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UN Special Rapporteur labels situation in Myanmar ‘catastrophic’ United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Kelley E. Currie, has issued a comprehensive assessment during a press conference at the U.N. in New York on Thursday. She blamed the country’s “catastrophic” human rights situation on the military for intentionally terrorizing non-combatants [...] The post UN Special Rapporteur labels situation in Myanmar ‘catastrophic’; ASEAN envoy denied access to Suu Kyi appeared first on DVB .

In the Rakhine State capital Sittwe, military commanders have ordered the arrest of men in Rohingya communities and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps if local leaders fail to hand over a designated quota of new recruits. Elsewhere, the Arakan Army is forcibly recruiting Rohingya to fight in the battle for Sittwe. Read more The post Myanmar military and Arakan Army forcing Rohingya to fight appeared first on DVB .

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy on Myanmar, Philippine Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Maria Theresa Lazaro, concluded a high-stakes mission to Naypyidaw where she held direct talks with regime Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe on the ongoing civil war and expanding cross-border humanitarian access. The diplomatic mission—conducted amid deep regional divisions over re-engaging [...] The post ASEAN envoy denied access to Aung San Suu Kyi during humanitarian mission to Myanmar appeared first on DVB .

The Philippines, the regional bloc’s current chair, has repeatedly requested access to the detained leader of the country’s deposed government

Japan is pushing a global financial crimes watchdog to remove Myanmar from its blacklist to make it easier to do business there, the latest sign that some major countries are looking to bring the pariah state’s military-backed administration in from the cold. Japan wants the Financial ​Action Task Force to drop requirements that its members [...] The post Japan pushes to remove Myanmar from global financial watchdog’s blacklist appeared first on DVB .

In an exclusive interview with DVB, Chin National Front (CNF) executive committee member and veteran leader of the 1988 generation Salai Khua Uk Lian revealed that rival Chin resistance factions have agreed to draft a new joint constitution and transition toward a unified Chin State government under a single body called the Chin National Council. [...] The post Myanmar’s Chin National Front on forming a new Chin National Council appeared first on DVB .

A first-time visitor to Myanmar’s commercial capital finds a city drained of much of its vitality, as conflict takes its invisible toll

After losing his leg to a landmine blast in Myanmar, Ko Paing undertook an arduous cross-border journey from his home in Bago Region, evading checkpoints and conflict zones to reach the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border. His goal was straightforward: regain the ability to walk. Fitted with an artificial limb, Ko Paing described [...] The post Mae Tao Clinic fits 300 Myanmar landmine survivors with free prosthetics amid war appeared first on DVB .

More than 400 ethnic Rakhine deported from Malaysia have begun returning home since Tuesday after being held in military custody since arriving back to Myanmar on Oct. 4, according to family members. “Everyone has been allowed to go home, but if there is no one to come and collect them, they are not permitted to [...] The post Ethnic Rakhine returnees from Malaysia released from military custody in Yangon appeared first on DVB .

Myanmar’s human rights situation is “catastrophic”, a U.N. independent expert on the country warned at a press briefing Thursday, as the war spirals with no end in sight. Myanmar has been engulfed in civil war since the military overthrew the democratically elected government in February 2021, triggering widespread armed resistance across the country. The U.N. [...] The post Myanmar’s illicit economy fuels escalating violence, with civilians bearing the brunt appeared first on DVB .

The regime’s airstrike in Sagaing Region injured a monk and forced the cancellation of a Paṭṭhāna scripture recitation in what locals say was a targeted attack