Not Spared from Junta Airstrikes: POWs in Resistance-Controlled Areas – Issue 164

Since the military coup on 1 February 2021, People’s Defense Forces/Local Defense Forces (PDFs/LDFs), along with Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs), have been engaging in armed resistance against the military council using various methods. In response, the junta has employed various brutal and cruel tactics in attacking these resistance forces.

After losing more territory following the first and second waves of Operation 1027, the junta increasingly resorted to airstrikes. These airstrikes have not only targeted civilian areas such as villages and towns, but also detention facilities where junta soldiers or prisoners of war (POWs) are being held.

This week’s Burma News International (BNI)-Myanmar Peace Monitor’s Bi-Weekly News Review focuses on incidents of junta airstrikes specifically targeting POWs.

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