A court in Insein Prison last week indicted freelance journalist Soe Yarzar Tun under Section 52a of the Counter-Terrorism Law, which carries a prison sentence of up to seven years, lawyers have...
Ayeyarwady Region’s chief minister, Hla Moe Aung, was released after nearly two years in regime custody on Thursday, days after most other members of his cabinet were also freed, according to...
People's Defence Force (PDF) fighters in Sagaing Region’s Kalay Township have said they killed around 20 members of the junta’s forces on Friday, including soldiers, officers and Pyu Saw Htee...
Thura Aung Ko, the former minister of religious and cultural affairs under the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) government, saw his 12-year prison sentence reduced by half, according to a...
To confront growing armed resistance campaigns nationwide and an ongoing general strike by civil servants in the health sector, the military is reportedly transferring staff from its weapons...
Seven students from Yangon’s Dagon University who went missing over two days last week are believed to have been abducted by the military, a leader of the university’s student union said. On...
The anti-junta Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) will “take action” against two army officers and some 24 men who were working for the military council’s electricity department when...
More than 10,000 people have fled 11 villages in Sagaing Region in recent days amid an onslaught by junta soldiers along the Muu River that has killed several civilians and resistance fighters,...
More than 130 political prisoners, including student activists, have been or are due to be transferred from Yangon’s Insein Prison to jails in Bago Region, family members and lawyers have told...
The junta has detained one of Myanmar’s richest tycoons and accused him of involvement in graft with several former ministers from the government of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the regime’s...
A local defence force based in Tanintharyi Region’s Kawthaung District has claimed that they managed to kill three Myanmar army soldiers, confiscate weapons and occupy a police station during a...