The Acting President of the National Unity Government, H.E. Duwa Lashi La, conveys a message at the Chin Brotherhood Alliance one-year anniversary celebration, the Union Minister for the Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min attends the Ministry Press Conference and the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) reports that 58 political prisoners were killed by military junta in 2024.
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1. The Acting President of the National Unity Government, H.E. Duwas Lashi La, conveyed a message to the Chin people at the Chin Brotherhood Alliance's one-year anniversary celebration on December 30th that they are always willing to support their efforts to unite. The Acting President went on to remark that he acknowledges individuals and organizations working hard to unite the Chin people and wishes them success in their efforts as soon as possible. Furthermore, the Acting President expressed his appreciation that the Chin Brotherhood Alliance was able to demonstrate the military outcomes of their successful revolution in Chin State.
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2. The Union Minister for the Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min, attended the Ministry Press Conference on January 3rd. During the press conference, the Union Minister stated that Myanmar's military atrocities constitute not just ordinary human rights violations but also war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The military junta is currently deteriorating everywhere and committing human rights violations. They have committed international crimes that go beyond ordinary human rights violations. That is why the Ministry has identified three Myanmar-related crimes as international crimes and is striving to disclose them to the international community so that we can take action against them. In terms of war crimes, it is also found that civilians who are not involved in the conflict are systematically targeted in large numbers and everywhere. At the press conference, the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Human Rights of NUG, U Aung Kyaw Moe, released statistics on military junta violations, clarifying the differences by year as well as the violations committed by the military junta forces by regions and states. The military junta forces committed 1,787 extrajudicial killings and 1,355 destructions of property. In addition, 1,243 human rights violations were reported in the Sagaing Region in 2023, with 1,152 in 2024.
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3. According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), 58 political prisoners were killed by a military junta in 2024. According to documents, the deceased include former Mandalay Region Chief Minister Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, who also serves as the NLD's Vice Chairman, and former Union Minister of Electricity U Win Khaing. According to AAPP data, the military junta detained and killed 406 people between January 1 and December 31, 2024, including 12 in police stations, 15 in military interrogation camps, and 15 in military prisons, with the true number likely higher. According to the AAPP, as the military junta loses the war, it has begun to murder political prisoners more brutally. The military junta, in control for nearly four years, has lost much of its territory and is torturing and killing political prisoners it has arrested. According to the AAPP statement, brutal human rights violations are systematically carried out in prisons and interrogation camps, and political prisoners are held in military-run police stations, interrogation camps, and prisons, where they are subjected to various forms of mental, physical, and sexual torture. As a result, AAPP urges the international community to immediately release all political prisoners, including President U Win Myint and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, without legitimizing the terrorist military junta, and to apply effective pressure on the terrorist military junta and hold them accountable for committing international crimes. During the military coup, which took place from February 1, 2021, to January 2, 2025, a total of 6,092 democracy activists and civilians were killed by the violent military junta and its henchmen. Of the more than 28,000 people arrested, more than 21,000 are still imprisoned, and nearly 10,000 have received prison sentences.
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4. The Myanmar Representative Office of the Republic of Korea of the National Unity Government and a member of the National Policy Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Lee Kang-il, met to discuss the reorganization of the Myanmar parliamentary group on December 30th. The NUG Representative Office stated that they explored reorganizing the previously existing Myanmar parliamentary group, holding parliamentary hearings, and cooperating with the NUG, CRPH, and the Korean parliament this year. The elected parliament representative Lee Kang-il and Secretary Gun Tae-hoon discussed in detail the current situation of the Myanmar revolution and the situation of Myanmar people in Korea, to which NUG Representative Office Chief U Soe Moe Thu and Officer U Win Paw Maung responded. Member of Parliament Lee Kang-il claimed that he is interested in human rights, refugee issues, and labor issues and is willing to work to meet the needs of these sectors for the Myanmar revolution. He stated that he will mainly focus on the visa challenges of the Myanmar revolutionaries living in Korea, as well as finding ways to assist those who have been unjustly arrested and those who are in desperate financial need as a result of the war.
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5. According to the Institute for Strategy and Policy Myanmar, 13 of the 23 Chinese investment projects in Northern Shan State, along with neighboring areas of central Myanmar, are entirely controlled by ethnic armed organizations (EAOs). The 13 Chinese projects controlled by EAOs and PDFs are the Muse Border Trade Cooperation Zone, Kuanlong Dam, Kuanlong Bridge, Chin Shwe Haw Border Economic Cooperation Zone, Naung Pha Dam, Lanchang-Mekong Disaster Relief Warehouse and Center, Crown Cement Plant, Sinn Shwe Li-1 Sugar Mill, Goteik Bridge and New Road Project, Sinn Shwe Li-2 Sugar Mill, Sinn Shwe Li-3 Sugar Mill, and Alpha Cement Plant. EAOs also partially control the Muse-Mandalay Railway and several trade routes, including the China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline, the cross-border power line, and the new International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC) in Shan State (North).
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