June 2022 - Myanmar Special Weapons News

Airstrikes target anti-junta forces in Myanmar's Kayin state for 5th day Radio Free Asia 30 Jun 2022 -- Five days of intense clashes between Myanmar's military and joint anti-junta forces near the Thai border in Kayin state have left more than a dozen coalition fighters dead and several wounded on both sides of the conflict, sources in the region said Thursday.
UN Investigator Warns of Increased Violence in Myanmar VOA 30 Jun 2022 -- U.N. investigator Thomas Andrews is warning that Myanmar's military junta is increasing its brutal campaign of violence, resorting to massacres, and widespread human rights violations to maintain its iron grip. The report has been submitted to the U.N. human rights council.
Nine killed in junta raids on Myanmar villages near China-backed copper mine Radio Free Asia 29 Jun 2022 -- At least nine civilians are dead, and dozens are missing after a month of military raids on villages near a China-backed copper mine in Myanmar's Sagaing region that prodemocracy paramilitaries had threatened to destroy because it could provide income for the junta, residents said Wednesday.
Fighting intensifies in Myanmar's eastern Kayin state Radio Free Asia 29 Jun 2022 -- Military junta forces and allied militia have been fighting for four days against Kayin National Union (KNU) forces in eastern Myanmar's Kayin state, leading to heavy casualties on both sides, according to the KNU and Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO).
Second trip to Myanmar minus key stakeholders underway for ASEAN Envoy Radio Free Asia 29 Jun 2022 -- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy to Myanmar Prak Sokhonn kicked off his second trip to Myanmar Wednesday to mediate the country's political crisis despite being denied access to key stakeholders, prompting observers to question the value of his visit.
Myanmar: Shocking toll on children must be spur to action, says UN rights expert UN News 29 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's military junta is responsible for shocking violence against children caught up in the bloody aftermath of last February's coup, a top independent Human Rights Council-appointed investigator said on Wednesday.
NLD slams junta transfer of Suu Kyi to prison in Myanmar capital Radio Free Asia 28 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) on Tuesday condemned the junta's decision to move party leader Aung San Suu Kyi from detention to a prison in the nation's capital, citing poor conditions and lack of access to health care at the facility.
Myanmar junta deploys loudspeakers in bid to prompt PDF surrender Radio Free Asia 27 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's junta has launched a campaign urging local members of the armed opposition to surrender, vowing to step down following elections planned for 2023, but prodemocracy fighters on Monday dismissed the move as a sign of desperation from a military regime barely clinging to power.
Regional Envoy Calls for Myanmar's Suu Kyi to be Spared Jail Time VOA 27 Jun 2022 -- A regional envoy for the crisis in Myanmar has urged the country's military leaders to return deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest from her prison cell in solitary confinement.
Teachers in Myanmar caught in crossfire as conflict rages Radio Free Asia 25 Jun 2022 -- Schoolteachers in Myanmar, many of whom joined a national strike to protest the ruling military regime, have been increasingly caught in the crossfire following the February 2021 coup that overthrew the elected government.
Hundreds forced to flee after troops torch homes in Magway Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2022 -- More than 500 residents of Kan Nat village were forced to flee when military forces and junta-affiliated Pyu Saw Htee members torched nearly all of its 115 homes.
Arrests in Rakhine raise fears of renewed conflict between military, Arakan Army Radio Free Asia 24 Jun 2022 -- Residents in western Myanmar's Rakhine state are increasingly on edge, worried that fighting between the military and the Arakan Army (AA) will soon erupt once again as arrests of personnel from both sides escalate.
UN calls for action to stop violence in Myanmar as post-coup death toll tops 2,000 Press TV 23 Jun 2022 -- A United Nations expert has called for more meaningful action to end violence in Myanmar as more than 2,000 people have lost their lives in a persisting crackdown since February last year, when a junta assumed power in the Southeast Asian country.
UN expert: Member-states should engage with NUG to find Myanmar crisis solution Radio Free Asia 23 Jun 2022 -- Other United Nations member-states should follow Malaysia's lead and engage with Myanmar's parallel civilian National Unity Government in efforts to help resolve the post-coup crisis in that country, a U.N. expert said Thursday.
Aung San Suu Kyi begins trial in prison Radio Free Asia 23 Jun 2022 -- Detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi began her trial on Thursday in a special court in Naypyidaw Prison. The National League for Democracy (NLD) leader was moved to the prison in Myanmar's capital city and placed in solitary confinement on Wednesday.
Former Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi Imprisoned Sputnik 23 Jun 2022 -- Former Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest for about 15 months, has been sentenced to prison terms, Myanmar's military authorities said on Thursday.
Myanmar junta forces kill 2 militiamen, torch villages near copper mine Radio Free Asia 22 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar junta soldiers killed two local militia members and torched over 20 villages near the Chinese-owned Letpadaung copper mine in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region on Tuesday, forcing more than 10,000 civilians to flee, residents said.
Myanmar civilian death toll surpasses 2,000 since coup-NGO Radio Free Asia 22 Jun 2022 -- The toll of civilians who died at the hands of Myanmar's military junta since it overthrew the country's elected government 16 months ago reached 2,000 this week and is rising, according to a Thai-based activist group that has closely tracked deaths
12 militia members killed in shootout in Myanmar's Magway Radio Free Asia 22 Jun 2022 -- Twelve members of a People's Defense Force (PDF) have been shot dead and three others arrested after fighting near Mae Zali Bridge in Myanmar's central Magway region, according to police, a PDF official and local residents.
Myanmar junta representative attends ASEAN defense meeting Radio Free Asia 22 Jun 2022 -- A representative of Myanmar's military regime attended the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on Wednesday, despite an appeal from hundreds of pro-democracy organizations in the war-ravaged country that the Southeast Asian regional bloc not engage with the junta.
Five killed by junta troops, allied fighters in Myanmar's Sagaing Radio Free Asia 21 Jun 2022 -- Four civilians and a local militia member were found killed Monday after a three-day raid by junta troops and allied fighters on a village in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region that saw 10,000 civilians flee the area, Myanmar sources say.
Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh demand repatriation Press TV 19 Jun 2022 -- Rohingya Muslims living in sprawling refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh have staged demonstrations demanding repatriation to their ethnic homeland of Rakhine state in Myanmar.
'Let's Go Home': Thousands of Rohingya Demonstrate in Camps in Bangladesh VOA 19 Jun 2022 -- Thousands of Rohingya refugees Sunday held peaceful rallies in Bangladesh, saying they wanted to return to Myanmar, which they fled amid waves of ethnic and religious persecution dating to 1978.
Rohingya refugees are stuck in limbo a decade after violence forced them to flee Radio Free Asia 17 Jun 2022 -- More than 130,000 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state remain stuck in makeshift camps that are often short of food and opportunity, unable to return to their homes after sectarian violence with Buddhists forced them to flee a decade ago.
ASEAN Special Envoy won't meet Suu Kyi during Myanmar visit Radio Free Asia 17 Jun 2022 -- ASEAN Special Envoy Prak Sokhonn will not be allowed to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi on his second visit to Myanmar, military council spokesman Gen. Zaw Min Tun told RFA.
Justice for Myanmar: Vietnamese telco helps junta track deserters Radio Free Asia 17 Jun 2022 -- Viettel has been helping Myanmar's junta track civilians and military deserters, according to Justice for Myanmar (JFM), which called for immediate sanctions against Viettel Global Investment (VGI), a unit of Vietnam's largest mobile carrier.
Three people killed as troops target villages in Chin State Radio Free Asia 16 Jun 2022 -- Three people died Thursday after junta forces fired artillery shells at a farm in Mui Tui village in Chin State's Mindat township, residents told RFA.
Migration from Myanmar to Thailand surges amid fighting, COVID concerns Radio Free Asia 16 Jun 2022 -- The number of migrants crossing illegally from Myanmar to Thailand has surged in recent months as residents of regions near the border flee fighting with government troops and outbreaks of COVID-19, sources say.
Political prisoner executions would backfire on Myanmar junta, say analysts Radio Free Asia 16 Jun 2022 -- As talk that Myanmar's junta was set to hang veteran democracy activist Ko Jimmy and three other men went viral on social media Thursday, other junta opponents and analysts said carrying out the executions would backfire against the military regime that has ruled the country since a coup last year.
More than 40 anti-regime protesters arrested in Yangon in two days Radio Free Asia 15 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's military junta is targeting younger protesters in the country's business capital, Yangon, arresting more than 40 men and women on Monday and Tuesday. Witnesses said those arrested were aged between 18 and 30.
Rampant Violations in Myanmar Could Constitute Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes VOA 15 Jun 2022 -- In her oral update on conditions in Myanmar, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called for action to bring Myanmar's generals to account and return the country to democratic rule. She told the council that the lives and future of Myanmar's people are hanging in the balance.
Police report: ARSA rebel chief ordered Rohingya leader Muhib Ullah gunned down Radio Free Asia 14 Jun 2022 -- The leader of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army rebel group ordered the killing of Rohingya activist Muhib Ullah at a Bangladeshi refugee camp last year, police in the South Asian country said in recommending murder charges against 29 suspects, although the insurgent group denied being involved.
Three die in raid on Sagaing region village Radio Free Asia 14 Jun 2022 -- The bodies of a woman and two men have been found after junta troops set fire to Lat Pu Kan village in Myanmar's Sagaing region on Monday.
Myanmar: Cycle of 'human rights violations and abuses' continues, warns Bachelet UN News 14 Jun 2022 -- Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military coup, the UN rights chief said on Tuesday that the people of Myanmar remain "trapped in a cycle of poverty and displacement, human rights violations and abuses".
UN official urges action to prevent a lost generation of children in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 14 Jun 2022 -- The international community must "reengage and refocus" on Myanmar to head off a looming crisis that may leave a "lost generation" of children, who have already suffered incredible deprivation since the country's February 2021 military coup, a United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday.
Myanmar's armed resistance rejects junta call for surrender Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's armed resistance has dismissed an unprecedented call by the junta to surrender as a "sugar-coated offer" by a regime that must pay for its war crimes against civilians, as a new report found the military responsible for nearly 20,000 arson attacks since it's 2021 coup.
Calling on Myanmar's military to end the violence, grant unhindered humanitarian access, and uphold human rights UK FCDO 13 Jun 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly briefing by the Special Envoy on Myanmar
Myanmar's multidimensional crises have 'deepened and expanded dramatically' UN News 13 Jun 2022 -- The political crisis unleashed in Myanmar following the 1 February military coup last year, has "opened new frontlines that had long been at peace," the UN Special Envoy told the General Assembly on Monday, noting that challenges in the country have "both deepened and expanded dramatically."
Hundreds of Rohingya tried to flee Myanmar in past 6 months Radio Free Asia 13 Jun 2022 -- More than 600 Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar's Rakhine state have been arrested over the last six months trying to reach Malaysia, an RFA analysis shows, part of an exodus of refugees who were driven by a lack of jobs and food to make a risky and sometimes deadly trek.
Defector group says 4 combat weapons in production for fight against Myanmar junta Radio Free Asia 10 Jun 2022 -- A group of ex-military servicemen in Myanmar who are assisting prodemocracy paramilitaries say skills they acquired during their past training helped them produce four types of combat weapons to battle junta troops.
Myanmar's junta yet to send execution orders for former lawmaker, democracy activist Radio Free Asia 10 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's ruling military junta has not issued execution orders for a former lawmaker from the deposed government and a prominent democracy activist sitting on death row after convictions on terrorism charges, despite reports that the men would be hanged Friday evening local time, a Prisons Department spokesman told RFA.
Myanmar: Death sentences 'vile attempt at instilling fear', rights experts charge UN News 10 Jun 2022 -- The international community must increase pressure on Myanmar 's military rulers in the wake of their decision to move ahead with death sentences against four individuals, including two prominent opponents of the regime, UN independent human rights experts said on Friday.
Monsoon Season Expected to Give Myanmar's Anti-Junta Rebels a Boost VOA 09 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's nascent monsoon season is likely to give rebels fighting to oust the country's military junta an edge as heavy rains bog down the army's ground forces and hobble its air support for the next few months, analysts say.
'Blood Comrades' Issue Threats to Myanmar Media VOA 09 Jun 2022 -- To cement their loyalty to one another in 1941, the founders of Myanmar's colonial-era independence movement — known as the Thirty Comrades — drank from a silver bowl filled with each member's blood.
Myanmar junta forces attack villages in Sagaing region, killing 11, residents say Radio Free Asia 08 Jun 2022 -- Eleven civilians were shot dead or burned to death by military junta troops in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region after the soldiers found a weapon in a pagoda compound where the displaced villagers had sought shelter, local residents said Wednesday.
Nearly 600 properties seized by junta over alleged ties to armed resistance Radio Free Asia 08 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's junta has confiscated nearly 600 homes and other buildings owned by people it claims are members or supporters of the armed resistance, according to a report by independent research group the Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP Myanmar).
Refugees in Myanmar's Chin state excluded from ASEAN humanitarian assistance plan Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2022 -- Nearly 100,000 internally displaced ethnic Chins in western Myanmar have called for help from civil society groups to avoid allowing the military junta to control distribution of humanitarian aid from Southeast Asian countries, saying their strife-torn region is not receiving assistance.
Myanmar's junta uses identity documents as tools of genocide against Rohingya: report Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's junta is using identity documents to carry out a genocide of the ethnic Rohingya community, much like the perpetrators of the Holocaust and Rwandan genocide, according to a new report, which calls on the U.N. Security Council to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
India Crackdown Forces Rohingya Refugees to Go Underground, Flee to Bangladesh VOA 07 Jun 2022 -- The detention of dozens of Rohingya refugees in the north Indian city of Jammu, a north Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and the deportation of the two refugees to Myanmar has triggered panic among India's Rohingya refugee community.
Myanmar's junta vows to proceed with high-profile executions Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2022 -- The court-ordered executions of four Burmese prisoners, including a deposed lawmaker and a prominent former activist sentenced to death for "terrorism," will be carried out despite widespread international criticism, a junta official said Tuesday.
Yangon blasts injure three people, including a child Radio Free Asia 07 Jun 2022 -- Two suspected bombings in Hlaing Tharyar Township's No. 5 Ward this morning injured three people, including a child.
Five people killed in Sagaing region township blazes Radio Free Asia 06 Jun 2022 -- The charred bodies of a 79-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy were among five people discovered after military forces set fire to two villages in Myanmar's war-torn Sagaing region, locals told RFA.
Myanmar military forcibly recruits villagers into pro-junta militias Radio Free Asia 06 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's military is sending troops to villages in war-torn Sagaing region where the armed resistance is strong and forcibly recruiting residents into pro-junta militias, according to sources in the area.
Myanmar courts reject prominent death row appeals, order first death by hanging Radio Free Asia 03 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's junta-led courts have rejected appeals by a deposed lawmaker and a prominent former activist of their death sentences on "terrorism" charges, an official told RFA, while a young man became the latest of dozens sentenced to death since the coup last year and the first ordered to die by hanging.
US report on international religious freedom cites genocides in China and Myanmar Radio Free Asia 02 Jun 2022 -- China and Myanmar feature prominently in the U.S.'s latest report on global restrictions on religious rights and practices, which singles out the two countries for their repression of mostly Muslim Uyghurs and Rohingya.
Warships arrive in Kyauk Phyu township as tensions rise in Myanmar's Rakhine state Radio Free Asia 02 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's military is sending more troops into Rakhine state amid fears that an informal ceasefire with the Arakan Army (AA) is about to collapse.
Resumption of conflict would put millions at risk in Myanmar's Rakhine state: report Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2022 -- A resumption of a full-scale conflict between Myanmar's military and Arakan Army (AA) insurgents could result in the worst violence Rakhine state has seen in years and put the lives of millions of ethnic minorities in the region at risk, according to a new report by an international NGO.
Military carried out 'collective punishment' on ethnic civilians in eastern Myanmar Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's military has subjected ethnic civilians in Kayin and Kayah states to "collective punishment" through aerial and ground attacks, detentions that lead to torture or extrajudicial executions, and the razing of villages, according to a new report by London-based rights group Amnesty International.
Myanmar's junta shuts down publisher for distributing book on Rohingya genocide Radio Free Asia 01 Jun 2022 -- Myanmar's military regime has shut down a well-known publishing house in Yangon for importing and distributing a book on the 2017 Rohingya genocide, junta-controlled state newspapers said Wednesday.
In post-coup Myanmar, number of people displaced by violence tops 1 million Press TV 01 Jun 2022 -- More than one year into the military coup in Myanmar, the number of internally displaced people has topped one million for the first time, according to the United Nations.

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