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Since 13 September, rising water levels in the Sittaung River have flooded approximately 100 villages in Mone Township, affecting nearly 50,000 residents. Junta soldiers prevented aid, from both local civil society organisations (CSOs) and CSOs based elsewhere in the country, from reaching flood victims by firing warning shots, seizing aid materials, and threatening those delivering aid with artillery shelling. This…

The call came in a 17 September statement by the SAC-M, which describes itself as: “An independent group of international human rights experts working to support the peoples of Myanmar in their fight for peace, genuine democracy, justice and accountability.” Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia so far this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on 7…

The area has experienced severe flooding because the Sittaung River has burst its banks. Local aid organisations and aid organisations from other Myanmar regions and states have tried to send aid to Taungoo Township, but the junta appointed local authorities are preventing their vehicles and most aid from entering the township. Some aid groups sent up small boats that could…

Many houses in the village had already been set ablaze by soldiers. After the troops’ departure, locals constructed temporary shacks in the village to resettle. However, this time, junta troops marched back to Nyawpyin Village and set those shacks on fire. “It’s possible that the soldiers from the 104th Infantry Battalion (IB-104), who invaded the village a few days ago,…

The guidelines came in a joint 17 September 2024 statement issued by the NUG’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MoHADM) and the ethnic resistance K2C group, made up of the Karen National Union (KNU), the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and the Chin National Front (CNF). It said that following the widespread flooding and landslides caused by the…

She explained that since the second week of September, the authorities have been checking that special schools for Myanmar migrant workers children comply with Thai Ministry of Education regulations in the Tak Province’s Mae Sot, Mae Ramat and Phop Phra districts. “They cross-check the number of students on record with the actual attendance and verify that there is no politicisation…

The demand was made in a 14 September 2024 statement by the IPCM that said the media should be free to report accurately from the ground during and after floods as it will help people providing aid and lessen the impact on civilians. U Toe Zaw Latt, the Secretary of the IPCM said to Karen Information Center (KIC): “At present,…

Since 11 September 2024, flash floods have been affecting over 30 villages in junta-controlled Taungoo Township, all of which are either on riverbanks or in low lying areas. The flooding has displaced thousands of villagers from these villages. A member of the Taungoo-based relief group T Rescue said: “In the zone where our team operates, approximately 3,000 people from 1,500…

On 10 September 2024, ward, 100-house and 10-house administrators started compiling lists of youths living on Padauk Street, Tharaphi No. 2 Street, Nya Nay Street, and Kan Nar Street in downtown Hpa-An’s Ward 4. “First, they compiled household lists in Hpa-An and identified households with young people. The authorities then ordered these young men to report to them. Their parents…

The junta-appointed Central Census Commission has drawn up a list of the teachers it wants to help with administering the census and sent their names to their respective schools, according to school staff in Hpa-An. “Every school in Hpa-An got a list with two teachers assigned to work on the census, and two teachers from our school are on it.…