Local residents in Arakan State feel they face a lack of human rights because of arrests of locals with alleged ties to the Arakan Army (AA), young people said in an event commemorating the 71st International Human Rights Day in Sittwe on 10 December.

Since a military troop had been stationed at the basic primary school in Kyauktaw town’s Ywama ward in Arakan State for a week, most students do not attend school because they’re worried about possible fighting and exchanges of gunfire.

The war in the region claimed four civilians’ lives and 16 people received injuries within a week from 1 to 7 December this year. Five local residents were arrested and fierce clashes broke out in five townships in Arakan State. The information of clashes, arrest and casualty are mainly compiled.

Students and teachers have lost their chance to receive an education because they have to flee to safety as the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) continue fighting near villages.

Local people from Kin Pin Lel Nar Village, Kyaukphyu Township in Arakan State said they suspect a fish cracker factory near the village is believed to run on coal and demanded local authorities to shut down the plant.

Daw Win Mra Phyu, mother of the detained teacher died at a public hospital in Sittwe this morning due to trauma a day after her son was arrested by the Tatmadaw.

Nearly all townships in Arakan State have access to electricity, said U Nyi Pu, Chief Minister of Arakan State at an event to mark 50 percent of the country’s electricity consumption from the national grid held on 2 December in Sittwe.

A grade-3 school boy has been allegedly killed by stray bullets in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State at around 9 a.m. today, a family member of the victim told the DMG.

Aid from Arakan State government is required for persons with disabilities in Arakan State because they do not have enough help, said U Zaw Min Than, associate secretary of Association for Persons with Disability in Arakan State.

The case has 13 prosecution witnesses including three people who have been in prison in Pakokku, Magway Region, and all of them have been questioned on 27 November, defense lawyer U Tun Hla said.

The situation of two people who have been arrested by the Tatmadaw near Thapyaykan village in Mrauk-U Township on 29 November has not been known so far, regional lawmakers said.

Around 80 people led by National League for Democracy (NLD) in Ramree Township of Arakan State rallied to show support of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi because she is going to face trial for the Muslims of northern Arakan State.

The Tatmadaw and police inspected Konedan village in Rathedaung township on 3 December and brought a teacher, an educational clerk and a ward/village tract clerk to the Ah Ngu Maw Police Station for questioning, village head U Tin Maung told the DMG.

Because of clashes in December last year between the Tatmadaw and the AA, villagers who go outside villages to search for food, cut firewood or herd cattle become victims of landmines.

“The prolonged existence of refugee camps hinder socioeconomic development and creates even greater setbacks for refugees,” the union minister said.

One of two teachers from Buthidaung Township who have been accused under Anti-Terrorism Act has been released from custody due to insufficient evidence, lawyer Daw Oo Than Khin told DMG.

A Muslim man from Tha Yet Pyin village in Buthidaung township of Arakan State lost his left leg and got severe injuries in his right leg after stepping on a land mine while he was herding cattle near his village at about 11 a.m. on 2 December.

A robbery occurred in Pyarte village in Kyaukphyu Township on 26 November and three people were arrested, according to Kyuakphyu township police.

Three villagers received injuries due to fierce fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) in Yan Chaung Phyar mountain range of Mrauk-U Township on the afternoon of 2 December.