-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,…
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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…
A consortium of Chin groups battling to overthrow the military regime have banded together to attack Military Council convoys on two fronts in southern Chin State. “Our Kanpetlet is a small township with a tiny population, but we are united and have fought strongly against the Military Council since our revolution started. We do not have enough funds and weapons, yet we are still defending our land,” an officer from the Kanpetlet Chinland Defence Force (CDF) said on condition of anonymity. She said there are two Burma army convoys “marching to our lands” and hopes the people can provide them…
The Chin resistance ambushed a regime convoy on Tuesday morning, killing at least five soldiers between Chin State and Magwe Region, according to their own accounts. One Chinland Defense Force (CDF) soldier suffered a minor injury. The CDF has been attacking the 300-strong convoy since July 14, along with the Chin National Army and People’s Defense Force to prevent it from sending troops, weapons, ammunition, and food rations by road to Kyin Dwe in southern Chin State from Magwe Region. The spokesperson for the Khonu Battalion of Kanpetlet Chinland Defense Force (CDF) expects clashes to escalate between Mahser Twi in…
The military detained nearly 20 villagers for checking on their homes after they were attacked by the regime in Magwe Region. “Burma army soldiers burned almost all the houses in Yin Kel,” an officer from the Khonu battalion of the Kanpetlet Chinland Defense Force (CDF) said, after the regime suffered many casualties during previous fighting. Out of the 350 homes in the village, 300 were burned to the ground. He mentioned that the junta soldiers were hiding in the village in Hsaw Township near the border of Chin State, and when some residents returned, they were taken away to a…