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Bangladeshi leader demands justice for Rohingya, ‘safe return’ to Myanmar

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says justice and security are vital for Rohingya before returning to Myanmar.

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Historic Myanmar bridge destroyed in fighting

The renowned Gokteik bridge was bombed on Sunday, with the ruling military junta and rebel forces blaming each other for its destruction

The Guardian - AU

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark anniversary of Myanmar exodus as conference opens

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh are marking the eighth anniversary of their mass exodus from Myanmar

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Bleak Future For Rohingya, As Bangladesh Seeks To Tackle Crisis

The rain was relentless the night Mohammad Kaisar fled for his life from his home in Myanmar's Maungdaw township.

International Business Times

Those Scam Messages In Your DMs Might Have Been Sent By People In Human Slavery

"There are multiple types of victims, the people who are being scammed around the world, but also the people who are trafficked, held against their will and who are exposed to violence."

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China, India watch as Arakan Army advances on key western frontier

Arakan Army fighters seize 14 of 17 townships in Rakhine, pledge to liberate entire frontier state in western Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar's military retakes a strategic town 2 years after the resistance captured it

State media in Myanmar say the military has regained control of a strategic town in eastern Kayah state from the opposition’s armed forces after nearly two years

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Myanmar’s military rulers set December date for general election

Critics see plan as attempt to legitimise and maintain military rule

The Independent UK

Myanmar's election commission sets Dec. 28 to hold long-awaited new elections

Myanmar’s military-appointed election commission has announced that elections will begin on Dec. 28

The Independent UK

Myanmar’s military government announces elections for December 28

Electoral commission announces date for first phase of elections widely seen as lacking credibility.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar Junta Sets December 28 Poll Date Despite Raging Civil War

Myanmar's junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade.

International Business Times

Military airstrike on gem mining town kills at least 21 in Myanmar

An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country’s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman

The Independent UK

San Andreas fault could unleash an earthquake unlike any seen before, study of deadly Myanmar quake suggests

A study of March's Myanmar earthquake has found that strike-slip faults don't necessarily repeat past behavior, meaning the San Andreas fault could unleash a bigger quake than any seen before.

LiveScience

Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? International court will take years to decide, but states have a duty to act now

South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza, and requesting provisional measures. Human rights law scholar…

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International Business Times

Desperate Myanmar Villagers Scavenge For Food As Hunger Bites

People in western Myanmar have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge.

The Independent UK

Trump’s foreign aid cuts have ‘strengthened tyranny’ in Myanmar, rights groups say

USAID funding cuts have given Myanmar’s military rulers ‘carte blanche’ to escalate human rights abuses

The Independent UK

Myanmar junta arrests children as young as two and uses ‘systematic torture’, says UN

Investigation finds incidents of war crimes and crimes against humanity have escalated since 2021 coup

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN

Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to escalate

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UN probe finds evidence of ‘systematic torture’ in Myanmar

Investigators name senior figures among those responsible for alleged abuses at detention facilities.

The Independent UK

UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities

A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts

The Independent UK

Voices: Myanmar’s bloody history can point the way to a future free of tyranny

COMMENT: By commemorating the ‘8888’ uprising of August 8 1988 – when Myanmar’s military regime turned its guns on thousands of peaceful protesters – we not only mark the past, but cast new light on the country’s decades-long struggle for freedom, says Benedict Rogers

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar military junta using European technology for drone attacks, report says

Junta obtained ‘anti-jamming’ product made in Europe through a Chinese company, research finds, triggering calls for tighter sanctions

Al Jazeera

Satellite images show surge in rare earth mining in rebel-held Myanmar

Satellite images reportedly identify 26 mines in rebel-held Myanmar next to China and two near Thailand.

Al Jazeera

Figurehead president of military-ruled Myanmar dies aged 74

Myint Swe headed Myanmar as president from 2021 to 2024 following the military’s power grab.

The Independent UK

Myanmar's acting President Myint Swe dies after a long illness

Myint Swe, who became Myanmar’s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi more than four years ago, died on Thursday, the military said

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