In a press release on 16 January, Human Rights Watch called attention to the Myanmar junta’s stepped up ‘scorched earth’ tactics in its war with the armed resistance in the country. Contained in the recently released World Report 2025, the press released noted an increase in human rights abuses related to junta military campaigns throughout the country.
The text of the press release is as follows.
Myanmar’s military junta ramped-up its “scorched earth” tactics against opposition areas amid a growing armed resistance and territorial losses during 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. The military committed unlawful attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including indiscriminate airstrikes, killings, rape, torture, and arson amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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