News About Myanmar

A logo is pictured on a banner at the UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on June 13, 2018. (Credit: Reuters) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the U.N.’s refugee agency, said on Tuesday it was not involved in Malaysia’s planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees, ​and warned that it remains unsafe for them to return to ‌the war-torn country. Malaysia’s Home Ministry said last week it had finalised the first phase of a voluntary repatriation progr

Families’ homes in Yebyu Township’s Wa Zun Taw village, Tanintharyi Region, were burned down by regime forces after they allegedly set fire to the village in July 2026. (Credit: A resident via Fortify Rights) The Myanmar military arbitrarily detained, tortured, and killed at least five civilians—including three humanitarian aid workers—during a July 2026 counteroffensive in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region. According to an Aug. 31 report published by Fortify Rights, the atr

On August 30, the Military Commission forces launched a jet fighter airstrike on a village near Mindat Township, Chin State, where internally displaced persons (IDPs) were temporarily taking shelter. The incident occurred at around 5:00 PM on August 30, when Military Commission forces carried out a sudden air attack on the village housing the displaced population. The airstrike resulted in the deaths of 8 innocent civilians and left at least 10 others injured. Among those kil

Nearly eight decades after launching an armed uprising for self-determination, Mon revolutionary forces are calling for sweeping unity, youth leadership, and the establishment of an interim revolutionary government to defeat Myanmar’s military dictatorship. The appeal coincided with the 79th Mon Revolutionary Day on August 28—commemorating the August 1948 raid on a police station in Karen State by 27 Mon youths shortly after Myanmar gained independence from British colonial r

The Myanmar military has launched intense airstrikes on Shwegu Township in northern Kachin State after resistance forces captured a vessel from a military supply flotilla traveling upstream along the Ayeyarwady River, according to local sources. The 15-vessel convoy—comprising attack craft, cargo carriers, pusher tugboats, and a sand dredger—had departed from the Mandalay Region to resupply junta positions in Kachin State. On August 28, a joint force of the Kachin Independenc

Ground-level human rights defenders in Myanmar are facing severe psychological trauma, physical exhaustion, and constant security threats as they continue documenting military atrocities under intense junta surveillance, a rights watchdog warned on Monday. The Kachin Human Rights Watch (KHRW) called on the international community to step up direct assistance for activists who risk arbitrary arrest, torture, and enforced disappearance to expose war crimes across the country. T