This Situation Update describes events occurring in Tha Htoo (Thaton) Township, Doo Tha Htoo (Thaton) District, during the period between September 2022 and January 2023, including constant...
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Mu Traw District Incident Report: SAC soldiers shot a villager who was herding cattle, September 2023
This Incident Report describes events that occurred in Bu Tho Township, Mu Traw (Hpapun) District, in September 2023. On September 2nd 2023, at around 2:30 pm, State Administration Council (SAC)...
Kler Lwee Htoo District Incident Report: SAC indiscriminate shelling injured two villagers, including a 9-year-old girl, in Moo Township, in October 2023
This Incident Report describes events occurring in Moo (Mone) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District on October 2nd 2023. Two villagers, named Saw Q--- (46 years old) and Naw M--- (9 years...
Taw Oo District Short Update: House burning, indiscriminate shelling and air strikes by the SAC in Htaw Ta Htoo Township (September to November 2023)
This Short Update describes events that occurred in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District during the period between September and November 2023, including house burning,...
Dooplaya District Short Update: SAC shelling into villages causing displacement in Kaw T’Ree Township, November 2023
This Short Update describes events that occurred in Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, Dooplaya District, in November 2023. On November 2nd 2023, combined troops of Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)...
Taw Oo District Situation Update: Fighting, shelling, and house burning in Thandaung Town, and air strikes in Htaw Ta Htoo Township (January to July 2023)
This Situation Update describes events occurring in Daw Hpa Hkoh (Thandaunggyi) and Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Townships, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District, during the period between January and July 2023...
Doo Tha Htoo District Incident Report: A 13-year-old boy was killed by a landmine explosion in Kyeh Htoh Township, July 2023
(Excerpt) Part 3 – Complete Description of the Incident Describe the Incident(s) in complete detail. In the afternoon of July 13th 2023, a landmine exploded near Thein Za Yat Town, Kyeh Htoh...
Dooplaya District Situation Update: Indiscriminate shelling of villages causing displacement and livelihood difficulties (March to May 2023)
This Situation Update describes events occurring in Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, in the period from March to May 2023. In March 2023, the State Administration Council (SAC) conducted...
Mu Traw District Situation Update: SAC air strikes, arrest of villagers, and indiscriminate shelling causing casualties, and landmine explosion, March 2022 to February 2023
This Situation Update describes events that occurred in Dwe Lo Township, in Mu Traw (Hpapun) District, during the period from March 2022 to February 2023. From March 2022 to February 2023, the State...
Doo Tha Htoo District Situation Update: villagers used as human shields, forced labour and navigators; SAC shelling and looting; and forced displacement in Bilin Township (July 2021 to September 2022)
This Situation Update describes events that occurred in Bilin Township, Doo Tha Htoo (Thaton) District during the period between July 2021 and September 2022. The State Administration Council (SAC)...
Striking Fear: Impacts of State Administration Council (SAC) shelling on villagers’ lives in Southeast Burma (January to October 2023)
Introduction The villagers in Southeast Burma (Myanmar) have been facing conflict for as long as they can remember. Generations have grown up amidst the fighting, and have lived their whole lives...
Dooplaya District Short Update: Killing, house burning, shelling, and displacement, from January to February 2023
This Short Update describes events that occurred in Noh T’Kaw Township, Waw Ray Township, and Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, in the period January to February 2023. In Noh T’Kaw Township,...
Danger Beneath Our Feet: Landmine contamination in Southeast Burma and its impacts on villagers since the 2021 coup
KHRG #23-4-BP1 “Right now, the SAC has planted landmines near villagers’ plantations and farms and we [civilians] don’t know where [exactly]. When there are no explosions, then things will be in...
Mu Traw District Incident Report: Two villagers injured by landmine explosions, February 2023
This Incident Report describes events that occurred in Bu Tho Township, Mu Traw (Hpapun) District in February 2023. On February 16th 2023 at 9 am, Saw Y--- (55 years old) and Naw W--- (32 years old)...
Mergui-Tavoy District Short Update: SAC indiscriminate shelling, killing, arrests, torture, house burning, and villagers’ displacement in K’Ser Doh Township, June 2023
This Short Update describes events occurring in K’Ser Doh Township, Mergui-Tavoy District in June 2023, including fighting between the State Administration Council (SAC) and People’s Defence Force...
Taw Oo District Situation Update: SAC attacks against civilians, militarisation, development projects, displacement, and education, healthcare and livelihood challenges, July to November 2022
This Situation Update describes events that occurred in Daw Hpa Hkoh (Thandaunggyi) and Thaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Townships, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District during the period between July and November 2022...
In the Dark - The crime of enforced disappearance and its impacts on the rural communities of Southeast Burma since the 2021 coup
Introduction Since the 2021 military coup, the State Administration Council (SAC) in Southeast Burma is systematically attacking villagers’ human rights, with total impunity. Despite the fact that...
Taw Oo District Situation Update: SAC military activities and livelihood, education, and healthcare challenges, September to December 2022
This Situation Update describes events occurring in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District during the period between September and December 2022. This report outlines the...
Hpa-an District Short Update: Landmine explosions in T’Nay Hsah Township, January to June 2023 [EN/Karen/MY]
This Short Update describes events occurring in T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District during the period between January to June, 2023. In January 2023, villagers’ cows stepped on landmines three times...
Human Rights Groups Call on Governments to End Burma/Myanmar Military’s Access to Jet Fuel and Weapons
RE: ASEAN members and their dialogue partners are urged to end Burma/Myanmar military’s access to jet fuel and weapons ahead of ASEAN summit Your excellencies, We, the undersigned 149 organizations,...