Burma Coup Watch for the THE Month of February 2025: Junta sets stage for foreign owned private militaries

• As of 14 Mar, there were at least 52,388 armed clashes and attacks against civilians since 1 Feb 2021, with at least 3,261,900 displaced people as of 10 Mar. Junta troops continued their violent crimes.
• Junta increases use of Chinese and Russian thermobaric weapons.
• Junta airstrike on Magway wedding kills 20, injures dozens.
• Junta attacks displace 20,000 in Magway’s Pwintbyu; destroys 1/3 of all houses.
• Junta to relocate premier military academies as TNLA gets closer.
• Junta bombs TNLA territory during China-brokered negotiations.
• Junta authorizes establishment of foreign-owned private armies, but closes several private hospitals in Yangon and Mandalay.
• Rohingya inmates moved from Insein to Sittwe, conscripted to fight AA.
• Argentine court issues warrants for Min Aung Hlaing, Aung San Suu Kyi, 23 others for Rohingya genocide.
• ICNCC and Chinland Council to unify.
• ASEAN Special Envoy avoids MAH, meets resistance instead.
• SAC-M and Sean Turnell call for further cuts to junta financial lifelines.
• Border scam centers: Thai power cuts hits civilians, China mounts pressure, Karen BGF rushes raids.
• Trump cuts threaten food for 100,000 refugees, kills two more, closes five Cox’s Bazar hospitals.

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