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An Overview of Human Rights Violations Perpetrated Between July and September 2026 Introduction The human rights situation across Burma has continued to deteriorate rapidly amid escalating troop movements in local areas and communities. Armed with weapons, jet fighters have destroyed civilian livelihoods by attacking schools, farms, hospitals and communal areas, including places of temporary refuge […]
21 October 2026 The CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institutions (Burma/Myanmar) (Working Group) today welcomes the South East Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum’s (SEANF) decision to expel the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC), effective 1 October 2026. SEANF’s Governing Board reached the decision by consensus of all five member chairpersons […]
Civil Society Welcomes SEANF Review of MNHRC Membership, Significant Step Towards Accountability BANGKOK, Thailand (29 September 2026) — The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and The CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institutions (Burma/Myanmar) (Working Group) welcome the decision of […]
An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Burma: January-June 2026 This report documents human rights violations by ND-Burma members and affiliates from January to June 2026. The figures presented are totals compiled by our partners across each state and region. Our findings reflect the situation on the ground in our members’ respective areas, contextualized […]
As we mark the 27th anniversary of the founding of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) in 1999, we would like to take this opportunity to share six months of data on human rights violations and draw your attention to the ongoing and deeply concerning human rights situation in Kachin areas, where intensified armed conflict […]
“We are pleased to share with you KWAT’s 2025 Annual Report, which highlights our efforts to promote the rights, safety, and dignity of women and communities affected by conflict in Kachin and Northern Shan States.”
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the resumption of conflict between the military junta and the Kachin Independence Army on June 9, 2011. Drastically intensified by the 2021 coup, this war has caused immense suffering. While official UNHCR figures report over 244,500 people displaced in Kachin State as of June 2026, the actual number is […]
5th May 2026The attempts to forcibly resume the stalled Myitsone Dam project, which has beensuspended since 2011 under former President Thein Sein’s administration, are in directopposition to the will of local Kachin people and the citizens of Myanmar.
Seeking to reverse large-scale territorial losses in Kachin State, Burma’s military regime hasduring the past year intensified airstrikes on civilian targets in areas controlled by the KachinIndependence Army (KIA).This report documents 26 airstrikes on civilians in nine Kachin State townships during thetwelve-month period between December 2024 and November 2025, causing at least 112civilian deaths and […]
The Burmese military has ruled and waged civil war within the territory of the union of Burma for many decades. As a result, Kachin and non-Burman ethnicities have been enduring severe hardship, such as impoverishment, and lack of access to health and education. In 1994, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO/A) and the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), but did not lead to any political negotiation. Instead, the SPDC took advantage of the agreement to start large-scale extraction of natural resources from the territory of Kachin State.
Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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