
2020.03.12
Screen grab from video
Myanmar’s rebel Arakan Army captured 30 government soldiers, including a battalion commander, near the Paletwa township in western Myanmar’s Chin state during heavy fighting this week, the ethnic armed group said in an announcement on Tuesday.
Monday, February 3, 2020
Behind Myanmar’s Military Alibi: A Path for Compliance with the ICJ’s Order to Protect Rohingya
Grant Shubin and
Akila Radhakrishnan
February 3, 2020
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Military Atrocities ‘Relentless and Ruthless’ in Myanmar’s Northern Shan State Share Amnesty International has gathered fresh evidence that the Myanmar military is con
10/23/2019
Amnesty International has gathered fresh evidence that the Myanmar military is continuing to commit atrocities against ethnic minorities in the north of the country, with civilians bearing the brunt of offensives against multiple armed groups. The conflicts show no sign of abating, raising the prospect of further violations.
A new report, “Caught in the middle”: Abuses against civilians amid conflict in Myanmar’s northern Shan State, details the harrowing conditions of civilians arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the military. It also highlights the abusive tactics used by ethnic armed groups as they confront the military and each other to exert control in the region.
Monday, August 12, 2019
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Engel Presses for Accountability for Burmese Military Crimes Against the Rohingya
COMMETTE on FOREIGN AFFAIRS
PRESS RELEASE
July 29, 2019
Monday, July 22, 2019
Suu Kyi should learn from US sanctions on Myanmar military leaders over Rohingya: The Statesman
22 July 2019
In its editorial, the paper praises US President Donald Trump's administration for being the first country to publicly take action against Myanmar military leaders, but questions if the sanctions will lessen the persecution of Rohingyas.
NEW DELHI (THE STATESMAN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Aung San Suu Kyi, who has maintained a rather intriguing silence on the persecution of Rohingyas, ought to draw a lesson from America's decision to crack the whip with what they call "individual sanctions".
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
U.S. imposes sanctions on Myanmar military commander over Rohingya abuses
The steps, which also covered Min Aung Hlaing’s deputy, Soe Win, and two other senior commanders and their families, are the strongest the United States has taken in response to massacres of minority Rohingyas in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Military to Investigative In-Custody Deaths in Rakhine
By Nan Lwin
15 July 2019
An announcement from the Tatmataw’s True News Information Team on Friday said the investigation will cover the death of “some civilians” while in detention, plus an investigation of civilian deaths related to the AA and AA-affiliated suspects in four townships in northern Rakhine State.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Rights Groups Hit Myanmar Military Over Mounting Rakhine Deaths in Custody
2019-07-03
Rights experts are again criticizing the Myanmar military for possible international law violations after reports that another civilian died in custody amid fighting between national forces and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin states.
According to RFA’s reporting, at least 14 persons died of injuries they received while in military or police custody or detention between March and July during the ongoing armed conflict. Seven were from Rathedaung township, six were from Mrauk-U township, and one was from Kyauktaw township.
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Burmese forces may be committing fresh war crimes against Rohingya, UN investigator says
Burmese security forces are committing fresh human rights violations that may amount to new allegations of war crimes, a United Nations investigator said on Tuesday.
These claims surfaced with the deployment of thousands of Burmese troops fighting ethnic rebels in Rakhine and Chin, the conflict-ridden Western states of the country.
After a 2017 military crackdown, 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled from Western Burma, and sought refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.