India for Myanmar, an aid group assisting refugees from Myanmar, has reported that at least 170 refugees have been detained by Indian authorities in northeast India’s Manipur state since January. The refugees were arrested by a special commando team during door-to-door raids on 17 villages in Moreh township’s Lawngtlai district. According to Salai Dokhar, the founder of India for Myanmar, the authorities have been collecting population data in each house for about a month, which has led to many people…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has stated that as the chair of ASEAN, Indonesia is working hard to achieve peace in Myanmar. He acknowledges that resolving the conflict in Myanmar will take time but Indonesia and ASEAN’s priority is to implement the point in the peace plan calling for an immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar. Indonesia, as this year’s chair of ASEAN, is committed to improving the situation in Myanmar despite the complicated crisis. The regional bloc had already reached…

The UN Special Envoy to Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, has reported that violence in Myanmar is escalating on an “alarming scale” following the military coup. Heyzer stated that the military takeover has had a devastating impact on the country and its people. Heyzer described the military junta’s extension of the State of Emergency and the intensification of the use of force, including more aerial bombing, burning of civilian homes, and other grave human rights violations to maintain power. She further reported…