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Beneath the Cracks

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Devastation and Destruction by the Junta in the Earthquake Aftermath One month ago, on 28 March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Burma and neighbouring Thailand. In an instant, lives were changed forever. Buildings buckled and fell to the ground, leaving many trapped and buried under rubble, fearing for their lives. Places of worship […]

ND-Burma’s bi-annual report finds intensification of conflict led to continued deterioration of human rights in Burma

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18 April 2019 For immediate press release Throughout 2018, ND-Burma found that the human rights situation in Burma continued to deteriorate due to the intensification of conflict between the military and ethnic armed organisations (EAOs). This was particularly the case in northern Kachin and Shan states, and the majority of cases documented by ND-Burma’s member organisations originated […]

Press Release: Amid deadly crackdowns on urban protests, regime’s troops commit fresh war crimes in northern Burma

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2 April 2021 Amid deadly crackdowns on urban protests, regime’s troops commit fresh war crimes in northern Burma While the media spotlight has focused on atrocities by the regime’s security forces in urban areas since the February 1 coup, the Burma Army has been committing fresh crimes against rural villagers amidst escalating conflict in northern […]

Defending Democracy: Four Years Since the Failed Coup in Burma

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The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper, Defending Democracy: Four Years Since the Failed Coup in Burma 1 February 2025 Four years ago, the military junta attempted to undermine the results of a free and fair national election in Burma, in which the National League for Democracy achieved an overwhelming […]

Sold to China

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This report, based on interviews with 187 female trafficking survivors assisted by KWAT between 2019 and 2023, reveals that the demand for brides continues to be the main factor fuelling trafficking of women from Burma to China, and that women from throughout Burma are being trafficked for this purposeNumber of bride trafficking survivors assisted by […]

Attacks from the Air:Airstrikes Perpetrated by the Military Junta in Northern Shan State, Kachin State and Karenni State in November 2024

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This briefing paper by the Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) will analyze the impact of the airstrikes perpetrated against innocent civilians by the military junta in Northern Shan State, Kachin State and Karenni State throughout November 2024.  Desk research compiled by ND-Burma in English and Burmese, combined with data from our members, found twenty-five […]

Civil society welcomes the decision of GANHRI

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Global body recommends the removal of the accreditation status of the junta’s Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Civil society welcomes the decision of GANHRI Global body recommends the removal of the accreditation status of the junta’s Myanmar National Human Rights Commission [5 December 2023] The CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institution (Burma/Myanmar) […]