Myanmar

region_misc
Myanmar (AA / Rakhine State),
Myanmar (KIA, KIO / Kachin State),
Myanmar (KNU, KNLA, DKBA et al. / Karen State, Kayah State),
Myanmar (MNDAA / Shan State),
Myanmar (opposition),
Myanmar (Rohingya),
Myanmar (TNLA / Shan State)
BICC Human Rights Assessment
critical
BICC Illicit Arms Trade Risk
critical
Conflict Detail Descriptions
Myanmar (AA / Rakhine State):
The limited war over the autonomy of Rakhine State between the Arakan Army (AA) and the government consisting of its civilian component and the national Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw), continued. Throughout the year, an estimated 130 people were killed, at least 250 injured and approx. 55,000 internally displaced within Rakhine State and southern Chin State. Both sides supposedly used landmines, killing at least 26 and injuring more than 100 civilians.,
Myanmar (KIA, KIO / Kachin State):
The violent crisis over regional autonomy and resources, such as valuable metals, between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), politically represented by the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), on the one hand, and the government consisting of its civilian component and the national Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) on the other, continued. Although clashes between the Tatmadaw and the KIA continued in Shan and Kachin States throughout the year, the violence between the conflict parties and against civilians decreased significantly compared to last year, accounting for at least eight people killed and five injured.,
Myanmar (KNU, KNLA, DKBA et al. / Karen State, Kayah State):
The violent crisis over autonomy between the Karen National Union (KNU), its armed wing the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and the DKBA splinter group Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, on the one hand, and the government consisting of its civilian component and the national Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw), on the other, escalated to a limited war., Myanmar (MNDAA / Shan State): The non-violent crisis over the autonomy of Kokang, Shan State, between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and the government consisting of its civilian component and the national Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) escalated to a violent crisis.,
Myanmar (Rohingya): T
he violent crisis over subnational predominance and Rohingya citizenship between the mainly Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, on the one hand, and the Buddhist majority as well as the government consisting of its civilian component and the national Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw), on the other, continued., Myanmar (TNLA / Shan State): The violent conflict over subnational predominance and resources, such as poppy, between the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), on the one hand, and the government consisting of its civilian component and the National Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) and supported by aligned militias such as the Panse Pyitutsit militia, on the other, continued.
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