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, by SADAQUE Noor
The Arakan state is a region of breathtaking landscapes and ancient kingdoms, but has become synonymous with one of the world’s most protracted and brutal conflicts. The struggle between the Buddhist-majority Rakhine and the Muslim Rohingya is not merely a local ethnic or sectarian clash but a (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
Myanmar’s junta conducted 92 shelling attacks and airstrikes between March 28 to April 8, killing 72 people and injuring 91 amid the earthquake devastation, according to the Human Rights Ministry of the civilian National Unity Government (NUG).
The ministry on Wednesday said Sagaing and (…)
, by Kyaw Zwa Moe
Myanmar is trapped in a cycle of disasters—one after another—not only natural disasters but also man-made catastrophes.
When a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on March 28, the ground shook violently, toppling homes, schools and temples. Sagaing, Mandalay, Naypyitaw (…)
, by THAN Tharaphi
Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting, and continued airstrikes.
After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28. 2025, the country’s military and the myriad resistance groups fighting a yearslong (…)
Women’s Peace Network shares its deep despair with our fellow people of Myanmar, who were struck by a devastating earthquake last Friday.
Photo of damaged buildings in Naung Lin village, Shan State, where the Burmese military dropped bombs after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake had devastated the (…)
, par HENSCHKE Rebecca
Myanmar’s military junta has continued to bomb parts of the war-torn country following the major earthquake there, which has killed more than 1,600 people.
The UN has described the attacks as « completely outrageous and unacceptable ».
The BBC has been sent several images of damaged (…)
, by Nyi Nyi Kyaw
Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe as today.
Myanmar citizens in Mandalay protest against the military coup in 2021. Sai Han One (…)
This International Women’s Day, we, Women’s Peace Network, reaffirm our solidarity with our fellow women in Myanmar and across the world, and call for comprehensive support to our global movement.
Sudden funding cuts on Myanmar have devastated the lives of women, including refugees as reported (…)
, by NOOR Sadeque Nur
Noor Sadeque is a student activist who was among the Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar in 2017. He has been a resident of Cox’s Bazar refugee camp for eight years. He describes what life in the camps is like and why the world needs to stand in solidarity with the Rohingya, advocating for (…)
, by NOOR Sadeque Nur
This is an important contribution to understanding Rohingya oppression and the national question from a Marxist perspective by Noor Sadeque Nur (the first of its kind written by a Rohingya as far as I am aware). A more substantial article on the topic will be coming soon. Robert Narai
The (…)
Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement continues to aspire for genuine equality as demonstrated by the sustained leadership of women human rights defenders and women’s groups.
Four years after the Burmese military’s attempted coup, we, Women’s Peace Network, remember the lives lost to our nationwide (…)
, by AUNG Su Mon Thazin, BISSINGER Jared, Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, SIN Kyi, THUZAR Moe
Despite hopes for change, things may stay the same or worsen in Myanmar, as the junta’s fight against resistance groups and civilians continues into another year.
On 1 February 2025, Myanmar will enter a fifth year under military rule. Will 2025 bring change to Myanmar’s current woes?
As (…)
, by GRIFFITHS James
The fall of the Assad regime has allowed rebels to find inspiration in their own offensive
AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES. Members of the rebel group Ta’ang National Liberation Army patrol near the Namhsan Township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State in March, 2023. When rebel fighters in Syria stunned (…)
, by REID Alan
Nearly five years after Myanmar’s civil war began, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the country’s military regime, Min Aung Hlaing. The application alleges that Min Aung Hlaing orchestrated two major (…)
, by Aliran
Two hundred and sixty civil society groups in Southeast Asia have come up with a position paper on how to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.
Here is a summary of their recommendations: Move beyond the “five-point consensus” to achieve a Myanmar people-led and people-centred solution to the crisis (…)
On November 27, 2024, the ICC Prosecutor filed an application for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing, saying that “we will be demonstrating, together with all of our partners, that the Rohingya have not been forgotten.”
We, Women’s Peace Network, welcome the International Criminal Court (…)
, by GREENING Paul
Donald Trump’s election to the White House has set alarm bells ringing around the world, but what if any effect will it have on Myanmar? The simple answer is that his “America First” foreign and national security policy will definitely affect Myanmar adversely, but we do not know to what extent (…)
, by FRYDENLUND Iselin, Phyo Wai
While military co-optation strategies of the Sangha are an important dynamic, there is also significant monastic resistance to the military coup as well as support to the revolution.
Not surprisingly, revolutionary visions pose serious threats to institutionalised religion, such as the (…)
, by J Esther, RATCLIFFE Rebecca
After a string of humiliating defeats, the army has turned to press-ganging young men into frontline duty – leaving distraught families unaware of their fate
Than Htun, 29, was still in bed when the men came to his home in Yangon to take him away. “He couldn’t prepare anything. They just (…)
Photo and profile of Maung Kaung Htet and Chan Myae Thu, detainees and married couple who were executed by the Burmese military today at 4 AM Myanmar Time.
Women’s Peace Network (WPN) strongly condemns the Burmese military’s sham executions of Maung Kaung Htet and Chan Myae Thu, today, on (…)
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