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Died in military custody, taxi driver’s body handed over to family

29 Sep, 2020
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Soung ZarchiNarinjara News, 29 September 2020The body of a three-wheeler taxi driver, who died in the military custody, was handed over to the family by the police from Mrauk-U hospital. The victim...

One killed, two injured in Rathedaung artillery shelling

18 Sep, 2020
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Tun Khaing (Taung Rin Kyunt)Narinjara News, 18 September 2020One civilian was killed and two others were injured as artillery shells exploded at   Shwelaungdin village under Rathedaung to...

Rakhine Women's Network calls for strong legal action against soldiers who confessed to gang raping a woman in Rathedaung

13 Sep, 2020
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Tun Khaing (Taung Yin Kyunt)Narinjara News 13 September 2020The Rakhine Women's Network has called for tough legal action to be taken against three soldiers who confessed to raping a woman in U Ga ...

Social activist in Sittwe charged under Article 66 (d) for criticizing state government

27 Aug, 2020
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Saung ZarchiNarinjara News, 27 August 2020U Soe Naing, a social activist from Sittwe, has been charged with writing false information with the intent to discredit the Rakhine state government. The ...

Body of man who died in Tatmadaw Battalion 377 detention transferred to Mrauk-Oo police

12 Aug, 2020
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Tun Khaing (Taung Yin Kyun)Narinjara News, 12  August  2020The body of a man who reportedly died while being detained by Mrauk-Oo based Battalion 377 was handed over to police at Mrauk-Oo...

Case concerning two brothers detained for nearly a year raised to the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission

06 Aug, 2020
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Ein Soe HpyuNarinjara News, 6 August  2020The Rakhine State Human Rights Defenders Group (EHCR) has sent a letter to the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) alleging that two yout...

Body of U Tun Maung Sein recovered from cesspit 18 days after his murder in Kyein Karli, Rathedaung

01 Aug, 2020
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Ein Soe HpyuNarinjara News, 1 August 2020The body of U Tun Maung Sein, a 61-year-old shopkeeper in Kyein Karli village, Rathedaung has been found 18 days after his murder. His remains were recove...

The mother requests to see her son, detained incommunicado for 20 days

29 Jul, 2020
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Ein Soe HpyuNarinjara News, 29 July 2020Maung Aye Naing, 25, from Zin Chaung village in Kyaukphyu Township, was detained more than 20 days ago by Tatmadaw troops and family members have had no cont...

Wife demands legal action against her husband’s killers in Kyauktaw

17 Jul, 2020
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Tun Kaing (Taung Yin Kyun)Narinjara News, 17 July  2020Daw Suu Chay, the wife of murdered U Kyaw Hlaing, from Paik Thay quarter in Kyauktaw, has called for her husbands killers to be brought t...

Woman files rape charges against three Tatmadaw soldiers in Rathedaung

14 Jul, 2020
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Ein Soe HpyuNarinjara News 14 July 2020A woman from U Ga village, Rathedaung who was allegedly raped by three soldiers has filed a case against the men at Sittwe No. 1 Police Station on July 10.An ...

Detained three months ago and not heard of since, relatives of 18 missing men demand immediate release

17 Jun, 2020
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Tun Kaing (Taung Yin Kyunt)Narinjara news, 17 June 2020The relatives of 18 people detained by Tatmadaw troops in Tin Ma village, Kyauktaw, held a press conference on Monday demanding the immediate ...

Sittwe’s Set Yoe Kya farmers stage ‘plough protest’ on the seized land

16 Jun, 2020
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Tun Kaing (Taung Yin Kyun)Narinjara News. 15 June 2020Four farmers from Sittwe’s Set Yoe Kya have held their second ‘plough protest’ on land formerly owned by them but confiscated for the developme...