The Myanmar government has blocked Internet access in eight townships in Arakan State where ongoing conflicts are occurring between the Tatmadaw and the AA. The ban went into effect on 21 June.

“People from the Road Construction Company and the Department of Rural Development said they would inspect the damaged area today, but they did not show up. The road is wrecked as you can all plainly see,”

To restore Myanmar’s coastal areas that have been destroyed due to the ineffectiveness of the coastal management under successive governments, concerned authorities are carrying out a project to preserve the coastal areas

Five villagers from Aukthakan village in Mrauk-U Township including a man in his late sixties, who were arrested by the Tatmadaw on 29 March, have been charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law, according to their families.

More than 600 villagers from Shwe Kyan village in Minbya Township fled from their homes because of an air strike from one of the Tatmadaw’s helicopter gunships on Friday during the intensified clashes between the Tatmadaw and the AA near the village.

The number of dengue fever patients in Arakan State this year has reached to 342, but there is no report of any deaths, according to Dr Thiha, deputy head of the Department of Public Heath in Arakan State.

The cultivation process for monsoon paddy has been delayed in some townships in Arakan State due to the ongoing conflicts in the region, monsoon paddy cannot be grown on nearly 90,000 acres this year,

Villagers said that they suffer from the reservoir construction project because 17.10 acres of farmland owned by 13 farmers and 15 acres of land of community forestry in Bawdigone village were commandeered to build the reservoir.

The government built over 100 houses for the families who took shelters in their relatives’ homes when their houses were burnt during the violence in 2017 while some of them fled to Bangladesh.

Eight detained people from Kyauktan village in Rathedaung Township have been charged at Sittwe district court against the Counter Terrorism law, according to Sittwe District Lawyers’ Association.

“The Myanmar Army came to the monastery we are staying at and arrested us. They tortured us and forced us to confess to being members of the Arakan Army. We are not members of the AA.

A meeting on war refugees was held among officials from the Supporting Committee for Peace and Stability in Arakan State, the regional government and Arakan State parliament on 19 June at the State Cabinet’s Guesthouse in Sittwe.

Tatmadaw troops entered villages and questioned local residents because they suspected that members of the AA are posing as villagers so they try to interview young Arakanese but they flee from their homes

An event to discuss the topic “Arakan affairs is Union affairs” has been arranged to take place the Arian restaurant in Sittwe, but it’s been cancelled because organizers were told to apply for a permit from General Administration Office for peaceful assembly.

Sin Baw Kaing IDP camp located near the banks of the Lay Myo River in Mrauk-U Township is at risk from potential floods, according to manager of the camp.

If nothing positive results from their protest, they will hold press conference in Japan and send a letter of grievance to the UN, they said.

The wad administrator was a retired corporal from a military medical unit and was working as administrator of Alaebaing ward.

A youth policy for Myanmar was finally initiated in November 2017 after youths across Myanmar tried for many years to inaugurate a policy that specifically safeguards the rights of youths.

Although refugees in Arakan State want to return their homeland, they have a lot of obstacles and feel apprehensive, according to refugees in the camps.