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Four political parties in Arakan State have registered with the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) for the regime-organised elections slated for later this year. The Arakan National Party (ANP), Arakan Front Party (AFP), Rakhine State National Unity Party (RSUNP) and Khami National Development Party have registered with the junta’s election body in order to
Dozens of homes in five camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships were damaged by strong winds on the evening of March 20, according to displacement camp officials. Eighty-three homes — six from Ceditaung IDP camp and 55 from Pyar Chaung Gyi IDP camp in Rathedaung; one in Kaviyadana IDP camp in Kyauktaw; as well
Hnin Ei Cho — In a tiny room made of stout bamboo posts, matted bamboo walls and a thatched roof, a woman sat alone with her baby, whom she had wrapped in a longyi. The sound of the infant’s cries filled the small space. When DMG visited her early this year, Ma Nyo Nyo Htay, 22, had been alone with her baby for 50 days. ■ Tying the Knot Ma Nyo Nyo Htay from Hsin Oh Kyaing
The Arakan Army (AA) observed an informal ceasefire with the Myanmar military in late November on humanitarian grounds. The military regime has since begun forcing internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State and Paletwa Township, Chin State, to return home, contending that they should do so because there is peace and stability in the region once again. Most IDPs want to
The leaders of Myanmar’s military regime and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had a meeting regarding the issue of allowing family members to meet with prison inmates. The regime’s second in command, Vice Senior General Soe Win, held a meeting with ICRC Director of Operations Martin Schuepp in Naypyidaw on March 8, according to state-run media. The ICRC