Tag: Myanmar

Church in Chin State looted and vandalised by the junta

The damage and loss caused by the Tatmadaw is estimated to be more than 10 million kyat ($5600).

Over one hundred religious buildings destroyed by Burmese military

Myanmar’s regime has shelled churches even during times of peace between the military junta and the grassroots resistance forces.

Ousted religious affairs minister receives 12-year sentence from Junta

Aung Sang Suu Kyi is facing nearly a dozen charges that carry a combined maximum prison sentence of more than 100 years.

US declares violence against Myanmar religious minority "genocide"

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made the announcement this morning at the symbolically chosen US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Burmese nuns forced to flee military junta in Myanmar

The current situation demonstrates the daily suffering that many Christians throughout Myanmar.

Nuns’ convent damaged by Tatmadaw’s bombing in Demoso

According to Catholic News World, 9 churches have been targeted so far. 

Catholic church damaged by the Junta's airstrike in Myanmar

For more than one year, the Tatmadaw fails to take control of the country with a coup and continues to attack civilians.

Two Catholic priests in Myanmar taken by the Tatmadaw

Clergy have been regularly targeted by the junta for the last months.

Catholic churches continue to be targeted by attacks in Myanmar

More than half of Kayah state’s population of 300,000 have been internally displaced given the escalating fighting.