A coalition of 92 Myanmar and international civil society and human rights organisations has urged Canada to expand sanctions to cover Myanmar’s entire oil and gas extraction sector supply chain, saying revenues from the industry continue to support the Myanmar military.

Three civilians were injured after a military regime jet fighter bombed Aungphyupyin Village, a shelter site for internally displaced persons in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, around 1:00 a.m. on October 2.

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) has called for witnesses and others with direct knowledge to provide evidence concerning the September 28 airstrike on Kyauktaw’s India Market and Kissapanadi Bridge area, as military airstrikes continue across Arakan State.

The Myanmar military has continued airstrikes across several townships in Arakan State following the deadly September 28 bombing of Kyauktaw, with fresh attacks causing further civilian casualties and damage to homes and religious buildings, according to the Arakan Army (AA) and local sources.

Mass civilian killing incidents nationwide have risen to at least 115, including the recent bombing of India Market in Kyauktaw Town, according to data released by the Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

A military regime airstrike on Kyaukseik Village in Ponnagyun Township and Kutaung Village in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, killed one local resident and injured three others on the night of September 30, according to local sources.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has raised serious concerns over compliance with international humanitarian law following the Myanmar military’s deadly September 28 airstrike on a crowded market area in Kyauktaw, where at least 50 civilians were killed and 58 others injured.

Clashes between the military regime and the Arakan Army (AA) along the border between Sittwe and Ponnagyun townships have intensified following a brief lull in active fighting.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Kingdom have strongly condemned the military regime airstrike on a crowded area in Kyauktaw Town, which killed at least 50 civilians, including children, women, vendors, shoppers, transport workers, and other local residents.

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) has gradually transformed its military and territorial gains into an emerging governing apparatus, but faces significant challenges in meeting growing public expectations, according to a new report by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

The death toll from the military regime airstrike on a crowded public area in Kyauktaw Town has risen to 50 after another critically injured victim died while receiving medical treatment.

The Myanmar military carried out at least 222 airstrikes in Arakan State over a five-month period, making it one of the areas most heavily subjected to aerial attacks nationwide, according to the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

The aerial bombardments resulted in more than 100 civilian casualties across Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Anjanapura, and Thandwe townships.

The military regime must be held accountable for launching aerial bombardments targeting the Kissapanadi Bridge and India Market in Kyauktaw Town, Arakan State, the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) stated on September 29.

At least 49 civilians were killed and 58 others injured in a Myanmar military airstrike on the busy India Market and the area near the Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Township on September 28, according to the United League of Arakan (ULA).

The Arakanese people are navigating a difficult and grueling phase of the revolution as the long-awaited Arakanese national victory day approaches, Arakan Army (AA) Deputy Chief Dr. Nyo Twan Awng cautioned the public.

The military regime has restructured the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Management Committee, replacing civilian posts with frontline military officers deployed in the Arakan conflict zone, according to official sources.

Two civilians were injured and 13 homes and a religious building were damaged in a junta airstrike in Gwa Township, Arakan State, as airstrikes accounted for the largest number of military operations and attacks on civilians recorded across Myanmar, according to the latest Conflict Diary by Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica (NLTA).

At least six civilians were killed and 16 others injured in a series of Myanmar military airstrikes and artillery attacks across Arakan State between September 17 and 27, according to a statement released by the Arakan Army (AA) on September 27.