The National Unity Government (NUG) · Ma Ei Thinza Maung, the NUG Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Children, was one of the recipients of the International Women of Courage Award(IWOC) for 2022 awarded by the U.S Foreign Ministry. · According to the right of self-defence, the public has been taking part in a People’s Defensive War. The NUG announced that 36 members of the junta armed forces had died and 13 others had been injured on Tuesday.
Twelve of those have died while in the regime’s custody, seven while being tortured during interrogation, said the party, which won last year’s election in a landslide.
Myanmar Junta Forces Abduct Three NLD Members
Myanmar Junta Forces Abduct Three NLD Members
Three NLD members were abducted by armed men in plain clothes on Friday in front of the party’s headquarters in Yangon. / Screenshot from CCTV record
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By The Irrawaddy 7 May 2021
Two central committee members and another youth member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) were arrested by armed men in plain clothes on Friday evening in front of the party’s headquarters in Yangon, the commercial capital.
CCTV footage released by official media of the National Unity Government showed that two central committee members, U Ba Myo Thein and U Soe Win (aka U Soe Lay) and youth party member Ko Hein Min Htet were forcibly abducted while they were preparing to leave the office.
Third NLD Member Dies While Being Detained by Myanmar Military Regime
Third NLD Member Dies While Being Detained by Myanmar Military Regime
A collage of the NLD members who have died while being detained by the military regime. U Khin Maung Latt (left), U Kyaw Kyaw (middle) and U Zaw Myat Lin (right)
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By The Irrawaddy 1 April 2021
A member of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Naypyitaw has died while being detained by the military regime.
U Kyaw Kyaw, an executive member of the NLD’s branch in Naypyitaw’s Zabuthiri Township, died on March 30 while being interrogated by the security forces. He is the third member of the NLD to die in custody since the junta’s Feb. 1 coup.
Myanmar Protesters Recall Regime s Torture During Detention
Riot police and soldiers beat civilians during a crackdown on anti-regime protesters in Mandalay.
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By The Irrawaddy 10 March 2021
“It was a hell,” said 30-year-old Ko Thura, who was tortured in military custody for around four hours in Myeik, Tanintharyi Region. The Irrawaddy interviewed two of the protesters among those being tortured after their release from custody. Thura is a false name used to protect the protester.
Around 70 protesters, including many students, were arrested at around 9am on Tuesday in the southern city where they gathered to protest against the military regime. The detainees were sent to Myeik’s airbase, separated by gender and the male protesters were ordered to strip, bow their heads and kneel.