Tag: Myanmar

Uskup Katolik di negara bagian Chin Myanmar meminta agar seorang imam dan seorang katekis yang dilaporkan ditangkap oleh kelompok aktivis Chinland Defense Force (CDF) pada 26 Juli segera dibebaskan.

Father Noel Hrang Tin Thang and a catechist were traveling from the town of Surkhua to Hakha when nabbed by a group of activists

COVID-19 infections in Myanmar have surged since June, with about 6,000 cases and 300 deaths reported daily

Authorities have been arresting social activists and healthcare volunteers in an entrapment scheme involving false requests for aid

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing called in a speech for more cooperation on prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19

The report said most of the ethnic Chin killed by the junta since February were in their 20s and many were under the age of 18

The military junta has earlier announced an emergency COVID-19 amnesty for inmates charged with all minor crimes except defamation

These are apocalyptic times: starvation, struggle for oxygen, long queues in cemeteries and the persisting virus of conflict and poverty

Bishop John Hsane Hgyi of Pathein was reportedly suffering from diabetes when he contracted the coronavirus disease

Medical experts blamed the military, which took over the government in February, for allowing the national healthcare system to disintegrate