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PEACE Info (March 25, 2021) PEACE Info (March 25, 2021) − Myanmar's ethnic areas brace for thousands fleeing unrest − Myanmar Regime Arrests NLD Members for Seeking ‘Explosive Training’ − Two More Including 16-Year-Old Boy Killed as Myanmar Regime Continues Crackdowns − Myanmar Protest Death Toll Hits 270 as Regime Intensifies Assaults − Myanmar’s Military Regime Arrests Four Media Staff in Shan State − Myanmar citizens use protester toolkit to skirt Internet ban − Myanmar Junta Accused of Using Deepfake Technology to Prove Graft Case Against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi − ‘More dangerous than COVID-19’: Anti-military fury leaves SAC pandemic response in shambles − Exclusive: U.S. to blacklist Myanmar military companies after deadly crackdown - sources − Myanmar Military’s Notorious Foot Soldiers − Thailand Must Be a Friend to the People of Myanmar − Kachin Rebels Seize Myanmar Military's Strategic Outpost near Chinese Border − တ��င��ရင��သ��တပ�မ���က �မန�မ��ဒ�မ��က�ရစ�အင�အ��စ�မ���က�� ကယ�ဆယ��န − �တ�င��က��တ�င� စစ�တပ���င��ရ� ပစ�ခတ�မ� ၅ ဦ� �သဆ�ံ� − ���င�ငံတဝန�� စစ�အ�ဏ�သ�မ��မ� ဆန��က�င��ရ� ဆ���ပတ�� �သဆ�ံ�၊ ဒဏ�ရ�ရသ��တ� ထပ�တ��� − စစ��က�င�စ�ရ�� လက�နက�က��င�မ��� က�လ�သ�ငယ��တ�က�� ပစ�မ�တ�ထ��လ�သလ�� − က�မ ��ဇတ��င�� သတင��ဌ�န သတင��သမ�� ��စ�ဦ�အပ�အဝင� �လ�ဦ� ဖမ��ဆ��ခံရ − အစ���ရသစ���င�� �ပည�သ��က�က�ယ��ရ�အစ�အမံသစ� CRPH ��ကည�မည� − စစ�တပ�ရ�� အဓ�ကစ��ပ����ရ�လ�ပ�ငန���က����စ�ခ�က�� အ�မရ�ကန� အ�ရ�ယ�ဒဏ�ခတ�ဖ��� �ပင�ဆင��န − �မန�မ�အ�ဏ�သ�မ��စစ�အ�ပ�စ�အ�ပ� အ�ရ�ယ�ဒဏ�ခတ�မ�မ��� ထပ�တ���ခ�မ�တ�ရန� �သစ��တ�လ� စဥ်�စ�� − က�လသမဂ� လ��အခ�င��အ�ရ��က�င�စ�တ�င� �မန�မ��အ�ရ� ဆ�ံ��ဖတ�ခ�က� ကန��က�က�သ�မရ�� အတည��ပ� − လ��အခ�င��အ�ရ��က�င�စ� ဆ�ံ��ဖတ�ခ�က� HRW � က �� ဆ � − KNU ထ�န��ခ��ပ�နယ���မအတ�င�� အ�ပ�ခ��ပ��ရ�မ��မ��� အသစ��ပန�လည��ရ���က�က�တင���မ�က� − KIA ��င�� တပ�မ�တ��အ�က�� တ��က�ပ��မ��� �ပင��ထန� − KIA က ဗ��ဟ���မ�က� အ�ရ�ပ��သ� စခန��က�န��မ��� သ�မ��ဆည�� − စစ�တပ� ဗ��ဟ�က�န��က�� KIA သ�မ�� − နမ��ခမ���မ ���နယ� အ�ဏ�သ�မ��စစ��က�င�စ� ��င�� TNLA တ��က�ပ���ဖစ� − သ�မ�� (၂)တပ� တ��က�ပ����က�င�� စစ��ရ��င� (၃၀၀)�က���ရ��၊ က��ယ�ဝန��ဆ�င���င�� က�လ�မ���ပ� -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of 49 Myanmar's ethnic areas brace for thousands fleeing unrest By AFP | 25 March 2021 KNU's general secretary Saw Tah Doh Moo. Photo: YouTube Up to 7,000 refugees are expected to flee post-coup unrest in Myanmar's cities by the end of April, an ethnic armed group said Wednesday, claiming hundreds were already in its controlled areas. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power in a February 1 coup, triggering a mass uprising that has seen security forces mount deadly crackdowns against protesters. The anti-coup movement has garnered broad support across the country, including among some of the country's armed ethnic groups which have for decades been fighting Myanmar's military for more autonomy. An estimated one-third of Myanmar's territory -- mostly in its border regions -- is controlled by a myriad of ethnic groups, who have their own armed forces. Since the coup, the Karen National Union (KNU) -- one of the largest armed groups in the country -- has seen hundreds of people flee to its territory in southeastern Karen state near the Thai border, an official with the group said. "We think it could increase to between 6,000 and 7,000 people by the end of April," the KNU's general secretary Saw Tah Doh Moo told AFP. He added that so far people fleeing anti-coup unrest had been activists, protesters and MPs with Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party. "Those who are now sheltering are more at the leaders' level, but if they (the military) keep pressing... it could be the broader population," he said. The KNU has already seen fresh clashes with the military in its territory since the coup. Besides people fleeing unrest in the cities, KNU territory currently has 5,000 Karen people displaced from local fighting that has been ongoing since December. "It's our position, from our humanitarian point of view, that we have to give some shelter to these people who are in our area," he said. Authorities in neighbouring Thailand's Tak province say they are preparing for a potential influx of refugees from Myanmar, and can support between 30,000 and 50,000 people. Page 2 of 49 About 90,000 refugees from Myanmar have lived in limbo on the Thai side of the border for many years after fleeing decades of civil war between the military and ethnic armed groups. But Saw Tah Doh Moo said he thinks a further exodus to Thailand is unlikely. "It's different because the people are more committed to (fighting) the coup," he said. © AFP https://www.mizzima.com/article/myanmars-ethnic-areas-brace-thousands-fleeing-unrest ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Myanmar Regime Arrests NLD Members for Seeking ‘Explosive Training’ By The Irrawaddy | 25 March 2021 Photos of those arrested by the regime forces on March 22 / Global News Light of Myanmar The military regime said it arrested 14 people at the outskirts of Yangon on Monday who were trying to join “explosives training” in the area controlled by an ethnic armed group in the country’s southeast. Military-control news media said security forces arrested 14 people between the ages of 21 and 47 in Hlegu and Htauk Kyant of Yangon Region and in Nyaung Khar Shey junction in Waw township of Bago Region on March 22. Labeling the detainees “rioters,” the report alleged “some youths who participated in the riotous protests [attempted to] go to an ethnic armed group to attend an explosives course.” The state-controlled media report added that the junta’s security forces are “tightening security in respective areas” following an informant’s tip that those people would be travelling. Of the 14, three are drivers and the rest are the members of National League for Democracy (NLD) in Thanlynn, South Dagon, Thingangyun and Hlaing Thayar townships. The report said the detainees were planning to travel to Bilin, in Mon State, and from there they would join an ethnic armed organization. It did not identify which group. In the country’s southeast, where Karen and Mon states are located, several Karen and Mon ethnic armed groups are active. They have been fighting with the Myanmar military for the last seven decades, aside from a ceasefire in the past decade. Page 3 of 49 On Tuesday, the regime’s spokesman also said that more than a thousand people have fled into the country’s southeast border areas. It said the regime would take effective action against the detainees, accusing them of “destabilizing the state and rule of law.” In addition to those arrests, the regime also said it is preparing to arrest another 13 NLD members of Thanlynn, South Dagon and Mingaladon townships. Since the coup, anti-regime protests have erupted across the country, calling for the release of detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the President U Win Myint and others arrested by the junta. The regime’s violent crackdown on anti-regime protests has killed at least 262 protesters and bystanders, including children, since the coup on Feb. 1. As of Wednesday, some 1,900 people are still under the regime’s detention. Twenty-four people have been charged and sentenced to prison, and arrest warrants have been issued for another 109 people, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-regime-arrests-nld-members-seeking- explosive-training.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two More Including 16-Year-Old Boy Killed as Myanmar Regime Continues Crackdowns By The Irrawaddy | 25 March 2021 The security forces who took part in a crackdown on anti-regime protesters in Karen State's Hpa-an on Thursday morning. Two more people were killed and several injured in four locations on Wednesday night and Thursday morning as Myanmar’s security forces continued their brutal raids. The protest-related death toll since the Feb. 1 coup stood at 262 as of Wednesday. On Wednesday night, police and soldiers opened fire indiscriminately as they raided Aung Pin Lae ward in Mandalay’s Chanmythazi Township. During the raid, a 16-year-old boy was reportedly killed and three people were injured when regime forces started shooting. A Mandalay-based charity group told The Irrawaddy it had been unable to retrieve the body of the slain boy or assist the injured, as police and troops opened fire on ambulances on Wednesday night. Page 4 of 49 Since a confrontation in the area between the regime’s security forces and anti-regime protesters on March 21, police and soldiers have conducted a series of deadly raids targeting not only protesters but also bystanders, pedestrians and residents in Aung Pin Lae, Aung Tharyar and Mya Yi Nandar wards. The raids have claimed the lives of more than 20 people, including three children aged 6, 15 and 16. Meanwhile, in Mandalay Region’s Kaukpadaung Township, a 23-year-old man was shot dead and three people were injured at 9 p.m.
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