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A photo taken on the Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, after airstrikes hit on Sept. 28. (Credit: CJ) At least 10 civilians were killed and an unknown number of others were injured during airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on the “Indian Market” and the Kissapanadi Bridge in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township on Monday. “Targeting a civilian area where there’s no ongoing conflict is a war crime,” a Kyauktaw resident told DVB on the condition of

US diplomat Kelley E. Currie, who was appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in April, at a UN meeting on China's detention of Muslims in Xinjiang in 2019. (Credit: UN) In her maiden public address since assuming the mandate on May 1 as U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Kelley E. Currie delivered a candid assessment of the Rohingya refugee crisis on Tuesday. Speaking at a high-level side event at the

Damage caused by airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar military between September 17 and 27, as released by the Arakan Army (AA). Photo: AA Info Desk. DMG Newsroom 28 September 2026, Sittwe At least six civilians were killed and 16 others injured in a series of Myanmar military airstrikes and artillery attacks across Arakan State between September 17 and 27, according to a statement released by the Arakan Army (AA) on September 27. The attacks affected several townships, incl

Internally displaced persons in Ponnagyun Township pictured in September 2026. Thousands of civilians displaced by intense fighting between the Myanmar military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) along the Sittwe–Ponnagyun border are in desperate need of emergency humanitarian assistance, local sources report. Escalating junta artillery shellings and airstrikes have forced residents to abandon their homes across at least eight villages in Ponnagyun Township, including Yarchaung,

28 September 2026 Revolutionary Politics and Military Affairs NLD marks 38th anniversary of its founding On 27 September, the 38th anniversary of the founding of the National League for Democracy (NLD), which emerged from the 1988 popular uprising, the party’s Central Executive Committee issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to democracy, human rights and the establishment of a federal democratic union. According to the NLD statement, its 38-year political journey has

Mizzima Editorial As the world marks World News Day on 28 September, it is the time to reflect on the state of journalism in the crisis-plagued country of Myanmar where the bitter battle for truth is played out day by day. The Myanmar junta that grabbed power in a coup in February 2021 is using misinformation, disinformation and the tools of the internet to paint a picture of regime legitimacy while attacking the militant and political resistance, and continuing to incarcerat