A Lenten initiative from the country’s bishops, with a call to pray “that God may grant his peace to the world and to Myanmar, and that there may be mutual understanding and progress in unity”. In a country where civil society has been systematically dismantled, the importance of such gestures, which also draw the world’s attention to the suffering of the people of Myanmar.
They arrived in Burma in 1865, maintaining a constant presence in the service of vulnerable people. Active in nine communities, they provide education, healthcare and support to women who are victims of violence, trafficking and poverty, in a country marked by political instability and war. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo: “A testimony of love that knows no bounds”.
Presented as a "tax measure”, the requirement further tightens digital surveillance in a country torn by civil war for more than five years following a military coup. By tracking devices, the regime is not only repressing dissent, but also undermining people’s daily survival thanks to high-tech tools made available by Chinese firms.
Residents in Yei Twin Gone, a village tract in Bago Region, were targeted in one of the latest attacks by Myanmar’s military junta after soldiers arrested about 160 locals to extract information on local resistance leaders. Fresh massacres were also reported in Rakhine and the Mandalay Region, with six more children killed.
A new traffic system for private vehicles goes into effect tomorrow in Myanmar to address cuts in fuel imports due to the Mideast war. Electric vehicles are exempt. The EV sector is dominated by companies linked to General Min Aung Hlaing's family, while blackouts continue across the country.
General Min Aung Hlaing announced the gesture for National Farmers' Day, but Aung San Suu Kyi is not among them and thousands of people remain in prison. The army also continued to carry out bombings against civilians. The initiative comes at a time of internal tensions within the junta and while ASEAN remains divided on how to handle the Burmese crisis.
