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

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  • 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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