2026 IIMM Annual Report (IIMM)
Over the past year, the Mechanism continued investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity committed across #Myanmar, including:
Increasing aerial attacks against civilians
Crimes committed in detention
Reproductive violence affecting women and girls
Crimes in Rakhine State
Past crimes committed against the Rohingya
"Shot in the Back" an investigation into killings of civilians in Myinmu (Myanmar Witness)
Details the June 2022 killing of fleeing civilians in Sagaing by military forces. Open-source analysis verified four unarmed casualties found with severe exit wounds, corroborating eyewitness accounts that victims were shot in the back by advancing soldiers.
Villages burn in Sagaing (Myanmar Witness)
This report utilizes satellite imagery and user-generated content to verify military arson attacks across multiple villages in Sagaing Township between April 20 and 24, 2023. Ground footage and tracking data revealed systematic house burnings executed by an advancing military column.
Tortured, beheaded and dismembered (Myanmar Witness)
This report documents a pattern of extreme violence across eight separate incidents in the Sagaing Region. Myanmar Witness verified the killing of at least 33 people—including 12 beheadings and two dismemberments—often attributed to the military's Light Infantry Division 99 as a warning to resistance forces.
"Eyes on the skies: The dangerous and sustained impact of airstrikes on daily life in Myanmar" (Myanmar Witness)
This quantitative study analyzes 135 airwar incidents across Myanmar from July to December 2022. It highlights the military's increasing reliance on disproportionate aerial offensives to suppress regional resistance, which resulted in near-daily disruptions and severe destruction to civilian life and infrastructure.
Stories left behind in the ashes (Myanmar Witness)
This report investigates 146 separate incidents between March 2022 and September 2023 involving the burning of bodies in Myanmar. Concentrated largely in the Sagaing Region, victims were documented as being burned alive, post-mortem, or killed during arson attacks and airstrikes.
Shwegu Township under fire (Myanmar Witness)
This report covers military clashes with joint resistance forces in Kachin State between March and April 2023. Myanmar Witness utilized satellite data and geolocated footage to verify airstrikes and fires that destroyed residential housing and medical infrastructure across 13 villages.
"Police, military and civilian clothed individuals beat protestors" (Myanmar Witness)
This report verifies February 2021 footage from Sagaing showing Myanmar police, military (101 LID), and civilian-clothed individuals coordinating to beat two unarmed demonstrators. Security forces also pointed weapons at onlookers filming the violent crackdown.
Rohingya villages a battleground for military clashes (Myanmar Witness)
This report documents active fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and State Administration Council (SAC) in Rakhine State between September and October 2022. Myanmar Witness verified user-generated content confirming civilian casualties, a fatality, and an alleged rape within Rohingya village areas
Resurgence of violence in Moe Bye (Myanmar Witness)
This report investigates September 2022 clashes between SAC troops and local defense forces in Shan State. Ground battles and heavy artillery fire caused widespread structural destruction, occupied religious buildings, and resulted in dozens of military and civilian casualties, including children.
Pro-SAC Digital Offensive (Myanmar Witness)
This document investigates state-backed online repression following the deadly April 2023 Kanbalu airstrikes. Pro-junta Telegram channels systematically doxxed civilians participating in the "black profile" mourning campaign, directly causing subsequent arbitrary military arrests of social media users nationwide.
Myanmar’s Southern Flames (Myanmar Witness)
This fellowship investigation documents coordinated military arson attacks in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, on December 30, 2022. Cross-referenced user footage and satellite data verified that a nearby military convoy was highly likely responsible for destroying at least 47 civilian homes.
Pekon Hospital Bombing (Myanmar Witness)
This report details an inductive Myanmar Air Force airstrike hitting Hsawng Phwe Hospital and a nearby IDP camp in southern Shan State on April 25, 2023. The attack injured civilians and severely damaged critical healthcare infrastructure, marking a serious escalation.
Myanmar on Fire: Mapping the Increased Use of Fires (Myanmar Witness)
This comprehensive analysis tracks a drastic rise in arson attacks across Myanmar between September 2022 and January 2023. Highlighting a 454% year-on-year increase in December 2022, the study details systematic military burning of homes, infrastructure, and religious places.
Mon Taing Pin and In Pin Massacre linked to Myanmar Military's 708 LIB (Myanmar Witness)
This report investigates the execution-style massacre of 27 villagers in Sagaing Region between May 10 and 14, 2022. By analyzing a soldier's recovered phone, investigators directly linked the atrocities and throat-cutting to the military's 708 Light Infantry Battalion.
Myanmar Military Air Strikes at Camp Victoria (Myanmar Witness)
This spot report details premeditated Myanmar Air Force airstrikes targeting the Chin National Front headquarters at Camp Victoria on January 10–11, 2023. The attacks killed at least five members, damaged a medical facility, and allegedly violated Indian airspace.
Medical Workers Harassed by Riot Police in Yangon (Myanmar Witness)
This spot report verifies instances of severe intimidation by Battalion 26 riot police against medical personnel in Sachaung. Officers pointed shotguns directly at healthcare workers, grabbed a civilian by the throat, and conducted arbitrary arrests to aggressively suppress early coup resistance.
Mass Night Arrests in Lanmadaw (Myanmar Witness)
Following an incident where activists intercepted an undercover military convoy, riot police and soldiers launched a aggressive night raid in Lanmadaw, Yangon. Security personnel went building-to-building, forcibly detaining between 13 and 30 men whose subsequent fates remain completely unknown.
Mass Detentions at the Kan Thar Yar Strike (Myanmar Witness)
This investigation chronologically reconstructs the youth movement strike at Kan Thar Yar Park on March 10, 2021. Security forces used severe force to suppress the demonstration, leading to the mass arrest of at least 100 activists and one alleged civilian death.
Mass Detentions at Student Protests (Myanmar Witness)
Focusing on student-led marches in Tamwe, Yangon, in March 2021, this report investigates the mass deprivation of liberties by junta forces. Verified footage captures a joint military and riot police operation actively loading scores of young anti-coup protestors into convoy trucks.