Thursday, October 31, 2024 | Myanmar
The lucrative scamming industry is of strategic interest to the Myanmar military and associated forces to fund their war on the Myanmar people, with Myanmar becoming a significant hub for transnational crime in the wake of the 2021 military coup. The Myanmar military has played a crucial role in establishing criminal enclaves along its borders, particularly in Karen State along the Thai border and in the Kokang area along the Chinese border.
Thursday, October 31, 2024 | Myanmar
The monthly average of Myanmar military airstrikes now exceeds 100, and this trend is expected to rise. The impact of airstrikes has been devastating, terrorising civilians by targeting schools, hospitals, religious buildings, and camps for internally displaced persons.
Thursday, October 31, 2024 | uncategorised
Since the military coup in Myanmar in 2001, the number of Burmese migrants workers and refugees seeking safety and job opportunities in Thailand has surged, with cities like Mae Sot and Chiang Mai—both near the Thai-Myanmar border—becoming major destinations. However, many face exploitation, with employers and government officials benefiting from their labor while neglecting their welfare. In response, Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA partnered with the MAP Foundation, a local NGO, to support the creation of MAP Radio, aiming to support Burmese migrant workers. Read below two stories of migrants who have built a community through the MAP Radio.
Friday, September 6, 2024 | Myanmar, uncategorised
Journalists Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo, associated with the independent online media outlet Dawei Watch, were sentenced to life and 20 years imprisonment respectively by a military court in the city of Myeik in southern Myanmar on August 27, with authorities failing to explain the verdict.
Thursday, June 27, 2024 | Our work, uncategorised
Our partner organisation, ALTSEAN-Burma (Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma), through their Women of Burma (WoB) program, is supporting brave women to speak out against the injustices their people are enduring.
