Ethnic Kachin Armed Group Launches Multiple Attacks on Myanmar Military
KIA fighters. / The Irrawaddy
By The Irrawaddy 20 April 2021
Ethnic armed group the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a police outpost in Maden Yang village in Lone Khin village-tract in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township around 7pm Monday. The number of casualties is still unknown.
“We heard gunfire and explosions until 9pm. Locals are planning to flee from their homes as gunfire has been heard every night recently,” said a local resident.
The KIA’s Battalion 6 has been attacking outposts of the Myanmar military’s Division 33 in Hpakant Township. On Sunday night and Monday morning, it attacked two military outposts near Gensi village in Lone Khin village-tract and Aungbarlay village, according to local residents.
SINGAPORE, 19 April 2021: Pandaw Cruises founder and CEO Paul Strachan describes in his latest email dispatch, efforts to provide medical and financial support to hundreds of Myanmar families who have fallen victim to the military junta’s vicious attacks.
Pandaw Cruises is one of the few travel organisations to denounce the military coup and support the people of Myanmar through medical donations. So far, it has raised more than USD120,000 for Pandaw clinic medical teams. Relief efforts have been extended to a broader area beyond the seven villages where they usually run day clinics to aid those suffering gunshot wounds.
“With these funds, we have been able to expand our usual GP
Prominent Anti-Regime Protest Leader Run Over, Dragged Away by Myanmar Junta Forces
Ko Wai Moe Naing at an anti-regime protest in Monywa.
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By The Irrawaddy 15 April 2021
A prominent anti-regime protest leader in Monywa, Sagaing Region was beaten and dragged away by junta forces after having his motor scooter rammed on Thursday afternoon.
Ko Wai Moe Naing was detained after regime forces drove a large vehicle head-on into a group of motor scooters carrying him and other anti-regime protesters. After being violently knocked to the ground, witnesses said the 26-year-old was beaten and dragged away.
Since anti-regime protests broke out in early February in Monywa, a business hub on the eastern bank of the Chindwin River and the largest city in Sagaing Region, the Muslim man had been at the forefront of the rallies.
Indian National Army: An ignored legacy? Updated Apr 15, 2021 | 10:21 IST
Through only three years of its existence and strength of just around 45,000 soldiers, Indian National Army did play a conspicuous role in the battles it participated in. (Representative Pic)
The mega celebrations to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence began on March 12, 2021, when the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the “Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav” event by flagging off a 241-mile march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi in Gujarat’s Navsari district to mark the day. As part of the celebrations, the Publications Division of the Government of India will publish books on unsung heroes of the freedom movement, women freedom fighters, battles and freedom fighters from North-East India and the Indian National Army trials in the Red Fort, besides others.
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