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The junta aircraft carried out three bombing runs, according to a resident of the nearby Theinkhun Village who spoke to KIC. He said: On 17 February, around 9:00 pm, Nyaungpinkwin Village was attacked with three bombing runs. The bombs dropped were likely incendiary bombs. As soon as they hit, the houses were immediately engulfed in flames. Many houses were burned…

On Saturday 15 February, a day when the courts were shut, over 50 immigration department staff processed the Rohingya detainees according to Political Prisoners Network Myanmar (PPNM). It said that at about 3:00 am on 16 February military and police personnel removed the 936 Rohingya from Insein Prison. All had been kept illegally imprisoned after completing their sentences, with some…

In the first two weeks of February 2025 junta troops, working with junta-appointed ward administrators in Tanintharyi Region’s Tanintharyi Town abducted at least 17 young men during surprise house searches conducted under the pretext of checking on overnight guests. Rather than restricting such inspections to the evenings, they are now being carried out at all times of day and are…

The IDPs used to live in Theinkhun Village Tract, and the villages of Htonmakhar and Thabawtleik in Tanintharyi Township. Due to fighting in the area they were forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in the nearby forest, where they have set up several camps. A lack of clean water and poor hygiene conditions in the forest have led…

Ahnankwin Village is home to the junta’s hill-based Tactical Operation Command (TOC). In 2024, resistance forces attempted, unsuccessfully, to capture the TOC. There was fierce fighting but the junta managed to keep control of the TOC by sending in reinforcements three times, but it also incurred heavy casualties. As a result of this fighting nearly all the villagers fled and…

The column was dispatched to the area from Launglon Township in Tanintharyi Region after local resistance forces attacked and burned down the Shwegu Bridge junta checkpoint, also in Dawei Township. Comrade Shadow, a spokesperson for the Launglon Township Revolution Force said to KIC: “The column was originally a unit based in Yebyu Town in Tanintharyi Region and stationed in Launglon,…

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…