Internal Affairs

SummaryThe present report, submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) and subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, is the sixth report on children and armed conflict in Myanmar submitted by the Secretary-General. It con…

The escalation of armed clashes severely impacted the lives of children and their communities, resulting in a significant increase in grave violations, particularly in 2019. This was highlighted by the sixth report of the Secretary-General on Children…

In Myanmar, the Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster was activated in January 2013. By March 2013, the Shelter/NFI/CCCM Cluster became operational in Kachin and Northern Shan States. Currently 3 Camp Management Agencies undertake substantial work for the Shelter/N…

A secretary-level meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar, mediated by China, will be held on Jan. 19 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on the issue of repatriating Rohingya refugees, the Bangladeshi foreign minister said Wednesday.Myanmar has not cooperated in iro…

Around 8,600 people were temporarily displaced in northern Shan in 2020 due to armed clashes between the Myanmar Armed Forces and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) or between EAOs. Another 2,500 people have been displaced in the first week of January 2…

The Arakan Army (AA), freed three members of Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) Party, who were abducted in Oct last year, according to a release from the Military True News Information Team, yesterday.Three party representatives were…

Chinese police have detained a woman in the southwestern province of Yunnan on suspicion of subversion, as part of a crackdown on dissent in the southern province of Guangdong, her associates confirmed Friday.Wei Yani, who hails from the southern regio…

Bangladesh has begun moving a second group of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island in the Bay of Bengal, despite strong opposition by international human rights activists.Officials say more than 1,000 Rohingyas are expected to arrive at Bhasan Char …

The peace process in Myanmar is expected to move forward in 2021 after the general elections held in November this year gave the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party a new mandate to rule the country.The quinquennial general elections were…

Myanmar’s President Win Myint has called for cooperation among all sides in the Rakhine state conflict so elections can be held in the troubled state where voting was cancelled last month because of fighting, but a rare truce has held for five weeks.My…

A leader of a satirical troupe in Myanmar has had six months added to a roughly six-year prison sentence for posting a video clip on social media mocking the powerful military in a skit during the country’s annual New Year’s celebration in 2019.Zayar L…

A leader of a satirical troupe in Myanmar has had six months added to a roughly six-year prison sentence for posting a video clip on social media mocking the powerful military in a skit during the country’s annual New Year’s celebration in 2019.Zayar L…

Myanmar’s President Win Myint has called for cooperation among all sides in the Rakhine state conflict so elections can be held in the troubled state where voting was cancelled last month because of fighting, but a rare truce has held for five weeks.My…

    Myanmar will hold the next parliamentary session in the first week of Feb, 2021, state-run media reported today.

Myanmar’s military should be put back on the United Nations secretary-general’s “list of shame” for grave violations against children in the conflict in Rakhine state between the government military and a rebel ethnic army, Human Rights Watch said.In J…