The regime injured at least 10 people, including women and children, during a retaliatory airstrike in Falam Township that followed an attack on a northern Chin State army base by several resistance forces. The Chin National Army (CNA), which is the armed wing of the Chin National Front, and the Kalay, Kabaw, Gangaw Chin Defence Force (CDF), attacked Infantry Battalion 268 in Falam town for almost two hours on 12 August. Salai Cung Ngai, the spokesperson for the Chin National Defense Force, told the Khonumthung News that although he wasn’t briefed about the attack, he heard that a soldier from…
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The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) has reported that the Military Council seized nine civilian houses in Hakha town in Chin state in July and pressed charges against some of the homeowners for supporting the revolution against the military dictatorship. “The Military Council has taken action against the families of members of the resistance or Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) supporters,” said Salai Mang Hare Lian from CHRO, calling the move terrorism. “Each person makes their own decision to join a revolutionary group or engage in the CDM. This is not related to the person’s family—it’s their choice.” According to a…
The People’s Administration for Mindat Township has formed the Mindat Chin National Council, which will be the prominent political group for the township. “It’s not a strong revolution without a political agenda. We have to think about how to build a federal democracy in the future—how to cooperate with the National Unity Government and then what discussions will happen,” explained Ko Yaw Mang, the People’s Administration spokesperson for the township. As it’s not up to the defense department to make decisions for everyone, he said the administration members, participants of the Civil Disobedience Movement, foreign experts, and others supporting the…
-Promotion of strengthening of regional ties and peace enhancement in Dili, Timor-Leste- On July 31st, the Peace Wall-painting Project, organized by the international peace organization HWPL started at the Xanana Sports Centre in Dili, Timor-Leste. Eight organizations participated in this event, including the Timor-Leste Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Dili City, Timor-Leste Youth Parliament, Timor-Leste Non-Governmental Organization Forum, Arte Moris, and Vinod Patel Group and the volunteers are joined the paintings. HWPL’s Global Peace branch 04 arranged this event with the aim of promoting community development and enhancing peace in Timor-Leste through mural painting. According to The America Times,…
It has been increasingly difficult to deliver food rations to IDPs in Tamu Township due to on-going armed clashes and the remote location of many IDPs, according to reports from volunteers providing humanitarian assistance to IDPs in Tamu Township. An unknown number of IDPs have recently fled following clashes between the Tamu People’s Defense Force (Tamu PDF) and the Burma army near Khampat town in the southern part of Tamu Township close to the India-Burma border. On 22 July, a combined force of PDFs clashed with the Burma army in the area of Khampat town. After the clash, the Burma…
Fighting in Tonzang town in northern Chin state on the morning of 2 August left one civilian dead and three others wounded, according to local reports. An unknown number of combatants were also killed and wounded. On 2 August around 4 a.m., a combined force of Chin resistance groups engaged in a gun fight with Burma army soldiers in Tonzang town. Artillery shells were fired during the clash. After the clash broke out, a couple who lives near the police station tried to flee on a motorbike. Soldiers from the police station shot at them as they were driving on…
A 30 July statement released by the India-based advocacy organization India For Myanmar has condemned the Indian government’s policy of collecting the biometric data of refugees from Burma. In the statement, the group calls for an immediate stop of biometric data collection from refugees. The Mizoram and Manipur State governments have begun collecting biometric data under a directive from India’s Ministry of Home Affairs. The biometric data collection campaign started on 29 July and is planned to run until September 2023. Biometric data is used to classify the characteristics and identity of a person. The collection of biometric data can…
The Chinland Defense Force – Mindat (Mindat CDF) reported that they ambushed a military truck in Mindat town, killing at least seven Burma army personnel. Salai Har Oum, spokesperson for the Mindat CDF, said that they ambushed the military truck carrying soldiers and police officers as it was patrolling near the Forest Department office in eastern Mindat town. The ambush occurred around 3:30 pm on 30 July. “Our troops ambushed a military truck, which carried soldiers and police officers, when it was patrolling in the town. Three soldiers were killed immediately, and four soldiers or police officers died later. When…
Over 3,000 civilians have fled to the Indian border to escape the fierce fighting between the Tamu People’s Defence Force (PDF) and the Burma army in Khampat, located in Sagaing Region. According to a man knowledgeable about the situation, the armed groups have been clashing in the town in Tamu District since 22 July, and the violence has impacted residents as well as some of the outlying villages like Kanan. “The seniors and sick persons were sent to a safer place in two vehicles around 11 am on Sunday. I think all people left the town except for the volunteers,”…
Fighting has continued between Chin resistance groups and several of the regime’s vehicle convoys in the township of Kanpetlet, located in southern Chin State, where the Military Council has been entering the area on two fronts. At least seven junta troops perished from a convoy of 300 soldiers transporting food to the Military Council’s camp in the town of Kyin Dwe. The soldiers came under attack by the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) near the village of Lai Dok on the morning of 24 July. Three fighters from Kanpetlet CDF and one from Minbu District Battalion 6 of the People’s Defence…