Diamond Aircraft Industries is violating the EUs arms embargo by providing planes to the juntas air force and training its pilots to fly them, rights group JFM said.

The juntas military has been detaining civilians and using them as human shields for raids of villages in southern Tanintharyi Regions Thayet Chaung Township, local sources say.

New body called the Karenni State Interim Executive Council will oversee public services and resistance efforts under civilian National Unity Government.

The AA, TNLA and MNDAA attend peace talks with the junta under pressure from China, but they know the military will never grant them the true autonomy they seek.

Prisoners report being handcuffed, blindfolded and shocked with stun guns as routine beatings leave one victim close to death.

Pita Limjaroenrat, whose MFP won the most seats in last month's poll, is being investigated for owning shares in a media company, an election law violation.

Thousands of civilians flee villages in northern township after junta forces torch homes following a raid on a police station by resistance fighters.

Defenders of Shan State town say at least 20 regime troops killed in Sundays fighting.

May Panche sentenced to three years with hard labor for expressing sympathy on Facebook for the victims of the juntas deadliest air strike to date.

U Ottamathara says imprisoned civilian leader holds key to peace, but observers detect junta plot to tighten militarys grip on country.

Beijing and Moscow are supplying jet fighters, gunships, and thermobaric weapons that are being used to attack EAOs, resistance groups and civilians.

The Irrawaddys latest roundup includes incidents in Shan and Chin states and Sagaing, Mandalay and Magwe regions.