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Hlaingthaya Massacre
The Hlaingthaya massacre was a mass killing of civilians on 14 March 2021, in Hlaingthaya Township (also spelt Hlaing Tharyar and Hlinethaya), Yangon, Myanmar. During the massacre, Myanmar Army troops and Myanmar Police Force officers killed at least sixty-five individuals. The massacre became one of the deadliest domestic incidents to occur in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, and marked a serious escalation in the military's violence against civilians resisting the coup. The violent crackdown also precipitated a mass exodus of factory workers, residents, and businesses from Hlaingthaya, a major factory hub in the country. Background On 1 February 2021, the Myanmar Armed Forces staged a coup d'état and deposed the democratically elected government led by the National League for Democracy. Shortly thereafter, the military established a junta, the State Administration Council, and declared a national state of emergency. In response, civilians throughout t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlaingthaya Township
Hlaingthaya Township ( my, လှိုင်သာယာ မြို့နယ်, ; also spelt Hlaing Tharyar Township) is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. It was one of the biggest township in the country and it was also the most populated township. The township comprised 20 wards and nine village tracts and shared borders with Htantabin Township in the north and west, Insein Township, Mayangon Township, and Hlaing Township in the east across the Yangon River, and Twante Township in the south. In 2019 it was planned to split the township into two (due to violence and over-population), although no official announcement could be found, the township had already been split in West and East for the 2020 Myanmar general election. Overview Hlaingthaya is the most developed of the new satellite towns founded in the 1980s. Hlaingthaya Industrial Zone, consisted of mostly garment and other light industries, is one of the largest industrial parks in the country. Showpiec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone Nargis
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis ( my, နာဂစ်, ur, نرگس ) was an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar during early May 2008. The cyclone made landfall in Myanmar on Friday, 2 May 2008, sending a storm surge 40 kilometres up the densely populated Irrawaddy delta, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,373 fatalities. The Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead, with about 10,000 more deaths in Bogale. There were around 55,000 people missing and many other deaths were found in other towns and areas, although the Myanmar government's official death toll may have been under-reported, and there have been allegations that government officials stopped updating the death toll after 138,000 to minimise political fallout. The feared 'second wave' of fatalities from disease and lack of relief efforts never materialised. Damage was at $12 billion, making Nargi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagon Seikkan Township
Dagon Seikkan Township ( my, ဒဂုံဆိပ်ကမ်း မြို့နယ် ) is an urban township of Yangon, Myanmar. Geography Dagon Seikkan Township is located in the east-central part of the city of Yangon. Dagon Seikkan Township shares borders with Hlegu Township to the north, South Dagon Township to the northwest, Thaketa Township to the southwest, and Thanlyin Township across the Bago River to the east and southeast. Since 2007, Dagon Seikkan has been linked to Thanlyin Township by the Dagon Bridge, the second bridge to be built across the Bago River in Yangon. Administration , Dagon Seikkan consisted of 39 wards and five village tracts. Demographics Satellite communities and industry moved into the township in the 1990s, growing from a rural population of under 10,000 to almost 100,000 by 2010. Education , the township had 10 primary schools, two middle schools and a high school. The township is in an industrial area of the city. Nationalities Youth Reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Dagon Township
South Dagon Township (also South Dagon Myothit; my, ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်တောင်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် ) is located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 26 wards and three village tracts, and shares borders with North Dagon Township and East Dagon Township in the north, Thingangyun Township in the west across the Pazundaung Creek, the Bago River in the east, and Dagon Seikkan Township Dagon Seikkan Township ( my, ဒဂုံဆိပ်ကမ်း မြို့နယ် ) is an urban township of Yangon, Myanmar. Geography Dagon Seikkan Township is located in the east-central part of the city of Yangon. Dagon Seikkan Townsh ... in the south. South Dagon is one of the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government. The township has 31 primary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools. It is home to the University of Culture, Yangon. References {{Administrative divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Okkalapa Township
North Okkalapa Township ( my, မြောက်ဥက္ကလာပ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Hlegu Township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Dagon Township in the east, Mingaladon Township and Mayangon Township in the west, and Kamayut Township, and Mayangon township and South Okkalapa Township in the south. North Okkalapa was one of the satellite towns established in 1959. Today, it is a firmly established part of the city, albeit with ''nominal'' access to the city's electricity grid and sewer system. It is located in the 5 to 30 minute drive zone to Yangon International Air Port, the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar, located in Mingaladon Township. For those who loves local trips, Aung Mingalar High Way Bus Station is located within 30 min drive zone from the township. Education The township has 30 government primary schools, seven middle schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dagon Township
North Dagon Township (also North Dagon Myothit; my, ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်မြောက်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 25 wards, and shares borders with East Dagon Township in the north and east, South Okkalapa township in the west, and South Dagon township in the south. North Dagon is a relatively more developed area among the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government. The realestate price is also considered highest among other new satellite townships. The township has 24 primary schools, one middle school and four high schools. Dagon University, the largest undergraduate university in the city, is located in the central part of the township. North Dagon is connected to the mainland Yangon across the Pazundaung Creek by the four bridges Panglong Bridge, Ba Htoo Bridge, Baeli Bridge and the Yangon Circular Railway Yangon Circular Railway ( my, ရန ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riot Police
Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots. Riot police may be regular police who act in the role of riot police in particular situations or they may be separate units organized within or in parallel to regular police forces. Riot police are used in a variety of different situations and for a variety of different purposes. They may be employed to control riots as their name suggests, to disperse or control crowds, to maintain public order or discourage criminality, or to protect people or property. Riot gear Riot police often use special equipment termed riot gear to help protect themselves and attack others, oftentimes simultaneously. Riot gear typically includes personal armor, batons, and riot helmets. Many riot police teams also deploy specialized less-than-lethal weapons, such as pepper spray, tear gas, rifles that fire rubber bullets, stun grenades, water cannons and Long Range Acoustic Devices. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyunt Win Swe
Lieutenant General Nyunt Win Swe ( my, ညွန့်ဝင်းဆွေ), (BC - 25982), is a Burmese military officer and current Commander of Bureau of Special Operation No. 4. Military career He was appointed to the post in June 2020, and previously served as the commandant of the Defence Services Medical Academy and commander of the Southwestern Command. In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the military junta declared martial law in Yangon, the country's largest city, an act that effectively granted Nyunt Win Swe with administrative and judicial powers in Yangon's townships. Nyunt Win Swe led military and police forces who committed the Hlaingthaya massacre on 14 March 2021. He has been sanctioned by the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada for violating human rights and committing crimes against civilians in the Yangon Command. In April 2023, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, succeeding Khin Hlaing as the head of Bureau of Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hteinbin Cemetery
Hteinbin Cemetery ( my, ထိန်ပင်သုသာန်; also spelt Htein Pin Cemetery), located in Hlaingthaya Township, is one of Yangon's largest cemeteries. The cemetery is maintained by the Yangon City Development Committee's environmental maintenance department. Hteinbin Cemetery consists of various ethnic and religious cemeteries, including those of the Karen, Burmese Muslims, former Shan saophas, Christians, Hindus and Sino-Burmese. Notable burials * Ko Ko Maung See also * Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained ... References Cemeteries in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Yangon {{cemetery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human rights abusers to denounce abuse and respect human rights, and the group often works on behalf of refugees, children, migrants, and political prisoners. Human Rights Watch, in 1997, shared the Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and it played a leading role in the 2008 treaty banning cluster munitions. The organization's annual expenses totaled $50.6 million in 2011, $69.2 million in 2014, and $75.5 million in 2017. History Human Rights Watch was co-founded by Robert L. Bernstein Jeri Laber and Aryeh Neier as a private American NGO in 1978, under the name Helsinki Watch, to monitor the then-Soviet Union's compliance with the Helsinki Accords. Helsinki Watch adopted a practice of public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assistance Association For Political Prisoners
Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (Burma) ( my, နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသားများကူညီစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးအသင်း; abbreviated AAPP or AAPPB) is an independent non-profit organisation founded by Burmese former political prisoners living in exile. Mainly staffed by ex-political prisoners, its main aims are to provide assistance for other Burmese political prisoners (those in prison and those who have been released), and to document news related to them. Its stated aims are “collecting information about political prisoners and prison conditions” and “giving assistance to political prisoners and their families, for example by providing food and medicines, or financial help to enable families to visit their loved ones in prison”. History AAPP was founded in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae Sot by on 23 March 2000, the anniversary of the arrest of 1988 student leader Min Ko Naing. Since t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
