Entries by ND Burma

Documentation in Darkness: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma January – December 2024

This report covers human rights violations documented by ND-Burma members and affiliates between January and December 2024. The numbers presented in this report are the totals collected by our partners in each state and region. Our findings will be contextualized with desk research alongside cases documented by ND-Burma members. The injustices perpetrated by the junta are […]

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Calls for ASEAN to Uphold and Protect Human Rights in New Briefing Paper Ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Calls for ASEAN to Uphold and Protect Human Rights in New Briefing Paper Ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit 23 May 2025 For Immediate Release Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma releases a new briefing paper, “ASEAN Must Protect, Not Neglect Human Rights in Burma,” ahead […]

ASEAN Must Protect, Not Neglect Human Rights in Burma

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 […]

Open letter: Malaysia must lead ASEAN with principle, not hypocrisy, to address the Myanmar crisis

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. […]

At Least 11 Schoolkids Massacred in Myanmar Junta Air Raid in Sagaing

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 […]

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။