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Junta Intensifies Airstrikes Across Shan, Hitting Four Townships in First Week of October

October 8, 2025/in News

The Myanmar military junta has escalated its aerial attacks in Shan State, carrying out airstrikes on at least four townships — Mongkut (Mogok), Namtu, Hsipaw, Mantong, and Namhsan — during the first week of October. The strikes resulted in civilian casualties and widespread damage, according to reports from locals and the Ta’ang (Palaung) National Liberation […]

Bombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition

October 1, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma ReleasesBombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition 1st October 2025 For Immediate Release Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) releases its latest briefing paper, Bombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition, which calls for the condemnation and immediate rejection of the […]

Junta Intensifies Airstrikes Across Shan, Hitting Four Townships in First Week of October

October 8, 2025/in News

Bombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition

October 1, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

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Junta Intensifies Airstrikes Across Shan, Hitting Four Townships in First Week of October

October 8, 2025/in News

In Mongkut (Mogok), a junta aircraft dropped bombs on the western part of the town near the Shan–Mandalay border on October 1, injuring two civilians. Residents said the airstrike hit the road leading to Yay Htwet Gyi. The same area was previously bombed on September 16.

A damaged house in Hsipaw following a junta airstrike.

In Namtu, four displaced persons were killed and at least five others injured when the military council bombed Ward 8 on October 2. Many of the victims were families displaced from Kyaukme and Nawng Ping. The TNLA confirmed it was the first airstrike on Namtu since the group seized control of the town. On the same morning, junta jets also attacked the TNLA’s Infantry Battalion (130) camp in nearby Mantong Township.

In Hsipaw, junta aircraft launched multiple strikes between October 2 and 4. Bombs hit the Kumadra Hotel in San Hpeik village, a former police station in Manhe village, and later that night, a monastery, a school, and several homes in Zat Su ward. TNLA reports said four bombs dropped on October 4 damaged 13 houses, Basic Education High School (2), and the Banda Monastery in Kyaung Su village.

In Namhsan, a junta jet bombed Zei Kon Huong village around noon on October 4, killing two children — Maung Zay Yar Aung (10) and Maung Htun Myo Aung (13) — and injuring nine others, including six children.

A damaged house in Namhsan following a junta airstrike

A political activist from northern Shan State said the renewed air and ground offensives are tied to the junta’s plan to hold elections on December 28. “The military has reportedly retaken Kyaukme and is now preparing to advance on Hsipaw, Namtu, Manton, Namkham, Kutkai, and Hsenwi,” he told SHAN.

Observers note that the recent wave of airstrikes marks one of the most concentrated aerial campaigns in Shan State since Operation 1027, as the junta seeks to regain control of key towns ahead of the planned election.

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Bombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition

October 1, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases
Bombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition

1^st October 2025

For Immediate Release

Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) releases its latest briefing paper, Bombs to Ballots: Myanmar Junta’s Bloody Race for Recognition, which calls for the condemnation and immediate rejection of the election plans proposed by the Burmese military junta. Burma’s future of political and federal democracy faces significant threats. Ongoing preventable deaths mirror the military’s brutal history, while an election—expected to be a sham with violent suppression of opposition—is unavoidable.

Civil society organizations have warned election monitors to pay close attention, as moving forward could lead to even more troubling times. Analysts and election monitors have also cited the election as a ‘sham’ and warned that the lead-up and aftermath will be marred by violence. The election plans pose life-threatening risks to civilians as the junta aggressively attempts to regain lost territories through airstrikes, drones, and shelling.

“The sham election is the latest illegal and unjust attempt by the military junta to claim its misplaced legitimacy. The people of Burma have been clear — they do not accept the junta as any legitimate ruler, and they do not accept any process filled with corrupt tactics to guarantee a biased victory. The sham election effort must be widely condemned and rejected by all international stakeholders. This is not due process, and this is certainly not democracy,” said Nai Aue Mon, Program Director at the Human Rights Foundation of Monland.

Worryingly, the junta has begun weaponizing the rule of law and leveraging its forced conscription efforts to silence dissent and employ violent tactics to coerce civilians into supporting the election. Several people have already been apprehended and charged under the recently reformed draconian election law. Against the backdrop of the junta’s latest selfish bid for legitimacy, attacks have escalated in ethnic areas, particularly those where the regime is desperate to regain lost territories.

Furthermore, ND-Burma calls for strategic and meaningful efforts to continue supporting the initiatives set forth by revolutionaries and rights-based groups, as well as the National Unity Government, in condemning the junta and actively countering and disengaging from the junta’s propaganda. International human rights organizations and businesses working in Burma must also extend their support to pro-democracy groups, including emerging federal bodies.

Local organizations working on the ground in Burma have earned the trust and credibility of their communities and can attest to the junta’s mockery of legal and justice systems. The regime merits neither recognition nor credibility.

For more information:

Name: Nai Aue Mon

Signal: +66 86 1679 741

Name: San Htoi

Signal: +66 649369070

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

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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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