Myanmar Military Intensified Air Attacks and Abuses During Election, UN Investigators Say
Investigators said 1,600 sources showed attacks on civilians, detention and sexual violence continued despite the military’s claims it targeted only combatants.
- On Tuesday, United Nations investigators released a report documenting escalating war crimes in Myanmar, with the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar detailing aerial attacks, torture, and sexual violence from July 2025 to June 2026.
- Myanmar has faced turmoil since the February 1, 2021 coup ousted State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, with violence surging significantly leading up to military-managed elections held between December 2025 and January 2026.
- Investigators processed more than 28 million items from over 1,600 sources; a 2025 law criminalizing election criticism carries penalties including 20 years' imprisonment or the death penalty for activities like posting critical comments online.
- The IIMM does not prosecute cases directly but shares extensive evidence with the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, supporting proceedings regarding crimes against the Rohingya minority.
- Citing funding cuts, IIMM head Nicholas Koumjian warned the mechanism is "losing resources and capacity at a time when serious international crimes in Myanmar are only intensifying." Communities continue coping with profound trauma from documented atrocities.
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A recent UN report indicates that the Myanmar military has increased the frequency and intensity of airstrikes against civilians, targeting homes, schools, hospitals, religious sites, and displaced persons camps.
Myanmar military escalates airstrikes on civilians: UN probe
Bangkok: Myanmar’s military has increasingly used low-cost aircraft such as motorised paragliders and gyrocopters in escalating aerial attacks that kill civilians in its conflict with armed, anti-government groups, a UN investigation has said in a report. Separately, a major ethnic armed group fighting the government in Rakhine state said 20 civilians had been killed in strikes by the military so far this month. Myanmar’s military government did…
The military junta in Myanmar, according to UN information, has intensified its air attacks on civilians.
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