The Arakan Army has released a video showing the deputy commander of the headquarters of Military Operations Command 15 in Rakhine State’s Buthidaung Township and hundreds of his fellow soldiers surrendering last week.
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Dramatic scenes of hundreds of surrendered Myanmar army troops and family members, supervised by AA soldiers, Arakan national flag flying high.

Grim grim war.

As of May 6, 2024, the #AA controls almost the entire northern #Rakhine . Buthidaung seems poised to fall soon as well. The most challenging trophy in northern Rakhine State is #Sittwe , home to the Regional Operations Command — a well-fortified fortress that the regime will defend…

This focuses on the lack of disease preventable vaccines against childhood diseases in Rakhine state. Assuming dire situation is similar throughout Myanmar, this huge health crisis must be a priority for neighbouring countries and international community. narinjara.com/news/detail/66…

From April 2023 to February 2024, 160,000 Myanmar women sought official employment in North Africa and the Persian Gulf. They applied to job ads offering high salaries on social media.
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The National Unity Government of Myanmar has unveiled a paramilitary task force to combat abuses by the military and different resistance groups, but while many welcome such a force, some question whether it can enforce the law fairly.

Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/is-the-nugs…

Thoughtful & important piece on Thailand’s Myanmar policy - by Pita Limjaroenrat of Move Forward, the title says it all.. Nikkei Asia
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Yangon plumbers risk their lives for the job

I visit a huge scam/economic zone in Laos and talk to people scammed and the people who scammed them after being tricked into slavery in SE Asia...the world is crazy and big and scary sometimes. npr.org/2024/05/01/124…

A very important statement by the Office of the Prosecutor, reminding interested parties that there is a difference between criticising the #ICC and threatening it. The former is healthy; the latter can be an offence against the administration of justice.

China has sent more than 300 technicians and workers to a deep sea port project in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state amid intense fighting between the military and ethnic rebels, according to residents. rfa.org/english/news/m…

A review of Thailand’s humanitarian cross-border initiative for affected communities in Myanmar. Review by Karen Peace Support shows includes many fairly basic lessons to be learned.

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Myanmar again listed among worst violators of religious freedom as places of worship are repeatedly destroyed by troops of the military regime. Others on list of 17 countries include Afghanistan, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Eritrea, Pakistan, Cuba.
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UN expresses concern over misinformation, disinformation, hate speech in Myanmar, specially in northern Rakhine State. narinjara.com/news/detail/66…

ICC prosecutor calls for end to intimidation of staff, statement says reut.rs/4drVkwH

UN expresses concern over misinformation, disinformation, hate speech in Myanmar, specially in northern Rakhine State. narinjara.com/news/detail/66…

Myanmar again listed among worst violators of religious freedom as places of worship are repeatedly destroyed by troops of the military regime. Others on list of 17 countries include Afghanistan, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Eritrea, Pakistan, Cuba.
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Myanmar’s Power Grid Meeting Half of Country’s Needs Amid Conflict: Junta
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'The world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II.' The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 were supposed to stop repetition, but Israel ignores them.
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