Tag: Myanmar
Human rights groups decry continuing crackdown against Christians in Myanmar
A rights activist says Christians have been targeted by a military that has been pursuing a "Buddhist nationalist agenda”
Myanmar military targets villages with airstrikes during clashes, says report
Sources said that following the strikes, local militia urged residents to dig bomb shelters and leave the conflict zone, if possible
Myanmar shuts down phone, internet connections in several towns
The shutdown stoked fear in residents who recalled similar incidents when the military staged a coup on February 1, said media reports
Chin Baptist pastor in Myanmar still missing a week after abduction
The Baptist World Alliance called for the immediate release of Rev. Thian Lian Sang and the arrest of the killers of Rev. Cung Biak Hum
Myanmar faces ‘alarming’ risk of escalating civil war, warns UN human...
Sources in Myanmar said on Thursday that thousands of people in the country’s Chin State have already fled to India
Internet freedom collapses in Myanmar, but China still ‘worst’ in rankings,...
Myanmar’s ranking in the rights group’s Freedom on the Net 2021 fell by 14 points, dropping in one year from 31 to 17
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi goes on trial for incitement, pleads not guilty
Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy were deposed by the military in a February coup
Baptist group in Myanmar’s Chin state condemns killing of local pastor
Pastor Cung Biak Hum, 31, was shot and killed when he and several others ran to put out fires set by government soldiers
Civil society urges UN to retain Myanmar ambassador’s accreditation
At least 358 Myanmar and international civil society organizations sent an open letter to members of the UN General Assembly
More people displaced by fighting in Myanmar’s Karen state
Residents who fled the fighting, especially children, the sick, and the elderly have sought refuge in churches
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