As soldiers and police looked on, bulldozers destroyed more than 100 houses on two streets in Myanmar’s second-largest city, leaving residents – many of whom had been living there for decades – homeless overnight, sources in the country told Radio Free Asia. The junta demolished the homes on Monday on Mandalay’s Ma Kha Yar street Read more
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Myanmar military destroys more than 100 homes in Mandalay on encroachment claims
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023Frank-speak highlights Myanmar chaos
Monday, September 12th, 2022
Despite the risk, three bishops from Myanmar have spoken cautiously and emotionally about the military coup in their Southeast Asian nation. Accustomed to discretion, all three know that a word against the army would endanger them and their Catholic people. Archbishop Marco Tin Win, Bishop Noel Saw Naw Aye and Bishop Lucas Dau Ze Jeimphaung Read more
Soldiers enter Myanmar Catholic cathedral, detain archbishop
Monday, April 11th, 2022
Soldiers from the Myanmar military forcibly took control of a Catholic cathedral in Mandalay and detained an archbishop along with dozens of worshippers. Approximately 40 soldiers entered Sacred Heart Cathedral before a Lenten prayer service on Friday, April 8. They refused to allow worshipers to leave. The soldiers also occupied other buildings on the compound. Read more