December 2021 - Myanmar Special Weapons News

People of Myanmar face 'unprecedented' crisis in 2022 UN News 31 Dec 2021 -- The people of Myanmar are facing an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, human rights and humanitarian crisis with needs escalating dramatically since the military takeover and a severe COVID-19 third wave.
At least 61 civilians killed this month in clashes in Myanmar's remote border regions Radio Free Asia 30 Dec 2021 -- More than five dozen civilians have been killed and tens of thousands displaced due to clashes between Myanmar's military and anti-junta forces in four of the country's remote border regions in December alone, according to local militias and an official with the shadow National Unity Government (NUG).
UN Security Council condemns Christmas Eve massacre in Myanmar Press TV 30 Dec 2021 -- The United Nations Security Council has condemned the massacre in Myanmar of more than 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, blamed on junta troops.
Dozens of politicians, activists sentenced in secret Myanmar military tribunals Radio Free Asia 30 Dec 2021 -- Nearly 50 politicians and prodemocracy activists — including the head of Magway region and members of the deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) — have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment by the junta's secret military tribunals in Myanmar over the past two days, according to sources.
Myanmar: Security Council condemns attack killing dozens UN News 29 Dec 2021 -- The Security Council condemned on Wednesday the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers in Myanmar's Kayah State on 24 December.
Indonesia to allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek refuge Press TV 29 Dec 2021 -- Indonesia says it will allow a boat packed with persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar stranded off its coast to dock.
Indonesia changes course, will allow stranded Rohingya to come ashore Radio Free Asia 29 Dec 2021 -- Indonesia agreed to allow about 120 Rohingya stranded on a boat near Aceh province to come ashore, officials said Wednesday, after two days of pressure from locals, human rights groups and the United Nations refugee agency.
Urgent action needed to save Rohingya refugees distressed at sea in Indonesia UN News 29 Dec 2021 -- The UN refugee agency called on Wednesday for the immediate, life-saving disembarkation of a group of Rohingya refugees in distress at sea off the coast of Indonesia.
Thousands spill across Thai border amid flight from clashes in Myanmar's Kayin state Radio Free Asia 29 Dec 2021 -- Thousands of people in Myawaddy township in Myanmar's Kayin state have been displaced by fighting between the military and anti-junta forces over the past two weeks, officials and relief groups said Wednesday, with more than one-third having crossed the border to Thailand.
On the Attacks in Kayah State and Throughout Burma US Dept. of State 28 Dec 2021 -- "The United States condemns the attacks committed on December 24 by the Burmese military in Kayah State, which killed at least 35, including women and children and two staff members of the international aid organization Save the Children."
Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children UN News 28 Dec 2021 -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemned on Tuesday the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two humanitarian workers, in the Kayah state, in Myanmar.
UNHCR pleads to Indonesia to take in Rohingya stranded at sea Radio Free Asia 28 Dec 2021 -- The United Nations on Tuesday urged Indonesia to allow 120 Rohingya stranded aboard a boat near Aceh province to come ashore, but local officials said they had limited resources to care for the refugees, and so were turning them away.
Nearly 100 women killed by security forces since Myanmar coup Radio Free Asia 28 Dec 2021 -- Nearly 100 women have been killed by security forces loyal to Myanmar's junta since the military orchestrated a power grab nearly 11 months ago, a group promoting gender equality in the country said Tuesday as former female prisoners said sexual abuse of inmates was routine.
Save the Children confirms deaths of two aid workers in Myanmar mass killing Radio Free Asia 28 Dec 2021 -- Save the Children confirmed Tuesday that two of its staff were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre in eastern Myanmar blamed on junta troops who forced 35 people from their vehicles, killed them and burned their bodies in an incident that drew U.N. and U.S. condemnation.
Myanmar Court Delays Verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi Trial VOA 27 Dec 2021 -- A verdict in the trial of Myanmar's ousted de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on charges of illegally importing and possessing portable two-way radios has been postponed until January 10.
Christian clergymen, places of worship targeted under Myanmar's junta Radio Free Asia 27 Dec 2021 -- At least five Christian clergymen have been killed and four others are in detention in Myanmar since the military seized power in a coup, highlighting how the junta has targeted leaders of the religion over the past 10 months.
UN Special Envoy calls for New Year's ceasefire in Myanmar UN News 27 Dec 2021 -- The UN Special Envoy on Myanmar has appealed for a New Year's ceasefire following weeks of escalating violence in the country.
'Horrified': UN official condemns massacre of civilians in Myanmar, urges probe Press TV 27 Dec 2021 -- A senior UN official says he was "horrified" by reports that at least 35 civilians, including women and children, were killed and their bodies were burned in Myanmar, urging probe into the incident.
UN condemns attack in Myanmar's Kayah state that left dozens of civilians dead Radio Free Asia 27 Dec 2021 -- The United Nations has condemned an attack against civilians in Myanmar's Kayah state in which unknown assailants reportedly forced nearly three dozen people, including at least one child, from their vehicles, killed them and burned their bodies.
UN envoy says 'deeply concerned' about escalating violence in Myanmar Press TV 27 Dec 2021 -- The United Nations (UN) special envoy to Myanmar has expressed deep concern about the escalation of violence in the country, calling for a ceasefire between the military junta and rival armed groups on the New Year.
Myanmar: UN humanitarian chief calls for probe into 'grievous' attack on civilians UN News 26 Dec 2021 -- Authorities in Myanmar must investigate a recent deadly attack against civilians in Kayah state, the UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement on Sunday.
More Than 30 People Dead in Myanmar's Kayah State as Blame Falls to Military Junta Sputnik 25 Dec 2021 -- More than 30 people are said to have been killed and burned in Myanmar's Kayah state. It is believed women, children, and the elderly are among the victims, according to reports.
Killings in Myanmar grow as militias target alleged informers Radio Free Asia 23 Dec 2021 -- More than two dozen Myanmar civilians died at the hands of militias supporting and opposing the country's military rulers by mid-December, the highest number recorded in a single month since the junta took control of the government in a Feb. 1 coup, observers and rights activists said.
Cambodia's Hun Sen rejects criticism over Myanmar trip Radio Free Asia 23 Dec 2021 -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday affirmed his intention to visit Myanmar in January, rejecting widespread criticism that his trip will strengthen the military junta now ruling the country and confer legitimacy on leader Min Aung Hlaing.
More than 90 sentenced to death by military courts in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 20 Dec 2021 -- More than 90 people have been sentenced to death by military courts in Myanmar's Yangon region since the country's army overthrew civilian rule in a Feb. 1 coup, according to reports in Myanmar's junta-controlled media.
Thousands of refugees amassed at Thai border amid fighting in Myanmar's Kayin state Radio Free Asia 20 Dec 2021 -- Some 10,000 civilians from Myanmar have been forced to seek refuge along the country's shared border with Thailand amid fighting between junta troops and joint forces consisting of ethnic Karen groups and prodemocracy militias in Kayin state's Lay Kay Kaw township, according to sources.
UN rapporteur: Rohingya militants kill, abuse refugees in Bangladesh camps Radio Free Asia 20 Dec 2021 -- A United Nations envoy says he has "credible" information about Rohingya militants being involved in kidnapping, abusing and even killing fellow Rohingya at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh.
Myanmar's junta used helicopters to target anti-coup fighters in Sagaing: Report Press TV 20 Dec 2021 -- Myanmar's junta has launched an aerial raid on anti-coup fighters in a central village, local witnesses and a spokesman for the military junta say.
Myanmar Court Delays Verdict in Aung San Suu Kyi's Latest Trial VOA 20 Dec 2021 -- Verdicts in the most recent trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was delayed to December 27, a legal official familiar with charges against her said on Monday.
Myanmar's junta confident Cambodian PM Hun Sen will repair ASEAN relations as chair Radio Free Asia 17 Dec 2021 -- Myanmar's junta is confident that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will repair its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but analysts say the strongman is wrong to think that he can change the bloc's stance against the military regime.
2,500 people flee to Thailand amid clashes between Myanmar forces, anti-junta groups Radio Free Asia 17 Dec 2021 -- Thailand is giving shelter to some 2,500 Burmese who fled from fighting between Myanmar junta forces and Karen rebels in Mae Htaw Thalay, a borderland village in Myawaddy township, Thai authorities said Friday.
Myanmar Junta Blocking Aid to Families Displaced by Post-Coup Fighting, Rights Groups Say VOA 17 Dec 2021 -- Rights groups say Myanmar's junta is tightening its chokehold on humanitarian aid flows to thousands of families driven from their homes by fighting since a Feb. 1 coup, deliberately starving civilians of lifesaving supplies to try to crush a growing armed resistance.
Intense fighting in Myanmar's Karen-controlled territory forces thousands to flee Radio Free Asia 16 Dec 2021 -- Intense fighting between Myanmar's military and a joint force of anti-junta fighters in territory controlled by the Karen ethnic group has forced all the 3,000 residents of Lay Kay Kaw township to flee, adding to an already precarious situation for thousands of refugees in the region.
Myanmar's economic turmoil is driving thousands to seek work abroad Radio Free Asia 16 Dec 2021 -- Despite the threat of arrest for breaking curfew, residents of Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon gather each day in long lines for passport applications at the city's immigration office in the hope of finding work abroad.
As Courts Sideline Aung San Suu Kyi, Who Will Lead Myanmar's Democratic Movement? VOA 16 Dec 2021 -- A series of recent verdicts by Myanmar's military could see the ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for life, in what outside analysts say appears to be a campaign to drive her and her party out of politics permanently.
Myanmar's junta 'regards journalists as enemies,' say reporters after photog's death Radio Free Asia 15 Dec 2021 -- Press freedom in Myanmar is under relentless attack from the junta, journalists said Wednesday, amid an ongoing crackdown on the media by authorities that led to the first death of a reporter since the military seized control of the country 10 months ago.
Blinken: Washington weighing more ways to put Myanmar on democratic path Radio Free Asia 15 Dec 2021 -- Washington is considering "additional steps" to press the Burmese junta into putting Myanmar on the path to democracy, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said here Wednesday before cutting short his first official Southeast Asia trip after someone in his traveling party tested positive for COVID-19.
Cambodia's Hun Sen names ASEAN envoy to Myanmar Radio Free Asia 15 Dec 2021 -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday named his country's top diplomat as special envoy to Myanmar in a move aimed at resolving the political crisis in that country that has seen more than a thousand killed in protests calling for a return to democratic rule.
Clashes in Myanmar's Karen-controlled territory follow military raids Radio Free Asia 15 Dec 2021 -- Armed conflict broke out Wednesday between Myanmar's military and a joint force of anti-junta fighters in territory controlled by the Karen ethnic group a day after government troops conducted several raids in the area, detaining more than 20 political activists who had taken refuge there, residents said.
US Examining Additional Measure to Pressure Myanmar Junta VOA 15 Dec 2021 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday it is necessary to look at applying additional measures against Myanmar where 10 months after a military coup "the crisis has only continued to worsen."
Myanmar government troops torch 100 homes in Sagaing region village Radio Free Asia 13 Dec 2021 -- Troops loyal to Myanmar's military regime destroyed nearly 100 houses in a village in Sagaing division's Ayeyarwaddy township on Monday morning, claiming members of a local anti-junta militia had sheltered there, according to residents.
Remember the Rohingya 'forced to run for their lives' UN News 13 Dec 2021 -- The world must not forget the roughly one million Rohingya from Myanmar "forced to run for their lives from the military's genocidal attack against them", an independent UN human rights expert said on Monday, beginning his first mission to Bangladesh.
New UK sanctions target human rights violations and abuses in Myanmar and Pakistan UK FCDO 10 Dec 2021 -- The UK announced new sanctions against the Myanmar military for their continued suppression of the civilian population and for serious human rights violations.
Human Rights Day 'Silent Strike' to protest junta abuses brings Myanmar to a halt Radio Free Asia 10 Dec 2021 -- Citizens across Myanmar marked International Human Rights Day by joining a "Silent Strike" on Friday as a public boycott of junta rule, leaving towns and cities throughout the country eerily quiet.
Rights abuses in Myanmar 'deepening on an unprecedented scale' UN News 10 Dec 2021 -- More than 10 months since Myanmar's military seized power, the country's human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale, the UN rights office, OHCHR, has warned.
China provides COVID-19 prevention and control supplies to Myanmar military PLA Daily 08 Dec 2021 -- To actively implement Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision of building a community of common health for mankind and promote anti-pandemic international cooperation, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) provided the Myanmar military with a batch of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control supplies in aid, which was delivered to Myanmar on December 8, 2021.
UN Security Council Slams Sentencing of Ex-Myanmar Leader Suu Kyi VOA 08 Dec 2021 -- The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over this week's conviction and sentencing of Myanmar's ousted democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, former President Win Myint and others.
Myanmar troops kill, burn 11 people: Reports Press TV 08 Dec 2021 -- Myanmarese troops have killed and burned the bodies of 11 people who had been rounded up in a village in the center of the restive East Asian country, local residents and media outlets say.
Cambodian PM Hun Sen's planned trip to Myanmar raises ASEAN concerns Radio Free Asia 07 Dec 2021 -- Cambodian PM Hun Sen's planned trip to Myanmar raises ASEAN concernsCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the incoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chair, unveiled a visit to army-run Myanmar early in 2022 after meeting with the junta's foreign minister Tuesday, as observers warned that failure to hold the military regime to account for its repressive rule could undermine the bloc's authority.
Myanmar troops massacre, burn 11 villagers in Sagaing Radio Free Asia 07 Dec 2021 -- Myanmar junta troops massacred 11 civilians in northwestern Sagaing region on Tuesday, reportedly burning them alive in apparent retaliation for militia attacks, local residents and militia said.
Myanmar junta FM meets Cambodian PM Hun Sen ahead of ASEAN chairmanship Radio Free Asia 07 Dec 2021 -- The foreign minister representing Myanmar's junta met with soon-to-be Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chair and prime minister of Cambodia Hun Sen on Tuesday, as observers warned that failure to hold the military regime to account for its repressive rule could undermine the bloc's authority.
General Assembly defers decision on Afghanistan and Myanmar seats UN News 06 Dec 2021 -- The UN General Assembly on Monday adopted a resolution to delay a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the world body.
UN Upholds Decision Denying Taliban, Myanmar Junta's Requests for Representation VOA 06 Dec 2021 -- The U.N. General Assembly upheld a decision on Monday to further delay action on allowing the Taliban and Myanmar's junta to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar in the international body.
On the Conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi US Dept. of State 06 Dec 2021 -- The Burmese military regime's unjust conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi and the repression of other democratically elected officials are yet further affronts to democracy and justice in Burma.
Aung San Suu Kyi sentencing: Foreign Secretary statement, December 2021 UK FCDO 06 Dec 2021 -- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss comments on the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar.
Myanmar: UN deplores conviction and sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi UN News 06 Dec 2021 -- The UN's top human rights official on Monday condemned the imprisonment of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi by a military-controlled court, and called for her release. She also faces additional charges of corruption and electoral fraud.
UN denounces Suu Kyi's jail sentence by Myanmar junta as 'politically-motivated' Press TV 06 Dec 2021 -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has denounced Myanmar's junta after ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four years in jail, calling for her release.
Myanmar military court jails Aung San Suu Kyi Radio Free Asia 06 Dec 2021 -- A military court sentenced deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison Monday over incitement and breaches of COVID-19 laws, which the junta chief reduced to two years of house arrest, in a ruling condemned by the U.S. that rights groups said was aimed at ending the Nobel laureate's political career.
Military families increasingly voice dissent over junta leadership Radio Free Asia 06 Dec 2021 -- Growing resentment over the brutal repression and killing of civilians during crackdowns is causing an increasing number of military family members to speak out against Myanmar's junta, despite the threat of reprisal.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Reportedly Sentenced to Four Years in Prison Sputnik 06 Dec 2021 -- The head of the Myanmar government was put under house arrest after a military takeover in the country in February 2021, with the armed forces accusing her and her party of voter fraud and corruption.
Illegal gold mines operate unchecked in Myanmar's Kachin state since coup Radio Free Asia 04 Dec 2021 -- Illegal gold mine operations have run unchecked in the capital of Myanmar's Kachin state since the military seized power 10 months ago, raising concerns for villagers who spent years protesting a massive Chinese-backed dam project in the early 2000s.
Hundreds of villagers fled fighting in Myanmar’s Shan state to border with China Radio Free Asia 02 Dec 2021 -- Intensified fighting between the military and the ethnic Kokang forces in Myanmar’s northern Shan state has driven some 1,500 villagers to seek shelter in refugee camps near the border with China, according to residents.
UN postpones decision on Myanmar rep in apparent win for shadow government Radio Free Asia 02 Dec 2021 -- The United Nations has deferred a decision on who will represent Myanmar at the world body in an apparent diplomatic win for the country's shadow National Unity Government (NUG), which will continue to hold the seat despite the ruling military junta's efforts to install its own envoy.
NLD spokesman held for 9 months by Myanmar military rulers dies after release Radio Free Asia 01 Dec 2021 -- A senior party member of Myanmar's National League for Democracy has died of a heart attack less than two months after being freed from a nine-month detention, according to family members and friends.
Myanmar's Coup Economy Is 'Boom and Bust' VOA 01 Dec 2021 -- Myanmar's economy is crumbling and experts predict more illegal trade and zero growth in 2022.

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December 2021 - Myanmar Special Weapons News