Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
October 2022 - Myanmar Special Weapons News
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- Myanmar's junta arrests 10 alleged members of an anti-regime group in Yangon Radio Free Asia 31 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar's junta says it has arrested seven men and three women for carrying out a series of killings in Yangon. A statement released on Sunday said the 10 were members of the Inya Urban Force who were taken into custody between Oct. 1 and Oct. 6.
- Bangladesh police crack down on criminals inside Rohingya camps Radio Free Asia 31 Oct 2022 -- Bangladesh police captured dozens of suspects after launching a crackdown in Cox's Bazar refugee camps this weekend against armed criminal groups linked to a wave of killings targeting Rohingya, officials said Monday.
- Myanmar junta bans Irrawaddy news agency after months of harassment Radio Free Asia 31 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar's junta has officially banned online news outlet The Irrawaddy and charged the outlet's registered publisher for violating national security laws, state media reported over the weekend, following months of legal harassment.
- Myanmar reports 132 new COVID-19 cases People's Daily 29 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar confirmed 132 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 631,367, according to the Ministry of Health on Friday.
- After setbacks on the ground, Myanmar junta holds power by ruling the skies Radio Free Asia 28 Oct 2022 -- The bombing of a concert in Kachin state last weekend that killed more than 60 people showed the brutal advantage the Myanmar military retains in its struggling campaign for control of the country: its air power.
- Residents of bombed Myanmar village told not to help, hold services for victims Radio Free Asia 28 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar junta soldiers are warning local residents and aid group workers against providing medical treatment to people who were injured during a bombing of a concert in Hpakant township, Kachin state, last weekend, or holding large prayer services for those who were killed in the attack.
- Myanmar troops raid militia and administrative offices in Sagaing, leaving 11 dead Radio Free Asia 28 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar military troops launched a combined ground and air attack on offices of anti-junta administrators and rebels in war-torn Sagaing region this week and 11 bodies have been recovered from the scene, local sources told RFA on Friday.
- ASEAN sticks to failed peace plan despite ongoing bloodshed in Myanmar Radio Free Asia 27 Oct 2022 -- Southeast Asian foreign ministers decided Thursday to persist with a failed peace plan on Myanmar, a move that a top human rights group called "a huge disappointment," days after the bloodiest single airstrike in the country since last year's military coup.
- 2 more Rohingya killed by armed groups in Bangladesh camps Radio Free Asia 27 Oct 2022 -- Two Rohingya were gunned down inside their camp in Cox's Bazar on Thursday, in the third such killing in the past two days by suspected supporters of the ARSA militant group, according to Rohingya community leaders.
- UN Rights Expert Urges States to Adopt Stronger Response to Myanmar Junta VOA 27 Oct 2022 -- The U.N. special rapporteur for Myanmar warns that unless the international community changes how it deals with the military junta in that country, the already catastrophic situation will only get worse.
- Malaysian official tells UN to stop interfering about Myanmar deportations Radio Free Asia 27 Oct 2022 -- United Nations organizations and other groups should stop meddling in Malaysia's internal affairs, the country's home minister said Thursday when asked about these agencies criticizing the deportations of Myanmar nationals, including asylum seekers.
- Dozens of ethnic rebels killed alongside civilians in Myanmar airstrike Radio Free Asia 26 Oct 2022 -- An ethnic rebel group said Wednesday that dozens of its personnel were among those killed along with 17 civilians, in what is believed to be the bloodiest single airstrike in Myanmar since last year's military coup.
- Junta troops arrest and interrogate 45 people in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 26 Oct 2022 -- Junta troops arrested 45 locals in a raid on a village in Monywa township in Myanmar's Sagaing region.
- UN rights chief appeals for a halt in forced returns to Myanmar UN News 26 Oct 2022 -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the forced returns of refugees and migrants to Myanmar, in light of the ongoing situation in the country.
- UNHCR deplores continued deportation of Myanmar asylum-seekers from Malaysia UNHCR 25 Oct 2022 -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seriously concerned over the continued deportation by Malaysia of asylum-seekers from Myanmar back to their country, placing lives at risk.
- Malaysia's forced return of Myanmar's most vulnerable must stop: UNHCR UN News 25 Oct 2022 -- Malaysia's forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been "sent back against their will" to the troubled country in the last two months, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
- UN Urges Malaysia to Stop Deporting Myanmar Asylum-Seekers VOA 25 Oct 2022 -- The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the Malaysian authorities to stop forcibly deporting asylum-seekers from Myanmar back to their home country, where agency officials say their lives are at risk.
- Myanmar Junta Defends Deadly Attack on Rebels VOA 25 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar's military junta is denying that civilians were killed in airstrikes carried out Sunday against an ethnic rebel force.
- Death toll in Hpakant township concert bombing rises above 70 Radio Free Asia 25 Oct 2022 -- More than 70 people are now believed dead after junta forces bombed a concert in Myanmar's Kachin state, in what's thought to be the bloodiest airstrike since the Feb. 2021 coup.
- Village in Myanmar's Sagaing region raided by junta troops killing 10 people Radio Free Asia 24 Oct 2022 -- Around 80 junta troops stormed a village in Sagaing region's Yinmarbin township, killing nine People's Defense Force (PDF) members and one local. Troops burned the bodies and left them in a pile, locals said. A further four people were injured and two PDF members were arrested.
- Shelling kills 3 civilians during the battle for control of a Kayin state township Radio Free Asia 21 Oct 2022 -- Three civilians in a township in Myanmar's Kayin State died Friday after being hit by mortar shells fired by junta troops. At least 17 locals were injured as they were caught in the crossfire between the two sides fighting for control of Kawkareik.
- Myanmar's junta bans family visits, food deliveries to seven prisons after bomb blast Radio Free Asia 20 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar's military junta on Thursday banned family visits and delivery of food and other necessities to inmates in seven prisons across the country after an explosion at Yangon's Insein Prison killed eight people the day before, relatives and lawyers of the prisoners said.
- Three people, including a junta army officer, shot dead in Yangon Radio Free Asia 20 Oct 2022 -- Military council Army officer Cpt. Myint Swe has been shot dead along with his wife and another army serviceman in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon.
- UNHCR issues urgent appeal to stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals UNHCR 20 Oct 2022 -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing to countries in the region to immediately stop forced returns of Myanmar nationals seeking safety from serious harm. Sending them back to the country is placing countless lives at risk.
- Rebel group claims responsibility for blasts at Myanmar's Insein Prison Radio Free Asia 19 Oct 2022 -- An anti-junta group claimed responsibility for bomb blasts at a colonial-era prison in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday morning that killed eight people and injured 18 others.
- Malaysia urged to cease deportation of Myanmar asylum seekers Radio Free Asia 19 Oct 2022 -- Myanmar's shadow government and rights groups are voicing alarm over reports that military defectors were among 150 Myanmar nationals deported this month from Malaysia.
- Explosions at Myanmar's Insein Prison kill 8 people and injure 18 Radio Free Asia 19 Oct 2022 -- Multiple bomb blasts at Insein Prison in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon killed eight people and injured 18 on Wednesday.
- Final corruption cases filed against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Radio Free Asia 18 Oct 2022 -- Detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's last five remaining cases of corruption were filed at Naypyidaw Prison Court Tuesday, sources close to the court, who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons, told RFA.
- Junta attacks on a Sagaing region township leave 4 dead and destroy 500 houses Radio Free Asia 17 Oct 2022 -- Junta raids on villages in Sagaing region's Chaung-U township have left four people dead. Nearly 500 homes were torched in the attacks, according to locals.
- Malaysia's upcoming elections could cost Myanmar's NUG one of its biggest allies Radio Free Asia 14 Oct 2022 -- Malaysia's upcoming election could cost the Myanmar shadow government one of its biggest allies - Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah.
- More than 200,000 children displaced in three states since Myanmar coup Radio Free Asia 13 Oct 2022 -- More than 200,000 children have been displaced by fighting in Myanmar's war-torn states of Kayin, Kayah and Rakhine since the military took control of the country in a February 2021 coup, according to data compiled by rights groups, NGOs, and anti-junta forces.
- Over 4,000 forced to flee villages in Myanmar's Sagaing region Radio Free Asia 13 Oct 2022 -- More than 4,000 residents from seven villages in Myanmar's war-torn Sagaing region have fled their homes since Oct. 8, as junta troops entered Mingin township, according to aid workers.
- Myanmar's detained State Counsellor sentenced to another 3 years in prison Radio Free Asia 12 Oct 2022 -- Detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to three years in prison by the military court in Naypydaw Prison on Wednesday, for two corruption cases involving charges of accepting money from businessman Maung Weik, according to sources close to the court who requested anonymity for security reasons.
- Rohingya armed group posts celebration videos from Bangladesh refugee camps Radio Free Asia 11 Oct 2022 -- Two Rohingya have been detained and Bangladesh authorities are searching for others after pictures and videos circulated on social media of an event apparently marking the sixth anniversary of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in several refugee camps.
- Fighting in Myanmar's Sagaing region kills 16 anti-junta fighters Radio Free Asia 10 Oct 2022 -- Fighting over the weekend in northwestern Myanmar's restive Sagaing region between the military junta's soldiers and People's Defense Force (PDF) militias left 16 rebels dead, with some corpses showing signs of severe torture, local sources told RFA.
- Arakan Army rebels capture Myanmar junta border outpost Radio Free Asia 10 Oct 2022 -- The rebel Arakan Army fighting Myanmar's military junta on Monday captured an outpost on the country's border with Bangladesh, killing 30 soldiers and capturing three more, sources told Radio Free Asia.
- Children among 173 casualties from artillery, landmines in Myanmar since August Radio Free Asia 07 Oct 2022 -- Artillery and landmine blasts have killed at least 51 civilians and severely injured 122 others, including more than 20 children, over the past two months in seven Myanmar states and regions where the military is fighting armed opposition groups, according to reporting by RFA Burmese.
- At least 5 former military officers killed by Myanmar armed opposition since November Radio Free Asia 07 Oct 2022 -- Armed opposition groups have assassinated five former officers in Myanmar's military, including one believed to have close ties to the vice chairman of the junta, for what they claim is their public support of the regime and as retribution for the execution of prominent pro-democracy activists.
- Japanese filmmaker sentenced to seven years in prison by Myanmar court Radio Free Asia 06 Oct 2022 -- Japanese documentary filmmaker Toru Kubota has been sentenced to seven years in prison on two counts, Myanmar's military junta information group said on Thursday.
- Designations of Burmese Targets to Promote Justice and Accountability US Dept. of State 06 Oct 2022 -- Since the military coup in Burma over 18 months ago, the Burmese military regime has perpetrated violence against Burma's people, killing thousands, displacing more than a million people, and detaining pro-democracy advocates, political opposition leaders, members of civil society, and journalists all in a brutal attempt to consolidate its control.
- Treasury Sanctions Arms Dealers for Providing Support to Burma's Military Regime US Treasury 06 Oct 2022 -- Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and one entity connected to Burma's military regime pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14014. Following the February 1, 2021, coup that overthrew Burma's democratically elected civilian government, the military has committed numerous atrocities against people in Burma, including the violent repression of political dissent, the killing of over 2,300 innocent civilians, and displacement of more than 900,000 people.
- Myanmar: Speech on behalf of High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate on the repression of media freedom European External Action Service (EEAS) 05 Oct 2022
- 11 killed, including NLD members, in Myanmar's Mandalay region Radio Free Asia 05 Oct 2022 -- Nearly a dozen people, including members of Myanmar's deposed National League for Democracy (NLD) party, have been killed in three townships in Mandalay region on three successive days, locals said Wednesday.
- UN Human Rights Council 51: UK Statement for the Interactive dialogue on the report of the OHCHR on Myanmar UK FCDO 05 Oct 2022 -- The UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement on the Myanmar regime's access to weapons and arms.
- Myanmar junta transfers dozens of political prisoners to notorious detention center Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- Authorities under the junta's Ministry of Home Affairs have transferred dozens of political prisoners from Myanmar's Insein Prison in Yangon to a facility infamous for its poor treatment of inmates, RFA has learned, prompting concern from family members for their well-being.
- At least 145 deaths in custody since Myanmar coup Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- At least 145 people have died while being interrogated by authorities in Myanmar over the 19 months since the military seized control of the country in a coup, according to an investigation by RFA Burmese.
- Myanmar activists say junta will use SIM card registration to target opposition Radio Free Asia 03 Oct 2022 -- A recent order requiring anyone buying a SIM card to register their identity is a bid by Myanmar's military regime to crack down on anti-junta activities by leveraging personal data, analysts and pro-democracy activists said Monday.
- Myanmar junta hands 20 NLD members lengthy jail terms for 'terrorism' Radio Free Asia 03 Oct 2022 -- A prison court in Myanmar's Magway region has sentenced at least 20 National League for Democracy (NLD) members to lengthy jail terms on charges of violating the country's Counterterrorism Law, officials from the ousted political party said Monday.
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