At least 22 people, including three monks, were killed at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar. According to CNN, 22 bodies were recovered at a bullet-ridden monastery in the eastern Myanmar village of Nam Nain in the country’s southern Shan State on Saturday.
Myanmar Regime Chief Meets Russian Trade Delegation
Despite frequent talks between the junta and Russian trade and investment delegations, there is little sign of any tangible benefit for Myanmar.
Myanmar team in Bangladesh camps for Rohingya repatriation pilot project
A Myanmar delegation is visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh this week to verify a few hundred potential returnees for a pilot repatriation project, though a Bangladeshi official said it was unclear when they would be going home.
Human rights activists call on UN Security Council to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to International Criminal Court
Human rights activists have called on the UN Security Council to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to the International Criminal Court and for neighbor
Monks among 30 people ‘brutally murdered’ by army in Myanmar monastery attack, insurgent group says
At least 30 people including monks have been brutally executed after soldiers burst into a monastery in Myanmar, resistance groups have claimed. Myanmar has been plunged into chaos with a resistance …
Independent Media Rebuilds Inside and Outside Myanmar After Violent Coup
Three years after the military’s violent coup, Myanmar’s journalists are rebuilding independent media inside and outside the country.
Activists urge UN Security Council to refer Myanmar to court
Human rights activists are urging the U.N. Security Council to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to the International Criminal Court and for neighboring Southeast Asian countries to support the oppositi
UN Security Council must act to end the violence in Myanmar, says Special Advisory Council for Myanmar
Security Council must take action to ensure that the Myanmar military complies with Resolution 2669 which was enacted last year to end violence and restore democracy.
ICC Asked to Expand Investigations After Further Massacres in Myanmar
The National Unity Government of Myanmar (NUG) has released the grisly details of a massacre allegedly committed by the Myanmar military’s Light Infantry Division (LID) 99. Combined with other reports …
The clock is ticking for ASEAN on Myanmar
Should ASEAN fail to make concrete progress on Myanmar by the end of the year, it should refer the situation to the UN Security Council, which in December passed its first ever resolution on Myanmar.