- ALTSEAN-BURMA
11 APIRL 2024
- Economy sinks further as youth flee
illegal conscription law. - Hundreds of defeated junta troops flee
to Bangladesh and Thailand. - Armed Forces Day parade
underwhelms as junta stretched thin. - Desperate junta conscripts Rohingya,
forces anti-AA protests. - 67 more dead at sea after Rohingya
boat capsizes off Aceh.
16 March 2024
- Junta enforces conscription, causes mass panic, and targets Rohingya IDPs.
- Junta bombs Karenni school during class, maims students.
- Burma is now first in the world on the Global Organized Crime Index.
- “Overburdened” Bangladesh closes border to fleeing Rohingya, others.
- Thailand pushes ahead with controversial humanitarian corridor plans.
- UN offices in Arakan paint logo on roof to
ward off junta bombings. - US charges Yakuza boss who tried to sell
Burmese nuclear material to Iran.
26 Feb 2024
- Junta imposes enforced conscription in desperate move to offset losses
- The 2010 “People’s Military Service Law”, targets men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27, requires them to serve up to five years.
- The junta sets a 5-year jail term for objectors and evaders.
- Panicking civilians are leaving or are seeking to leave the country.
- ASEAN and other states have failed to respond decisively to the move, which will prolong armed conflict, and spark fresh waves of refugees fleeing the country.
11 Feb 2024
- Thousands of junta troops surrender in N Shan & Arakan States, 382 flee to India after losses in Chin State.
- Junta generals jailed for surrendering to resistance at the fall of Laukkai.
- Junta immediately breaks second China- brokered ceasefire, Three Brotherhood Alliance maintains defense.
- 2023 deadliest year for Rohingya refugee
sea crossings. - ASEAN cheers Thai-junta partnership in humanitarian aid delivery.
- Rohingya refugees file public interest litigation against Facebook in India.
9 Feb 2024
- In 2023, the MMK averaged MMK 3300 per USD, at only 40% of its value before 1 Feb 2021.
- Rice price on the rise – up 253.8%; palm price oil skyrocketed 363.2% leaving people struggling to survive.
- Junta commits atrocities armed by USD 1 billion international supply chain.
- Min Aung Hlaing uses crony financial institutions as personal piggy bank.
- Inflation persists at 20%.
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Documenting resistance to Burma's illegal military regime
Monthly overview of events in Burma following the attempted coup d’etat which began on 1 February 2021.
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