Entries by ND Burma

Human Rights Situation weekly update (May 15 to 21, 2023)

Military junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Myawaddy, Kayin State and Demoso, Kayah State from May 15th to 21st. Junta troops also  launched an airstrike, dropped bombs and cut off the Tele communication and mobile data in Mawlite Township, Sagaing Region.Military Junta troops arrested ‌about 60 civilians including the children from Kani […]

The Insight Myanmar Podcast

Someday, when we have a reliable judicial system in the country or access to the international judicial system, we will use our documentation to seek justice for the victims of human rights violations, and achieve accountability,” says Han Gyi, a coordinator at the Network for Human Rights Documentation. Also known as ND-Burma, the organization has […]

Myanmar’s junta threatens media that don’t report official cyclone death numbers

Junta says 100 Rohingya died from Cyclone Mocha, but others have counted more than 400. Myanmar’s junta says that 100 Rohingya died from last weekend’s Cyclone Mocha – and that news outlets that say it’s higher will be sued. The shadow National Unity Government, made up of former parliamentarians and opponents of the military, which […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (May 8 to 14, 2023)

A civilian died and civilian houses were burnt by the Military junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Mon State, Chin State, and Sagaing Region from May 8th to 14th.Military junta troops committed a massacre by burning 18 civilians from Nyaung Pentha village in Bago Region. Over 30 civilians were arrested as human […]

Six dead as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in western Myanmar coast

U.N. had warned of ‘a nightmare scenario’ in Bay of Bengal region home to crowded refugee camps. Powerful Cyclone Mocha made landfall in western Myanmar Sunday, killing six people and bringing down trees, residents said, as humanitarian agencies warned of a severe impact on “hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people.” The cyclone had earlier on […]

Myanmar junta forces commit more atrocities, burn 19 civilians to death

The death toll could rise because the area is ‘now like a battlefield,’ ethnic armed group says. Myanmar troops burned alive 19 civilians, including eight minors, on Wednesday, relatives of the dead, witnesses and a spokesman for the shadow government said, in the latest atrocity committed by junta soldiers in the country’s civil war. The […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (May 1 to 7, 2023)

Military Junta troops launched an airstrike and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Bago Region, Chin State and Shan State from May 1st to 7th. They used 500lb bombs that caused burning of civilians’ houses, killed 10 civilians including children and over 17 injured. Military troops beheaded 8 civilians including 5 PDF fighters from Chaung-U Township, […]

Military and allies detain 12 men, torch village in southern Kanbalu Township

Soldiers and pro-junta militia members reportedly took the hostages, one of whom is underage, from the burned village and subjected them to beatings A junta force raided and torched Htauk Shar Aing village in southern Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region on Sunday morning, taking 12 of the residents hostage, according to local sources. A column consisting […]