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Karen National Union President Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win said on Karen Revolution Day that a federal democracy was the only way to create peace in Myanmar.
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The regime's security council has extended emergency rule for a fifth time, saying it is fighting "terrorists".
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The transfer followed a statement from the Brotherhood Alliance accusing the junta of hiding the suspects, who had been named on an arrest warrant issued in China late last year.
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Min Aung Hlaing has delivered nothing but failure, and a titanic statue, since ousting a civilian government three years ago. He rules a diminished union.
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The statement calls for ending the dictatorship, civilian control of the armed forces and scrapping the 2008 charter.
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Aye Chan follows in the footsteps of his father, Soe Thane, by again defaming the country's democracy movement.
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The parallel civilian government is losing traction even as the Spring Revolution advances toward victory, warns a veteran Burmese politician.
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The AA says fighting has restarted at Ramree town near Kyaukphyu Township's special economic zone after days of heavy junta bombardments.
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The new order halves to 50,000 the number of members parties must have in order to contest national elections, and cuts the number of townships they must operate in.
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Regime is reinforcing base near Kawlin in Sagaing Region ahead of expected push to retake town from National Unity Government, locals and resistance groups say.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/31/2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/30/2024
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The people of Myanmar will stage another Silent Strike on Thursday to show the world they remain united in determination to bring an end to a regime that keeps jailing and killing them.
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Critics say ASEAN should be working with the civilian National Unity Government and other anti-regime groups rather than legitimizing the junta.
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The latest report from Justice For Myanmar details how Australian investors, companies and executives are providing legitimacy and revenue to a junta waging a campaign of terror against its own people.
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Move follows National Unity Government's dissolution of Myanmar's most powerful business lobby group in December and warning that its members could face charges under the Counter-Terrorism Law.
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Deadly airstrike on village in Paletwa comes two weeks after Arakan Army booted regime troops out of the township.
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Troops returning after the retreat of KIA-led resistance forces have killed eight residents and are forcing Muslims to torch houses, according to locals.
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The Karen National Union said its allies shot down the Eurocopter 365, killing a brigadier general, two colonels and two captains.
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Resistance groups captured a base in Kachin that has protected gold mines and opium farms, and which served as a conduit for the flow of junta weapons from Sagaing.
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Monday, January 29, 2024
Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 01/29/2024
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China issued arrest warrants for 10 cyber-crime chiefs operating in Kokang on the Chinese border but they are allegedly being sheltered by the regime.
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The helicopter was shot down in Myawaddy by KNLA and PDF fighters, killing a general and several other officers. It is the third aircraft the regime has lost this month.
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Ko Ko Gyi has endorsed a junta election plan widely condemned as a sham aimed at cementing the military's grip on power.
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The armed group says regime forces can no longer fight on the ground across Rakhine State and instead terrorize the population with shelling and airstrikes.
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KNDF seizes second town amid reports of mass surrenders by entire regime battalions in the eastern border state.
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Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Marlar Than Htike is in Laos to attend a gathering of foreign ministers from ASEAN, which has barred the junta's political representatives.
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The Irrawaddy's latest roundup includes incidents in Karenni, Shan, Rakhine and Kachin states and Bago and Tanintharyi regions.
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Numerous armed organizations will claim victory if the regime falls – and each will be hesitant to surrender their hard-won territory.
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