To mark the International Day of Action for Rivers, 14 March, several coordinated demonstrations sprung up along the channel, with locals from all over Burma uniting to demand suspension of the six dams planned for the Salween, one of the last and longest free-flowing rivers in the world.
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Dam investors 'fuelling violence'
Overseas investment in Burma’s hydropower sector leads to complicity in displacement, violence and environmental ruin, group warns
The Daily Briefing: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Three female CDM civil servants amongst five “burned alive” by troops, resistance group claims. Five members of Magway’s Yesago-based N-YSO Guerrilla (N-YSO) — including a pregnant CDM teacher and a CDM healthcare worker — three female and two male — were burned alive after being arrested by troops in a raid …
The Daily Briefing: Tuesday, June 14, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Junta rebukes Cambodian PM’s call to halt death sentences. The SAC is believed to have roundly rejected an appeal from the Cambodian PM after Hun Sen personally requested that Min Aung Hlaing reconsider the executions of two of Burma’s leading democracy figures. Read more. AA plays up defections as junta number …
SAC's second-in-command "boosting troop morale" on Tanintharyi tour
Security has tightened along both the Yangon-Ye-Dawei-Myeik highway and the Asia Highway due to a tour being undertaken by the SAC’s second-in-command to Tanintharyi, local people disclosed to DVB. “I heard that Deputy Commander-in-Chief Soe Win is taking a trip to Tanintharyi, and many soldiers are guarding him. I am not sure if the troops …
DVB Daily Briefing: Thursday, December 9, 2021
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Dontaw Update: at least 15 killed. Four more bodies including that of an 11-year-old child were found near Dontaw village in Salingyi Township, bringing the total number of victims to at least 15 after troops burned ten people alive on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Ko Nyan Po, Daw Win …