2/24/26, 11:05 AM World Report 2026: Myanmar | Human Rights Watch LANGUAGES DONATE NOW Myanmar Events of 2025 A Myanmar junta airstrike hit a school in Sagaing Region, killing 22 children and 2 teachers, on May 12, 2025. © 2025 AFP via Getty Images AVAILABLE IN Five years since the February 2021 military coup, the Myanmar junta’s assault on the population has decimated the country’s infrastructure, economy, civil and political life, rule of law, and healthcare and education systems. The military’s post-coup atrocities amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, fueled by decades of impunity. The military responded to armed resistance in 2025 with repeated aerial and artillery attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including in the immediate aftermath of the devastating March earthquake. We useThroughout cookies, tracking third-party 2025, the technologies, junta ramped up and violence and repression to lay the groundwork for analytics tools to better understand who is using the website sham elections, which were held in three phases between December 28 and January 25. Accept Other options and improve your experience. By using our website you are Since the coup, trafficking, scampolicy centers,toand other economies have proliferated, with agreeing to this. Read our privacy find outillicit what becoming top producer of opium and one of the main sources of cookiesMyanmar are used for andthe howorld’s to change your settings. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/myanmar?utm_source=chatgpt.com 1/8