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    Sagaing resistance groups fire on soldiers guarding notorious China Wanbao mine

    An exchange of gunfire occurred on May 8 between resistance forces and Burma Army troops who were believed to be guarding property belonging to Wanbao Mining Ltd., a notorious copper mining joint venture between the Chinese government and the military in Sagaing’s Yinmarbin township. Following the attack, residents of 10 nearby villages were forced to …

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    Sagaing villagers' terror as junta leaflets herald imminent airstrikes

    On Tuesday evening, aircraft flying over Sagaing scattered leaflets warning of imminent strikes on villages in both Indaw and Htigyaing township, residents have told DVB. In the text, the military states that it is to begin bombing raids within 48 hours, specifying that it would target every village to the north of the Tagaung Taung …

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    Eleven civilians bound, shot, and burned to death by troops during raid on Sagaing’s Salingyi township

    Eleven civilians from Dongtaw village in Sagaing’s Salingyi township were this morning arrested, bound with hands behind their backs, and shot in the head by soldiers from the Burmese military. Those civilians who survived the shooting were allegedly heard wailing whilst being burned alive after troops abandoned them, still bound, in a hut that they …

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    “We are building a prison”: Kalay Police Service starts its watch in besieged Sagaing

    Kale, one of Sagaing Region’s most developed towns, has become the second area in Burma to develop a parallel police force in light of a post-coup breakdown in law and order. The town is attempting this in the midst of an intensifying—many would say failing—scorched earth campaign which has now seen tens of thousands of …

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    4,000 displaced in one day as Sagaing’s villagers adapt to incessant military raids

    In the late hours of October 26, a tired but undeniably true rumor circulated around Long Pyae village in Sagaing: there would be more raids come sunrise. “They entered yesterday morning,” said an anonymous villager, who fled later that night with his family. He says this is the fourth raid his village has experienced since …

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    Sagaing students protest over changes to distance education

    Students in Sagaing Division are angry over restrictions to distance education.

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