A summary review report on the military regime’s human rights violations during one year in 2022

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"From January to December 2022, the junta troops violated numerous human rights abuses and committed international crimes such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in various parts of Myanmar. National Unity Government, Ministry of Human Rights collaborated with Network for Human Rights Documentation (Burma) – ND-Burma, Equality Myanmar and Spring Archive to provide summary review on the military regime’s human rights violations.....Regions where most human rights violations reported: The region where the junta troops committed the most human rights violations was the Sagaing Region, with 783 cases, followed by Magway Region with 311 and Yangon Region where the country’s commercial hub is located with 171. Most human rights violations were reported in Sagaing Region’s Kalay, KhinU and Yinmarbin Township. 81 human rights violations were recorded in Kalay, 61 in KhinU and 57 in Yinmarbin Township. There were 30 types of human rights violations in these three townships. Among the states, Rakhine State has the highest number of human rights violations with 138 cases. Kyauktaw Township has the highest number of human rights abuses with 24 cases. Junta soldiers have committed 18 types of human rights violations in Rakhine State.....The most common forms of human rights violations: Arbitrary arrest and arbitrary arrest are the most common violations of human rights, followed by the burning of public housing and property. Firing heavy weapons into civilian areas is the third most common violation committed by the junta troops. One of the most serious human rights violations by the military regime is the execution of anti-authoritarian activists, students, and civil servants who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). The second human rights violation is the extrajudicial killing of detainees in the military's notorious interrogation centers, and the third is the inhumane dismemberment and dumping of bodies in rural areas.....General review: The military regime had not been able to suppress the people’s resistance against the military coup by ground force alone in 2022. Junta troops launched attacks on antiregime forces’ camps across the country with the support of aerial bombings and artillery strikes. The junta troops have repeatedly fired at villages, homes and schools that are not military targets. With the aim of destroying the local people’s strong support for the People’s Defence Forces, the regime armed the pro-regime militias called “Pyu Saw Htee” through the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) members and extreme Buddhist nationalists. Pyu Saw Htee members have targeted killings of local people and National League for Democracy party members, and the military columns have repeatedly raided and torched villages where the anti-dictatorship revolutionary movement is strong, systematically and extensively..."

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Ministry of Human Rights

Date of Publication: 

2023-01-31

Date of entry: 

2023-01-31

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  • Individual Documents

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Myanmar

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English

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pdf

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1.85 MB

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text

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    • Good