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Food seller killed at interrogation centre in central Myanmar

Soldiers arrested the man along with his wife, who is still detained in Magway Region A man was killed at an interrogation centre in Magway Region last week, a day after he and his wife were arrested by soldiers in the river port town of Chauk, according to a local urban guerrilla group. Kyaw Tint, […]

Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State & Tanintharyi Region (January 2023)

The first month of the year in Southeastern Burma and country-wide proved equally disastrous as those prior. Despite the multiple calls to the international community for action as the junta commits endless atrocities, they seemed to fall upon deaf ears. Across January 2023, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) documented dozens more malicious attacks […]

Human Rights Situation weekly update (January 22 to 31, 2023)

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions in January 22 to 31, 2023 From January 22 to 31, military junta airstrikes in Chin State, Kayah State, and Sagaing Region.They arrested three locals as a hostage, including children and a woman from Thabeikkyin township in Mandalay region.They arrested and killed civilians until now. 2023 […]

Three killed as junta troops raid villages east of Muu River

Hundreds of houses were also torched in a series of unprovoked attacks carried out in two Sagaing Region townships Myanmar’s military has killed at least three civilians and torched hundreds of houses in a series of raids carried out along the eastern bank of the Muu River in Sagaing Region in recent days. Sources in […]

A summary review report on the military regime’s human rights violations during one year in 2022

From January to December 2022, the junta troops violated numerous human rights abuses and committed international crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in various parts of Myanmar. National Unity Government, Ministry of Human Rights collaborated with Network for Human Rights Documentation (Burma) – ND-Burma, Equality Myanmar and Spring Archive to provide […]

Two years after coup, Myanmar faces unimaginable regression, says UN Human Rights Chief

GENEVA (27 January 2023) – Two years after the Myanmar military launched a coup against the democratically-elected government, the country has sunk deeper than ever into crisis and has undergone a wholesale regression in human rights, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today. “By nearly every feasible measurement, and in every area of human […]

Myanmar army columns merge in Sagaing to carry out raids following resistance ambush

Three columns join to form a 300-soldier unit that assaulted a Wuntho Township village, killing a woman and an infant Two civilians, including an 18-month-old child, were killed during a Myanmar army raid in northern Sagaing Region’s Wuntho Township on Sunday, according to a member of an anti-junta guerrilla force active in the area. The […]

Junta air force repeatedly bombs Sagaing Region village

The Myanmar military launches days of consecutive airstrikes on Moe Tar Lay village in Katha Township Battles between resistance forces and the military followed a series of junta airstrikes launched on Friday in Katha Township, northern Sagaing Region, according to local sources. Allied guerrilla groups ambushed a Myanmar army column of more than 70 soldiers […]