David Scott Mathieson (Ferbuary 2026): No Letup in Myanmar’s Brutal Civil War, https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/no-letup-myanmar-brutal-civil-war?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true 

 International Crisis Group (August 2025): Video of Panel Discussion Myanmar’s Conflict, Political and Information Landscape – 4.5 Years On (video), https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific/myanmar/myanmars-conflict-political-and-information-landscape-45-years   

International Crisis Group (July 2025): Myanmar’s Dangerous Drift: Conflict, Elections and Looming Regional Détente, https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar/b184-myanmars-dangerous-drift-conflict-elections-and-looming-regional-detente

DVB (September 2025): Cry for Justice: Unveiling Myanmar’s human rights crisis (video), https://english.dvb.no/cry-for-justice-unveiling-myanmars-human-rights-crisis/

Britannica: Country narrative page, https://www.britannica.com/place/Myanmar

Freedom House: Country narrative page, https://freedomhouse.org/country/myanmar

Hindsight: European-filmed travel video called “A Dream of Myanmar”, https://vimeo.com/316842176

Britannica: 2021 Myanmar coup d’état, https://www.britannica.com/event/2021-Myanmar-coup-d-etat

Juice Media (November 2024): satirical video called “Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!”, https://youtu.be/ERiZRUIlnaw

 Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (November 2025): Raising the Lantern's Wick High: A Survey of Myanmar's Socioeconomic Crisis and Public Resilience, https://interactive.ispmyanmar.com/blockage-survey

Progressive Voice (December 2025): Targeted, Abused, Exploited: The Erosion of Labor Rights in Myanmar, 2021-2025, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/12/04/targeted-abused-exploited-the-erosion-of-labor-rights-in-myanmar-2021-2025/

International Trade Union Conference Asia-Pacific (June 2025): ILO invokes Article 33 on Myanmar; ITUC-Asia Pacific hails decision and calls for global action, https://www.ituc-ap.org/news-and-updates/breaking-ilo-invokes-article-33-on-myanmar-ituc-asia-pacific-hails-decision-and-calls-for-global-action 

International Labour Organization (June 2025): Resolution concerning the measures recommended by the Governing Body under article 33 of the ILO Constitution on the subject of Myanmar, https://www.ilo.org/resource/record-decisions/resolution-concerning-measures-recommended-governing-body-under-article-33 

Human Rights Foundation of Monland (December 2024): Forced to Enlist: The Impacts of Military Conscription in Southeastern Burma, https://rehmonnya.org/thematic-report/forced-to-enlist-the-impacts-of-military-conscription-in-southeastern-burma/

NUG Ministry of Human Rights (April 2025): Forced to Fight: The Reality of Military Conscription in Myanmar, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/04/28/forced-to-fight-the-reality-of-military-conscription-in-myanmar/ 

Justice for Myanmar (May 2025): https://data.justiceformyanmar.org/

Justice for Myanmar (August 2023): Companies in ASEAN fuelling Myanmar junta’s international crimes, https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/stories/companies-in-asean-fuelling-myanmar-juntas-international-crimes

Burma Campaign UK (2023): ‘Dirty List’ of Companies doing business in Myanmar, https://burmacampaign.org.uk/take-action/dirty-list/ 

Burma Campaign UK: List of Countries with and without Arms Embargos https://burmacampaign.org.uk/take-action/arms-embargo/global-arms-embargo/ 

Blood Money Campaign (January 2025): Close the Sky: The Dire Consequences of inaction on aviation fuel in Myanmar, https://bmcmyanmar.com/latest/report-research/the-dire-consequences-of-inaction-on-aviation-fuel-in-myanmar-report/ 

Amnesty International (November 2022): Deadly cargo: The supply chain that fuels war crimes in Myanmar, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2022/11/myanmar-the-supply-chain-fueling-war-crimes

Gas Outlook (June 2024): Chevron called out over controversial Myanmar exit, https://gasoutlook.com/analysis/chevron-called-out-over-controversial-myanmar-exit

 Amnesty International (December 2025): Myanmar: Deadly military air strike on hospital shows vicious disregard for right to life, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/12/myanmar-deadly-military-air-strike-on-hospital-shows-vicious-disregard-for-right-to-life

Amnesty International (January 2026): Myanmar: Jet fuel used in deadly air strikes flowing in on ‘ghost ships’ with suspected links to Iran, https://www.amnesty.org.au/myanmar-jet-fuel-used-in-deadly-air-strikes-flowing-in-on-ghost-ships-with-suspected-links-to-iran

Reuters (January 2026): Iran’s shadow fleet is fueling the Myanmar junta’s air war, https://www.reuters.com/graphics/IRAN-MYANMAR/JET-FUEL/jnpwkonqrpw  

Asian Network for Free Elections (September 2025): Myanmar Junta’s Planned Elections: Falling Short of Democratic Legitimacy, https://anfrel.org/myanmar-juntas-planned-elections-falling-short-of-democratic-legitimacy/

International Crisis Group (December 2025): Myanmar’s Military Seeks Vote of Approval in One-sided Polls, https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific/myanmar/myanmars-military-seeks-vote-approval-one-sided-polls

Human Rights Myanmar (October 2025): Predicting rights violations in Myanmar’s sham elections, https://humanrightsmyanmar.org/predicting-rights-violations-in-myanmars-sham-elections

Myanmar Internet Project (November 2025): Speech Under Siege of Electoral Law in Myanmar, https://www.myanmarinternet.info/post/sham_election_law_and_freedom_of_expression-1

Human Rights Foundation of Monland (November 2025): “Voting under the barrel of a gun,” A Country At War, Not At the Polls, https://rehmonnya.org/thematic-report/voting-under-the-barrel-of-a-gun-a-country-at-war-not-at-the-polls/

Fulcrum (December 2025): Myanmar’s 2025 Election: Rhetoric and Realities, https://fulcrum.sg/myanmars-2025-election-rhetoric-and-realities/

DVB (December 2025): The countries legitimizing Myanmar’s junta prior to its sham elections, https://english.dvb.no/when-neighbours-legitimize-myanmars-genocidal-junta 

Fortify Rights: Myanmar (August 2025): Systematic Denial of Healthcare Leading to Alarming Number of Deaths in Custody, https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-stm-2025-08-05/

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (March 2025): Justice, the Judiciary and the Weaponization of Law to Repress Civilians in Burma, https://aappb.org/?p=31836

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners: Chart of deaths and detentions since coup, https://coup.aappb.org/data-dashboard

International Crisis Group (April 2025): From Yangon to the Borderlands: Independent Media on Myanmar’s Post-coup Front Line, https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific/myanmar/yangon-borderlands-independent-media-myanmars-post-coup-front-line

Freedom House, Freedom on the Net 2025: Myanmar, https://freedomhouse.org/country/myanmar/freedom-net/2025

Global Witness (May 2024): Fuelling the future, poisoning the present: Myanmar’s rare earth boom, https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/transition-minerals/fuelling-the-future-poisoning-the-present-myanmars-rare-earth-boom/ 

Transnational Institute (February 2025): The Inspiring Model of Community Conserved Territories in Myanmar,http://tni.org/en/article/the-inspiring-model-of-community-conserved-territories-in-myanmar 

Progressive Voice (December 2025): The Myanmar Military Junta’s Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid (2021–2025), https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/12/09/briefing-paper-the-myanmar-military-juntas-weaponization-of-humanitarian-aid-2021-2025/ 

Karen Human Rights Group (October 2025): Stolen Childhoods: Violations of children’s rights, urgent needs, and local agency in rural Southeast Burma during the conflict, https://khrg.org/2025/10/25-1-tmt/stolen-childhoods-violations-children%E2%80%99s-rights-urgent-needs-and-local-agency-rural 

Joint Open Letter to the Taiwan Government: Urging Against the Rash Repatriation of Burmese People,  https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/08/26/joint-open-letter-to-the-taiwan-government-urging-against-the-rash-repatriation-of-burmese-people/ 

Taiwan Association for Human Rights (August 2025): Human Rights Groups Urge Taiwan Gov’t Not To Repatriate Burmese, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/08/26/human-rights-groups-urge-taiwan-govt-not-to-repatriate-burmese/ 

The New Humanitarian (February 2025): Myanmar migrants forced to join junta forces after deportation from Thailand, https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2025/02/13/myanmar-migrants-forced-join-junta-forces-after-deportation-thailand

DVB (December 2025): The US cannot claim that returning to Myanmar is ‘safe’, https://english.dvb.no/the-us-cannot-claim-that-returning-to-myanmar-is-safe/

International Crisis Group (April 2024): Scam Centres and Ceasefires: China-Myanmar Ties Since the Coup

Written Report https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/north-east-asia/china-myanmar/b179-scam-centres-and-ceasefires-china-myanmar-ties-coup

Video of Discussion on Report https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific/myanmar-china/scam-centres-ceasefires-and-distrust-china-myanmar-relations-coup

Special Advisory Council for Myanmar: Factory of Death: China’s Support for the Myanmar Military’s Production of Aerial Bombs, https://specialadvisorycouncil.org/2025/07/factory-of-death-chinas-support-for-the-myanmar-militarys-production-of-aerial-bombs/

Sanctions imposed on Myanmar individuals and companies by Australia, https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?scope=au_dfat_sanctions&q=Myanmar 

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (February 2026), Statement marking five years since the military coup in Myanmar, http://foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/statement-marking-five-years-military-coup-myanmar

Mizzima (January 2026): Chin refugee organizations in Malaysia meet with Australian MP to discuss resettlement, https://eng.mizzima.com/2026/01/22/30487 

Sanctions imposed on Myanmar individuals and companies by Belgium, https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?datasets=be_fod_sanctions&q=Myanmar 

European Union (January 2026): Myanmar: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the fifth anniversary of the coup, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2026/01/31/myanmar-statement-by-the-high-representative-on-behalf-of-the-european-union-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-the-coup

Industriall Global Union (March 2025): Belgian unions demand end to military uniform production in Myanmar, https://www.industriall-union.org/belgian-unions-demand-end-to-military-uniform-production-in-myanmar 

Sanctions imposed on Myanmar individuals and companies by Canada,  https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?datasets=ca_dfatd_sema_sanctions&q=Myanmar 

Justice for Myanmar (August 2025): Canada, EU, UK and USA must close loophole by sanctioning illegal Myanmar junta’s “State Security and Peace Commission” entity, https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/press-releases/canada-eu-uk-and-usa-must-close-loophole-by-sanctioning-illegal-myanmar-juntas-state-security-and-peace-commission-entity 

Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 2026): Statement by Minister Anand five years following military coup in Myanmar, https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2026/01/statement-by-minister-anand-five-years-following-military-coup-in-myanmar.html 

International Crisis Group: A Rebel Border: India’s Evolving Ties with Myanmar after the Coup, https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/myanmar-india/b182-rebel-border-indias-evolving-ties-myanmar-after-coup

The Wire (December 2025): Between Junta and Democracy: India’s Uneasy Position on the Myanmar Elections, https://thewire.in/south-asia/between-junta-and-democracy-indias-uneasy-position-on-the-myanmar-elections

DVB (January 2026): ‘Shadow observers’: India’s calculated ambiguity in Myanmar’s elections, https://english.dvb.no/shadow-observers-indias-calculated-ambiguity-in-myanmars-elections/

ANI News: India wants "inclusive, fair" elections in Myanmar with participation of all stakeholders: MEA, https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/india-wants-inclusive-fair-elections-in-myanmar-with-participation-of-all-stakeholders-mea20260116192510/ 

BBC (January 2024): India-Myanmar: Why Delhi wants to fence the 'troubled' border, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-68078252 

Antara (October 2025): Prabowo urges ASEAN to send observers for Myanmar elections,  https://en.antaranews.com/news/388137/prabowo-urges-asean-to-send-observers-for-myanmar-elections 

The Irrawaddy (December 2025): Myanmar Resistance Groups Deny Meeting Junta Officials in Indonesia, https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/myanmar-resistance-groups-deny-meeting-junta-officials-in-indonesia.html

Jakarta Globe (January 2026): Indonesia Seeks ‘Beyond Business As Usual’ Approach on Myanmar Election, https://jakartaglobe.id/news/indonesia-seeks-beyond-business-as-usual-approach-on-myanmar-election 

The Mainichi (January 2026): Japan concerned over deeper division in Myanmar after junta-run election, https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260116/p2g/00m/0na/027000c

Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 2026): General Election in Myanmar (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu), https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/statement/pageite_000001_01474.html  

Justice for Myanmar (November 2025): Japanese payment company JCB’s silence over Myanmar military-linked crony bank draws civil society criticism, https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/press-releases/japanese-payment-company-jcbs-silence-over-myanmar-military-linked-crony-bank-draws-civil-society-criticism

NHK World (January 2026): Japan-based Myanmar voices call election a sham, https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/4528/

Open letter: Myanmar civil society welcomes Japan’s rejection of junta’s sham election, urges further principled action, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2025/09/01/open-letter-myanmar-civil-society-welcomes-japans-rejection-of-juntas-sham-election-urges-further-principled-action

Observer Research Foundation (June 2025): Between Engagement and Disengagement: Japan’s Myanmar Recalibration, https://www.orfonline.org/research/between-engagement-and-disengagement-japan-s-myanmar-recalibration 

Mizzima (December 2025): South Korean Lawmakers Reject Myanmar Junta’s ‘Sham Election’, Call for Immediate Ceasefire, https://www.facebook.com/MizzimaMyanmarNews/videos/south-korean-lawmakers-reject-myanmar-juntas-sham-election-call-for-immediate-ce/1386958489553457/ 

The Irrawaddy (April 2025): South Korea to bypass junta in delivering Myanmar quake aid, https://www.facebook.com/theirrawaddy/posts/south-korea-to-bypass-junta-in-delivering-myanmar-quake-aidapril-11-2025south-ko/1102279601927196/ 

Mizzima (November 2025): Korean advisor issues Open Letter to Myanmar’s National Unity Government’s Foreign Minister, https://eng.mizzima.com/2025/11/04/27896

BBC (December 2025): Daw Zin Mar Aung Urges South Korean Lawmakers Not to Recognize Myanmar’s Election, https://shamelectiontracker.com/news/664/2025/12/12/daw-zin-mar-aung-urges-south-korean-lawmakers-not-to 

The Irrawaddy (December 2025): Junta ropes Nepal into election plan, https://www.facebook.com/theirrawaddy/posts/%F0%9D%90%84%F0%9D%90%8B%F0%9D%90%84%F0%9D%90%82%F0%9D%90%93%F0%9D%90%88%F0%9D%90%8E%F0%9D%90%8Djunta-ropes-nepal-into-election-plan-december-25-2025as-nepal-prepares-t/1316120187209802/

The Irrawaddy (April 2025): Junta Boss Reaffirms Election Plans While Myanmar Reels From Earthquake [during meeting with Nepali Prime Minister], https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/junta-boss-reaffirms-election-plans-while-myanmar-reels-from-earthquake.html  

Newsroom (October 2025): NZ must reject ‘sham’ Myanmar election, MPs say, https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/02/nz-must-reject-sham-myanmar-election-mps-say/ 

DVB (November 2025): New Zealand parliamentary resolution rejects Myanmar regime’s 2025-26 elections, https://english.dvb.no/new-zealand-parliamentary-resolution-rejects-regimes-sham-2025-26-elections/

Philippine News Agency (November 2025): PH ready to contribute to ‘Myanmar-owned political process’, https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1264231 

The Irrawaddy (January 2026): Envoy’s Visit to Naypyitaw Undermines ASEAN Itself, https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/envoys-visit-to-naypyitaw-undermines-asean-itself.html

Joint CSO Statement on ASEAN Special Envoy’s Visit, https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/2026/01/14/civil-society-condemns-philippine-diplomatic-engagement-with-myanmars-military-junta 

Reuters (January 2026): ASEAN chair Philippines hopes to widen talks with anti-junta forces in Myanmar, https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-hosts-myanmar-political-ethnic-groups-stakeholder-meeting-2026-01-22 

Philippine News Agency (January 2026): ASEAN does not recognize Myanmar polls 'as of now' - Lazaro, https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1267997 

Sanctions imposed on Myanmar individuals and companies by Switzerland https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?datasets=ch_seco_sanctions&q=Myanmar 

Embassy of Switzerland in Myanmar (February 2026): Statement on February 1st, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1196855379277641&set=a.542190464744139 

Human Rights Watch (July 2025): “I’ll Never Feel Secure” Undocumented and Exploited: Myanmar Nationals in Thailand, https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/07/14/ill-never-feel-secure/undocumented-and-exploited-myanmar-nationals-in-thailand

The New Humanitarian (February 2025): Myanmar migrants forced to join junta forces after deportation from Thailand, https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2025/02/13/myanmar-migrants-forced-join-junta-forces-after-deportation-thailand

Human Rights Foundation of Monland (January 2026): Thai deports nearly 200 Burmese citizens within 15 days despite criticism, https://rehmonnya.org/thai-deports-nearly-200-burmese-citizens-within-15-days-despite-criticism/  

The Irrawaddy (January 2026): Thai Foreign Minister Says Hopes Myanmar Polls ‘Start of Transition’ to Peace, https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/thai-foreign-minister-says-hopes-myanmar-polls-start-of-transition-to-peace.html

Bernama (October 2025): Thailand Outlines Four Key Positions on Myanmar, https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2483140 

Sanctions imposed on Myanmar individuals and companies by the UK, https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?datasets=gb_fcdo_sanctions&q=Myanmar 

The Irrawaddy (January 2026) Myanmar Junta Crony’s UK Trip Sparks Calls for Renewed Sanctions, https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-cronys-uk-trip-sparks-calls-for-renewed-sanctions.html 

Justice for Myanmar (August 2025): Canada, EU, UK and USA must close loophole by sanctioning illegal Myanmar junta’s “State Security and Peace Commission” entity, https://www.justiceformyanmar.org/press-releases/canada-eu-uk-and-usa-must-close-loophole-by-sanctioning-illegal-myanmar-juntas-state-security-and-peace-commission-entity

UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs (February 2026): Foreign Secretary statement on the fifth anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-the-military-coup-in-myanmar 

UN (December 2025): UK leadership imperative as Myanmar’s crisis deepens ahead of junta’s announced sham elections: UN expert, https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/12/uk-leadership-imperative-myanmars-crisis-deepens-ahead-juntas-announced-sham 

Burma Campaign UK (December 2025): Beyond the ‘ballot’: The crisis in Burma and what the British Government should do about it, https://burmacampaign.org.uk/burma_briefing/beyond-the-ballot-the-crisis-in-burma-and-what-the-british-government-should-do-about-it 

The Independent (June 2025): Why are the British courts handing a propaganda win to the Myanmar junta?, https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/court-myanmar-ambassador-attorney-general-junta-b2765740.html  

Sanctions imposed on Myanmar individuals and companies by the USA, https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?datasets=us_ofac_sdn&q=Myanmar 

Reuters (July 2025): US lifts some Myanmar sanctions, says no link to general's letter to Trump, https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-lifts-some-myanmar-sanctions-says-no-link-generals-letter-trump-2025-07-25/ 

Reuters (November 2025): US ends temporary status for Myanmar nationals, cites upcoming elections as 'progress', https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-terminates-temporarily-legal-status-myanmar-citizens-2025-11-24/

DVB (December 2025): The US cannot claim that returning to Myanmar is ‘safe’, https://english.dvb.no/the-us-cannot-claim-that-returning-to-myanmar-is-safe 

DVB (January 2026): What a pause for Temporary Protected Status termination means for Myanmar, https://english.dvb.no/what-a-pause-for-temporary-protected-status-termination-means 

Huizenga Leads Bipartisan Bill to Redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Burma, https://huizenga.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=404213 

DVB (November 2025): Washington hearing delivers clear mandate to abandon failed Myanmar policy, https://english.dvb.no/washington-hearing-delivers-clear-mandate-to-abandon-failed-myanmar-policy/ 

CNA, ‘Sham is not even strong enough’: Former US envoy on Myanmar’s election (January 2026), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwcWCAFiX6I&t=23s (Video interview with former US Ambassador to Myanmar covering elections and US position on Myanmar)

The Irrawaddy (February 2026): U.S. Extends Myanmar ‘Emergency’ so Sanctions Against Junta Can Continue, https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/myanmars-crisis-the-world/u-s-extends-myanmar-emergency-so-sanctions-against-junta-can-continue.html 

Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (October 2025): Saving the Consensus: The Future of Multilateral Action on Myanmar, ispmyanmar.com/pb-01/

Insight Myanmar (December 2025): ASEAN in the Balance (Podcast episode), https://insightmyanmar.org/complete-shows/2025/12/27/episode-457-asean-in-the-balance