ALTSEAN-BURMA

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.

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).

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.

With the close for submissions to the latest round of the Burma/Myanmar Universal Periodic Review (UPR), key recommendations from previous cycles remain unimplemented and civilians across the country remain at severe risk of armed violence and business-linked rights abuses.

Burma's Government and military claim that they are taking effective measures to implement the Provisional Measures ordered by the International Court of Justice.

However, at Burma's first four-month report evidence of systematic, long-term change is very difficult to see. Rohingya people are still subjected to an Apartheid existence in IDP prison camps in Rakhine, and the Tatmadaw continues to wage war against its own people in Burma's West, North and East.

Between 23 January and 13 May 2020 (the last day for which conflict data is available), there were at least 410 armed clashes in civilian areas or direct attacks on civilians by armed actors, across 5 States and 2 Regions of Burma. These incidents took place in the west, center, and east of the country, i.e., Rakhine State, Chin State, Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, Shan State, Kayah State and Kayin State.

This excel sheet lists details of every incident, and is meant to complement the briefer “REPORT CARD # 1: BURMA/MYANMAR’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ICJ PROVISIONAL MEASURES”.

It uses data provided by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED).