MPs denounce lack of humanitarian assistance in Myanmar ahead of International Parliamentary Inquiry’s fourth hearing

MPs denounce lack of humanitarian assistance in Myanmar ahead of International Parliamentary Inquiry’s fourth hearing – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (aseanmp.org) JAKARTA – The Myanmar people are not receiving the humanitarian assistance they need as the crisis triggered by the coup d’état of February last year worsens, parliamentarians from seven different countries in Africa,

July 20, 2022 at 7:04 am read more

Myanmar junta troops murder disabled villagers in Chin State

Myanmar junta troops murder disabled villagers in Chin State | Myanmar NOW (myanmar-now.org) A deaf woman and a paralysed man were murdered by regime forces in northern Chin State’s Falam Township late last week, according to local sources. The victims were both killed by a military column of around 250 soldiers that left Kalay in

July 15, 2022 at 9:11 am read more

More Myanmar Christian refugees flee to India’s Mizoram

Hundreds of people from Myanmar’s predominantly Christian Chin state continue to flee the ongoing conflict and seek refuge in neighboring Mizoram state in India.

July 15, 2022 at 9:07 am read more

Chin State Food Running Out as Myanmar Junta Blocks Roads

The regime has blocked the Paletwa-Matupi, Matupi-Mindat, and Mindat-Kyaukhtu roads which supply the townships.

July 15, 2022 at 8:58 am read more

A tribute to a human rights defender killed by Myanmar’s junta

Pu Tui Dim, who was 55 at the time of his death and left behind one son, had spent his entire adult life documenting the Myanmar military’s human rights abuses. During his six years with the CHRO, he had repeatedly put his own life at risk by clandestinely travelling to dangerous areas to collect human rights data. In spite...

February 4, 2022 at 5:31 am read more

Resistance to the Myanmar regime in Chin state – a photo essay

The photojournalist Alex McBride has been embedded with rebel forces in Chin state, Myanmar, during a critical moment for the country, as the regime assaults the area in a worrying echo of the Rohingya genocide

January 26, 2022 at 4:36 am read more

Hundred Flees Following Brutal Killing of 10 Civilians in Matupi Township

More people are fleeing from multiple villages in Matupi Township and moving towards the Indian border following the brutal summary killings of at least 10 civilians last week and as the military junta reinforces troops into the areas under the Tactical Operations Command in Matupi in southern Chin State. Summary Killing of 10 Civilians On

January 12, 2022 at 2:25 pm read more

In pictures: The ruins of Thantlang

These attacks constitute acts of war crimes and crimes against humanity under international laws. The SAC military junta led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing must be held accountable for his crimes. The international community must not fail the people of Myanmar, especially the victims of Min Aung Hlaing's crimes in Thantlang.

January 7, 2022 at 12:19 pm read more

Irrefutable Evidence

In this previously unseen aerial footage, junta's soldiers are seen engaging in setting fire to several houses in Seikpyuye Ward of Thantlang. The visual footage, taken on Nov 26, 2021, provides the strongest evidence yet of direct responsibility of the junta in destroying a town of over 2000 houses with more than 10,000 residents. It also conclusively refutes the...

January 3, 2022 at 8:54 am read more

New York Times: Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice

While Chin people have long sought safety in India, the current exodus has outpaced any previous flight. In just months, roughly 30,000 people have crossed the border, a level of migration that in the past was spread over two decades, according to Salai Za Uk Ling, the director of the Chin Human Rights Organization.

December 30, 2021 at 5:16 pm read more