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
One witness says soldiers fired their guns into the village unprovoked, but an official says there was a clash with the Arakan Army
Jul 14, 2020
Rathedaung evacuees arrive in Sittwe on June 29, 2020.(Phadu Tun Aung/Myanmar Now)
Evacuees are straining shelters in the state’s north, where more than 150,000 had already been displaced
Jul 3, 2020
Three detainees from Mrauk-U, pictured, are among hundreds detained in Rakhine since late 2018, often with no explanation (Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
The three are among hundreds detained by soldiers and police in Rakhine state since late 2018
Jun 19, 2020
The way into Ponnagyun (Thant Mrat Khaing/Myanmar Now)
The men were on their way to a market in Ponnagyun in civilian clothes when a group attacked them, the military said
Jun 12, 2020
Wai Thaung appears at the Taungup township court on May 11, 2020. (Tin Nyo/ Facebook)
NLD members are in hiding and Rakhine nationalists from the ANP have gone off the radar after being released on bail as rivalries turn ugly in Taungup
May 29, 2020
MINBYA TOWNSHIP
In 2020, the “war” on COVID-19 was declared and is now being fought across the world. But people in Rakhine and Chin states in Myanmar have already been affected by conflict between...
May 20, 2020
Nearly 200 homes were burned down in abandoned Lekkar village, in Mrauk-Oo township, on May 16.
Residents fled Lekkar village last April, when fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army came to town
May 18, 2020
Kyaw Lin is receiving treatment at Sittwe Hospital (Photo: Ni Min Tun)
Police never found the men who stabbed Kyaw Lin in 2017, so he has no faith they’ll catch this week’s attackers
May 15, 2020
Aye Chan Khine is seen at Minbya Hospital on Thursday (Photo: supplied)
There were clashes in a village three miles away when the bullet struck the woman’s leg, a villager said
May 8, 2020
A netizen scrolls through Facebook using mobile data. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Eight other townships in Chin and Rakhine states approach one year without access
May 5, 2020
A sign at the entrance of Mrauk Oo (Photo- Myanmar Now)
Two teenage girls among those hospitalised after explosion at restaurant in historic town
Apr 30, 2020
The camp site seen before the state government banned the building of it (Photo: MP Khin Saw Wai)
With ongoing conflict displacing tens of thousands, current camps struggle to keep up
Apr 30, 2020

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