U Naing Kyway Aye urges the Rakhine State government to sue all nine hotel owners for illegal building on the sandbank of the beach. Presently, only the Aureum Palace hotel has been sued while nine other hotels are breaching local construction rules and regulations.

The move, called “Gama Panyat”, has been launched based on their own decisions and it is gradually spreading to villages from Sittwe, Pauktaw, Rathedaung, Minbya, Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun Townships across Rakhine State.

The 14-year old boy, identified Maung Aung Myo Naing (aka) Bo Thura, died and a 12-year old boy, named Maung Aung Myo Win and a 4-year old girl were severely injured. The injured children are now at the Rathedaung hospital.

Conflicts in Rakhine State should be resolved through a peaceful process because people are facing a great deal of trouble due to ongoing conflicts between the Tatmadaw and the AA, chairperson of Khami Literature and Culture Association

“They should be informed about the deaths of family members. Surviving family members have to endure a lot a grief and emotional pain. It is an unacceptable situation,”

“When providing relief aid for IDPs, some people do not receive aid. Sometimes, some IDP camps receive more relief items than other IDP camps. If CSOs work under the management of the government, we can avoid this situation,” the minister said.

Ko Myint Moe told the DMG that the head of Taunggup police station file a lawsuit against him because he posted that a man died after being run over by Taunggup police officer driving a motor vehicle.

More than 40 houses were built on land that’s over 100 acres wide, some of the squatters have been living on the land for more than two decades while some of them relocated to the area in recent years.

A proposal to accept the appeal of former Arakan National Party (ANP) leader Dr Aye Maung, who has been sentenced 20-year imprisonment for incitement and high treason,

All camps are in urgent need of food and health care while Paethadu, Zeekhaung and Sinkhonedaing camps face water shortages, the REC said.

The CSOs Partners in Rakhine State including about 300 civil society organizations condemn offensive operations in Rakhine State amid a peacemaking process to establish a federal democratic union.

The indifference of the NLD government to the offensive operations of the Tatmadaw in Rakhine State is not acceptable situation, it said.

Two villagers from Mawrawady village were arrested following a landmine explosion near Kaigyi village in Maungdaw Township on April 21.

They were arrested for including the date of the establishment of the Arakan Army in the calendar so they were accused of having an unlawful association with the AA. 

A police vehicle used for security operations was attacked with heavy weapons by the Arakan Rohingya Salvtion Army (ARSA) in Maungdaw Township on the morning of April 22,

A woman was found dead at the creek near Tan Myet Chaung village in Pauktaw Township, Rakhine state, on the morning of April 22, according to a village administrator.

“The mother was struck in her abdomen by a stray bullet while she was worshipping. There was no battle but we heard firing between Sinthaybyin and Uyinthar villages.

Two young men have been questioned by the Tatmadaw regarding a landmine explosion on the evening of April 21 near Kaing Gyi village, south of Maungdaw Township, 

“Our first plan is that we let students to attend basic education high schools near their camps. If there is no school near their camps, we will build temporary classrooms for them. We reported this plan to relevant authorities,”