The toll of civilians who died at the hands of Myanmar’s military junta since it overthrew the country’s elected government 16 months ago reached 2,000 this week and is rising, according to a Thai-based activist group that has closely tracked deaths The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said the milestone of 2,000 deaths since
Myanmar’s armed resistance has dismissed an unprecedented call by the junta to surrender as a “sugar-coated offer” by a regime that must pay for its war crimes against civilians, as a new report found the military responsible for nearly 20,000 arson attacks since it’s 2021 coup. In a statement published in both Burmese and English
Bucha, Ukraine – When Vitaliy Zhyvotovskyi closes his eyes, he sees captives wearing white bags over their heads just like the people that Russian troops led into his house at gunpoint. His home in the town of Bucha, now synonymous with accusations of war crimes, became the base for some of Moscow’s soldiers and a
Moscow/Tokyo – Moscow said Wednesday it was expelling eight Japanese diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to expulsions by Tokyo over the conflict in Ukraine. Accusing Tokyo of pursuing an “openly hostile anti-Russian course,” the foreign ministry said in a statement that the Japanese diplomats must leave by May 10, in a reciprocal answer to Japan’s
LVIV/Bucha, Ukraine – Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes by Russia after finding hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range, strewn around towns near Kyiv after Kremlin forces withdrew to refocus their attacks in other parts of the country. In the town of Bucha, 37 kilometers (23 miles) northwest of Kyiv’s
Bogus Russian motion China ideological campaign in your home came as Beijing chose a draft resolution by Russia tabled at the United Nations Security Council calling attention to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine however stopping working to discuss its role as the invading power. The motion was defeated after getting only 2 votes: Russias and
There is a shared belief that they can weather global sanctions and both governments are showing callous neglect for the economic crisis that they are causing their populations. Both have actually rapidly reversed over a decade of economic development. The junta in Myanmar oversaw an 18 percent contraction of the economy in 2021, and over
Military soldiers and pro-junta militia fighters contended least three civilians and burned down more than 500 homes in a morning raid on a town in Myanmars embattled Sagaing area Friday, requiring thousands to run away in what sources stated was an act of vengeance. The arson attack in Hna Ma Sar Yit village was the
