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Burma Coup Watch for the Month of January 2025: Junta steps up forced conscription of women

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  • As of 14 Feb, there were at least 51,383 armed clashes and attacks against civilians since 1 Feb 2021, with at least 3,246,700 displaced people as of 20 Feb. Junta troops continued their violent crimes.
  • Malaysia detains 196 Rohingya refugees, pushes back over 300.
  • Sri Lankans protest gov’t efforts to refoul 102 stranded Rohingya.
  • ASEAN claims peace as priority, not junta sham election.
  • Resistance forces deal devastating blows to junta in Arakan and neighboring Magwe. Head of notorious LID 33 killed.
  • Junta airstrikes hit Ayeyarwady for first time as AA pushes into three neighboring regions.
  • Singaporean-Chinese firm pumps USD 150 million of crude oil into junta aviation fuel production.
  • Junta still feels fuel pinch, adds paramotors to aerial arsenal.
  • Junta bars travel, kidnaps youths and targets women to sustain its illegal forced conscription.
  • Thailand enables growing cross- border conscript market for junta.
  • MNDAA caves to Chinese pressure, agrees to ceasefire and staggered Lashio withdrawal.
  • 3.4 million children missing from ed. System, 91% drop in university enrollment.
  • Trump aid freeze shuts down Thai-Burma border refugee hospitals, kills one.
  • China mounts regional pressure over scam operations after Chinese actor trafficked.

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