Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/06/2024

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Jul 06, 2024 07:39 pm Myanmar Junta Troops Surrender Key Shan Base, Ethnic Armies Advance Into Lashio The Brotherhood Alliance and its allies are battling to drive junta troops from hilltop bases in three wards of Shan State's capital, after the Myanmar military surrendered a frontline base on Friday night.  read on website

Jul 06, 2024 08:09 am Junta Watch: Touting Women's Rights – After Killing 1,000-Plus; Saying Goodbye to Chinese Best Friend; and More   Also this week, ruling generals handed fat pensions, Mandalay fortified, commander sacked over monk slaying, banks fined, and rice crisis deepened.    read on website

MORE ARTICLES Myanmar Junta Kills Over 1,000 Civilians in Six Months Civilians Flee as Noose Tightens on Myanmar Junta's NE Command Headquarters Over 1,000 Flood Victims in Myanmar's Bhamo Town in Urgent Need of Food and Medicine  Civilians Stranded as Myanmar Junta Blockades Madaya Let peace reign

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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/05/2024

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Jul 05, 2024 08:08 pm Myanmar Junta Kills Over 1,000 Civilians in Six Months The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners says Sagaing Region and Rakhine State suffered the most civilian deaths during the first half of 2024.  read on website

Jul 05, 2024 07:33 pm Civilians Flee as Noose Tightens on Myanmar Junta's NE Command Headquarters The junta's military is accused of using chemical weapons again as the Brotherhood Alliance closes in on Lashio and continues shelling its regional command center in the city's center. read on website

Jul 05, 2024 06:45 pm Over 1,000 Flood Victims in Myanmar's Bhamo Town in Urgent Need of Food and Medicine  More than 1,000 residents in Bhamo, Kachin State, are displaced as the Irrawaddy River rises above critical levels. read on website

Jul 05, 2024 05:50 pm Civilians Stranded as Myanmar Junta Blockades Madaya Displaced residents trying to reach Mandalay city are trapped outside Madaya as anti-regime forces advance south. read on website

Jul 05, 2024 04:44 pm Let peace reign Cartoons read on website

Jul 05, 2024 04:24 pm Defector Stories: Inside the Exodus from Myanmar's Military Why they joined up, decided to leave, and the difficulties they face now. read on website

Jul 05, 2024 04:19 pm Myanmar Junta, Crony Bankers Trying to Silence Economist Sean Turnell The former economic advisor to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said efforts are being made to prevent him from publishing his forthcoming book on the NLD's reform agenda. read on website

Jul 05, 2024 02:21 pm Struggling to Control Rice Prices, Myanmar Junta Orders Sellers to Register Warehouses The move is aimed at stabilizing prices, the Commerce Ministry said, warning legal action against those who fail to comply. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Monks' Protest Over Abbot's Killing by Myanmar Junta Spreads to 20 Townships  Emboldened by Global Indifference, Myanmar's Junta Revved up Killing Machine: Report

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Daily Stories from The Irrawaddy for 07/04/2024

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Jul 04, 2024 08:58 pm Monks' Protest Over Abbot's Killing by Myanmar Junta Spreads to 20 Townships  Alms boycott over slaying and cover-up expands swiftly from Sagaing to Magwe, Mandalay and Tanintharyi regions.  read on website

Jul 04, 2024 07:57 pm Emboldened by Global Indifference, Myanmar's Junta Revved up Killing Machine: Report The number of prisoners killed while in the junta's custody since the coup is seven times higher than the total number killed while in custody during the three decades before the 2021 coup, a prisoner rights group says. read on website

Jul 04, 2024 06:38 pm Rifle Fire Audible in Lashio as Rebels Encircle Myanmar Junta Stronghold The Brotherhood Alliance is moving closer to the northern Shan State capital, Lashio, as anti-regime forces threaten Mandalay.  read on website

Jul 04, 2024 04:24 pm Brotherhood Alliance Targets Junta Command in Lashio The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and Ta'ang National Liberation Army have reportedly encircled the Northeastern Command in the northern Shan State capital. read on website

Jul 04, 2024 03:52 pm AA Troops Surround Last Myanmar Junta Base in Maungdaw, Rakhine Arakan Army poised to seize another town after taking control of over half of western state.    read on website

Jul 04, 2024 03:15 pm Myanmar's Slow Train Coming Riding the country's railways in 2016, author Clare Hammond uncovered a unique history of authoritarianism in Myanmar, in all its many forms. read on website

MORE ARTICLES Myanmar's MNDAA Launches Offensive to Seize Northern Shan Capital Myanmar Regime Hands Pensions to Governing Body Members and Advisors By Targeting Banks, Myanmar's Junta Delivers a Blow to Construction Firms Myanmar Junta Braces for Mandalay Attacks

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