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2/24/25, 3:20 PM Digital Hate: Monthly Update for January 2025 Hate speeches targeting the Kachin Independence Army The civil war between the Junta and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has intensified in Kachin state from early 2024 up to the present. The junta is attacking KIA in all ways including air strike attacks. They are spreading hate speeches against KIA as they face losses on the frontlines. A telegram channel named Thazin Oo posted that KIA is forcibly recruiting Kachin ethnic people and sending them to Bamaw township of Kachin state where fighting is intense. That propaganda post included abusive hate speech against KIA and KPDF. It also used criminalizes hate speech against them. Original Post (See the translation of the attached link below conclusion - 7) A telegram channel named KRPL uploaded a propaganda post that the video of the Junta killing PDF members was fake news and it was KIA killing prisoners of war. In the post of KRPK, abusive hate speeches were used against KIA. Original Post (See the translation of the attached link below conclusion - 8) Based on the land dispute issue between KIA and TNLA, a pro-military telegram channel named Hminewai posted hate speeches on their channel. Those hate speeches included dehumanizing hate speech against KIA as well. Original Post (See the translation of the attached link below conclusion - 9) https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Digital-Hate--Monthly-Update-for-January-2025-.html?soid=1129958286276&aid=Cmj0phAunzg 8/35

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January 2025 - Digital Hate Monthly Report (Eng -Myan)

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Burma Human Rights Network

Date Published: Feb 14, 2025

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Hate Speech Targets and Usages

In this month’s (the month of January 2025) monitoring, hate speech targeted the most was PDF, and the second Arakan Army and the third was the Muslim community. Moreover, hate speeches targeting KIA and Rohingya people were found as well. Hate speeches targeted at the Rakhine people were also recorded along with AA.

    In addition, the most used terms of hate speeches for this month are "dog, terrorists, illegal immigrant Bengali, Kalar (a derogatory term referring to Muslims), and evil.

Hate Speech targeted Islam and the Muslim community

The issue of the Rohingya crisis became more complex after the coup in 2021. Since the Myanmar military allied with the Rohingya armed forces after the coup, the misconceptions about the Rohingya civilians have increased than before. Based on these misconceptions, the spread of hate speech against the Rohingya has grown significantly.

Based on the ongoing clash between the Rohingya armed organizations and the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Rakhine State, a Tiktot account named Yaungpyanlin posted a hate speech that the local ethnic people in Rakhine State will disappear and the Rohingyas will take over the whole state. In that post, the Rohingya in Rakhine State were targeted by Abusive Hate Speech and derogatory terms.

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