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Documentation in Darkness: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma Releases

June 4, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases Documentation in Darkness: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma January – December 2024 4th June 2025 For Immediate Release The latest report by the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma), ‘Documentation in Darkness,’ presents an overview of the targeted assaults and attacks committed against […]

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

June 4, 2025/in ND-Burma's Reports, Periodic Report

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 […]

Documentation in Darkness: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma Releases

June 4, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

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

June 4, 2025/in ND-Burma's Reports, Periodic Report

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Documentation in Darkness: An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma Releases

June 4, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

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

4^th June 2025

For Immediate Release

The latest report by the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma), ‘Documentation in Darkness,’ presents an overview of the targeted assaults and attacks committed against innocent civilians between January and December 2024. ND-Burma member organizations recorded 1,032 violations across seven dates and six regions, including Yangon.

ND-Burma and its partners compiled case studies, interviews, partner reports, and eyewitness accounts to record the total number of human rights violations perpetrated by the Burmese Army, its junta-supported militias, and various Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs), alongside the People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) in Burma. It is essential to emphasize, however, that the military junta is responsible for the vast majority of the crimes and violence documented and presented in this report.

ND-Burma members have observed a notable increase in the intensity and brutality of targeted assaults by the Burmese military against civilians. Our members collaborate closely with local communities in urban and rural settings to directly monitor the human rights situation on the ground. The victims of the systematic and widespread attacks by the junta serve as a poignant reminder that every number signifies a human life interrupted, permanently altered, or lost due to the Burma Army’s four-cuts campaign and the civil war. We pay tribute to each of these victims of human rights violations in acknowledgement of their pain and remain committed to ongoing advocacy for justice in Burma.

Furthermore, it is clear based on the evidence and cases presented in this report that the military and several armed resistance groups continue to disregard and undermine civilian security. The military junta continues to benefit from decades of impunity, resulting from over 75 years of civil war, and is emboldened by a lack of accountability for its crimes in any meaningful way. ND-Burma urges immediate and urgent international action on the crisis that continues to worsen as the lives of more civilians, including women and children, are increasingly at risk.

ND-Burma supports a United Nations Security Council resolution for a global arms embargo, calls for immediate UN-led humanitarian assistance to tackle the ongoing famine and crisis areas resulting from the junta’s actions, and an urgent referral of the human rights situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court. We urge diplomatic, political, and economic pressure on the military junta to be intensified, and all ties with the junta to end. The preservation of human life and the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms must be meaningfully enforced by holding the military regime accountable.

For more information:

Name: Nai Aue Mon

Signal: +66 86 1679 741

Name: San Htoi

Signal: +66 64 195 6721

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The Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) consists of 13 organisations representing a range of ethnic nationalities, women, and former political prisoners. Since 2004, ND-Burma member organisations have been documenting human rights abuses and fighting for justice for victims. The network has ten full members and three affiliate members.

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

June 4, 2025/in ND-Burma's Reports, Periodic Report

ND-Burma and its partners use case studies, interviews, relevant partner reports, and eyewitness testimony to document the overall number of human rights abuses committed by the Burmese Army, its junta-backed militias, and all Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROS) as well as People’s Defence Forces (PDFS) in Burma. However, it is critical to note that the military junta perpetrated the overwhelming majority of the crimes and violence documented in this report.

ND-Burma members have witnessed the Burmese military escalating their assaults on civilians with greater ferocity and brutality. The member organizations of ND-Burma work closely with local communities in urban and rural areas to closely monitor the human rights situation on the ground. Although ND-Burma is dedicated to scrutinizing the individual aspects of human rights, the broader conflict continues to escalate. The victims of the human rights violations reported by ND-Burma and its partners under the Controlled Category List are a stark reminder that each number represents a human life uprooted, irrevocably changed or extinguished under the Burma Army’s four-cuts campaign and civil war. We honour each one of these human rights victims.

ND-Burma regularly produces reports to bring attention to the human rights situation across the country, with a focus on the atrocities taking place across our members’ regions and states. Despite their immense threats, they remain committed to sharing evidence of the crimes committed.

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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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