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Guest contributor Jaivet Ealom Last week, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rolled out the red carpet in Kuala Lumpur for Min Aung Hlaing, the general who oversaw the military’s 2017 atrocities against the Rohingya, seized power in the 2021 coup, and now calls himself president after an election widely dismissed as a sham. Anwar presented [...] The post Get the Rohingya wrong and you get Myanmar wrong appeared first on DVB .

Two Myanmar Navy vessels were hit by artillery fired by the Arakan Army (AA) from a village in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State, on Wednesday. Pauktaw is located 15 miles (24 km) east of the state capital Sittwe. “We saw smoke rising from the two damaged vessels from a distance,” a local source in Pauktaw told [...] The post Arakan Army hits Myanmar Navy vessels as airstrikes continue to devastate Rakhine State appeared first on DVB .

At least seven civilians were killed and 17 others were injured in airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Pauktaw Township’s Sin Ein village in Arakan State on Saturday. Wai Hun Aung, a humanitarian aid worker in territory controlled by the Arakan Army (AA), told DVB that five civilians were confirmed dead. Pauktaw, [...] The post Seven civilians killed by airstrikes in Rakhine State as clashes intensify near Sittwe appeared first on DVB .

As the United Nations General Assembly began its 81st session, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun has affirmed his commitment to retain the country’s seat at the headquarters in New York, dismissing ongoing efforts by the regime in Naypyidaw to unseat him and charge him with treason and financial impropriety. In [...] The post Myanmar’s UN Ambassador rejects regime accusations and tactics to remove him from post appeared first on DVB .

The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal over investigations into the United States and its allies, including Israel. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the sanctions Friday, after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay, [...] The post US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal appeared first on DVB .

The United States lifted on ‌Friday sanctions on the daughter of a Myanmar businessperson accused of supporting the country’s military, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s website, after she filed a suit seeking removal from the blacklist. The move comes after Reuters reported this week that the Trump administration had opened talks with Myanmar’s regime, [...] The post US lifts sanctions on daughter of Myanmar military-linked businessman appeared first on DVB .

The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing on Friday to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick” unless it ends what Washington regards as a “threat” to its citizens. The court hit back forcefully, calling the step unprecedented, following sanction measures [...] The post UN Secretary-General condemns new US sanctions on International Criminal Court appeared first on DVB .

South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts, including the International Criminal Court. Here are some facts about this court: When was the ICC set up and why? The court was established in 2002 to prosecute individuals for war crimes, [...] The post What is the International Criminal Court? appeared first on DVB .

Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for efforts that the award committee said promoted international law as [...] The post South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice appeared first on DVB .

Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded Israel committed ​genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”. Announcing the award hours before the US imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, the Nobel Committee said in ‌its citation [...] The post Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize appeared first on DVB .

The attack on a village in Depayin Township comes amid increased targeting of civilians in Sagaing’s resistance strongholds

In both incidents, members of rival anti-junta groups are believed to have carried out the targeted killings