LONDON (Reuters) – The first bomb to strike the remote western Myanmar village of Vanha came from a junta warplane. It hit the only school in the hamlet, near the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war. The second came from a drone minutes later. On that day, October 13, 2025, an Iranian tanker was headed home […]
Just four months ago, Timor-Leste formally became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian States (ASEAN). This week, the tiny country took an unprecedented step: its judicial authorities appointed a prosecutor to examine the Myanmar military’s responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity. It’s believed to be the first time an ASEAN state has taken such an […]
From 2017 until the end of 2025, developments in Burma/Myanmar related to Transitional Justice (TJ)—within the framework of Truth, Justice, Reparations, and Guarantees of Non-Recurrence—have been studied and documented in chronological order.The Human Rights Network Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) has compiled and published this report to the best of its capacity.
By Chin Human Rights Organisation and Myanmar Accountability Project Dili, 13 January 2026: A group representing survivors of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar junta have presented a criminal complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Timor-Leste, requesting the opening of an investigation. According to the head of the delegation, Salai […]
Today, January 14, 2026, a delegation from the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), led by Executive Director Salai Za Uk, held a significant one-hour meeting with President José Ramos-Horta at the Presidential Palace in Dili. The delegation provided a comprehensive briefing on the escalating “reign of terror” in Myanmar’s Chin State and across the country. […]
Dili, 12 January 2026: A group representing victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar junta have presented a criminal complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Timor-Leste, requesting the opening of an investigation. According to the head of the delegation, Salai Za Uk, Executive Director of the Chin Human Rights […]
In Katha Town, Sagaing Region, where nearly the entire population was displaced by fighting, some residents who briefly returned to collect their belongings were killed in junta airstrikes. Late last year, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), People’s Defence Force (PDF) under the National Unity Government, the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF), the People’s Liberation […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (23 December 2025) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice (PV) and the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold a multistage sham general election from late December 2025 to January 2026. The upcoming elections are widely regarded as a sham due to the […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hear a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Muslim group, the Rohingya, on January 12-29, the United Nations’ top court said on Friday. The proceedings are expected to set precedents that could affect South Africa’s case against Israel over the war in Gaza, as this will […]
After the Myanmar Air Force carried out airstrikes on the People’s Hospital in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, other hospitals are no longer able to operate openly for fear of being targeted, forcing them to relocate or operate as mobile units, making it increasingly difficult for Mrauk-U residents to access healthcare. The inability to operate hospitals […]