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Soldiers Destroy Computer Centre In Hpakant

Soldiers Destroy Computer Centre In Hpakant

Regime soldiers destroyed a computer centre in Mawsizer recently opened by the Wunpawng Amyusha Zinlum Hpung Women's Committee, which is part of the Kachin National Social Development Foundation for Hpakant Township. “Both women and youth

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Soldiers Arrest Seven More Civilians In Hpakant

Soldiers Arrest Seven More Civilians In Hpakant

Seven people were arrested in Hpakant town on Sunday, accused of supporting the People's Defence Force (PDF), which are fighting the military regime in the region and across the country. According to a local who

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Regime Flies Airstrikes On KIA In Hpakant Township

Regime Flies Airstrikes On KIA In Hpakant Township

Last Friday, two jet fighters attacked Battalion 6 of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), attached to Brigade 9, in Hpakant Township four times, destroying several buildings, including a hospital. “The KIA was informed early about

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NLD Member Arrested In Hpakant

NLD Member Arrested In Hpakant

The military has arrested a member from the National League for Democracy (NLD) who had been in hiding in Hpakant Township after the coup overthrew the former ruling party more than two years ago. Daw

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Shelling Injures Family In Hpakant

Shelling Injures Family In Hpakant

In an attack on the Kachin Independence Army and the People's Defence Force in Hpakant Township, a mother and her daughter were seriously injured by junta fire. The military fired an artillery shell from its

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Military Hasn’t Released Hpakant Jade Miners

Military Hasn’t Released Hpakant Jade Miners

More than forty miners, including women, arrested by the military at a jade mine in Hpakant Township last week are still in custody, while locals say the soldiers have demanded a ransom for their release.

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Rice & Fuel Costs Surge Amid Hpakant Blockage

Rice & Fuel Costs Surge Amid Hpakant Blockage

Residents of Hpakant are struggling with rising rice and fuel costs after regime forces blocked a key transport route into the township in Kachin State following clashes with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). (more…)

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Curfew orders and military checkpoints make life difficult for local people in Myitkyina and Hpakant towns

Curfew orders and military checkpoints make life difficult for local people in Myitkyina and Hpakant towns

Since 23 January, the Burma Army has imposed curfew orders in some Townships of Kachin State, including Myitkyina Township. The curfew orders restricted people from being on the street between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.

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Chins Donate $100k To A Nang Pa Bombing Victims

Chins Donate $100k To A Nang Pa Bombing Victims

US-based Chin Baptist Churches have raised $100K for the victims of the regime's brutal air attacks in Hpakant Township, Kachin State. Rev Maw San of the Kachin Baptist Church in the US said what happened

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Regime Abducts Hundreds Of Hpakant Civilians

Regime Abducts Hundreds Of Hpakant Civilians

The regime's forces have abducted 201 civilians in a fortnight to use them as human shields and porters as it steps up attacks against resistance groups in Hpakant Township since bombing a concert and killing