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 […]
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. […]
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 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. […]
Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta It has now been over four years since the military junta attempted a coup. During this time, there has been widespread resistance and stark opposition to the regime’s brutality. Despite the fact that the coup was unlawful, even according to the military-drafted constitution, the junta has continued […]
The exiled civilian government vowed to ‘punish’ the military regime for its violent crimes against the public. Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese. A three-day onslaught of junta-launched airstrikes across four major areas spanning much of Myanmar’s central plains killed 50 people and injured nearly 80, sources told Radio Free Asia. Myanmar’s junta, which seized power […]