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A victim injured in the airstrike on Chinhnit, in Magway Region’s Mindon Township, on October 8 (Photo: Thayet District PDF Battalion 4) The regime is attempting to enter Rakhine State and retake territory from three locations in Magway Region—orchestrating deadly attacks on civilians in the process

Date – 14 October 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,545) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (32,172) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (15,063) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,732) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Assoc

Scene following the junta's aerial bombardment of the Byarla IDP camp in Ponnagyun Township on October 4, 2026. Photo: AA Info Desk DMG Newsroom 14 October 2026, Ponnagyun Nearly 30 civilians were killed or wounded when the military junta bombed displacement camps and villages in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, according to a statement by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). According to an October 12 report, junta aircraft launched airstrikes during t

Family members weep beside the body of a victim killed in the September 28 airstrike on the Indian Market in Kyauktaw Town. Photo: ONN Myanmar's military regime carried out 173 aerial attack incidents involving approximately 640 bombing attacks nationwide in September 2026, killing 163 civilians and injuring 248 others, according to a report by the Myanmar Defense & Security Institute (MDSI). DMG Newsroom 14 October 2026, Yangon Myanmar's military regime carried out 173 aeria

Mizzima The head of the United Nations’ Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said on 12 October that the targeting of civilians in Rakhine State’s ongoing conflict is preventing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from safely returning home, as his investigators collect evidence of serious international crimes still being committed there. Nicholas Koumjian, who heads the Mechanism, made the remarks at the close of a six-day official visit to Bangladesh, during w

Mizzima A man and a woman were killed at about 12:00 p.m. on 12 October when a junta aircraft bombed the jetty at Hnon Tan village on the Chindwin River in Budalin Township, Sagaing Region, according to the Budalin Township Humanitarian Team. The team said the attack was carried out with a gyrocopter, a small helicopter-like aircraft, that came from the Northwestern Regional Military Command in Monywa. It identified the victims as Ma Hnin Hnin Oo, 28, and Ko Aung Naing Tun, 3