Interactive dialogue on the human rights situation in Myanmar with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mizzima The Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar released a statement on 4 March during an interactive dialogue with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. The statement expressed gratitude for his update …

India for Myanmar urges protection for refugees amid deportation threats

Mizzima On 4 March, India for Myanmar called on authorities in New Delhi to stop threatening Myanmar refugees with deportation, including those detained in Assam and Manipur. On 23 February, police raided and threatened the Burmese Christian Association ( …

Salaries cut, tortured, locked in dark rooms for days: Stories from Myanmar’s cybercrime dens

Nearly 200 Indians have been rescued from a notorious cybercrime hub in Myanmar’s Myawaddy region. Stranded in a Thai border town, they share with TOI their harrowing experiences of being lured into these illegal operations under the guise of legitimate …

Reporting on The Ground in Myanmar

Journalism under the junta in Myanmar 

How Myanmar created a menace of alarming proportion thanks to its drug cartels in Mizoram

The warning signals have been there for long, but now the Intelligence agencies have sounded a high alert with the borders along Mizoram being extensively used for drug trade. The Intelligence Bureau and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has …

Indonesian man recounts ordeal in Myanmar scam center

An Indonesian man forced to work in a scam center in Myanmar for almost 18 months has spoken to NHK about his harrowing experience. Two years ago, Robiin saw a job ad on social media for a human resources position in Thailand. He applied and was offered …

Nagaland All-Party Delegation To Meet Home Minister Amit Shah Over Free Movement Regime With Myanmar

Kohima: The Nagaland Assembly on Friday decided that an all-party delegation would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah to apprise him about the "resentment of the Naga people" against the Centre's decision to scrap the Free Movement Regime ( …

Planeload of Cronies Accompany Myanmar Junta Boss on Russia Trip

From a shareholder in a US-sanctioned, Myanmar military-owned telecom to a jet fuel importer to a hotelier close to the Myanmar junta chief’s family, nearly 20 cronies and businesspeople joined regime boss Min Aung Hlaing’s Russia trip this week, helping …

 Myanmar Junta Slashes Border Trade to 2 Trucks Per Day on Main Thai Route

Myanmar’s military regime has intensified its crackdown on smuggled goods, further slowing border trade with Thailand, according to traders at the frontier. The regime is restricting traffic to just two trucks per day on the key trade route from Myawaddy, …