Episode: KPN 08-02-2026

Fortify Right announces evidence to charge 61 military and police officers with crimes against humanity committed during Myanmar (Burma) military coup

Fortify Right has announced that it has found evidence to charge 61 military and police officers, including Myanmar (Burma) terrorist leaders Min Aung Hlaing, Soe Win, and Mya Htun Oo, with crimes against humanity committed during the military coup.

Fortify Right released a report on January 24 titled “Lack of Safe Place,” which details crimes against humanity committed by the Myanmar (Burma) military regime after the coup.

The report, which first focuses on the crackdown on protesters by the Myanmar (Burma) military and police during the six-month period from February to July 2021, The first phase of the investigation documented killings, torture, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, forced displacement, and executions, and found substantial grounds to believe that the Burmese military regime was responsible for crimes against humanity.

The report identifies 61 Burmese military and police officers who should be investigated and charged for crimes against humanity, and provides new information that could be useful to prosecutors, including information about the military’s military structure.

The top 61 individuals responsible for crimes against humanity include Min Aung Hlaing, Soe Win, and Mya Htun Oo.

The second phase of the Myanmar (Burma) military’s abuses include attacks on civilians in ethnic states with long-standing conflicts and in regions that have not experienced armed conflict since World War II.

The first phase of the Myanmar (Burma) military’s abuses include the country-wide shooting of mostly unarmed civilians, mostly peaceful protesters, in broad daylight; the Burmese military reportedly shot people in lethal positions, such as the chest or head, with single bullets; and the Burmese military deployed snipers to kill and instill fear in the protesters.

The report also reviewed eyewitness and survivor accounts, 305 videos and photos of the killings posted on social media, and interviewed the original video owners and eyewitnesses. It also collected 1,153 Open Source Information data, which were systematically organized by category, including human rights violations such as arrests, beatings, killings, and destruction of property and religious buildings between March and May 2021.

The report includes six recommendations for the Burmese military regime, including: to cease attacks on civilians and immediately end all conflicts; to declare a nationwide ceasefire; to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners; and to return power to those who are legitimately elected by the Burmese people.

In addition, it includes four recommendations for the NUG, recommendations to the UN member states, recommendations to the UN Security Council, and recommendations to ASEAN.

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