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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 19

#KACHIN: More than 20 junta soldiers killed during worsening clashes. Civilians are at grave risk of serious #HRVs as the military regime's attacks target innocent communities caught in the crossfire.

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Over 20 junta troops killed in major clashes in Kachin’s Hpakant

As fierce fighting continues in the jade-rich township, a sniper kills a junta battalion major

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · Jun 16

⚠️On June 14, without any active fighting in the area, two women from Bilin Township were injured after junta troops fired artillery shells into civilian areas. The attacks targeted villages within the Aloo Gyi and Hna Pyaw Taw village tracts, where residents had been going about their daily lives.

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 16

Worsening clashes and attacks by the junta in #Kachin led to three innocent people being shot and killed as the military expands its presence in the area.

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Three civilians shot dead amid intensifying clashes in Hpakant

Residents say they suspect the killings were carried out by junta forces, as the military expands its presence in the area

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 13

The junta's attacks have made students in #Hpakant too fearful to attend school, as young people are unjustly denied safe pathways to study, with education centers repeatedly being targeted in airstrikes.

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Students Too Scared to Attend School in Hpakant Township

Although government-run schools have reopened for the new academic year in Lone Khin Village in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, student attendance remains low due to ongoing instability in the region....

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 12

#Sagaing region remains hard-hit with violence and uncertainty. Following the downing of a military jet by resistance forces, several civilian lives were lost when the aircraft slammed into a building where people were sheltering.

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Four people confirmed dead in downing of fighter jet

At least two other people were also killed after the site of the crash was bombed by Myanmar’s military later the same day

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 11

The junta's airstrike in Kawkariek township, #Karen State, left four killed, including children & 35 wounded. The strike targeted a house being used to teach young students. Airstrikes are frequently carried out with little warning or time to flee.

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Airstrike Hits School, Kills Four in Kawkareik Township

Four people were killed and 35 injured in a junta airstrike on an independent community funded and run school in Kanyinkataik Village in Karen State’s Kawakareik Township on 9 June 2025. The airstrike...

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 10

Displaced communities across #Burma continue to be targeted by the terrorist junta in their escalation of attacks against the most vulnerable. Four #IDPs were killed & nearly a dozen were wounded in an airstrike by the junta at night in Thandwe township, #Rakhine.
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4 IDPs dead, 11 wounded in junta night-time air raid in Thandwe

Four internally displaced persons (IDPs) lost their lives, and eleven were said to be injured in an airstrike by the junta at night in Thandwe township, southern Rakhine State, where people are taking...

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The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨At least six civilians, including three children, were killed when junta aircraft dropped bombs on Pai Yap village in Kawkareik Township, Karen State.

The airstrike occurred at 2 PM on June 9, despite no ongoing clashes in the area. Witnesses said five bombs were dropped directly onto the village.

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · Jun 7

Latest for @thediplomat.com with Zue Padonmar on ensuring women are not left behind in Burma's crisis:

"Despite the military’s brutality, the strength of women remains tested but unshaken."

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Women Must Not be Left Behind in Myanmar’s Crisis

The country’s women are challenging patriarchal norms, both within the resistance movement and beyond.

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 4

Today, ND-Burma releases our latest report, ‘Documentation in Darkness,’ which presents an overview of #HRVs against innocent civilians in 2024. ND-Burma members documented 1,032 violations over seven States and six regions, including Yangon.

📌Report: shorturl.at/PCE7W

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 3

Corruption continues to wreak havoc across the country as the junta extorts local industries and communities for profit, including the fisheries in #Mon State, which are subjected to bribes, raising further concerns.

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Junta Corruption Destroying Mon State Fisheries

The junta-appointed Mon State Chief Minister said that he will take decisive action against any vessels engaged in illegal fishing or metal and timber smuggling in the waters off Mon State. The chief ...

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Special Advisory Council for Myanmar @special-council.bsky.social · Jun 3

'“That #ASEAN continues to default to the redundant Five-Point Consensus on #Myanmar shows an alarming lack of urgency, commitment, and creativity in tackling the biggest regional crisis in half a century,” Marzuki Darusman of SAC-M said.' #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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Myanmar Military Extends Earthquake Ceasefire Following ASEAN Request

The Southeast Asian bloc has been harshly criticized for praising ceasefires that have done little to end the junta’s attacks on civilians.

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · Jun 2

The situation in the #Sagaing region post-earthquake remains immensely challenging as civilians struggle to recover amid ongoing attacks by the junta, as the ‘revered landscape is marked by collapse and uncertainty.’

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Recovery still out of reach: Life in the Sagaing Hills two months after the earthquake

Known across Myanmar and around the world as a major spiritual centre, the region is still struggling to rebuild

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · May 30

Then it's good to see 4 of the HK47 released today, they should have never have been jailed in the 1st place.
&
Worth reading this short report from @ndburma.bsky.social "ASEAN Must Protect, Not Neglect Human Rights in Burma,"

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Another 4 HK democrats freed after being jailed for over 4 years

4 more HK opposition figures have been released from prison after serving more than four years following their convictions in the city’s largest national security case.

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 30

Amid the risks for women & children in the terrors of war, they are undertaking hazardous journeys through frontlines to get vaccinated in junta-held Waingmaw, #Kachin. According to UNICEF, over 1 million children have been deprived of essential vaccines.
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Children Needing Vaccines Have to Cross Frontlines in Kachin State

Due to a shortage of vaccines, mothers and children from Kachin Independence Army (KIA)-held Momauk Township in Kachin State are undertaking hazardous journeys through frontlines to get vaccinated in ...

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 29

Fighting in #Kachin State is continuing to escalate as the junta increases their attacks. Some civilians have been unable to flee during the worsening offensives, presenting further risks to their safety & security.

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Fighting escalates as Myanmar army reaches outskirts of Hpakant

Some civilians were unable to flee in time and remained trapped as junta troops, having fought their way into Lone Hkin village tract on the eastern edge of Hpakant, fired artillery into the surroundi...

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Maggi @maggiquadrini.bsky.social · May 28

Children in Burma cannot even attend school safely as the junta deliberately undermines their access by not hesitating to drop bombs or conduct indiscriminate attacks. A generation of children risks losing educational opportunities, denied by the military.

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · May 27

The National Unity Government (NUG) ordered all schools under its administration to temporarily close on Sunday until further notice as a precaution against regime airstrikes.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #NUG
Read more: english.dvb.no/factory-orde...

Students' belongings, including school bags and blood-stained clothes, lie scattered outside of the school in Ohteintwin village of Depayin Township, Sagaing Region, after an airstrike killed at least 22 on May 12. (Credit: Depayin Administration Team)

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 28

As well-documented by ND-Burma members #AAPP & @hurfom.bsky.social, political prisoners are routinely denied life-saving medical treatment amid a barrage of other #HRVs in junta custody. 🔎This demands an investigation + immediate accountability.
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Tortured political prisoners denied medical treatment at Magway Prison

Hundreds of prisoners are suffering from severe injuries inflicted following an armed clash outside the prison last month

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 26

As well documented by our member, @hurfom.bsky.social, civilians being targeted by the junta continue to face debilitating levels of uncertainty and fear as thousands are forced to flee daily. #IDPs & conflict-affected refugees must be met with protection.

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland @hurfom.bsky.social · May 26

Weekly update on the situation in Karen, Mon & Dawei since the failed coup: May 2025 | Week Four

⚠️ 22+ Arrested
⚠️ 16+ Detained
⚠️ 17+ Injured
⚠️ 6+ Killed

The worsening violence by the junta in HURFOM targeted areas has made civilians feel like there is 'nowhere safe to go.'

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 23

📌Today, ND-Burma releases a new briefing paper, "ASEAN Must Protect, Not Neglect Human Rights in Burma," ahead of the upcoming 46th ASEAN Summit. ND-Burma members call upon ASEAN to act to end the junta's terror.

Report: bit.ly/3H3yXC3
PR: bit.ly/3YZZHK1

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Khin Ohmar @khinohmar.bsky.social · May 23

#Myanmar earthquake aid must not flow through the illegitimate and corrupt junta.

Join me in demanding that #earthquake relief reach the communities that need it—not war criminals.

Read more here kohmar.substack.com/p/a-communit...

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AidNotExploitation #SagaingEarthquake

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 22

✍️ND-Burma joins this important call ahead of the #ASEAN Summit alongside over 280 CSOs, urging an end to all ties with the regime and engagement with pro-democracy actors. ⏰Time is running out & action is urgently needed!

Progressive Voice @pvamplify.bsky.social · May 21

Ahead of #ASEANSummit, 285 CSOs call on 🇲🇾 PM Anwar Ibrahim, as ASEAN Chair, to lead with principle on #Myanmar:

🔴 Cut all ties with the military junta
🔴 Engage with legitimate NUG & EROs
🔴 Abandon the failed 5-PC & support a Myanmar people-owned and -led solution

📄Full letter here: bit.ly/3YSZrwq

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 An infant was among those killed after the junta carried out an airstrike in Pale Township, Sagaing region, further exposing its disregard for civilian life. Ahead of the #ASEAN Summit, regional leaders must take steps to hold the junta accountable.
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Infant among five killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on Sagaing Region village

The deaths were the latest in a recent series of casualties from airstrikes in central Myanmar, which have killed and injured scores of people in May alone

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 15

The atrocities against innocent lives continue as families are devastated by the junta's ongoing aerial and ground attacks that have killed children in their homes, schools & hospitals. In #Rakhine, a 500lb bomb killed 13 & wounded 20, with homes destroyed.

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Junta drops 500-lb bombs in Rathedaung, killing over a dozen, injuring over 20

The military has targeted Tun Ra Wai (an ancient village) in Rathedaung Township, situated 20 miles north of the state capital Sittwe in Rakhine State, recovering 13 civilian bodies and injuring over ...

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ND-Burma @ndburma.bsky.social · May 12

Yet another senseless attack against innocent lives, including children & teachers, who were intentionally targeted in an attack by the junta. A jet from the nearby Meiktila Air Force Base attacked the school in Oe Htein Kwin village during class time. Accountability now!
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Junta bombs a school in central Myanmar, kills at least 17 students

Medical centers nearby are overwhelmed because many victims are severely injured, sources said.

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