The Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA) reports that a total of 474 members of Chin resistance members, including nine women, have been killed during the four years of resistance against military dictatorship in Chin State. The ICA released its research findings on 1 February on the military council’s human rights violations against Chin people during the four years since the military coup. ICA spokespersonSalai Van Sui San said: “Most of these resistance members were killed in action. Women resistance members were found to lose their lives either due to health issues or airstrikes.” The ICA states that Chin youth initially participated…
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A junta airstrike on displaced persons (IDP) sheltering in Kokeko Village, in the south of Kale (Kalay) Township in Sagaing Region, killed nine IDPs, including three children and injured a further 17 IDPs. On 31 January 2025, at about 5:00 pm junta aircraft dropped two bombs on the IDPs staying in Kokeko Village, despite there being no fighting in the area at the time. The bombs caused severe damage to the IDPs’ shelters and resulted in many casualties, including the deaths of two boys aged 5 and 12 and an 8-year-old girl, according to a social worker from Kokeko Village.…
Since the 1 February 2021 Myanmar coup, resistance forces have captured 15 of the 20 towns in Chin State but 474 Chin resistance fighters have also been killed in the same period. These details were part of a 1 February 2025 report by the Institute of Chin Affairs (ICA) titled “Myanmar military’s human rights abuses against Chins during the 4 years since the coup.” The report analyses the impact the junta’s human rights abuses have had on communities in Chin State. Of the 474 resistance fighters who were killed, nine were women, according to the ICA report. Explaining how the…
An interview with the secretary of Falam Township IDPs Management Team (FTIMT) (Kale Branch) about the current situation of people displaced from Falam It has been over two months since the Chin Brotherhood (CB) forces launched their operation to capture Falam town on 9 November 2024, as part of Operation Chin Brotherhood. During these two months, the CB forces have captured all military junta bases in Falam town except for Infantry Battalion-268, which remains the only target left. Daily offensive attacks continue against this position. The junta is currently mounting fierce resistance to prevent IB-268 from falling, using air support…
Prison officers at Kale Prison in Kale (Kalay) Township, Sagaing Region are sexually harassing prisoners’ family members and extorting money from them. Prison Director U Aung Soe Hein and Prison Security Officer Han Win Aung from the Kale Prison have sexually harassed the wives of several inmates by claiming they would improve their husband’s living conditions and reduce their sentences in return for sexual favours from the wives, according to an unnamed relative of an inmate. She said to Khonumthung News: “I gave them my phone number because they said I needed to stay in touch with the Prison Director…
Healthcare services have been greatly reduced due to a shortage of doctors and medicines in Samee Town in Arakan Army (AA) controlled Paletwa Township in southern Chin State. In Samee Town, the only healthcare facility available to locals is a cottage hospital, which is currently being operated by two doctors and four nurses who have been assigned to work there by the AA. There is also a shortage of medical equipment at the hospital. Residents of Samee Town have to rely on medicines shipped in from Kyauktaw Township or imported from India. But currently, the price of medicines in Samee…
The military junta conducted another airstrike on Khampat town in Tamu District, Sagaing Region, around 10 am on 22 January, according to residents. The residents reported that what appeared to be cluster bombs were dropped on Ward-4 of Khampat, and investigations are ongoing to determine if there were any casualties. A local resident who wished to remain anonymous said: “We noticed the aircraft coming. It arrived just after 10 am. They dropped bombs only once, but there were about five secondary explosions once they hit the ground. We don’t know what type of bombs they were. We can’t say if…
Residents of Samee town in Paletwa Township, southern Chin State, which is currently under the control of the Arakha Army (AA), are facing difficulties in accessing healthcare due to a shortage of doctors and medicine, according to local residents. One resident of Samee said, “We have a doctor from the AA’s side in town. They treat patients at the clinic if they have medicine matching the disease. But it’s difficult because we don’t have facilities for surgery – no X-ray, no ultrasound. To be honest, they’re kind of treating blindly. There’s no electricity, nothing – the doctor can only use…
After two Chin resistance forces announced plans to launch separate operations to capture Tedim Town in Tedim Township, Chin State, around 60 percent of the town’s population was preemptively evacuated, according to town residents and resistance groups. Residents of Skawlam Ward, home to the junta’s Infantry Battalion 269 (IB 269) base in Tedim Town, along with those living along the town’s main road, began evacuating two weeks ago, leaving only around 40 percent of the town’s total population remaining. “As of yesterday, most of the town’s residents had already evacuated. Nearly all of those living in Skawlam Ward and around…
The Tedim Township Council has announced that the People’s Defence Army-Tedim (PDA-Tedim) and allied forces will launch an offensive to capture the towns of Tedim and Khaikam in northern Chin State, issuing a notice for civilians to prepare in a timely manner. The township council released a statement titled “Notice to the public within Tedim Township for timely preparation” on 14 January. The council emphasized in their statement that since PDA-Tedim, as the township’s official force, will be conducting the offensive alongside allied forces, no other organizations have the right to object to this operation. The statement noted: “Since we’re…