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Myanmar: Vast arsenal and notorious troops deployed during nationwide ‘killing spree’ protest crackdown – new research

Analysis of more than 50 videos show systematic and premeditated killings amid extensive deployment of battlefield weaponry Soldiers implicated in...

Myanmar: Signs of ‘shoot to kill’ strategy to quell opposition

Responding to reports of killings by Myanmar armed forces on 3 March 2021, the deadliest day since the 1 February...

Myanmar: Amid surging death toll, end use of lethal force immediately

Responding to the reports that 18 people were killed and many more wounded as police and military forces confronted...

Myanmar: UN Security Council must act urgently, hold military accountable

Ahead of the UN Security Council’s emergency closed meeting on Myanmar today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director of Advocacy Sherine Tadros...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi, others arrested as military coup underway

Responding to the arrest of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and others amid reports that a military coup is...

Myanmar: Villages burned, civilians injured and killed as Rakhine State conflict escalates

Amnesty International has gathered new evidence of indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Rakhine State, amid serious escalations in the ongoing...

Myanmar: Indiscriminate airstrikes kill civilians as Rakhine conflict worsens

Airstrikes kill civilians, including children Arbitrary detention and torture in crackdown on insurgents Residents unprotected against COVID-19 amid internet blackout...

Op-ed: Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh have a right to an education

Last week, in the lead up to the International Day of Education, Amnesty International once again pressed the government of...

Myanmar: First state visit in almost 20 years highlights China’s role in human rights crisis

Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to Myanmar, which begins on Friday 17 January 2020, Amnesty International’s Regional...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi denials must not distract from ongoing Rohingya crisis

Responding to the statement made by Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice in The Hague today,...

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi appears before ICJ in genocide case

‘Rohingya Right of Reply’ public event on 11 December 2019 Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s State Counsellor and de facto...

Myanmar: Military atrocities ‘relentless and ruthless’ in northern Shan State

Amnesty International has gathered fresh evidence that the Myanmar military is continuing to commit atrocities against ethnic minorities in the...

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