Ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit to be held from 26-27 May 2025, members of the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) are concerned about the ongoing failure of regional leaders to hold the military junta accountable for its widespread and systematic crimes against civilians. The upcoming gathering of ASEAN officials and dialogue […]
To:H.E. Datuk Seri Anwar IbrahimPrime Minister of MalaysiaChair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations 2025 CC:H.E. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Prime Minister of Brunei DarussalamH.E. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of CambodiaH.E. Prabowo Subianto, President of the Republic of IndonesiaH.E. Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic RepublicH.E. […]
A junta airstrike on a school in a resistance stronghold in Sagaing Region’s Depayin Township on Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly students. A fighter jet from Meiktila airbase dropped a 500 lb bomb on the school at O Htein Twin Village, where around 100 youngsters were studying, according to residents. “The explosion was […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
စစ်ပွဲဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေများ ပြဌာန်းခြင်း လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခ (သို့) စစ်ပွဲများဖြစ်ပွားသည့်အခါ တိုက်ပွဲကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ဆုံးရှုံးမှုများကို ကန့်သတ်ရန်အတွက် ရေးဆွဲပြဌာန်းထားခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ စစ်ဖြစ်သည့်အခါ အရပ်သားပြည်သူနှင့် အရပ်ဖက်အဆောက်အဦးများအား တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်းမပြုရန် အကာအကွယ်ပေးခြင်းနှင့် တိုင်းပြည်ရှိ စစ်တပ်နှင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ တာဝန်ယူ တာဝန်ခံရမည့် ကိစ္စများကိုလည်း ပြဌာန်းထား သည်။
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 […]
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 […]