Myanmar’s military carried out even worse abuses during election period, UN finds Investigators say they documented widespread torture and sexual violence in military-run detention facilities The Independent UK · Aug 11
Myanmar military intensified air attacks and abuses before election Aerial attacks, frequency and intensity of abuses have increased before election, report says Bangkok Post · Aug 11
Myanmar junta arrests children as young as two and uses ‘systematic torture’, says UN Investigation finds incidents of war crimes and crimes against humanity have escalated since 2021 coup The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025
Myanmar army detaining two-year-olds as proxies for parents, witnesses tell UN Investigators warn in a report that ‘frequency and brutality’ of atrocities in the country are continuing to escalate The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025
UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025
Rights groups warn Myanmar military executing more anti-coup activists A married couple reportedly executed on Monday with five more people facing the death penalty on Tuesday. Al Jazeera · Sep 24, 2024
Myanmar military committing war crimes at ‘alarming’ rate, UN warns UN investigators say more than three million people were displaced in Myanmar’s escalating conflict in last six months. Al Jazeera · Aug 13, 2024
Investigators say Myanmar's military is committing increasingly brazen war crimes A group of investigators says Myanmar’s military and affiliated militias are committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes, including aerial bombings targeting civilians The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023
UN investigator says Myanmar post-coup abuses a ‘major focus’ The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar says scale and scope of military’s abuses have expanded. Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2022
U.N. investigator says Facebook provided vast amount of Myanmar war crimes information The head of a U.N. team of investigators on Myanmar said on Monday that Facebook has handed over millions of items that could support allegations of war crimes and genocide. Reuters · Sep 12, 2022
UN: Myanmar Executions Could Be War Crimes The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022