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Women forced to flee Myanmar as junta enforces conscription to bolster troops

July 5, 2024 admin

Estelle knew she had to flee Myanmar. The military junta had just announced it would introduce conscription to bolster its forces against myriad armed groups challenging its power, and she was terrified she would be forced to fight. The former government worker, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is among thousands of…

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Rohingya displaced by Myanmar armed group, say activists

May 23, 2024 admin

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed on May 18, 2024, to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government. File | Photo Credit: AP Rohingya activists accused a…

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Myanmar Rebels Claim Control Of Town, Deny Targeting Rohingya

May 19, 2024 admin

The junta has lost control of around half its 5,280 military positions, according to an estimate. (File) A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during…

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Many killed in artillery strike in northern Myanmar – media, local sources

October 10, 2023 admin

Many people have been killed in an artillery strike at a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar’s Kachin State, among them women, children and the elderly, local media reports and sources in the area said on Tuesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the reports. The Kachin media and local sources said the incident took…

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Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals

October 8, 2023 admin

She is appealing dozens of convictions for crimes ranging from treason and bribery to violations of the telecommunications law. | Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since the…

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Myanmar’s jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi ailing: source

September 5, 2023 admin

File picture of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ailing and a request for an outside physician to see her has been denied by the country’s military rulers, a source familiar with the matter and the shadow government loyal to her said on Tuesday. The 78-year-old Nobel…

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