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22 People, Mostly Children, Dead in Junta Airstrike on Boarding School in Rakhine

September 12, 2025/in News

A Myanmar junta airstrike on a private boarding school in Thayat Tabin Village in Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township on Friday killed 22 people, mostly schoolchildren, according to local media reports and residents. Kyauktaw town has been controlled by the AA since January last year. During the airstrike, which occurred at 1 a.m., two 500-pound bombs […]

Press Release : ‘Solidarity in the Struggle,

September 3, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases‘Solidarity in the Struggle,’ An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma:January – June 2025 3 September 2025 For Immediate Release Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma releases its first biannual report of the year, ‘Solidarity in the Struggle,’ which documents the human rights situation […]

22 People, Mostly Children, Dead in Junta Airstrike on Boarding School in Rakhine

September 12, 2025/in News

Press Release : ‘Solidarity in the Struggle,

September 3, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

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22 People, Mostly Children, Dead in Junta Airstrike on Boarding School in Rakhine

September 12, 2025/in News

Kyauktaw town has been controlled by the AA since January last year.

During the airstrike, which occurred at 1 a.m., two 500-pound bombs struck the Pyinnya Pan Khinn High School and a nearby area.

Two local Rakhine media outlets reported in the evening that the death toll had reached 22, after four more schoolchildren died of severe injuries, adding to the 18 students and neighborhood children who were initially reported by the AA has having died in the strike.

Photos show that one of school’s buildings was totally destroyed and many nearby were badly damaged.

“As we get updates, the fatalities are increasing. Now, at least 20 have been killed,” a member of a social welfare association told The Irrawaddy.

Local residents said no ground clashes were reported in the area at the time of the bombing.

Located on the Yangon-Sittwe Road, Thayat Tabin Village is home to a number of private schools and hostels.

Pro-junta social media accounts alleged the AA was training its troops in the village.

On Aug. 25, a junta airstrike on the Daing Kyi neighborhood in Rakhine’s Mrauk-U killed 14 people, including three young children and three teenagers, and injured 18.

Since January, at least 106 people have been killed in junta airstrikes on Mrauk-U, Ramree, Rathedaung and Kyauktaw townships in the state, according to the AA.

The AA has captured 14 of Rakhine State’s 17 townships as well as Paletwa Township in neighboring Chin State since November 2023. The state capital Sittwe, Manaung and Kyaukphyu remain under junta control, though the AA has seized most of the rural areas in Kyaukphyu and Sittwe townships.

The AA has expanded its operations into neighboring regions and states, including Magwe, Bago and Ayeyarwady, but the regime recently launched a counteroffensive seeking to regain control of its lost territories in those areas.

According to the AA, intense fighting continues on Rakhine’s borders with Ayeyarwady and Bago regions, and in the foothills of the Rakhine Yoma mountain range.

Irrawaddy News

Press Release : ‘Solidarity in the Struggle,

September 3, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases
‘Solidarity in the Struggle,’ An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma:
January – June 2025

3 September 2025

For Immediate Release

Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma releases its first biannual report of the year, ‘Solidarity in the Struggle,’ which documents the human rights situation in States and Regions of ND-Burma members during the first half of the year.

According to documentation by ND-Burma members, from January to June 2025, there were 320 documented cases of human rights violations through 188 events across 12 regions and states in Burma. Of these, 158 were committed by the military junta, five by the security forces (mainly police officers), eight by various militias, seven by Ethnic Revolution Organizations (EROs), one by the People Defence Force (PDF), and nine remain unidentifiable.

The ongoing crimes committed by the military junta have created a worsening atmosphere of fear in Burma, where civilians are worried about their daily survival. The rise in airstrikes, in particular, has increased uncertainty. ND-Burma members all expressed concern for the communities in their targeted areas, which have endured immense suffering. With the situation far from improving, the international community is urgently called upon to respond to the crisis in Burma, including the escalating humanitarian emergency that has displaced over 3 million people.

“Every day, people in Burma are just trying to survive as the junta unleashes airstrikes, indiscriminate artillery attacks, and arbitrary arrests. The suffering is real and continues to grow. As human rights defenders, we persist in documenting these abuses because the voices of survivors must be heard. The world must act now to stand with the people and ensure the junta is held accountable. Justice and accountability are long overdue, and we urge global actors to take urgent action to hold the junta responsible for its crimes,” said Nai Aue Mon, Program Director at the Human Rights Foundation of Monland.

The time to act is now. Global stakeholders must clearly tell the junta they are criminals and therefore must face long-awaited consequences for their many crimes. The people of Burma overwhelmingly reject the terrorist junta, and the international community must support their calls for action by calling for an urgent referral to the International Criminal Court and implementing targeted sanctions on aviation fuel.

For more information:

Name: Nai Aue Mon

Signal: +66 86 1679 741

Name: San Htoi

Signal: +66 64 195 6721

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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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The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases
‘Solidarity in the Struggle,’ An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma:
January – June 2025