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Local people demand NUG put a stop to illegal logging in Indaw and Bamauk Townships, Sagaing Region

Local people demand NUG put a stop to illegal logging in Indaw and Bamauk Townships, Sagaing Region

Local people are demanding a stop to the illegal logging trade now flourishing in Katha District of Sagaing Region. Chinese and Burmese businessmen cut down teak and other hardwood trees in Indaw and Bamauk Townships

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KIA, PDF Fight Military In Htigyaing

KIA, PDF Fight Military In Htigyaing

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), backed by the People's Defence Force (PDF), engaged in several days of fierce fighting with the regime in Htigyaing Township, Sagaing Region, with casualties on both sides. According to a

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Regime Attacks Indaw Village, Arrests Civilians

Regime Attacks Indaw Village, Arrests Civilians

The military arrested eight men and burnt down people's houses in Indaw Township as part of the dictatorship's counter-insurgency operations against resistance forces in Burma's Sagaing Region. On Monday, an 80-member military column burned down

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KIA Claims Regime Attacked With Chemical Weapons In Momauk

KIA Claims Regime Attacked With Chemical Weapons In Momauk

Soldiers of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) claim that the Burma Army (BA) attacked them with chemical weapons during an air raid on their camp on Lon Ja Bum (mountain), Momauk Township. According to a

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Jet Fighters Attack Villages Along Sagaing and Kachin Border

Jet Fighters Attack Villages Along Sagaing and Kachin Border

Regime airstrikes against armed groups resisting its rule have increased in Indaw, Banmauk, and Htigyaing townships, while the regime is carrying out its offensive in Sagaing Region on the border with Kachin State. Last year,

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Sagaing IDPs Flee To Hpakant

Sagaing IDPs Flee To Hpakant

Many people have fled the war in Sagaing Region for a better life in Hpakant in Kachin State. But once in the jade-rich area, they're at the mercy of thugs hired by the big mining

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Burma Army Murders Civilians In Indaw

Burma Army Murders Civilians In Indaw

Burma Army soldiers (BA) killed two innoc​ent civilians and two members of the People’s Defence Force (PDF) in battle during the junta’s offensive against the group opposing the dictatorship in Indaw Township, Sagaing Region. A

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Civilians Used As Human Shields During Conflict In Indaw

Civilians Used As Human Shields During Conflict In Indaw

The Burma Army (BA) abducted 20 civilians, including three women, during fighting with the Indaw People's Defence Force (PDF), forcing them to serve as human shields after hundreds of junta troops from two columns were

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Regime Deploys Hundreds Of Troops To Fight Indaw PDF

Regime Deploys Hundreds Of Troops To Fight Indaw PDF

Seven villages have fled after hundreds of Burma Army (BA) soldiers were sent to Indaw from southern Kachin State and Sagaing Region, in the northwest, according to an officer of the Indaw People's Defence Force,

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Regime Inspects Vehicles In Mohnyin Township

Regime Inspects Vehicles In Mohnyin Township

The Burma Army (BA) have set up spot checks in connection with a column of its soldiers travelling between the towns of Maw Han and Mohnyin, an area in Kachin State where regime troops are