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United Nations · RakhineThe UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between junta and opposition forces amid reports of the military regime forcing members of the minority Muslim Rohingya community to join their ranks.See the Story
Myanmar: Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies
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Airstrike · RakhineAt least 25 ethnic Rohingya civilians were killed and thousands forced to flee their homes amid junta airstrikes and heavy artillery over the weekend in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, according to residents. Fighting between the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army, or AA, and the Arakan Resistance Solidarity Army, or ARSA, of junta-supported Rohingya fighters began April 12 in Rakhine’s Buthidaung township, residents told RFA Burmese on Monday, speaki…See the Story
Junta shelling, airstrikes kill 25 Rohingyas in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
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Sittwe · SittweThe leader of the Arakan Army (AA), Twam Mrat Naing, called for residents in Arakan State to prepare “for the decisive battle in the state” in a message that marked the 15th anniversary of the AA’s founding on April 10th. In his message, Naing also urged residents “trapped in areas controlled by the enemy such as Sittwe and Kyaukphyu should move to the liberated areas soon. Necessary preparations must be made for the final battle.” Naing also ur…See the Story
Arakan Army Leader Urges Residents to Leave Sittwe and Kyaukphyu Before “Decisive Battle”
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A Myanmar police officer patrols the Thet Kae Pyin camp in Sittwe township where Rohingya Muslims have been confined since 2012, Rakhine State, Myanmar, September 7, 2016.
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(Bangkok) – The Myanmar military has abducted and forcibly recruited more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslim men and boys from across Rakhine State since February 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. The junta is using…See the Story
Myanmar: Military Forcibly Recruiting Rohingya
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Rakhine · RakhineOver the past five months, the army has lost territory in northern Shan state and in Rakhine state in the west, and is under growing attack elsewhere.See the Story
Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on
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