Joint Statement – Urging International Governments to Take Immediate and Effective Actions Against the Myanmar Junta

Joint Statement – Urging International Governments to Take Immediate and Effective Actions Against the Myanmar Junta, which plans to hold sham elections, ongoing War Crimes, the Bombing of Mrauk-U Public Hospital on Human Rights Day

JOINT STATEMENT

On December 10, 2025, International Human Rights Day, at approximately 9:00 PM, the illegal and terrorist military junta, which is set to hold a sham election on December 28, launched an airstrike on the Mrauk-U Public Hospital in Rakhine State. Two high-explosive 500-pound bombs were dropped; one made a direct hit on the hospital, while the other exploded directly in front of the building.

This atrocity resulted in the deaths of at least 33 civilians, including healthcare workers and a 3-month-old infant, while 77 others sustained injuries. Furthermore, the junta continues to perpetrate war crimes across seven townships in Rakhine State. This includes a bombing on Nga / Lone Su Village in Kyaukphyu Township at 7:00 PM on December 11, which killed at least 8 civilians and injured 10 others.

We urgently call on ASEAN, the UN, the EU, and international governments to go beyond merely issuing statements of condemnation. To stop the illegal Myanmar military junta’s acts of terrorism and war crimes, and to ensure justice and accountability for the atrocities committed, the international community must take the following effective and punitive actions immediately.