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Regime personnel have subjected people displaced from Mogok, whom they suspect of sympathising with the anti-junta resistance, to invasive inspections on various routes away from the town

Residents say soldiers are sweeping the city in private and military vehicles, detaining youth at checkpoints as the regime expands its draft to fill depleted frontline units

Foreign Governments Should Reject Sham Electoral Process, Denounce Abuses Originally published on HRW Foreign governments should reject the Myanmar junta’s plans to hold elections from late December 2025 through January 2026 because they will not be free, fair, or inclusive, Human Rights Watch said today. Since the February 2021 military coup, the junta has systematically dismantled the rule of law and the country’s nascent democratic systems, and ahead of the polls it has ra

Around 35,000 residents of Pauk Township in Magway Region have fled their homes due to a regime counteroffensive, the National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management reported on Monday.  The U.N. estimates that there are 3.6 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Myanmar. Residents in Pauk, Myaing, Seikphyu and Yesagyo townships told DVB that regime forces launched a counteroffensive against the People’s Defence Force (PDF) in

Residents of Mogok Township in Mandalay Region told DVB that the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) informed its allied resistance forces, including the People’s Defence Force (PDF), that it will escort regime forces into the town when it completes its withdrawal on Nov. 29.  “The TNLA informed us that it’ll keep a liaison office with the regime in Mogok, and will withdraw from the town once regime forces are settled,” Soe Htay, a resident and pro-democracy activist in Mo

Fighting between regime forces and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) broke out near Theinkhun village 41 miles (51 km) west of Mawtaung town, Tanintharyi Region, on Saturday. Mawtaung, located 248 miles (399 km) southeast of the region’s capital Dawei, was seized by KNLA-led resistance forces on Nov. 14 . A Mawtaung resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity that the Myanmar Air Force carried out airstrikes to clear resistance forces from the road leading from Th