🇰🇵 In a new op-ed for UCA News, Benedict Rogers highlights the UN’s latest report on North Korea — a damning indictment showing that, a decade after the landmark UN inquiry, repression has only deepened with public executions, trafficking, and totalitarian control. www.ucanews.com/news/kim-jon...

🇮🇩 “We cannot afford to let Indonesia… slide into authoritarianism, intolerance, instability, conflict, and further human rights violations.” — Benedict Rogers, Fortify Rights. For UCANews, he warns Indonesia faces democratic backsliding under President Subianto. www.ucanews.com/news/asia-an...

🇲🇲🇭🇰 “Keir Starmer must take up these issues… and demand the release of Jimmy Lai and Aung San Suu Kyi.” — Benedict Rogers, Fortify Rights Both elderly, frail, and unjustly imprisoned, they risk dying behind bars without urgent international action. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

A survivor from Kachin State recalls the traumatic event from Myanmar junta’s airstrike on the Alen Bum cultural center in October 2023. Fortify Rights’s new report identifies junta officials responsible for the attacks. Read more on Fortify Rights’s new report: bit.ly/AirstrikeReportEN

The Myanmar junta bombed two boarding schools in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, killing at least 18 students. This indiscriminate assault on schools and civilians is a clear war crime. International governments must act now and ban jet fuel sales to the Myanmar junta. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

🇲🇲🇺🇦 Human rights defenders from Myanmar and Ukraine are calling out Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, for its complicity in war crimes from occupying Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to backing the Myanmar junta’s atrocities with a nuclear deal. thediplomat.com/2025/09/russ...

🇲🇲 “It won’t be a general election, but a selection of generals.” In an op-ed for UCA News, Benedict Rogers highlights the UN rights chief’s report on Myanmar and urges the international community to cut the junta’s lifelines and reject sham polls. www.ucanews.com/news/un-righ...

🇲🇲 A mother recounts the day her son was killed in an airstrike on a school in Daw Si Ei village, Karenni State, in Feb 2024. Governments should urgently impose a coordinated aviation fuel & arms embargo on the junta to end these war crimes. More on Fortify Rights report: bit.ly/AirstrikeReportEN

သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ချက် - Fortify Rights ၏ အစီရင်ခံစာအသစ်တွင် ကချင်နှင့် ကရင်နီပြည်နယ်များရှိ အရပ်သားများအပေါ် ပစ်မှတ်ထားတိုက်ခိုက်သည့် စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှုမြောက်စေသော ပြစ်မှုများကို ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့သည့် မြန်မာအာဏာသိမ်းစစ်အုပ်စု၏ ထိပ်တန်းအရာရှိများ၊ စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင်များ၊ တပ်ရင်း တပ်ဖွဲ့များနှင့် လေတပ်စခန်းများကို စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးဖော်ထုတ်ထားသည်။ သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ချက် အပြည့်အစုံ - shorturl.at/UKVts

🇲🇲 NEW: Fortify Rights report names 22 junta officials, units & airbases behind deadly airstrikes on civilians in Kachin & Karenni — attacks that may amount to war crimes. U.N. states should impose a global arms & jet fuel embargo and refer Myanmar to the ICC. www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2025...

🇲🇲 “Now is not the time to lift sanctions or cut aid — and it is certainly not the time to give credence to fake elections.” — Benedict Rogers, Fortify Rights In Nikkei Asia, Senior Director Benedict Rogers cautions against aid cuts and sanctions relief in Myanmar. asia.nikkei.com/opinion/myan...

📢 Report Launch & Panel Discussion Fortify Rights’s new report “𝗖𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝘀” exposes Myanmar junta airstrikes on civilians in Kachin & Karenni States, naming 22 military officials and commands responsible for war crimes. 🗓 Sep 4 | 10 a.m. 📍FCCT, Bangkok RSVP: bit.ly/AirstrikeReportLaunch

“[T]he AA would come, take the men, and force them into hard labour,” Ejaz Min Khant, Human Rights Specialist at Fortify Rights, told The New Humanitarian. The Arakan Army’s forced labour of Rohingya in Rakhine State is a serious human rights violation. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...

Bangladesh 🇧🇩 "True accountability requires fair justice procedures, reparations, and unwavering transparency," says John Quinley, director at Fortify Rights. www.thedailystar.net/news/banglad...

Report Launch and Panel Discussion "Crashing Down on Us" Fortify Rights's new report exposes the Myanmar junta’s war crimes in Kachin & Karenni states, and identifies 22 junta officials & commands responsible for the attacks. 📅 Sept 4, 10 a.m. 📍FCCT, Bangkok 🎟️ bit.ly/AirstrikeReportLaunch

🇹🇭 In this op-ed for The Diplomat, Thanida Piyachot from Fortify Rights, reflects on the human cost of the border conflict. She calls on both nations to restore livelihoods, trust, and dignity. thediplomat.com/2025/08/the-...

Today is Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day & marks the Myanmar military’s genocidal attacks in 2017 which forced 700,000+ Rohingya people to flee to Bangladesh. U.N. member states must pursue accountability for genocide & other atrocities committed against Rohingya civilians. shorturl.at/4XhIr

🇹🇭🇰🇭 Beyond political rivalries and territorial disputes, the impact of the Thai–Cambodia border conflict falls on the rural communities. In The Diplomat, Thanida Piyachot shares her first-hand account & calls to “rebuild trust, restore livelihoods, & return dignity” on both sides. shorturl.at/XCkSG

🇲🇲 An annual report by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar details systematic torture in military-run detention facilities, as well as other atrocities across the country, including aerial attacks on schools, homes, and hospitals. news.un.org/en/story/202...

🇮🇳 India is arbitrarily arresting, torturing, and expelling Indian Muslim citizens and Rohingya refugees to Myanmar and Bangladesh under its “illegal immigrant” verification campaign. Learn more in our investigation ⬇️

📢 Join the online report launch of “The Ashes of Rakhine,” a new report by Rohingya Human Rights Initiative exposing ongoing atrocities against Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Panelists include human rights defenders from Fortify Rights, Human Rights Watch, & more. 📆 Aug 23, 2025 ⏰ 2:30 PM IST

🇹🇭🇰🇭 Fortify Rights’s investigation on Thailand-Cambodia border conflict finds evidence of the indiscriminate use of force. The U.N. should establish an independent Fact-Finding Mission to investigate potential war crimes committed during the conflict. www.fortifyrights.org/tha-inv-2025...

🇲🇲 Following the deaths of several detainees in #Myanmar in July 2025, including student activist Ma Wutt Yee Aung, human rights groups calls for an end to torture and to ensure access to healthcare in detention centers.

🇹🇭🇰🇭As conflict deescalates along the Thai-Cambodia border, investigations are underway into potential war crimes and human rights violations following recent deadly attacks. cambojanews.com/war-crimes-l...

🇲🇲 Following the deaths of several detainees in Myanmar in July 2025, including student activist Ma Wutt Yee Aung, human rights groups calls for an end to torture and to ensure access to healthcare in detention centers. www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-stm-...

🇲🇲 Meet Pyan Hlwar, a protest leader from Yangon People's Strike behind the iconic 8888 umbrella protest in 2022. In this interview with Fortify Rights, he shares his journey, resilience, and hope for a free and just Myanmar. Read the full conversation : www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-pro-...

🇮🇳 Al Jazeera reports on the impact of India’s discriminatory campaign to expel Bengali Muslims, including those with documents proving citizenship. www.aljazeera.com/video/the-li...

🇲🇲 Fortify Rights's investigation reveals the Arakan Army (AA) committed war crimes against Rohingya civilians, including abductions, torture, killings, and beheadings, in areas under their control in Rakhine State. The Int'l Criminal Court should investigate AA’s war crimes. bit.ly/WarCrimesbyAA

🇹🇭🇰🇭 Fortify Rights’s investigation found that Cambodian forces fired unguided “Grad” rockets into civilian areas, and calls on the U.N. to establish independent Fact-Finding Mission to investigate. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Myanmar 🇲🇲 Myanmar Now reports that 15 people were killed by a Myanmar junta airstrike on a makeshift hospital in Sagaing Region. myanmar-now.org/en/news/15-k...

🇹🇭In Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand, a displaced person took his own life near a shelter after saying he wanted to go home, Matichon reports. A tragic reminder that armed conflict inflicts not only physical harm but also psychological wounds on those affected. www.matichon.co.th/local/news_5...

Indian authorities have intensified their “illegal immigrant” verification campaign, arbitrarily arresting, detaining, torturing, & expelling Indian Muslim citizens & Rohingya refugees. The Indian Government should immediately end its unlawful campaign of expulsion. bit.ly/IndiaEndExpulsion

🇧🇩 One year ago, the people of Bangladesh led the Monsoon Revolution, ending over a decade of authoritarian rule. As the country moves forward, the interim gov't should ensure accountability for protest-related killings, violence & enforced disappearances under the former regime. bit.ly/BGLprotests

Fortify Rights calls on the U.N. to establish an independent Fact-Finding Mission to investigate potential war crimes in Thai-Cambodia border conflict. New research reveals evidence of the indiscriminate use of force during a Cambodian armed forces attack on Thai border provinces. shorturl.at/eIiJ5

Up to 10,000 civilians are reportedly trapped in Pekhon Township, on the Shan–Karenni border, as fighting escalates between junta and resistance forces in Myanmar. Many are unable to flee and urgently need evacuation + humanitarian support. myanmar-now.org/en/news/thou...

#Myanmar 🇲🇲 Human Rights Watch finds that the Arakan Army has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave abuses against Rohingya in Rakhine State. “Life under the Arakan Army’s control was incredibly restrictive,” a Rohingya refugee said after fleeing to Bangladesh. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

As Thai and Cambodian forces clash along the border, Fortify Rights’s Patrick Phongsathorn speaks with The Sun on the conflict situation and the path to accountability for possible war crimes. Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A65u...

ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊​ ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် (AA) ထိန်းချုပ်နယ်မြေများရှိ ယာယီထိန်းသိမ်းရေးစခန်းများနှင့် ကျေးရွာများတွင် ရိုဟင်ဂျာများအပေါ် ကျူးလွန်သော စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများကို နိုင်ငံတကာ ရာဇဝတ်ခုံရုံး(ICC)က စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရန် Fortify Rights မှ တောင်းဆိုထားသည်။ myanmar-now.org/mm/news/6540...

Clashes between Thai & Cambodian troops have reportedly injured & displaced civilians, & damaged civilian infrastructure. Fortify Rights calls on both sides to protect civilians & avoid attacks that can cause civilian deaths, injuries, or destruction of civilian infrastructure. shorturl.at/qbrcC

Myanmar 🇲🇲 The Daily Star covers recent investigation by Fortify Rights of war crimes committed by the Arakan Army, including abductions, torture, killings, and beheadings of Rohingya civilians in ad-hoc detention centres and villages under its control. www.thedailystar.net/news/banglad...

သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ချက် - Fortify Rights ၏ စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှုအသစ်တစ်ခုတွင် ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် (AA) သည် ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်တွင် ၎င်းထိန်းချုပ်ထားသည့်ဒေသများရှိ ယာယီထိန်းသိမ်းရေးစခန်းများနှင့် ကျေးရွာများတွင် ရိုဟင်ဂျာအရပ်သားများအပေါ် စစ်ဥပဒေများကို ပြောင်ပြောင်တင်းတင်း ချိုးဖောက်နေကြောင်း တွေ့ရှိရသည်။ သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ချက် အပြည့်အစုံ​ - bit.ly/WarCrimesAA

🇲🇲 NEW: A new investigation by Fortify Rights finds that the Arakan Army (AA) has committed serious violations of the laws of war against Rohingya civilians in ad-hoc detention centers and villages under its control in Rakhine State. 1/3 Read the full news release: bit.ly/WarCrimesbyAA

🚨Two political prisoners in Myanmar have reportedly died in jail due to medical neglect, on July 20. This is part of a broader pattern of abuse by the junta against detainees. All political prisoners must be immediately and unconditionally released. www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/2...

🇺🇦 Thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted and forcibly taken to Russia, since Russia’s invasion in 2022, TIME reports. President Zelensky urges world leaders to pressure Putin to return the children and hold perpetrators accountable. time.com/7302345/ukra...

Russia launched massive overnight airstrikes across Ukraine, hitting Kyiv with drones and missiles and killing at least one person. Over the past two months, Russia has reportedly carried out drone attacks in Ukraine almost daily, with 741 aerial strikes reported in July 9 alone. shorturl.at/qzRhY

🇹🇭 A Thai woman escaped through a window after being assaulted and held captive by her husband, Bangkok Post reports. He is now reportedly threatening her to abandon her legal case against him. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

What is the reality of documenting atrocity crimes in Myanmar? 🇲🇲 In this Q&A, Esther J of Burma War Crimes Investigation shares with Fortify Rights's Sai Arkar about the challenges of investigating war crimes on the frontlines and why accountability matters. Read more: shorturl.at/jxYek

In the first half of 2025, Fortify Rights published 35+ op-eds across leading media outlets—exposing abuses in Myanmar, Bangladesh, and beyond, and pushing for rights-based solutions. Here are 9 pieces that reflect the heart of our work.

Will ASEAN welcome democratic Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 or support the criminal Myanmar military regime 🇲🇲? In this op-ed, Benedict Rogers from Fortify Rights calls on ASEAN to suspend the junta’s participation and recommit to advancing human rights. Read more 👇 www.ucanews.com/news/aseans-...

Myanmar 🇲🇲 The New York Times cites Fortify Rights’s investigation into a gruesome leaked video showing the Arakan Army executing two captured junta soldiers in 2024. All parties in #Myanmar’s conflict, including resistance forces and the junta, must respect the laws of war. shorturl.at/o3sRx