Entries by ND Burma

Myanmar military arrests civil disobedience movement teacher in Ayeyarwady

The junta claims she had a document connecting her to the shadow National Unity Government. Junta troops have arrested a teacher in Myanmar’s southwestern Ayeyarwady region claiming she has links to the shadow National Unity Government, according to pro-junta Telegram messaging channels. Residents of Bogale township told RFA Tuesday that 30-year-old Theint Theint Soe was […]

91-year-old woman killed in arson attack in Ye-U Township

An elderly woman with limited mobility died in a fire started by junta troops after they triggered mines set out by resistance fighters After incurring several casualties from resistance forces’ explosive devices, a military column torched a village in Ye-U Township, Sagaing Region, killing a 91-year-old woman who was unable to escape the fire. At […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (May 15 to 21, 2023)

Military junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Myawaddy, Kayin State and Demoso, Kayah State from May 15th to 21st. Junta troops also  launched an airstrike, dropped bombs and cut off the Tele communication and mobile data in Mawlite Township, Sagaing Region.Military Junta troops arrested ‌about 60 civilians including the children from Kani […]

The Insight Myanmar Podcast

Someday, when we have a reliable judicial system in the country or access to the international judicial system, we will use our documentation to seek justice for the victims of human rights violations, and achieve accountability,” says Han Gyi, a coordinator at the Network for Human Rights Documentation. Also known as ND-Burma, the organization has […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (May 8 to 14, 2023)

A civilian died and civilian houses were burnt by the Military junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Mon State, Chin State, and Sagaing Region from May 8th to 14th.Military junta troops committed a massacre by burning 18 civilians from Nyaung Pentha village in Bago Region. Over 30 civilians were arrested as human […]

Six dead as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in western Myanmar coast

U.N. had warned of ‘a nightmare scenario’ in Bay of Bengal region home to crowded refugee camps. Powerful Cyclone Mocha made landfall in western Myanmar Sunday, killing six people and bringing down trees, residents said, as humanitarian agencies warned of a severe impact on “hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people.” The cyclone had earlier on […]

Myanmar junta forces commit more atrocities, burn 19 civilians to death

The death toll could rise because the area is ‘now like a battlefield,’ ethnic armed group says. Myanmar troops burned alive 19 civilians, including eight minors, on Wednesday, relatives of the dead, witnesses and a spokesman for the shadow government said, in the latest atrocity committed by junta soldiers in the country’s civil war. The […]