FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Ah Hla Lay Thuzar, known as May Thuzar, was sentenced to two years by a court at Insein Prison. The Burmese journalist was held for 15 months in pre-trial detention. Last week, the junta’s mass amnesty of several thousand inmates led to the release of five journalists: Mya Wun Yan (also …
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Junta lays charges against BBC and Irrawaddy; issues a warning to the Arakan National Party
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Junta lays charges against BBC and the Irrawaddy The junta announced, via its media on Oct. 14, that it will charge the BBC and the Irrawaddy Burmese language news services under the Telecommunications and News Media laws. The reason stated is that both professional media outlets failed to publish the junta’s …
Daily Briefing: Monday, September 19, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOm Rohingya refugees killed and injured in Bangladesh from shelling on the Burma side. A young Rohingya man was killed and at least six others were injured after a mortar shell fired from Burma exploded inside Bangladesh on Sept.16. The military council accused the Arakan Army (AA) and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation …
Burmese model's appearance in Shan State Army uniform causes stir
Photos have emerged of one of Burma’s most well-known models, Thinzar Wint Kyaw, dressed in martial uniform at the southern Shan headquarters of the Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (North) (SSPP/SSA(N)). The EAO had recently declined an invitation posed by Burma’s military junta to partake in its sham peace talks. The SSA(N)’s …
EAOs respond to Min Aung Hlaing talks "invitation"
A number of Burma’s EAOs have responded to Min Aung Hlaing’s invitation to face-to-face talks, one day after the coup leader made the gesture. The reaction has been predictably cool, with armed groups unanimously expressing a lack of trust in the coup leader’s intentions. On the same day that state media outlets ran with a …
The Daily Briefing — Friday, Apr. 7, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Today’s Headlines Thursday, April 7, 2022 CBM vice-chair shot in Yangon home. A head of the military-controlled Central Bank of Myanmar was shot at her Yangon home this morning. Than Than Swe was last reported to have been rushed to Yangon General Hospital. Read DVB’s report. BURMESE KNU to exit PPST? …