The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) strongly condemns the latest airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar military junta on 17 and 19 August 2025 in Mawchi, Hpasawng Township, Karenni State. At least 26 civilians were killed, with more injured and unaccounted for, after the junta deliberately targeted a hospital, homes, and a kindergarten. These attacks constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The timing of these atrocities—occurring alongside the junta’s announcement of sham elections—underscores the regime’s calculated strategy of inflicting mass violence on civilians while seeking to legitimize its illegitimate rule. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his clique continue to display a boundless disregard for human life, emboldened by a misguided sense of impunity.
On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) expresses grave concern over the serious and escalating violations of Indigenous rights in Paletwa Township, southern Chin State. Under the effective control of the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), Chin communities are facing systematically enforced actions that threaten their identity, livelihoods, and survival as distinct peoples.
CHRO stresses that the fight against the Myanmar military junta—while legitimate and necessary—cannot be used to justify the domination, assimilation, or uprooting of other Indigenous communities. Such actions run counter to the very principles of freedom, dignity, and justice that this struggle claims to uphold and violate the rights guaranteed to Indigenous Peoples under international law, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
In regions torn apart by armed conflict, the collapse of public services often leaves communities without access to even the most basic forms of protection and care. Following the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, this became a harsh reality across Chin State. Government health systems and civilian protection mechanisms disintegrated, leaving a dangerous void in their wake.
Since 2022, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) has stepped in to fill that void—partnering with Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) health workers and local leaders to build sustainable, community-led systems that provide critical health and protection services in some of the country’s most devastated areas.
Our Mission
CHRO works to protect and promote human rights through monitoring, research, documentation, education and advocacy on behalf of indigenous Chin people and other oppressed and marginalized communities in Myanmar.
Our Vision
Through our work, we envision a meaningful social change and the full realization of the enjoyment of human rights where the equal dignity of all human beings is respected and upheld in a free, just and democratic society.
The Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) strongly condemns the latest airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar military junta on 17 and 19 August 2025 in Mawchi, Hpasawng Township, Karenni State. At least 26 civilians were killed, with more injured and unaccounted for, after the junta deliberately targeted a hospital, homes, and a kindergarten. These attacks constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The timing of these atrocities—occurring alongside the junta’s announcement of sham elections—underscores the regime’s calculated strategy of inflicting mass violence on civilians while seeking to legitimize its illegitimate rule. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his clique continue to display a boundless disregard for human life, emboldened by a misguided sense of impunity.
On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) expresses grave concern over the serious and escalating violations of Indigenous rights in Paletwa Township, southern Chin State. Under the effective control of the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA), Chin communities are facing systematically enforced actions that threaten their identity, livelihoods, and survival as distinct peoples. CHRO stresses that the fight against the Myanmar military junta—while legitimate and necessary—cannot be used to justify the domination, assimilation, or uprooting of other Indigenous communities. Such actions run counter to the very principles of freedom, dignity, and justice that this struggle claims to uphold and violate the rights guaranteed to Indigenous Peoples under international law, including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
In regions torn apart by armed conflict, the collapse of public services often leaves communities without access to even the most basic forms of protection and care. Following the 2021 military coup in Myanmar, this became a harsh reality across Chin State. Government health systems and civilian protection mechanisms disintegrated, leaving a dangerous void in their wake. Since 2022, the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) has stepped in to fill that void—partnering with Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) health workers and local leaders to build sustainable, community-led systems that provide critical health and protection services in some of the country’s most devastated areas.