A new report by four Karenni organisations documents human rights violations amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by junta forces in Burma’s Karenni State and surrounding areas between May 2021 and September 2022. The four organisations are the Karenni Human Rights Group, the Kayan Women’s Organization, the Karenni National Women’s Organization, and the Kayah State Peace Monitoring Network.
The report urges the international community to increase direct funding and support to local civil society and community-based organisations, and to pursue justice and accountability to end the cycle of impunity for the Burmese military. This should include referral of the situation in Burma to the International Criminal Court. It also renews calls for the international community to take steps to protect the thousands of civilians who live with the daily threat of being murdered by the military regime. These steps should include imposing a coordinated global arms embargo and sanctioning aviation fuel supply in a bid to end deadly air strikes.