Entries by ND Burma

Junta troops burn 500 homes, displace thousands in Sagaing

Victims of the attacks include an 80-year-old woman found burned to death after failing to escape. Junta forces stepped up their attacks in Myanmar’s hard-hit Sagaing region in the first week of August, torching nearly 500 homes in 10 villages and causing at least 5,000 people to flee, local sources said. The attacks in Sagaing’s […]

TIME FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF MYANMAR

Date: August 7, 2022 In recognition of the 34th anniversary of the 8888 Revolution Day on 8 August 2022, the CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institution (Burma/Myanmar)[1] (abbreviation “Working Group”) and 32 Myanmar civil society organizations signing below pay tribute to and honor people of different religious communities, ethnicities, and classes who sacrificed […]

Hundreds killed, thousands forced to flee since coup in Myanmar Tanintharyi region

Violence has risen sharply in the southern region since the start of the year, a research group says. At least 214 civilians have been killed and 89 injured in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region in the 18 months since the country’s military seized power in a coup, according to local research group Southern Monitor. The group […]

The Human Rights Foundation of Monland Releases a New Briefer, “The Rise of Pro-Junta Militias in Southeastern Burma”

For Immediate Release3 August 2022 Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), releases a new briefing paper, “The Rise of Pro-Junta Militias in Southeastern Burma.” Our latest briefer finds evidence of increasing violence perpetrated against civilians since the attempted coup on 1 February 2021 by newly formed paramilitias in Mon State, Karen State and […]

The Rise of Pro-Junta Militias in Southeastern Burma

Across the last year and a half, the Burma Army has continued to wage unprecedented levels of violence against a largely unarmed civilian population. Their campaign of fear and barbarity has led to thousands of deaths and injuries across the country. Innocent people are routinely rounded up and arrested before being forcibly detained under fabricated […]

Latest Report by the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Finds Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes Perpetrated by the Myanmar Junta

Latest Report by the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Finds Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes Perpetrated by the Myanmar Junta For Immediate Release 28 July 2022: Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) released, “Resisting a Coup,” a new six-month report which covers human rights violations committed by the Myanmar […]

RESISTING A COUP

Throughout the reporting period of January to June 2022, ND-Burma members witnessed the Myanmar military make a mockery of democratic norms and principles. Our findings make clear that the regime is continuing to act with deeply ingrained impunity amid a full fledged humanitarian crisis which has now seen over one million civilians internally displaced by […]

Weekly Update 12 July – 17 July 2022

Terrorist-in-Chief, Min Aung Hlaing, who leads an army guilty of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, visited Russia as ties deepen between the two authoritarian countries. Following the coup-leader’s trip to Moscow, Russian officials announced that it sought to deepen their defence cooperation with Myanmar. This declaration is extremely worrisome given Russia’s own […]

Nearly 50 members of Myanmar’s deposed government have been killed since coup

The military says party members are not targeted, but statistics suggest otherwise. Nearly 50 members of Myanmar’s deposed National League for Democracy (NLD), including three former members of Parliament, have been killed and more than 900 NLD lawmakers have been arrested in the 17 months since the coup, according to a group within the party […]

Military launches airstrikes after soldiers defect to resistance

Thousands of people were forced to flee as their villages in eastern Depayin Township came under attack last Thursday Myanmar’s military carried out airstrikes on several villages in Sagaing Township’s Depayin Township last week following the defection of three soldiers, according to local sources. Thousands of people have fled their homes since Thursday, when the […]