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Summary. This report reviews the November 2024 developments relating to human rights in Myanmar.
I. Coup, Crackdown on Protests and Civilian Resistance
On November 28, the Irrawaddy reported that joint resistance groups claimed to have defeated a military unit of 80 troops enroute to the Karenni (Kayah) State capital Loikaw from southern Shan State.The joint resistance groups included the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (“KNDF”) the Karenni Army (“KA”), the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party, and the ethnic Pa-O National Defense Force.
According to a KA spokesperson, the regime forces were marching from Mobye town in southern Shan State’s Pekon Township, to Loikaw. Colonel Hpone Naing of the KA reported that over 30 junta troops were killed in the fighting. According to the KNDF, on November 27, a junta regime base in Pekon town in southern Shan State shelled Kone Paw Village, killing six villagers, including a one-month-old infant, and injuring three others.
On November 17, the civilian National Unity Government’s (“NUG”) defense ministry reported that anti-regime groups ambushed over 70 junta troops in western Madaya, killing 12 junta soldiers and seizing nine weapons. In response, the regime reportedly increased air and artillery strikes.
According to anti-regime groups, since November 17, over 200 junta soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee militia allies have raided villages and dropped bombs along the Ayeyarwady River. A spokesperson from the Pyin Oo Lwin People’s Defense Force told the Irrawaddy that “Junta forces now control most of western Madaya along the river,” and that “[the Pyin Oo Lwin People’s Defense Force] withdrew as a temporary, tactical move.”
On November 8, junta regime fighter jets bombed Kone Paw Village, killing two villagers.