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Nine Years After Myanmar Military’s Genocidal Attacks, Rohingya Still Face Atrocities and Persecution

: Published: 24 August 2026

London, UK, August 24, 2026 - Nine years after the Myanmar military launched genocidal attacks against the Rohingya on August 25, 2017, Rohingya in Rakhine State continue to face violence, arbitrary detention, forced labour, land confiscation, severe restrictions on movement and access to humanitarian assistance, and renewed displacement, said Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) today. BHRN has documented the Myanmar military’s continuing persecution of the Rohingya as part of an ongoing genocide. The United League of Arakan (ULA) and its armed wing, the Arakan Army (AA), are also committing serious abuses against Rohingya in areas under their control.

On Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, BHRN remembers the Rohingya men, women and children who were killed, subjected to sexual violence, injured and driven from their homes during the 2017 attacks, as well as the survivors and families who have waited nine years for justice. Rohingya are still denied their identity and citizenship, restricted in their movement and ability to work, dispossessed of their land, and subjected to systematic discrimination, while those responsible for international crimes against them remain largely unpunished.

July 2026 - Summary of Monthly Situation Update

: Published: 10 August 2026

In July, ASEAN and neighbouring governments gave Myanmar’s illegal junta greater diplomatic access while its forces continued to attack civilians, imprison political opponents, obstruct aid, and exclude democratic representatives from decisions about the country’s future. ASEAN foreign ministers met the junta’s foreign minister at the ministerial level for the first time since the 2021 coup. Laos received Min Aung Hlaing with the protocol of a head of state, Thailand announced that it would host him in August, and Russia trained Myanmar military personnel in drone operations, helicopter deployments, sniping, communications, and other combat capabilities. These governments helped normalise and strengthen an illegal military regime responsible for mass atrocities, while excluding Myanmar’s democratic representatives and ignoring calls from civil society for accountability and an end to military rule.

The military also moved to consolidate the system it created through its fraudulent election. The military-controlled parliament rejected ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus, extended martial law in 58 townships, considered further restrictions on political participation, and continued to use military-controlled courts to punish peaceful opposition. Activists who had called for an election boycott, an end to forced conscription, and the release of political prisoners received sentences of up to 37 years. The election did not transfer power to a civilian government. It gave the military new institutions through which to preserve its authority, exclude opponents, and claim international recognition.

Jun 2026 - Digital Hate Monthly Report (Eng -Myan)

: Published: 16 July 2026

This report was compiled by monitoring online and print media used by the military junta and its supporters to disseminate hate speech. During June 2026, BHRN conducted a monitoring exercise with the following results:

Facebook: monitored 3 groups, one page, and 13 accounts; identified 40 incidents of hate speech.
Telegram: Monitored 24 Channels; identified 42 incidents of hate speech.
TikTok: Monitored 24 Accounts; identified 16 incidents of hate speech.
Print Media: Monitored 2 newspapers and 1 journal.

In total, 98 instances of misinformation/disinformation and hate speech were documented during May. The findings are presented using tables, graphs, and clear descriptive text. This report further analyses the root causes and impacts of hate speech and offers recommendations for prevention and mitigation. Due to significant limitations in achieving comprehensive coverage of the entire social media landscape, there may be undocumented incidents of hate speech that fall outside the scope of this report.

Jun 2026 - Summary of Monthly Situation Update

: Published: 13 July 2026

In June 2026, the junta continued to seek recognition from foreign governments as it simultaneously carried out airstrikes on villages, displacement camps, and other civilian areas across the country. Min Aung Hlaing followed his late-May visit to India with a state visit to China, where China issued a joint statement endorsing Min Aung Hlaing and welcoming the military’s fraudulent elections, and the month closed with BIMSTEC moving to hand the junta a regional leadership role while Laos and Belarus deepened ties with the junta. Human rights organisations and parliamentarians pressed governments to reject the junta and pursue accountability for its crimes, as Fortify Rights urged the United Kingdom to lead an International Criminal Court referral under Article 14 of the Rome Statute and civil society lodged a complaint with Thailand’s national human rights commission over gas revenue reaching the military.

May 2026 - Digital Hate Monthly Report (Eng -Myan)

: Published: 22 June 2026

This report was compiled by monitoring online and print media used by the military junta and its supporters to disseminate hate speech. During May 2026, BHRN conducted a monitoring exercise with the following results:

Facebook: monitored 3 groups, one page, and 13 accounts; identified 43 incidents of hate speech.
Telegram: Monitored 24 Channels; identified 31 incidents of hate speech.
TikTok: Monitored 24 Accounts; identified 26 incidents of hate speech.
Print Media: Monitored 2 newspapers and 1 journal.

In total, 100 instances of misinformation/disinformation and hate speech were documented during May. The findings are presented using tables, graphs, and clear descriptive text. This report further analyses the root causes and impacts of hate speech and offers recommendations for prevention and mitigation. Due to significant limitations in achieving comprehensive coverage of the entire social media landscape, there may be undocumented incidents of hate speech that fall outside the scope of this report.