A Licnese to Torture ? Methodology This short analysis is a merger of quantitative and qualitative analysis which are primarily based on research interviews, reports covering human rights abuse related to torture, media monitoring and documentation of human rights violations in Myanmar after the 2021 attempted coup. Between February 2021 and June 2023, Equality Myanmar not only documented the torture incidents and interviewed survivors, witnesses, monitoring organizations and family members of victims who encountered torture or other illtreatment by the junta’s security forces but gathered media reports covering torture and other cruel, inhuman and derogatory treatment or punishment by the Myanmar military. Equality Myanmar amassed 267 cases of human rights violations related to torture or ill-treatment at different places including prisons, interrogation centers, police lockups and others throughout the country from February 2021 and June 2023. Following monitoring and documentation, the verification process involved cross-referencing the collected data with multiple sources, such as legal documents, human rights reports, and testimonies from witnesses and survivors. The names of the survivors, witnesses, victims’ family members, third party organizations or individuals are kept anonymous for their security. 8 Equality Myanmar