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Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea

Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh between April and October last year. He recalls the September night when, he says, he almost met the same fate: masked men kidnapped him, cut off parts of his left arm and…

Reuters

Myanmar rebels attack Payathonzu border town

KANCHANABURI: Thick smoke and flames were seen billowing above Myanmar's Payathonzu township, opposite Sangkhla Buri district, as rebels attacked government installations there on Monday night.

Bangkok Post

Social security a win-win solution

When Saw Sunday was severely burned and disabled in a workplace accident at a construction site in Thailand in 2019, his future looked bleak. However, the former migrant worker in November travelled to Bangkok from his home in Myanmar to collect the first instalment of benefit payments that he will…

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Myanmar military bombs village, killing seven - sources

At least seven civilians were killed when Myanmar's armed forces launched air strikes at a village in the country's central Sagaing region, according to a witness and BBC Burmese.

Reuters

Illegal migrant killed in Surat Thani crash

SURAT THANI: One Myanmar national was killed and six others hurt when a Toyota Fortuner bound for the Malaysian border rear-ended a trailer truck in Tha Chana district in the early hours of Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Sea ‘a graveyard’ as number of Rohingya fleeing Bangladesh by boat soars

UN figures show number of those attempting to escape horrendous conditions in refugee camps increased from 700 in 2021 to over 3,500 in 2022

The Guardian - UK

Indonesia tells Myanmar to let ‘qualified people’ take charge

DAVOS, Switzerland: An Indonesian senior minister has urged Myanmar’s military to consider stepping back and letting “qualified” leaders govern the country that is in an economic free-fall due to sanctions and worsening civil strife.

Bangkok Post

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29 illegal migrants arrested after pickup overturns

PHATTHALUNG: Twenty-nine illegal migrants from Myanmar crammed into a pickup truck were arrested after the vehicle overturned on a southbound road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.

Bangkok Post

UN reports ‘alarming’ rise in Rohingya deaths at sea in 2022

More than 3,500 Rohingya refugees risked the dangerous sea crossing to escape Myanmar or Bangladesh last year.

Al Jazeera

Firms in Europe, US helping Myanmar manufacture arms, report says

Prominent rights experts urge countries to take action against companies enabling Myanmar’s weapons production.

Al Jazeera

Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report

Independent experts find western-supplied materials are still finding their way into military’s hands

The Guardian - UK

Report: Myanmar arms industry growing after army takeover

A report says companies from at least 13 countries have helped Myanmar build up its capacity to produce weapons that are being used to commit atrocities

The Independent UK

No International-backed End in Sight to the Misery in Myanmar

The most likely outcome in Myanmar is that longstanding hesitation about entanglement in a wider war will discourage foreign players from taking more aggressive, interventionist approaches.

The News Lens

Myanmar shadow government raises $100 million to oppose junta

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government said it has raised more than $100 million to fund its democracy effort and topple the junta.

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Rohingya drown, govts fail to act

On Jan 8, a boat with 185 Rohingya refugees washed ashore on the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province. They had spent weeks at sea in desperate conditions, fleeing cramped and overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh in search of a better life. More than half were women and children.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar shadow government raises $100m to oppose junta

Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government said it has raised more than $100 million to fund its democracy effort and topple the junta.

Bangkok Post

1 dead after Myanmar rebels attack provincial celebration: junta

One person was killed and eight others wounded when rebels opposed to the ruling junta attacked a state celebration in eastern Myanmar on Sunday, the military said.

Bangkok Post

Israel's Cognyte won tender to 'sell intercept spyware to Myanmar' before coup

SINGAPORE: Israel's Cognyte Software Ltd won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed telecommunications firm a month before the Asian nation's February 2021 military coup, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

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Israel's Cognyte won tender to sell intercept spyware to Myanmar before coup -documents

(This Jan. 15 story has been corrected to remove the reference that Sumitomo Corp and KDDI have stakes in MPT in paragraph 8)

Bangkok Post

Myanmar air strike kills five civilians

A mother and her toddler were among five people killed in a military air strike in eastern Myanmar, Karen rebels and an aid group said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Relief groups say 5 die as Myanmar air strikes hit churches

Relief groups say air strikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen have killed five civilians, including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churches

Al Jazeera

India urged to close airspace to Myanmar warplanes after attacks

Fortify Rights said Myanmar’s air force ‘dropped bombs on both sides of the Myanmar-India border’ in raids this week.

The Independent UK

Rights group: Litany of crises in 2022 but also good signs

A leading rights group says widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses

ABC News

Australia's human rights credibility undermined by domestic record, new report finds

Human Rights Watch highlights more Indigenous Australians died in custody last year than in 2021, and that new laws targeting climate protesters resulted in harsher penalties against activists.

Al Jazeera

Did China deliver a snub to Myanmar’s military regime?

Observers see China keeping Myanmar’s generals at a distance by not responding to Lancang-Mekong Cooperation invite.

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