1 February 2025 – Four years since the military’s failed coup in February 2021, the people of Myanmar’s resistance against the junta’s brutal rule has not only persisted but intensified. The Transitional Justice Asia Network (TJAN), a regional hub of transitional justice experts which includes the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) as one […]
Pressure is building on Myanmar’s military regime to hold national elections that opposition forces have promised to disrupt. Myanmar’s 2024 census was almost certainly the most contentious – and deadly – ever conducted. Enumerators and their heavily armed guards from Myanmar’s military were subject to repeated attacks from opposition groups, as they stumbled through a […]
The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,Defending Democracy: Four Years Since the Failed Coup in Burma 1 February 2025 Four years ago, the military junta attempted to undermine the results of a free and fair national election in Burma, in which the National League for Democracy achieved an overwhelming victory. […]
A short report by the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma Despite the many challenges and changes that the people of Burma have unjustly experienced since the attempted coup on 1 February 2021, there remains a joint commitment and effort for a federal and democratic future. Four years ago, the military junta did not hesitate to […]
Ministry of Labor told employment agencies not to allow men aged 18 to 35 to sign up for foreign work contracts. Myanmar’s junta has banned employment agencies from sending military aged men abroad as it struggles with a growing civil war while promising to extend peace and stability for an election that it hopes will […]
They fear becoming targets of bombings, sniper fire or airstrikes. More than 1,000 civilians have fled Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe and nearby areas in western Myanmar, fearing heavy artillery attacks as tensions rise between junta forces and the Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group that has advanced on junta positions, residents said Friday. Ongoing exchanges […]
Responding to leaked execution videos, armed group acknowledges crimes, vows accountability “The Arakan Army’s acknowledgment of its forces committing these war crimes is a vital step toward accountability,” said Ejaz Min Khant, Human Rights Associate at Fortify Rights. “But it’s not enough to merely say that the perpetrators have been punished. The AA must be transparent about […]
The group’s spokesperson says the incident was retaliation for the deaths of AA family members. Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Ethnic Rakhine rebels on Friday confirmed the torture and execution of two prisoners of war from Myanmar’s military after video clips of the killings went viral online. The videos have prompted an […]
GANHRI’s removal of the MNHRC is a step in the right direction in terms of paving the way for a future in which the promotion and protection of human rights in Myanmar is strengthened, whilst also hollowing out the military junta’s false claims of legitimacy. In a blow to the junta’s efforts to claim false […]
Airstrikes kill 28 military family members at detention camp The Arakan Army (AA) claimed that a total of 28 people, including children, were killed and 25 others were injured by airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on an undisclosed location near Ram Creek in Mrauk-U Township of Arakan State on Saturday. The AA […]