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Thai Authorities, MPs and Thailand-Myanmar Border-Based Civil Organizations Discuss War Refugees Crisis

Source: Burma News International

Published on May 14, 2024, 12:52 p.m.

The Chairman of the Border Affairs Department of the Thai Security Commission, along with members of the Thai House of Representatives, invited some civil society organizations based on the Thailand-Myanmar border to discuss the issue of war refugees, according to the attendee groups.

Karen Information Center

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Military Council Escalates War Crimes Amid KIA Offensive in Kachin State

Source: Kachin News Group

Published on May 14, 2024, 12:45 p.m.

Over 555 buildings—homes, schools, religious buildings—have been damaged or destroyed by the regime’s forces between January until now. 

Kachin News Group

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Japanese ​Envoy Meets Myanmar’s Ethnic Armed Organizations

Source: irrawaddy

Published on May 14, 2024, 12:33 p.m.

Senior Japanese envoy Masahiro Komura met representatives from Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations on Tuesday, according to Tokyo. The participants and location were not revealed.

Brian Wei

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Two CDM staff sentenced to four years in prison

Source: Human Rights Foundation of Monland

Published on May 14, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

On February 19th, the junta arrested four educational staff at their home including schoolteacher Daw Yin Yin Aye, from Maggin Ward and schoolteacher Daw Thet Thet, Maw from Mi Kyaung Eye Ward, Kan Bauk Town.

Human Rights Foundation of Monland

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Iran distributes food aid to Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

Source: United News of Bangladesh

Published on May 14, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

On behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Prof Mousavi distributed the food items to the Rohingyas this week 

United News of Bangladesh

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Widespread Myanmar water shortage kills scores of people

Source: Radio Free Asia

Published on May 14, 2024, 12:27 p.m.

Nearly 50 villages in western Myanmar are facing shortages of water, residents told RFA on Tuesday, after the hot season brought record high temperatures across the region.

RFA Burmese

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India should help Myanmar ethnic groups caught in conflict, says Nandita Haksar

Source: The Hindu

Published on May 14, 2024, noon

“The women don’t have sanitary napkins. Children need medical aid. There are miscarriages happening. Some of them whose hands and legs have been amputated, require artificial limbs. We need to urgently send, or tell the government to send, humanitarian aid to Myanmar,” said Ms. Haksar.

Kallol BHATTACHERJEE

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Myanmar’s civil war rages on despite ‘whack-a-mole’ sanctions, scant aid. What more can be done?

Source: South China Morning Post

Published on May 14, 2024, 11:57 a.m.

Myanmar suffers from policymakers’ lack of imagination and unwillingness to act decisively for fear of sparking a US-China proxy war, researchers say

Su-Lin Tan

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Can ASEAN Achieve Peace in Myanmar? - A Review of the Five Point Consensus

Source: Vivekananda International Foundation

Published on May 14, 2024, 11:42 a.m.

As the crisis enters its fourth year, here are a few suggestions which can help ASEAN implement the FPC. 

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

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The secret life of a Myanmar arms dealer in Dubai

Source: Frontier Myanmar

Published on May 14, 2024, 11:11 a.m.

Western sanctions and domestic laws against dual citizenship haven’t stopped military supplier Naing Htut Aung from securing a Grenadian passport and using it to invest his riches abroad.

Allegra MENDELSON | Frontier

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