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12/11/2021

Danny Fenster, a 37-year-old American journalist, works as an editor at Frontier Myanmar, a Yangon-based news outlet.

Today (November 12), he was sentenced by the Myanmar military to 11 years in prison and fined 100,000 MMK under Section 505(A) of the Penal Code, Section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act, and Section 13(1) of the Immigration Act.

He has also been charged by the Myanmar military with two other charges under the Anti-Terrorism Act and Section 124(a) of the Penal Code.

Like him, about 100 journalists have been arrested in Myanmar and are facing charges under various charges by the military. They were tortured in interrogation centers. Some were released and some still remain in prisons.

03/11/2021

These are photos of civilians fleeing into nearby forests. They are fleeing as the Myanmar military shells their villages with heavy artillery. It is happening today (November 3) in villages near Kale city, Sagaing Region in northwestern Myanmar.

Myanmar people have been protesting against the military coup for 276 days now. In order to suppress the people's opposition, the Myanmar military is committing war crimes by firing heavy artillery shells at and setting fire villages and towns.

Photos - Citizen Journalist

29/10/2021

Houses in Thantlang, Chin State, northwestern Myanmar, are on fire today (October 29). According to local media reports, the city was on fire due to heavy artillery fire and was set on fire by the Myanmar military.

The mountain town, at 5,000 feet above sea level, has a population of over 12,000, according to the census. However, almost all residents have fled the city since the September 18 attack by the Myanmar military. Some have fled to the Indian border, while others have fled to nearby towns and villages. The Myanmar military still controls the city and no one can put out the fire now.

It has been about nine months since the military took power in Myanmar on February 1. To this day, most people across the country oppose the coup. Some protested peacefully, while others protested against the military by taking armed for resistance. As a result, various local defense forces have sprung up across the country.

In response to the people's resistance to the military coup, the Myanmar military continues to use violence, arrests, and killings of civilians, use them as human shields, burn people's homes and loot public property.

Photo and video - The Chinland Post, Khonumthung

28/10/2021

In the photo, the men with their eyes closed walking in a line. Behind them, there are armed men in military uniforms. This photo appeared on social media this evening (October 28).

A local news agency has confirmed that 19 villagers from Shwe Pyay Aye village in Pekon Township, southern Shan State, eastern Myanmar were arrested and used by the Myanmar military as human shields.

After the military coup on February 1, people across the country protested against the coup. In retaliation for the protests, the Myanmar military has been arresting and killing civilians and burning villages almost daily. In addition, the Myanmar military arrested local people to use as a human shield to clear mines, and prevent the guerrilla attack by local people defense forces.

Ref; Khit Thit

26/10/2021

Villagers in Minkin Township, Sagaing Region, northwestern Myanmar, are fleeing today (October 26) as the Myanmar military forces storm in the villages.

Since the military coup on February 1, the Myanmar military has been forcibly killing civilians and burning villages, forcing many people to flee their homes.

In 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya fled to neighboring Bangladesh as a result of attacks by the Myanmar military and are still living in refugee camps.

Photos - CJ

20/10/2021

These are women in military training. Their group is called the Mobye People Defense Force, named after their place of residence. It is based in Mobye Township in southern Shan State, eastern Myanmar. They are getting training to fight back against the coup d'etat.

In the eight months since the military coup, more than 1,000 unarmed civilians have been killed and more than 7,000 arrested. Many are fleeing. People's houses and villages are being set on fire. All of this is being brutally committed by the dictator's security forces.

People in various parts of the country are now taking up arms to conduct military training to counter the violence of the military dictatorship. People's Defense Forces are being formed by organizing local people in each region.

Photos - Mobye People Defense Force

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Saffron Revoultion Leader Gambira arrested again in Myanmar Myanmar has arrested a former monk and leader of a 2007 uprising on grounds of illegally crossing the border from Thailand, spotlighting the issue of political prisoners that faces Aung San Suu Kyi's incoming government. Nyi Nyi Lwin, better known as Gambira, was freed from prison during a 2012 general amnesty, a year after Myanmar's junta handed power to a semi-civilian government, following 49 years of direct rule of the Southeast Asian nation. Since his release, Gambira has divided his time between Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, but Myanmar authorities have re-arrested him several times, in what his family has described as continued harassment for his criticism of the government. He was traveling with his wife, Marie Siochana, to obtain a passport and faces his first hearing on Wednesday. "He is mentally ill and needs to take medicine regularly. He needs to look after his health, and I wonder why they still want to arrest him." said Marie Siochana. In 2007, Gambira emerged as a leading figure in a mass protest over living conditions and the oppressive rule of then-dictator Than Shwe that was dubbed the Saffron Revolution. The government cracked down harshly in response, opening fire on protesters and sweeping up those who took part. Gambira's prison term of 63 years for his role in the protest turned him into one of Myanmar's most prominent political prisoners. Members of his family were also arrested. A new parliament dominated by Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will sit for the first time on Feb. 1, after the party won the November election. Rights groups have urged the former political prisoner to prioritize the issue of prisoner releases when the new government is formed.

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