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The report, “Human Rights Violations Committed by Military Junta in Karenni State in 2024” was based on data gathered by the IEC and the Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG). The data showed that the junta has carried out human rights violations across Karenni State, including airstrikes, drone bombings, and shelling of civilian areas far from battlefields. As a result, people…

The IRC is the main healthcare provider in the refugee camps housing refugees from Myanmar in Thailand on the border with Myanmar. The IRC gets about half of its funding from the US government and part of its work is to help resettle refugees in the US. Donald Trump who promised to reduce immigration if elected, has ordered a 90-day…

Several US Government and USAID backed organisations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) providing education, healthcare, and aid to Myanmar refugees sheltering in the areas of Thailand bordering Myanmar have been forced to suspend operations due to Trump’s order to pause aid funding. A staff member of an NGO based in Mae Sot in Thailand’s Tak Province said: “All organisations relying on…

It also called for the perpetrators of such acts to be held accountable. Nan Paw Gay, the chairperson of the IPCM and Chief Editor of KIC said: “The primary perpetrators are aligned with the junta, and they have carried out arbitrary arrests, imprisonments, torture, and killings targeting journalists during the ongoing conflict. We demand they be punished and prosecuted as…

The NUG statement said that “the Myanmar military, along with its Border Guard Forces, militias and its allies, is directly involved in providing security for and facilitating” cyber-scam centres and even “actively partnering with the criminals involved.” It said: “We are determined to prevent Myanmar from becoming the epicenter of cyber and other crimes that not only exacerbate local conflicts…

They have been confiscating aid meant for IDPs in southern Shan State under various pretexts, such as claiming they are collecting taxes. They have also been claiming that fees have to be paid to allow the aid through and pressuring the aid organisations to let them distribute the aid, according to the chairman of the Pa-O Youth Organisation (PYO), Khun…

According to research by the Blood Money Campaign – Action Network (BMC), markets, donation events, festivals, and religious ceremonies, which are often crowded with people, as well as healthcare facilities and even schools, are intentionally targeted by the junta’s airstrikes. From early 2021 to November 2024, the junta carried out approximately 4,020 airstrikes nationwide, resulting in around 2,250 deaths and…

Violent clashes outside Kawkareik Town that started on 1 December 2023 have forced nearly all of the town’s inhabitants to flee. By October 2024 most of the town’s inhabitants had fled. Many of them are still unable to return and whilst they are away their homes are being broken into by junta soldiers and civilians who support them. A Kawkareik…

The airstrike happened even though there was no fighting in the area. Villagers Saw Khwar Do and Naw Yuri Paw were injured and several buildings were damaged when junta aircraft dropped two bombs on Kunchaunggyi Village, according to locals. Following the bombing the village school was forced to close as a security measure. Many of the villagers are also now…

Nearly all the villages in these four townships have seen an increase in crime levels, according to a resident of Hpa-An Town who said that most of the crimes are being carried out by groups of people rather than individuals. He said to KIC: “In some villages, up to 20 motorcycles have been stolen. The thieves usually operate in groups…