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WEB3 days ago · As president, Min Aung Hlaing will only prolong Myanmar’s misery. Myanmar NOW is an independent news service providing free, accurate and unbiased news to the people of Myanmar in Burmese and English. Independent media is under attack in Myanmar… help us hold the powerful to account. Latest …
UN decries ‘horrific’ torture as Myanmar sinks into human rights …
WEB2 days ago · The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday provided accounts of horrifying torture and an overall worsening rights situation in Myanmar, amid intensifying hostilities and the absence of rule of law. “Myanmar is plumbing the depths of the human rights abyss,” said James Rodehaver, head of the United Nations rights office’s Myanmar team.
Reimagining victory: A new dawn for Myanmar’s resistance …
WEB3 days ago · Aung Ko Ko September 17, 2024. Myanmar’s resistance has made tremendous strides since the anti-coup protests of 2021, but achieving real victory remains a work in progress. After three years of the Spring Revolution in Myanmar, it is worth reconsidering and redefining what “victory” truly means for …
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WEBMyanmar NOW is an independent news service dedicated to providing accurate and unbiased news about Myanmar in Burmese and English.. With a mission to expose injustice in society and to hold the powerful to account, Myanmar Now prioritises news that matters most to those who care about the vulnerable and voiceless in society.. Founded in Yangon in 2015 during a period of relative openness in ...
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WEBSep 13, 2024 · One killed, many injured as Myanmar air force bombs Lashio. The military carried out retaliatory airstrikes for a third time in northern Shan State’s capital, where the anti-junta forces who seized the city more than a month ago claim to be making repairs and putting mechanisms for local governance in place.
Battlefield update: November 17 - Myanmar Now
WEBNov 17, 2023 · Battlefield update: November 17. The body of a civilian killed during fighting in Loikaw is pictured being carried out by rescuers on November 14 (Esther J / Myanmar Now) Karenni. Rescue teams found the bodies of at least 15 civilians, including children, killed in battles between resistance forces and the military in the Karenni (Kayah) State ...
Three years on, Myanmar’s military remains on the road to ruin
WEBJan 29, 2024 · Min Aung Hlaing and his fellow coup makers are incapable of learning from their failures, according to military insiders. Myanmar Now January 29, 2024. Vice Senior General Soe Win visits injured soldiers at Mingaladon Military Hospital in Yangon in late December 2023 (State Administration Council) As the third anniversary of Myanmar’s ...
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WEBSep 6, 2024 · Women of the MDY-PDF explain their role in Myanmar’s armed resistance. Comprising around 10 percent of the Mandalay Region-based resistance group’s membership, women rarely go into combat but regularly serve as administrators, trainers, medics, and drone operators. Read More ». News. Myanmar Now August 23, 2024.
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WEBEnduring hardships, embracing hope: War in Myanmar still displacing civilians by the thousands. Inhabitants of northern Shan State’s recently captured administrative capital—a city that once had a population of more than 300,000—now share the plight of the millions who have fled their homes due to fighting, airstrikes, and …
Lens of defiance: The Myanmar film industry’s fight to survive in a …
WEBSep 30, 2023 · By reinstating draconian restrictions lifted during Myanmar’s decade-long era of relative freedom, the junta has moved to either silence filmmakers or force them to help it shape the narrative. Unwilling to accept either fate, Na Gyi has taken a third option—life in exile.