Open Letter

 Open Letter: The UNHRC Must Reject the Junta’s Sham Election Results to Consolidate Illegitimate Rule and Advance Accountability

We, the undersigned 235 Myanmar, regional, and international civil society organizations, urge the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to take decisive, principled, concrete and time-bound…

February 18, 2026
Statements

Press Statement: ASEAN’s Denouncement of the Junta’s Sham Election and Admission of  Timor-Leste Are Principled, Critical Steps Forward

Press Statement: ASEAN’s Denouncement of the Junta’s Sham Election and Admission of  Timor-Leste Are Principled, Critical Steps Forward On 11 July 2025, ASEAN announced its position that the…

July 31, 2025
Statements

Open letter: Special Envoy’s conflicts of interest signal urgent need for investigation and complete end of mandate

We also call on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to immediately end the mandate of the Special Envoy, and on the Secretary-General to assume a leadership…

March 17, 2025
Monthly Briefing

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly (FOPA) 2025, February 

According to the media monitored by Athan, the public held 144 non-violent protests in various ways by the end of February 2025,

March 13, 2025
Press Release

CIVIL SOCIETY WELCOMES THE DECISION OF GANHRI

Civil society welcomes the decision of GANHRI Global body recommends the removal of the accreditation status of the junta’s Myanmar National Human Rights Commission [5 December…

December 6, 2023
Statements

ASEAN: Halt Plans for “Inclusive Dialogue” and Act to Hold the Military Junta to Account

ASEAN: Halt Plans for “Inclusive Dialogue” and Act to Hold the Military Junta to Account We, the undersigned organisations, call on the Association of Southeast Asian…

December 1, 2023
Research Papers

Myanmar and Its Vanishing Freedom of Expression:The Situation of Freedom of Expression After TwoYears of the Military Coup

Research Findings People’s Understandings of Freedom of Expression This section of the report delves into the participants’ understandings of freedom of expression, asconveyed during the interviews,…

November 15, 2023
Open Letter

OPEN LETTER: FINLAND AND SWITZERLAND MUST STOP LENDING LEGITIMACY TO MYANMAR MILITARY JUNTA AND ITS SHAM PEACE EFFORTS

To Minister Elina ValtonenMinistry for Foreign AffairsGovernment of Finland Councillor Ignazio CassisFederal Department of Foreign AffairsGovernment of Switzerland 10 November, 2023 Subject: Finland and Switzerland must…

November 10, 2023
Open Letter

OPEN LETTER: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST TAKE DECISIVE ACTION TO HOLD THE MILITARY JUNTA ACCOUNTABLE FOR ATROCITIES IN MYANMAR

We – 440 Myanmar, regional, and international civil society organizations – call on Member States of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to take immediate and…

October 18, 2023
Statements

Joint Civil Society Statement Opposing Myanmar Junta Representatives’ Participation in the EU-ASEAN Human Rights Dialogue

All civil society groups participating in the on-going EU-ASEAN Civil Society Forum, including co-chairs International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and FORUM-Asia

October 4, 2023