Heavy fighting is ongoing between Chin resistance forces and junta troops in Falam Township in northern Chin State, with eight resistance fighters, including a captain, were killed during the second week of March. Byet Hlay Kyone, a member of the Chinland Defence Force–Zophei (CDF-Zophei), was killed in action on March 15 during fierce clashes between Chin resistance forces and junta troops, as the coalition resisted an attempted advance from Kale Town in Sagaing Region toward Falam Town. On the same day, Salai Khin Bway, a CDF-Zotung member, was also killed while resisting a junta offensive along the Kale–Falam Road. Separately,…
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To strengthen law enforcement and ensure social stability for local communities, the Lutuv (Lautu) Region People’s Administration (LRPA) announced that all gambling activities have been banned in the Lautu region of Chin State starting March 6. The statement said the order, based on a consensus among members of the Lutuv People’s Affairs Committee (LPAC), prohibits all forms of gambling including playing cards, cockfighting, and digital gambling, throughout the Lautu region. It also prohibits assisting in or providing facilities or accommodation for operating gambling dens. Members of the Chinland Defence Force–Lautu (CDF-Lautu), which is responsible for regional security, and community elders…
Internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Chin State and Sagaing Region face a shortage of medicines. Pregnant women and those with gynecological conditions need essential treatment, and many also lack menstrual products. The findings were included in a report on the situation in Chin State and Sagaing Region in February, released by Women for Justice (WJ) on March 5. In IDP camps in Chin State and Sagaing Region in northwestern Myanmar, toilets are rarely segregated properly by gender. The limited number of toilets and showers also makes women feel unsafe, the report said. In some areas, IDP women face daily…
The resistance-run Thantlang Township Council, organized by the Chinland Defence Force–Thantlang (CDF-Thantlang), announced on March 1 that the capture, killing, and hunting of wildlife and wild birds in Thantlang Township, Chin State, are banned for a certain period, and that effective action will be taken against anyone who violates the ban. The Thantlang Township Council has banned hunting birds and destroying bird nests throughout March, the breeding season for wild birds. April 1 to June 30 has been designated as a wildlife sanctuary period, during which hunting and trapping are prohibited. The Thantlang Township Council said the ban was imposed…
The junta announced it had granted amnesty to over 7,300 people imprisoned under various sections of the Counter-Terrorism Law and had closed more than 9,000 cases involving over 12,000 accused still undergoing trial under the law. On March 2, Peasants’ Day, the junta announced it had granted amnesty to 7,337 men and women serving sentences under Sections 50(J) and 52(A) of the Counter-Terrorism Law and had closed ongoing cases against 12,487 individuals under the same charges. The junta announced the amnesty was granted to restore public calm and demonstrate its commitment to humanity. It also warned that anyone who reoffends…
In Chin State’s Tonzang Township, the resistance-run Tonzang Township Council warned that all young adults aged 16 to 35, both locals and migrants from other regions, will be drafted for mandatory military service, and those who refuse face deportation. The Chinland Defence Force–Tonzang (CDF-Tonzang) and Chinland Council (CC) coalition will begin drafting young men aged 16 to 35 in Tonzang Township on February 22. The Defence Department of Chinland has already set a policy stating that mandatory military drafts will cover all units under the department, not just the CDF-Tonzang, department’s spokesperson Salai Nai John Kim said. The department is…
Bo Nagar, leader of the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA) in Pale Township, Sagaing Region, has defected to the junta with his family, bringing weapons with him. The junta announced that Bo Nagar and his family defected at around 4:50 p.m. on February 18, bringing six weapons and pieces of equipment. Bo Nagar, who had declared himself a resistance leader, defected to the junta on February 18, a day after resistance forces under the command of the National Unity Government (NUG) attacked several BNRA bases in Pale Township. According to NUG spokesperson U Nay Phone Latt, the NUG’s Home Affairs…
More than 200 residents from several villages in Tamu Township, Sagaing Region, gathered to protest against forced conscription. Residents of Bokekan, Minthamee and Zeehpyukone villages began protesting on February 15, and on February 16, about 250 villagers from Malu, Zeehpyukone, Aukthaung, Ywathar, Minthamee and Bokekan gathered in Bokekan and marched along the Asia Highway in protest. Locals accused Tamu District Battalions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, overseen by Military Region 1 Administration under the resistance-run National Unity Government (NUG), of conscripting residents through various methods. “The public can no longer tolerate this. Boys are being forcibly drafted against their…
In Chin State, one of the regions with the strongest armed resistance after the coup, nearly 1,200 Chin people have been killed in attacks by the junta. According to the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA), 1,183 people were killed in Chin State during the junta’s five-year rule, including nearly 500 young people. On January 31, the ICA released a report documenting the deaths and human rights violations suffered by Chin people as a result of the junta’s atrocities during the five-year period from February 1, 2021, to January 31, 2026. “Looking back over the past five years, most of the…
Heavy clashes erupted between a junta reinforcement column advancing toward Falam Town in northern Chin State and the Chin resistance coalition, leaving junta forces with casualties. On January 20, a junta reinforcement column of 200–300 troops set out by trucks along the Kale–Taingen-Falam Highway toward Falam Town. Six days later, on January 26, the resistance coalition ambushed the convoy between Valon and Zawngkawng villages in Falam Township, triggering fierce clashes. “We were waiting for the column near Zawngkawng Village and launched the attack there. It’s likely that it suffered significant casualties, though the exact number is still unknown. The fighting…