Japanese filmmaker sentenced to 7 years in jail by Myanmar junta

A Myanmar court has sentenced Toru Kubota, a 26-year-old freelance filmmaker from Japan, to three years in jail for sedition and seven year...

Myanmar model sentenced to 6 years in jail by military court after posting pics on OnlyFans

A woman in Myanmar has been sentenced to six years in jail for posting nude photos on OnlyFans. Nang Mwe San, a model and former doctor, w...

Burmese pro-democracy rapper and political activist U Phyo Zeya Thaw executed by Myanmar junta

Rapper-turned-politician U Phyo Zeya Thaw, who also went by the stage name “Nitric Acid,” was one of four democracy activists hanged by the...

Global community condemns Myanmar junta for executing 4 democracy activists, including Suu Kyi ally

Myanmar’s ruling military earned global condemnation after executing Hla Myo Aung, Aung Thura Zaw, democracy advocate Kyaw Min Yu and forme...

Aung San Suu Kyi moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in prison

Nobel laureate and former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, has been transferred from house arrest to solitary confinement in a Nay Pyi ...

‘A lost generation’: UN expert issues urgent call for help to stop Myanmar junta’s war on children

Thomas Andrews, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, revealed the Myanmar military junta’s attacks on children. In a Ju...

Video shows Thai soldiers destroying cross-border bridge used by fleeing Myanmar refugees

Fortify Rights, a human rights nonprofit, posted a video showing Thai soldiers destroying a footbridge used by Burmese refugees to flee fro...

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 5 more years in jail for corruption

Democracy icon and formerMyanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to another five years in jail in...

US arrests Japanese Yakuza boss over missile sales to Myanmar rebels

Japanese Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa was arrested alongside co-conspirators for plotting drug distribution and purchasing U.S. surface-to...

Myanmar families publicly disown their dissident children in newspaper notices due to Junta fear

Burmese families are posting notices in local papers to announce they are cutting ties with their relatives who are against the ruling mili...

Myanmar model-actor Paing Takhon named world’s ‘Most Handsome Face,’ sentenced to jail in same week

Model and actor Paing Takhon from Myanmar was sentenced to three years in jail with hard labor for his participation in pro-democracy prote...

Myanmar military reportedly kills dozens of fleeing civilians in Christmas Eve massacre

U.K.-based aid group Save the Children has condemned the recent attack of the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve, which left 38 people dead a...

Karen people flee to Thailand as Myanmar’s junta carry on with attacks

Civilians continue to get caught in the crossfire between the Myanmar military and ethnic Karen forces as fighting rages on.  Temporary have...

Rohingya refugees sue Meta for $150 billion over Facebook’s alleged role in stoking Myanmar genocide

Rohingya refugees are taking legal action against Meta for allegedly allowing the spread of false news and hate speech against the ethnic gr...