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Political prisoners in Myanmar ‘suffering from malnutrition’

Source: Democratic Voice of Burma

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 8:50 a.m.

Around 20 political prisoners at Loikaw Prison are suffering from malnutrition as a result of cuts to food rations, and restrictions on family visitations, according to the Karenni Political Prisoners Association (KPPA), a civil society group that monitors prisons in Karenni State.

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Myanmar’s Junta and Rebels Strike a Truce: How Long Can It Hold?

Source: Caracal

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 8:41 a.m.

This is the second such truce mediated in Kunming within the past year, underscoring China’s growing role as a power broker in Myanmar’s tumultuous civil war.

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Thai Immigration Officials Feed Myanmar Deportees Into Junta’s War Machine

Source: Irrawaddy

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 8:08 a.m.

A shadowy system has quietly developed to facilitate repatriation between Ranong and Kawthaung that leaves Myanmar migrants facing deportation and forced conscription—and their devastating consequences. 

Investigation | Nayt Thit

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Airbus: Tell AVIC to Choose Between Business with Burmese Military or with Airbus

Source: Burma Campaign UK

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 8:05 a.m.

AVIC sold up to 8 new aircraft to the Burmese military in the last year alone, knowing full well they will be used to kill civilians. Deliberate attacks on civilian targets break international law.

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CHINA’S HEAVY-HANDEDNESS: Imposition of China’s will against the Myanmar people’s aspirations

Source: Shan Herald Agency for News

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 7:25 a.m.

No doubt, China is going to help the SAC with its election plan as China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning again reiterated in her statement recently support of election emphasizing the military-drafted 2008 constitution as a basis.

Sai WANSAI

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KNU begins issuing Kawthoolei registration cards in Hpapun district

Source: Mizzima

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 7:10 a.m.

The Karen National Union (KNU) has started issuing Kawthoolei registration cards to residents in areas under Brigade 5’s control in Hpapun District, Karen State, according to KNU Spokesperson Padoh Saw Kler Say.

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20 Killed in Myanmar Junta Airstrikes on Hospital and Village

Source: Irrawaddy

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 7:07 a.m.

On Saturday, a junta warplane dropped two bombs on a district hospital in Kyaukme, northern Shan State, which is controlled by the ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army

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Junta ‘Thieves Column’ Ransacks Lawksawk Township Houses

Source: Burma News International

Published on Jan. 27, 2025, 7:01 a.m.

Locals have nicknamed a junta column operating in and around Kyaukgu Village in Lawksawk (Yatsauk) Township, southern Shan State the ‘thieves column’ because they have ransacked so many empty homes.

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China intensifies intervention in Myanmar civil war, forces truce in Shan state

Source: The Federal News

Published on Jan. 26, 2025, 11:33 p.m.

MNDAA agrees to withdraw before June from northern Shan state’s Lashio town, which is crucial to China-Myanmar Economic Corridor connecting Yunnan to Rakhine

Subir Bhaumik,

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Arakan Army seizes Kamyinkan military camp amid intensified clashes

Source: Mizzima

Published on Jan. 26, 2025, 8:40 a.m.

The Arakan Army (AA) has reportedly taken control of Kamyinkan military camp, a strategic base of the Myanmar junta located near the border of Ann and Ngape townships in the Rakhine mountain ranges, according to a local military source.

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