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Over 2,300 Civilians Killed in Mass Slaughter Incidents Across Myanmar Since Coup, ISP-Myanmar Reports

October 3, 2026/in News

Incidents of mass civilian killings across Myanmar have risen to at least 115 since the February 2021 military coup, according to data released by the Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar). The research organization defined mass killing incidents as events involving 10 or more civilian fatalities. ISP-Myanmar documented that these incidents have claimed […]

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases‘Abolishing an Authoritarian’

September 30, 2026/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases‘Abolishing an Authoritarian’: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma January-June 2026 30 September 2026 For Immediate Release Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) publishes its latest biannual report, ‘Abolishing an Authoritarian,’ which outlines the human rights situation in various States and Regions […]

Over 2,300 Civilians Killed in Mass Slaughter Incidents Across Myanmar Since Coup, ISP-Myanmar Reports

October 3, 2026/in News

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases‘Abolishing an Authoritarian’

September 30, 2026/in Press Releases and Statements

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Over 2,300 Civilians Killed in Mass Slaughter Incidents Across Myanmar Since Coup, ISP-Myanmar Reports

October 3, 2026/in News

The research organization defined mass killing incidents as events involving 10 or more civilian fatalities. ISP-Myanmar documented that these incidents have claimed at least 2,324 lives over the past five years, with approximately 65 percent of the deaths directly caused by military regime airstrikes.

The data follows a devastating September 28 airstrike on India Market and the Kissapanadi Bridge in Kyauktaw Town, Arakan (Rakhine) State, which killed 50 civilians and injured at least 57 others. ISP-Myanmar identified the bombing as the single largest mass casualty event recorded in Arakan State to date.

“The military is slaughtering everyone they encounter, sparing neither children nor the elderly,” said Daw Nwe Nwe Yi, a resident of Phayarpaung Village whose husband was killed in the Kyauktaw market attack. “Whether people stay at home, in their villages, or travel on the road, they are being targeted wherever they are.”

According to the monitoring group, large-scale military offensives have intensified across the Kachin, Arakan, and Kayin battlefronts under General Ye Win Oo’s leadership as military chief.

Facing widespread ground setbacks, the regime has increasingly relied on heavy aerial bombardment and drone strikes on non-military locations.

Human rights monitors and civil society representatives highlighted that targeting civilian infrastructure violates both domestic military regulations and international humanitarian law.

“Military law explicitly forbids attacking civilian areas or executing unarmed individuals,” said social aid worker and writer Wai Hun Aung. “Intentionally slaughtering civilians despite these strict regulations constitutes a blatant violation of international law.”

ISP-Myanmar warned that protective safeguards for non-combatants have collapsed to critically low levels as regime forces continue to strike homes, religious buildings, hospitals, and schools in resistance-held territories and active conflict zones across the country.

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The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases‘Abolishing an Authoritarian’

September 30, 2026/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases
‘Abolishing an Authoritarian’: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma January-June 2026

30 September 2026

For Immediate Release

Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) publishes its latest biannual report, ‘Abolishing an Authoritarian,’ which outlines the human rights situation in various States and Regions of ND-Burma members from January to June 2026.

ND-Burma’s member organizations recorded 305 cases and 536 incidents. There were 289 human rights violations, and 247 were incidents involving weapons. The military junta committed 205, Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs) committed 20, and the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) committed 2.

Over the past six months of the reporting period, the human rights situation has rapidly deteriorated as the military junta attempts to legitimize itself on the global stage following three phases of its sham election. The military has consistently sought to distract from the terror it has inflicted as Asia’s deadliest conflict worsens. While Min Aung Hlaing and his fellow military loyalists accompany him on lavish international trips to tour weaponry and surveillance equipment, on the home front, villages are being burned and targeted attacks on religious infrastructure and schools persist. Amid the terror, the military propaganda machine has attempted to distort the narrative about the realities on the ground.

The scale and frequency with which attacks on civilian life continue to occur demand immediate and coordinated attention by international actors. ND-Burma members continue to document human rights violations in their respective targeted areas despite the immense risks they face on the ground. Their reporting and testimonies from conflict-affected communities highlight these challenges and call for accountability. The junta has evaded consequences for their crimes across decades. This must come to an end as new and emerging pro-democracy leaders and federal governments work towards a future in Burma where everyone is equal, regardless of gender, religion or socio-economic status.

Regional and international leaders must stand on the right side of history, with the people and the Spring Revolution.

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ND-Burma formed in 2004 in order to provide a way for Burma human rights organizations to collaborate on the human rights documentation process. The 13 ND-Burma member organizations seek to collectively use the truth of what communities in Burma have endured to advocate for justice for victims. ND-Burma trains local organizations in human rights documentation; coordinates members’ input into a common database using Martus, a secure open-source software; and engages in joint-advocacy campaigns.

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Over 2,300 Civilians Killed in Mass Slaughter Incidents Across Myanmar Since Coup, ISP-Myanmar Reports

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases‘Abolishing an Authoritarian’

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