Myanmar Matters

LEARN ABOUT MYANMAR

Some resources for keeping track of what is happening in Myanmar day-to-day from local news during the Month of Action:

A good place to start is Democratic Voice of Burma’s (DVB) Daily Briefing (https://english.dvb.no/category/daily-briefing). This is published every weekday and provides a roundup of the day’s main stories. (If you sign up for a free account with DVB you can also get this as an email – signup link here (https://english.dvb.no/newsletter)).

Other sources to check out:

Local media outlet The Irrawaddy (https://www.irrawaddy.com).

What’s Happening in Myanmar podcast (https://www.whimyanmar.com).

Roundup of Myanmar-related news from civil society organization Euro-Burma (https://euro-burma.eu/daily-news).

Or follow the #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar hashtag on your favourite social media site.

FURTHER RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MYANMAR

The below list includes links to a few sources of information about Myanmar beyond the day-to-day news. The list attempts to represent multiple viewpoints, and does not imply any endorsement of the sources or the ideas expressed in them.

Click per section to reveal more information.

Current Situation

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

Background on the country

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

Background on the coup

Britannica: 2021 Myanmar coup d’état, https://www.britannica.com/event/2021-Myanmar-coup-d-etat
Juice Media: satirical video called “Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar!”, https://youtu.be/ERiZRUIlnaw

Current Economic Situation

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

Conscription

Human Rights Foundation of Monland: 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/

Divestment/Companies Doing Business with Myanmar

Justice for Myanmar: https://data.justiceformyanmar.org/
Justice for Myanmar: 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/

Arms Trade and Aviation Fuel

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/

Election

Asian Network for Free Elections: 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: 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: Predicting rights violations in Myanmar’s sham elections, https://humanrightsmyanmar.org/predicting-rights-violations-in-myanmars-sham-elections
Myanmar Internet Project: 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: “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/

Detentions/Political Prisoners

Fortify Rights: Myanmar: 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: 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

Impact on Children

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

Deportations/returns of Myanmar Nationals by Other Countries

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/

Position of India

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

Position of China

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/

Position of Cambodia

Position of South Korea

Position of Philippines

Position of Taiwan

Position of Japan

Position of Hongkong

Position of Singapore

Position of New Zealand

Position of Australia

Position of Thailand

Human Rights Watch: “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

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