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๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐‚๐‡๐‘๐Ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š ๐€๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฐ๐œ๐ก๐ข ๐š๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐”๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญy 20 August 2025: The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) strongly condemns the latest airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar military junta on 17 and 19 August 2025 in Mawchi, Hpasawng Township, Karenni State. At least 26 civilians were killed, […]

21 civilians killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on Mogok

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At least 21 civilians, including a pregnant woman and a child, were killed when junta forces carried out an airstrike on Mogok town in Mandalay Region, the Taโ€™ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said on 15 August. The TNLA said the attack struck Lin Yaung Chi Monastery in Shwe Ku Ward at around 8:30 pm on […]

Myanmar Mechanism advances its identification of perpetrators โ€“ย Annual Report

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Geneva, 12 August 2025 โ€“ The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (Mechanism) has made important progress in collecting evidence of crimes against people detained by the Myanmar military authorities and in establishing the identity of perpetrators of these crimes, as outlined in its Annual Report, released today.  The crimes include torture and sexual violence. โ€œWe have uncovered […]

UN probe finds evidence of โ€˜systematic tortureโ€™ in Myanmar

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Investigators name senior figures among those responsible for alleged abuses at detention facilities. United Nations investigators say they have gathered evidence of systematic torture in Myanmarโ€™s detention facilities, identifying senior figures among those responsible. The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), set up in 2018 to examine potential breaches of international law, said on Tuesday […]

Reporting on rights and wrongs for whom in Myanmar?

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Guest contributor David Scott Mathieson In what has to be one of the most damning headlines so far this year, the U.N. admitted its written output of activities doesnโ€™t amount to much. โ€œUN report finds United Nations reports are not widely readโ€, says a headline in Reuters published on Aug. 2.  The U.N. is strapped […]

Executive Director: Statement on UNOPS operations in Myanmar

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24 June 2025 Statement attributable to Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, on visiting Myanmar I have just completed a visit to Myanmar, where communities are still reeling from the severe earthquakes in March, which compounded the existing challenges of conflict, displacement, and severe humanitarian needs. The earthquakes – Myanmarโ€™s strongest in […]

Support Myanmarโ€™s displaced communities through border-based aid and legal protection – Stop the Myanmar military juntaโ€™s atrocities fueling mass displacement

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Joint Statement on World Refugee Day 20 June 2025 Support Myanmarโ€™s displaced communities through border-based aid and legal protection – Stop the Myanmar military juntaโ€™s atrocities fueling mass displacement On the occasion of World Refugee Day, we call on the United Nations (UN), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Myanmarโ€™s neighboring countries, and the […]