Entries by ND Burma

Junta bombs a school in central Myanmar, kills at least 20 students

Two teachers also die in the airstrike in Sagaing and medical centers struggle to cope with the wounded. Junta forces bombed a school in central Myanmar on Monday, killing at least 20 students, local sources and the country’s exiled civilian administration told Radio Free Asia.  A fighter jet fired at Sagaing region’s Oe Htein Kwin […]

UN Special Envoy Julie Bishop reported to UN Office of Internal Oversight Services over conflicts of interest

9 May 2025 On 4 May 2025, four Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs)—Blood Money Campaign, Defend Myanmar Democracy, Karen Peace Support Network, and Progressive Voice—submitted a report of wrongdoing to the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) regarding the business activities of UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop. This wrongdoing […]

Sex-based violence against women and girls in Myanmar

Mizzima NGO Human Rights Myanmar says Myanmar’s military systematically uses sex-based violence to subjugate women and girls, intensifying since the 2021 coup, according to a report released on 5 May. At least 380 women have been intentionally targeted and killed, some burned alive or executed in custody, while over 500 have faced sexual violence, including […]

Sagaing Aftershock, Airstrikes, and a Humanitarian Collapse

Antonio Graceffo According to propaganda from Chinese state media and Burma’s junta-controlled outlet, The Global New Light of Myanmar, post-earthquake debris clearance is reportedly progressing rapidly, with 80% completion claimed in Mandalay and 50% in Sagaing. But the reality on the ground tells a different story: millions remain exposed to displacement, searing heat, early monsoon […]

International Humanitarian Law Cartoon Animaton

စစ်ပွဲဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေများ ပြဌာန်းခြင်း လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခ (သို့) စစ်ပွဲများဖြစ်ပွားသည့်အခါ တိုက်ပွဲကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ဆုံးရှုံးမှုများကို ကန့်သတ်ရန်အတွက် ရေးဆွဲပြဌာန်းထားခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ စစ်ဖြစ်သည့်အခါ အရပ်သားပြည်သူနှင့် အရပ်ဖက်အဆောက်အဦးများအား တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်းမပြုရန် အကာအကွယ်ပေးခြင်းနှင့် တိုင်းပြည်ရှိ စစ်တပ်နှင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ တာဝန်ယူ တာဝန်ခံရမည့် ကိစ္စများကိုလည်း ပြဌာန်းထား သည်။

Making sense of the International Labour Organisation’s stance on Myanmar

Mizzima Commentary Prior to the massive earthquake, March saw protests in Yangon and other areas of Myanmar calling for action against the Myanmar authorities under Article 33 of the Constitution of the United Nations’ labour agency, the International Labour Organisation or ILO. The protestors were calling for sanctions against the Myanmar junta as the ILO […]

Investigators document 80 air attack incidents since Myanmar earthquake, despite junta ceasefire

Mizzima One month on from the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, investigators at the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) Myanmar Witness project have documented 80 air attack incidents across multiple regions, despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the Myanmar junta or State Administration Council (SAC) on 2 April 2025. The incidents documented include both potential airstrikes […]

Releases New Briefing Paper

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,Beneath the Cracks: Devastation and Destruction by the Juntain the Earthquake Aftermath 28 April 2025 One month ago, on 28 March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Burma, severely impacting the Sagaing region and Mandalay as well as neighbouring states and townships. […]

Beneath the Cracks

Devastation and Destruction by the Junta in the Earthquake Aftermath One month ago, on 28 March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Burma and neighbouring Thailand. In an instant, lives were changed forever. Buildings buckled and fell to the ground, leaving many trapped and buried under rubble, fearing for their lives. Places of worship […]

The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta 23 April 2025 Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) releases a new briefing paper titled, The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscription by the Military Junta. […]