News About Myanmar

Ground-level human rights defenders in Myanmar are facing severe psychological trauma, physical exhaustion, and constant security threats as they continue documenting military atrocities under intense junta surveillance, a rights watchdog warned on Monday. The Kachin Human Rights Watch (KHRW) called on the international community to step up direct assistance for activists who risk arbitrary arrest, torture, and enforced disappearance to expose war crimes across the country. T

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31 August 2026 Military Operations, Armed Conflict and Domestic Security -Joint resistance forces from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and Dawei National Liberation Army (DNLA) intercepted and attacked military troops advancing near Maung Mae Shaung village in Ler Doh Soe Township, Myeik-Dawei District, under the Karen National Union (KNU). The resistance forces reported that 12 military personnel were killed. -In western Min Don Township, Magway Region, near the Ra

The Myanmar regime has intensified airstrikes on Shwegu, a port town on the Irrawaddy River in southern Kachin State, as part of its efforts to provide cover for a reinforcement flotilla headed upstream that has come under heavy attack from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and allied People Defense Force groups. Resistance forces claimed the junta has used globally banned cluster bombs in its indiscriminate airstrikes on Shwegu. Myanmar is not a signatory to the 2008 Conven

Date – 31 August 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (8,332) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. A total of (31,852) people have been arrested by the junta for opposing their arbitrary seizure of power. Of those arrested, (14,765) are confirmed to still be in detention, while (7,871) remain to be verified. These are the numbers reported by the Assistance Associ

The junta approached the group for talks through a third party in India, according to the council’s foreign minister