Myanmar political repression and election crisis
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UN reports Myanmar human rights at new low
The UN stated that the human rights situation in Myanmar has “plummeted to a new low”.
Satellite imagery identified 302 new rare-earth mining sites in Kachin State since 2021.
The UN’s Human Rights Office published a report on Tuesday regarding Myanmar.
Analysis: Rohingya justice without a population remaining in Myanmar
The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK brought a universal jurisdiction case in Argentina.
The Arakan Army controls most of Rakhine state, including the main Rohingya areas in the north.
More than 150,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since late 2023.
Rohingya refugees rally nine years after Myanmar exodus
Bangladesh says it will not force any refugee to return to Myanmar.
Myanmar's military government said more than 300,000 people living in camps in Bangladesh are former residents of Rakhine state and it will accept their return once security conditions improve.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's camps protested against dire conditions as they marked nine years since a military crackdown drove them out of Myanmar.
Military Airstrike on Myanmar Monastery Leaves 14 Dead
Opposition fighters and a local rescue worker stated that fourteen people were killed in military airstrikes on a monastery in Myanmar on Friday morning.
Myanmar has experienced civil war and martial rule since a 2021 military coup ousted Aung San Suu Kyi.
Pro-democracy rebel Nway Oo Myaung stated to AFP that the deceased included 11 men and three women aged between 50 and 70.
“Older people had entered the meditation centres,”
Myanmar Military Airstrike Kills 14 at Buddhist Monastery
Nway Oo stated that a fighter jet bombed the monastery compound, killing 14 people, including three women, and injuring 20 others.
According to CDSOM spokesperson Nway Oo, the attack occurred in Swel Le Oh village in Myaung township, approximately 75 kilometres west of Mandalay.
An opposition group and a local resident reported that a military air strike killed 14 people at a Buddhist monastery in central Myanmar.
Analysis: How Myanmar's war drives the Rohingya crisis
“reportedly committed acts of genocide”