Tag: Myanmar military
Junta troops accused of rape in Myanmar’s Chin state
Troops entered the village of Aklui located along the highway connecting Tedim with Kalay township in Sagaing region on November 11
Myanmar junta charges Suu Kyi with fraud during 2020 polls
Suu Kyi faces a raft of charges including illegally importing walkie talkies, sedition and corruption, and faces decades in jail if convicted
Catholic cathedral hit by artillery shelling in Myanmar’s Shan state, says...
A source said that five artillery shells “fell on the church,” which was identified as the “Phekone Cathedral Church of Sacred Heart”
Myanmar charges US journalist with terrorism, sedition
Danny Fenster, who was arrested as he tried to leave the country in May, was charged under anti-terror and sedition laws
Satellite imagery shows damage to town torched in Myanmar’s Chin state
Witnesses said soldiers entered Thantlang town on October 29, looted properties and then set fires to 200 homes and some churches
Myanmar’s military accused of using human shields
A human rights group said the abduction of 19 men marks the fourth time villagers were detained and used as human shields in Kayah state
Myanmar junta accuses anti-coup fighters of razing western town
The junta's information team confirmed Saturday that two churches and 70 homes were burnt down in Thantlang
60 houses, church torched in Myanmar since September, says report
Between October 13 and October 25, junta soldiers torched 42 houses and one church in Falam township
Southeast Asian summit begins without Myanmar after junta snubbed
Barring Myanmar's junta chief from the ASEAN meeting was "tremendously significant,” said a political analyst
Religious rights groups join calls for UN action on Myanmar
The groups said the February coup has emboldened the military to further persecute Christians and Muslims