News About Myanmar

A recent raid on a suspected scam compound left at least five civilians dead, sources say—marking a rare and deadly spillover for scam workers trapped inside border cyber-fraud zones

The U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) stated on Wednesday that it has received an increasing number of reports of serious international crimes committed ahead of the regime’s 2025-26 elections set to begin on Dec. 28 and continue into January 2026.  “Conducting an election that is not free and fair, or which violates a country’s constitution, does not constitute a crime within the [IIMM] mandate, which is limited to war crimes, crimes against humanit

Excited families greeted relatives released from Myanmar’s Insein Prison on Thursday as part of a mass amnesty granted by the country’s military regime ahead of next month’s election. At least eight buses carrying prisoners were welcomed outside the gate of the Yangon prison at 11:30 a.m. by relatives and friends who had been waiting since early morning. The regime granted amnesty to more than 3,000 people locked up for opposing army rule and dropped charges against more than

Myanmar’s military will pardon or drop charges against a total of 8,665 people, regime media reported on Thursday, allowing them to vote in an upcoming election that Western countries and human rights groups have dismissed as a sham. The order includes the reduction of sentences for 3,085 people convicted under section 505A of the penal code, which criminalizes comments that could cause fear or spread fake news. Charges against another 5,580 people still at large have also be

Mizzima On 26 November, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Myanmar to the United Nations, addressed the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the UN Global Plan of Acton to Combat Trafficking in Persons. In his statement, he asserted that human trafficking in Myanmar is directly rooted in the collapse of the rule of law following the 2021 military coup.  The content of his statement is as follows. Trafficking thri

Mizzima Brokers in Yangon Region are luring young people with false job offers, abducting them, and selling them to the junta for forced conscription, according to the Rangoon Scout Network (RSN) and local residents. During the second and third weeks of November, people seeking work were arrested and forcibly recruited through company employees and employment brokers. This month, three youths from Kone Ta La Paung village in Mingalardon Township were detained by job brokers a