2/24/26, 11:05 AM World Report 2026: Myanmar | Human Rights Watch synthetic drugs. DONATE NOW Conflict Abuses The Myanmar military carried out increasing airstrikes in 2025, including deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in opposition-held areas. The military’s growing use of armed drones, paramotors, and gyrocopters to carry out unlawful attacks is creating new threats for civilians. In 2025, fighting took place in all 14 of Myanmar’s states and regions. Military airstrikes have struck residential areas, schools, hospitals, religious sites, and camps for internally displaced people (IDPs), killing thousands. On January 31, an airstrike on an IDP camp in Koke Ko village in Sagaing Region killed 11 civilians, including a pregnant woman and at least three children. At least 22 displaced people were killed on July 11 by military airstrikes on a monastery in Lin Ta Lu village, Sagaing Region, where over 150 people were sheltering. On March 14, the military conducted an airstrike on a crowded market in Let Pan Hla village in Mandalay Region, killing at least 27 civilians, including several children as young as 2-yearsold, and destroying homes. On August 17, airstrikes in Mawchi, Karenni State, killed at least 25 civilians, including five children, and destroyed a preschool and houses. On the evening of October 6, a military paramotor (motorized paraglider) attack on a Buddhist festival gathering at a primary school in Chaung U, Sagaing Region, killed at least 24 people, including 3 children. More than 135 paramotor attacks have been reported since December 2024. Schools in Myanmar continue to come under attack. On May 12, an airstrike on an opposition-run school in Oe Htein Kwin village in Sagaing Region killed 22 students and two teachers. On September 12, a military jet bombed two private boarding schools in Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw township overnight, killing an estimated 23 students. Myanmar is one of very few countries that continue to use internationally banned cluster munitions and antipersonnel landmines. Cluster munitions, which the military has domestically produced since 2022, appear to have been used in an attack on a school in Paing Yat village, Karen State, on June 9, killing six. We use cookies, tracking technologies, and third-party Since enacting the People’s Militarywho Service Law inthe February 2024, the junta has carried out analytics tools to better understand is using website conscription through abusive abducting young and improve your experience. Bytactics usingsuch ouraswebsite you are men and boys and detaining family members missing conscripts. military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers agreeing to this. Readofour privacy policyThe to find out what has surged since the coup. Military recruiters have abducted or opportunistically recruited cookies are used for and how to change your settings. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/myanmar?utm_source=chatgpt.com 2/8