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FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM At least two killed outside of Mandalay passport office Two women suffocated to death and three others were injured in a crowd crush that occurred as a queue of 1,000 people waited at a passport office in Aung Myay Thasan Township of Mandalay on Feb. 19. A rescue worker told AFP that the two women died after falling into a ditch. “There were five people injured in the stampede and we were sent to hospital in time.

The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) publishes daily independent news and information across Myanmar and around the world by satellite TV and the internet. DVB was founded in 1992 and is registered as a non-profit association in Thailand.

The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) publishes daily independent news and information across Myanmar and around the world by satellite TV and the internet. DVB was founded in 1992 and is registered as a non-profit association in Thailand.

FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Arakan Army claims military is losing war The Arakan Army (AA) stated that the Burma Army is on the verge of losing the war in Arakan State as its military bases have fallen one by one since fighting resumed Nov. 13. Myebon, Minbya, Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw, Pauktaw and Taungpyo in Arakan and Paletwa in southern Chinland have come under AA control. The Burma Army destroyed the Maei bridge which connects Ann and Taungup townships, on Feb. 16.

The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) publishes daily independent news and information across Myanmar and around the world by satellite TV and the internet. DVB was founded in 1992 and is registered as a non-profit association in Thailand.

Guest contributor Shafiur Rahman The shadowy return of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) to the Rohingya repatriation discourse, marked by clandestine meetings in Singapore, raises alarms about their renewed involvement in a situation already fraught with tension and despair. The disastrous outcomes of their previous covert involvement with the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) in the refugee camps of Bangladesh – a catastrophe by any measure – loom large.

Originally publised on CPJ Myanmar authorities must conduct a credible independent investigation into the killing of journalist Myat Thu Tan and bring the perpetrators to swift and full justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday.

FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Political prisoner Noble Aye was killed in Bago Region’s Waw Township on Feb. 8, her brother Htet Myat confirmed to DVB on Friday. “I am at a loss as to what to do next. How can I seek justice for her?” he asked. “We have learned that a woman and a man were shot dead on February 8 while returning from court. Their bodies were taken to Waw Hospital and quietly buried without public notice,” said a member of the Waw People’s Defense Force (PDF).

FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Myanmar conflict analysts have pointed to the fact that the National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Defense lacks a clear chain of command for resistance forces fighting against the military in the central region of the country, known as anyar in the Burmese language. The military retook control over most of Kawlin, a district-level town in Sagaing Region, on Feb. 11. It was seized by resistance forces led by the People’s Defense Force (PDF) in November.

FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Bangladesh hands over Border Guard Police to Burma Bangladesh returned 330 Border Guard Police and military personnel from Burma, who had fled across the border from attacks by the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Arakan State earlier this month, the Daily Star reported. A Burma Navy ship transported the Border Guard Police and military personnel from Cox’s Bazar, near the Burma border, back to the country under the supervision of Bangladeshi and regime authorities on Thursday.