Press gangs prowl the streets of Mandalay and Bagan, snatching people on their way to or from work on trumped-up charges or for no reason at all.

The regime says it has no plans to conscript women for military service but it is making lists of eligible women in Yangon ...

The junta has strengthened its mandatory recruitment law, requiring those who meet the age and health criteria for military ...

A long-dormant conscription law was enforced last year as the army reeled from a string of battlefield defeats to ethnic ...

The changes, announced on January 23, 2025, have sparked criticism from political groups and legal experts, who say the new rules will increase oppression in the country. The amendments include 59 new ...

An analysis of the conflict throughout 2024 found that as the military’s grip on power weakened, it launched relentless waves ...

Since the 2021 military coup, the people of Myanmar have continued to endure horrific atrocities and widespread human rights violations. Thousands have been killed, arrested, or tortured, while ...

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, 2021, starting a civil war that has ...

Four years after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals are holding on but fighting an increasingly dire battle for survival, ...