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International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and State Donors: Stop loans and fully reassess Myanmar policy in light of coup d’état



19 february 2021



219 Civil society groups, non-governmental organizations, human rights defenders and activists, and worldwide Burmese diaspora communities have jointly signed a letter urging International Financing Institutions to immediately freeze all outgoing loans to the Burmese military junta, and recall loans already disbursed to Burma or military-linked businesses and individuals.


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COVID-19 pandemic in Burma/Myanmar: Continued militarization undermining COVID response



8 february 2021



On the 1st of February the Tatmadaw carried out a coup d'etat, overthrowing the civilian NLD government. The militarization of the government follows the militarization of Burma's pandemic response under the military-led Committee for Preventing, Containing and Treating COVID-19, which has overseen one of the worst outbreaks in southeast Asia.


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COVID-19 pandemic in Burma/Myanmar: Government response leaves people in dire economic situation



28 january 2021



Burma’s response to the pandemic has deepened economic inequalities and pushed vulnerable populations into even more precarious situations. At worst, the military (Tatmadaw) killed civilians, destroyed homes, and blocked humanitarian assistance in ethnic minority zones. At best, financial relief to civilians in non-conflict areas has been paltry.


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REPORT CARD #2: Burma/Myanmar's insufficient action on the ICJ's provisional measures and COVID-19



27 November 2020



An enormous "second wave" of COVID-19 cases threatens to overrun Burma's critically underfunded and unprioritized public health system, while the Tatmadaw systematically demolishes ethnic people's attempts to fight the spread of the virus.


Meanwhile in Rakhine State, Burma's government has at the eight month mark still failed to take effective action in implementing the ICJ's Provisional Measures, which will have increase vulnerability to pandemics and conflict for all minority people in the country.


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NOVEMBER UPDATE: Attacks and armed clashes, shellings and airstrikes, and property destruction in Burma since 23 January 2020



27 November 2020



Between 23 January and 23 November 2020, there were at least 880 armed clashes in civilian areas or direct attacks on civilians by armed actors in Burma. This is a 70.5% increase over the 516 during the corresponding period (23 Jan–23 Jun) in 2017. These took place across 11 of Burma’s 14 States and Regions, as well as the capital territory, and resulted in at least 224 civilians killed and 638 injured.


This excel sheet lists details of every incident, and is meant to complement the briefer “REPORT CARD # 2: Burma/Myanmar's insufficient action on the ICJ's provisional measures and COVID-19”. It uses data provided by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED).


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BRIEFER

8 FEBRUARY 2021



COVID-19 pandemic in Burma/Myanmar: Continued militarization undermining COVID response





On the 1st of February the Tatmadaw carried out a coup d'etat, overthrowing the civilian NLD government. The militarization of the government follows the militarization of Burma's pandemic response under the military-led Committee for Preventing, Containing and Treating COVID-19, which has overseen one of the worst outbreaks in southeast Asia.


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BRIEFER

28 JANUARY 2021



COVID-19 pandemic in Burma/Myanmar: Government response leaves people in dire economic situation





Burma’s response to the pandemic has deepened economic inequalities and pushed vulnerable populations into even more precarious situations. At worst, the military (Tatmadaw) killed civilians, destroyed homes, and blocked humanitarian assistance in ethnic minority zones. At best, financial relief to civilians in non-conflict areas has been paltry.


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BRIEFER

20 JANUARY 2021



COVID-19 Pandemic in Burma/Myanmar: militarized responses threaten public health





Burma's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has been greatly hobbled by decades of underinvestment in the public health system by successive military governments.


Compounding the issue is the Tatmadaw's ongoing refusal to delegate and relinquish control of a public health crisis to civilian government bodies.


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BRIEFER

27 NOVEMBER 2020



REPORT CARD #2: Burma/Myanmar's insufficient action on the ICJ's provisional measures and COVID-19





An enormous "second wave" of COVID-19 cases threatens to overrun Burma's critically underfunded and unprioritized public health system, while the Tatmadaw systematically demolishes ethnic people's attempts to fight the spread of the virus.


Meanwhile in Rakhine State, Burma's government has at the eight month mark still failed to take effective action in implementing the ICJ's Provisional Measures, which will have increase vulnerability to pandemics and conflict for all minority people in the country.


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ANALYSIS

27 NOVEMBER 2020



NOVEMBER UPDATE: Attacks and armed clashes, shellings and airstrikes, and property destruction in Burma since 23 January 2020





Between 23 January and 23 November 2020, there were at least 880 armed clashes in civilian areas or direct attacks on civilians by armed actors in Burma. These took place in 11 out of 14 of Burma's States and Regions including the Capital Territory and resulted in over 200 deaths and 600 people wounded.


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FACTSHEET

07 AUGUST 2020



Burma/Myanmar: Armed attacks against civilians up by 272%





On the anniversary of the 8888 uprising, it is important to note that 617 attacks targeting or failing to protect civilians occurred in Jan - Jun 2020 compared to only 166 recorded in the same period of 2011.


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