Legal Analysis Related to Sanction Designations on Members of Northwestern Command of the State Administrative Council (SAC)

Legal-Analysis_final (1) Legal Analysis Related to Sanction Designations on Members of Northwestern Command of the State Administrative Council (SAC) Introduction This briefing outlines the key legal arguments pertaining to crimes against humanity and war crimes carried out by the State Administrative Council (SAC) in the context of the ongoing non-international armed conflict (NIAC) in Chin

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Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror: SAC Junta Attacks on Lives and Properties in Chin State and Northwestern Burma/Myanmar

This document details human rights violations committed by SAC actors during August and September, 2021. Attacks on the civilian population and civilian infrastructure initiated by the State Administration Council (SAC) junta have become increasingly relentless in western Burma/Myanmar since August 2021. Junta soldiers operating in Chin State and parts of Sagaing and Magwe Regions, under

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Coup Contagion Crisis

BRIEFING : THE NEED FOR URGENT CROSS-BORDER HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE ON THE WESTERN FRONT September 12, 2021: A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Myanmar/Burma’s poorest state following an escalation of fighting in Thantlang and Hakha Townships, Chin State. This adds to a state-wide health crisis following the new wave of COVID-19 infections and an existing humanitarian crisis

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ANNUAL REPORT 2019

CHRO is pleased to announce the release of the 2019 Annual Human Rights Report covering the situation of human rights facing the Chin people living in Chin State & western Burma/Myanmar over a one-year period. Please share it widely!

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Threats to our existence

CHRO’s new report “‘Threats to Our Existence’: Persecution of Ethnic Chin Christians in Burma” exposes a decades-long pattern of religious freedom violations that persist today under the new government, and documents other serious human rights abuses such as forced labour, torture, and other cruel and inhuman treatment, forcing thousands of Chin to flee their homeland.

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