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Chinese monitors deployed to strategic Lashio as junta slowly retakes town
Without firing a shot, Myanmar’s junta quietly retakes Lashio as Chinese diplomats enter town
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Battle outside Magway prison leads to shooting death of two political prisoners
Two political prisoners were killed in Magway Prison last week after a firefight between resistance fighters and police opposite the prison provoked unrest inside, according to a prisoners’ rights advocacy group. The clash outside the prison erupted on Sunday, April 13-–the first day of the Thingyan New Year festival—when the Daung Sit Aung resistance group attacked the junta’s Police Battalion 25 station on the Magway-Yenangyaung road about 12 miles north of the city of Magway in the region of the same name. During the fight, shooting inside the prison resulted in the deaths. . . Subscribe for full access Support our independent journalism by subscribing now. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Log in
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Myanmar fighters battle to hold prized city
The junta continues to attack Lashio more than a month after it was captured by the MNDAA, in an effort to make it ungovernable
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Resistance attacks force Myanmar junta troops to abandon base near Khin-U
Around 200 regime forces withdrew from the base after it was devastated by airstrikes triggered by two attacks last month
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Myanmar regime forces capture and kill six resistance fighters in Mandalay Region
The victims were ambushed after being lured by junta soldiers posing as members of another battalion of their group