Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
May 2025 - Myanmar Special Weapons News
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- Rohingya groups condemn 'global neglect' after 427 refugees feared drowned at sea Radio Free Asia 29 May 2025 -- Rohingya rights groups on Thursday decried "regional inaction and global neglect" over the plight of the Muslim minority from Myanmar after more than 400 refugees were feared drowned when two boats sank this month after setting sail from Bangladesh.
- Myanmar: UN report maps pathway to fulfil aspirations for peace, inclusivity and democracy OHCHR 26 May 2025 -- In the face of years of suffering and abuse, the vast majority of the people of Myanmar are united in their defiance of military authoritarianism and violence, a report by the UN Human Rights Office finds, calling for renewed international resolve to end the military's stranglehold on power and to support the democratic aspirations of the Myanmar people.
- UN warns of 'catastrophic' human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse deepen UN News 26 May 2025 -- Myanmar's spiralling human rights crisis - fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic collapse - has left civilians caught in the crossfire of an increasingly brutal conflict, according to a new report by the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
- Over 400 Rohingya feared drowned in two shipwrecks off Myanmar coast: UN Press TV 24 May 2025 -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that over 400 Muslim Rohingya refugees are feared drowned in two shipwrecks off Myanmar's coast.
- UNHCR fears extreme desperation led to deaths of 427 Rohingya at sea UNHCR 23 May 2025 -- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is gravely concerned about reports of two boat tragedies off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, with estimates that 427 Rohingya perished at sea.
- UNHCR underscores plight of Rohingya refugees amid alarming reports UN News 23 May 2025 -- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday released a statement expressing grave concern over reports that two boats carrying Rohingya refugees sank off the coast of Myanmar earlier this month, with an estimated 427 people dead.
- Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma EC/CEU 16 May 2025
- Alarmed by reports of Rohingya cast into the sea from Indian navy vessels, UN expert launches inquiry of "unconscionable, unacceptable acts" OHCHR 15 May 2025 -- Alarmed by credible reports that Rohingya refugees were forced off an Indian navy vessel and into the Andaman Sea last week, a UN expert has begun an inquiry into such "unconscionable, unacceptable acts" while urging the Indian government to refrain from inhumane and life-threatening treatment of Rohingya refugees, including their repatriation into perilous conditions in Myanmar.
- Reports of Indian navy forcing Rohingya refugees into sea 'unconscionable': UN expert Press TV 15 May 2025 -- A United Nations expert has censured Indian naval forces for reportedly abandoning Muslim Rohingya refugees in the sea and telling them to return to Myanmar by swimming.
- Myanmar's ousted government calls for international aid after junta kills hundreds Radio Free Asia 15 May 2025 -- Myanmar's ousted civilian government called for international intervention, accusing the military regime of committing "war crimes" by killing nearly 400 people within a month, despite the junta's declaration of a ceasefire on April 2.
- Junta bombs rebel territory in western Myanmar, kills children, elderly Radio Free Asia 13 May 2025 -- A junta jet bombed a rebel-controlled village in western Myanmar on Tuesday, killing more than a dozen civilians, an official from the Arakan Army, or AA, and residents told Radio Free Asia.
- Junta bombs a school in central Myanmar, kills at least 20 students Radio Free Asia 12 May 2025 -- Junta forces bombed a school in central Myanmar on Monday, killing at least 20 students, local sources and the country's exiled civilian administration told Radio Free Asia.
- Xi Jinping Meets with Myanmar's Leader Min Aung Hlaing PRC MofA 10 May 2025 -- On the afternoon of May 9, 2025 local time, President Xi Jinping met with Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing in Moscow on the sidelines of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union.
- Xi urges China, Myanmar to keep advancing key projects of economic corridor Global Times 10 May 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged China and Myanmar to deepen strategic cooperation and keep advancing the construction of key projects of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor.
- Junta bombs northern Myanmar after rebels reject peace negotiations Radio Free Asia 09 May 2025 -- Myanmar's military launched attacks on four villages in northern Myanmar controlled by an insurgent group, according to a statement published by rebels on Friday, despite both armies agreeing to a ceasefire extension only days earlier.
- Myanmar junta bombs hospital days after declaring ceasefire extension Radio Free Asia 08 May 2025 -- Junta airstrikes on villages in southeast Myanmar destroyed a hospital and forced over 8,000 residents from their homes, leaving them in urgent need of aid, according to an insurgent administration opposing the military.
- Myanmar's ethnic Karen face food shortages amid aid cuts to camps on Thai border Radio Free Asia 07 May 2025 -- Myanmar residents forced to flee their homes for camps across the border in Thailand are facing growing hardship amid cuts to international aid, with more than 108,000 people now struggling to access stable food supplies, civil society organizations told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.
- Myanmar junta extends post-quake ceasefire despite repeatedly violating it Radio Free Asia 06 May 2025 -- Myanmar's military junta on Tuesday extended a post-quake ceasefire that critics say exists in name only amid a floundering effort to help disaster victims.
- Myanmar's Ta'ang army says it won't give up territory despite junta, Chinese pressure Radio Free Asia 05 May 2025 -- An ethnic army that has been fighting a 10-year battle against Myanmar's military in Shan state said it refused a request from the junta to hand back captured territory despite joint pressure from the military regime and China.
- US blacklists Myanmar warlord and ethnic army linked to scam centers Radio Free Asia 05 May 2025 -- The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday blacklisted a Myanmar militia group, its leader Saw Chit Thu and his two sons for facilitating cyber scams from territory they control on the Thai-Myanmar border.
- Treasury Sanctions Burma Warlord and Militia Tied to Cyber Scam Operations US Treasury 05 May 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Karen National Army (KNA), a militia group in Burma, as a transnational criminal organization, along with the group's leader Saw Chit Thu, and his two sons, Saw Htoo Eh Mooand Saw Chit Chit, for their role in facilitating cyber scams that harm U.S. citizens, human trafficking, and cross-border smuggling.
- Türk warns of unremitting violence against civilians in Myanmar OHCHR 02 May 2025 -- Amidst so many crises around the world, the unbearable suffering of the people in Myanmar cannot be forgotten.
- Health workers say disease on rise in Myanmar as aid cuts bite Radio Free Asia 02 May 2025 -- In conflict-hit zones on the eastern and western border regions of Myanmar, health workers are reporting rising cases of tuberculosis and other diseases amid global aid cuts from the U.S and other international donors.
- Myanmar crisis deepens as military attacks persist and needs grow UN News 02 May 2025 -- More than a month after two powerful earthquakes devastated Myanmar, the country is spiralling deeper into crisis as continued military attacks, obstructed aid access and widespread displacement leave nearly 6.3 million people in urgent need.
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