Rakhine Conflict

Rakhine Conflict

Kyaw Zaw Aung and Min Thein Tun were admitted to the Maungdaw District Hospital after the beatings (Thant Mrat Khaing/Myanmar Now) 
A local MP played down claims that the gunmen were members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
Published on Jan 26, 2021
Sittwe police station, where the woman filed a case against the three soldiers in June (Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now) 
After months of denials, military statement protects identities of rapists while outing the survivor
Sep 18, 2020
A child in an IDP camp in Ann, Rakhine state (Kaung Mrat Naing/Myanmar Now) 
New figures on killings and abuses come as UN rights chief warns of ‘war crimes’ in the region
Sep 15, 2020
IDPs from Rathedaung township at the Shwe Pyi Thar village monastery in Sittwe, Rakhine (Kaung Myat Naing/Myanmar Now)
The military has repeatedly ignored calls for a ceasefire to help tackle outbreak of Covid-19
Sep 14, 2020
Residents flee Nyaung Kan village after it is struck with artillery shells on the morning of September 8 (Supplied)
Group says it will lobby for an investigation into the deaths, which witnesses blamed on the Myanmar military
Sep 10, 2020
More than 10% of Paletwa’s population has been displaced by fighting (Martin Schibel/Google Maps)
‘Afterwards they can keep fighting in the forest if they want,’ says aid group spokesperson
Sep 8, 2020
Residents flee Nyaung Kan village after it is struck with artillery shells on the morning of September 8 (Supplied)
A local MP said there was no fighting with the Arakan Army before the attack on Nyaung Kan, which is seven miles from a Tatmadaw base
Sep 8, 2020
Downtown Sittwe seen on Wednesday amid a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 (Photo: Myanmar Now) 
The state has seen the country’s biggest surge in cases so far, but is excluded from a ceasefire aimed at curbing the virus
Aug 26, 2020
The military says it has detained 25 people suspected of having connections with the Arakan Army since the start of July
Aug 11, 2020
Tin Kyi, 44, receives treatment for a gunshot wound to her back at Mrauk U hospital on July 21, 2020. (Photo- CUSR)
The 44-year-old appears to be in stable condition at the Mrauk U hospital
Jul 22, 2020
The road into Ramree (Photo- Ramawady Rambre township)
The Tatmadaw says the man hanged himself, but family members saw wounds on his face
Jul 16, 2020
Children who fled recent fighting between the Arakan Army and Myanmar military in Paletwa take refuge at temporary shelters in Hmawbi. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
A mother and son hiked for hours through the hills as artillery shells exploded around them, and that was just day one
Jul 16, 2020
A Rakhine woman has filed cases at the Sittwe police station, seen here on July 10, against three Tatmadaw soldiers she says gang raped her in June. (Photo: Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now) 
The Rathedaung township resident says the men threatened to kill her before gang raping her
Jul 14, 2020

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