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(MNHRC) has announced that a complaint can be filed if a human rights violation has occurred. According to Article 30 of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Law, if a citizen suffers a violation of his or her fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution, the rights enshrined in the law, and the human rights enshrined in international and regional human rights treaties ratified by the state, he or she may file a complaint with the commission on his or her own b

Date – 23 February 2026 Since the 1 February 2021 coup, a total of (7,807) people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups during the Spring Revolution. Since the coup, a total of (30,508) people have been arrested by the junta in relation to its seizure of power. (22,799) are currently in detention, (11,561) of whom are serving sentences. These are the numbers verified by the Assistance Association for Political

For more than a year, the Arakan Army (AA) has seized large swathes of territory in western Myanmar along the Bay of Bengal and has been pushing into Magway Region in central Myanmar. Embedded with a local resistance group allied with the AA, Myanmar Now journalist Nyi Htway travelled to the mountainous areas linking Rakhine State and central Myanmar where fighting is still raging today. For 10 days, he documented how the war has devastated this crucial path.

The United Nations on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced labour. The UN human rights office released a report documenting torture, sexual abuse, forced abortions, food deprivation, solitary confinement and other abuses. “The litany of abuse is staggering and at the same time heart-breaking,” said UN rights chief Volker Turk, urging governments to act ag

Airstrikes target Kachin Independence Army in Kachin State The Burma Air Force reportedly carried out airstrikes in territory where three Kachin Independence Army (KIA) brigades are located in Kachin State on Saturday. No casualties were reported. This follows an alleged KIA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or drone, strike on the Myitkyina Airport in the Kachin State capital, which is under regime control, on Friday. A Myitkyina resident told DVB that the Myitkyina Airport wil

According to the 2025 Landmine Monitor report, Myanmar recorded the highest number of casualties globally in 2024 due to landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). The report states deaths and injuries more than doubled in a year as conflict spread across the country. The report found that 2,029 people were killed or injured in 2024. This is an increase from 1,003 in 2023 and 545 in 2022, and marks a sharp escalation since the military coup in February 2021. Two-thirds of