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#Myanmar #military air strikes on #Hpakant northern #Kachin said to have killed/injured over 50 people. Victims were in an #ethnic armed group #KIO #Kachin Independence Organization music celebration. Its army #KIA has clashed with #military for 70 years #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 
#Myanmar government orders telcos in country to further extend its ban on internet services in all 8 townships of #Rakhine & #Chin States till end October this year. The internet ban for those locations have been ongoing for more than 1 year telenor.com/network-restri…
Rights organizations have criticised the #Myanmar internet ban hrw.org/news/2020/07/2… while the government claims the ban in parts of #Rakhine & #Chin is meant to prevent alleged terrorists like #ArakanArmy #AA from "exploiting" the internet seen here: globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/statement-on-t…
Latest #Myanmar #internet ban also comes just days after @UN Chief @antonioguterres spoke about #COVID19 in #SoutheastAsia urging regional #ASEAN to focus on key areas like "upholding #humanrights, protecting civic space", while bridging digital divide
Chilling account of alleged rape of #Rakhine woman by #Myanmar #military as she was accused of being an #ArakanArmy member. Government deems #AA #terrorists. Story cannot be independently verified. But such accounts similar to what happened to #Rohingyas arakan.news/2020/07/myanma…
International community, foreign embassies in #Myanmar have voiced concerns over conflicts between #ArakanArmy & #Myanmar #military & how military conducting "clearance operations" to weed out those deemed as #AA #terrorists. Conflicts resulted in more than 77,000 displacements
When #Myanmar security forces conducted "clearance operations" to hunt down perpetrators in #Rakhine in 2017, many #Rohingyas accused soldiers of mass #rape & #atrocities. Many dismissed accusations as false. seattletimes.com/nation-world/m… Now, similar accounts against ethnic Rakhine.
#Myanmar #military announces rare unilateral #ceasefire but they'll not apply this to #Rakhine & #Chin states which are getting heavily bombarded in ongoing conflicts with ethnic armed groups now & seeing rising number of casualties. More than 77,000 people displaced since Jan
#Myanmar #ethnic armed groups of "Three Brotherhood Alliance" including #ArakanArmy #AA deemed #terrorists by the government call the #military's unilateral ceasefire & authorities' call to collaborate to combat #Covid19 a "sham" & meant only to "lessen the pressure of #ICJ"
Before her term ends, #UN Special Rapporteur to #Myanmar @YangheeLeeSKKU accuses nation of possible "#WarCrimes & #CrimesAgainstHumanity" in current #Rakhine #Chin conflicts saying #military "inflicting immense suffering on the #ethnic communities" there. ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/…
#UN Special Rapporteur @YangheeLeeSKKU says #Myanmar #military continues to "operate with impunity" & haven't been accountable for actions. Calls on both #ArakanArmy & military engaged in clashes now to stop as fighting since 2018 has resulted in more 157,000 people displaced
#UN Special Rapporteur to #Myanmar @YangheeLeeSKKU has urged the @UN to "step up its efforts" to protect #Rakhine #Chin civilians & "ensure there is not another systematic failure like in 2017". @OCHAAsiaPac had said more than 100 civilians reportedly killed/injured since April
#UN expresses sadness over death of a #WHO #Myanmar driver who was killed in #Rakhine when he was transporting #COVID19 surveillance samples in marked vehicle. UN asking for more information about this incident. Rakhine is seeing ongoing violent clashes m.facebook.com/UNinMyanmar/ph…
#Myanmar government has issued a statement explaining it shut down internet data services in parts of #Rakhine for more than 8 months now to "prevent misuse" by #ethnic #armedgroup #ArakanArmy. It accused #AA of exploiting the net & social media "as a tool for planned attacks"
#Myanmar says the #ethnic #armedgroups of Three Brotherhood Alliance including #ArakanArmy #AA recent unilateral #ceasefire move "serves nothing but for their own political interests" adding their "actions failed to match their statements", accusing them of mounting more attacks
#Myanmar government says it has taken "strenuous efforts" to try & achieve peace & held discussions with #ethnic #armedgroup #Rakhine @Arakanarmy1Army but decided to declare #AA as #terrorists on March 23 & urges all to not support or provide help to them facebook.com/51336856553011…
#UN Special Rapporteur to #Myanmar @YangheeLeeSKKU calls the government's #censorship of the local media now "deplorable". Adds "the right to access information is vital during the #COVIDー19 emergency in Myanmar, including in ethnic minority States" ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/…
#UN Special Rapporteur to #Myanmar @YangheeLeeSKKU also condemns the #terrorism charges against 3 local journalists saying they "were reporting on the escalating #armedconflict in #Rakhine" & "their reporting was of the highest public interest value and should be protected"
Increasingly, multiple reports have emerged of more #Rakhine civilian fatalities/casualties due to #armedconflicts between #ethnic #armedforces #ArakanArmy #AA & #Myanmar #military. Pics sent to me cannot be independently verified but many circulating to draw attention to plight
#Myanmar #ethnic #army #ArakanArmy #AA accuses national #military of "deliberately targeting" civilians & urges a stop to such "#WarCrimes" in #Rakhine #Chin. Says #NLD #AungSanSuuKyi government has "kept totally silent" on the issue while banning internet to "hide" these actions
Days ago when #Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi marked 73rd Union Day anniversary, she said some "engaged in wars merely because of the conflicting policies & suspicions or lack of trust among ourselves. Up to the present the sound of guns can still be heard" moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/?q=new…
But #Myanmar #AungSanSuuKyi has made no mention of the increasing & more violent #conflicts in #Rakhine between #ethnic #ArakanArmy #AA & national #military even though horrific pictures/videos of civilians killed/injured are emerging more regularly in recent days/weeks
