A Massacre on Sittwe's Outskirts, and Persisting Denials
14 Jul 2024
A female Byaing Phyu villager said: "It was not a rumour that women were raped. We heard screams and 'Please, don't! I beg of you.'"
14 Jul 2024
A female Byaing Phyu villager said: "It was not a rumour that women were raped. We heard screams and 'Please, don't! I beg of you.'"
03 Jul 2024
U Tun Naing used to be the breadwinner of the five-member family, who survived on his daily income. The burden to provide fell on the shoulders of his wife after he lost his leg.
08 Jun 2024
Local people in the Arakan State capital Sittwe are worried about the danger of landmines as junta soldiers have planted them around the city and at entry and exit security checkpoints.
31 May 2024
Daw Aye Kyi is currently in her second trimester, and said that fortunately, there are currently no known health risks for her or the baby.
08 May 2024
Residents say the arson attacks intended to incite racial hatred came after the regime suffered a string of military defeats in Arakan State, losing large swaths of territory in northern Arakan State over five months of fighting.
04 Jan 2024
Written by Zwe Thit
“I shook her, but she did not regain consciousness. My mother died in my hands, bleeding. I saw her die,” said Maung Naing Soe Lin, a 17-year-old teenager from Pauktaw town.
His mother died in a battle in Pauktaw town following renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) that began in November.
Maung Naing Soe Lin is the younger son of a six-member family. They lived in No. 1 Ward in Pauktaw...
29 Nov 2023
Students in rural parts of coastal Arakan State have no option but to choose water transport for schooling. Boat accidents are not unusual in the state.
08 Nov 2023
Written by Myat Swe
It was a characteristically rainy monsoon season day, and Ma Khin Win Chay was alone inside her home, sitting on a chair. The roof was leaking and drop after drop of rainwater was falling on her. But she could not move, and was looking out the window for a passer-by to ask for help.
“I am immobile. I spent that whole day sitting on the chair. I can no longer work,” she said.
More than 1,000...
02 Oct 2023
Companies will post job advertisements at labour offices and ward and village administration offices, and will often interview local applicants. But locals say they never get the jobs.
14 Sep 2023
“Business owners had mangrove trees removed to build fish and prawn farms. So, we have lost our fishing spots,” said Daw Thein Win Yi, from Linpankya Village.
10 Sep 2023
“I have lost everything, not even a pot was left,” said Daw Than Than, shedding tears.
05 Sep 2023
“My granddaughter has not talked to anyone for nearly two months. She has barely responded when I talk to her,” said Daw Sandar, Ma Akyaw May’s grandmother.
08 Aug 2023
Like Ma Honey Tun, three other women between the ages of 22 and 26 were also trafficked by brokers to Iraq, where they say they are trapped and helpless.
30 Jul 2023
Daw Win Mya Yi, who is shouldering the responsibility of caring for three children, once had big hopes but now lives day-to-day.
10 Jul 2023
Written By Gaung and Htet Aung
The air was filled with a pervasive smell from the hundreds of dead cattle that lay scattered across paddy fields on both sides of the road.
Ignoring the order in place, U Maung Thar Cho, 60, was dashing through fields, searching for his five cows, hoping that they were still alive after he discovered that at least three of his eight cows were killed by Cyclone Mocha, which hit Arakan State in mid-May.
“My...
03 Jul 2023
“Even the Muslims told me to continue to serve in this position until my death. They say so because of my impartiality regardless of race and religion,”
03 Jun 2023
“He would not have died if the cottage hospital in our village had a doctor,” said Daw Ma Khin Thein, 55.
22 May 2023
“I did nothing wrong, and they have done this to me. My dreams and hopes are all shattered.”
08 May 2023
“If I go back home when stability and peace is restored in Myanmar, I don’t even know how to make a living with one eye and one leg,”
18 Mar 2023
Children who have personally experienced the atrocities of war inevitably relive those traumatic experiences, and often suffer from recurring nightmares that further instill fear in them.