NUG-MOHR Releases 2024 Human Rights Report
On January 12, the National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) released a video report titled "2024 Human Rights Situation Review", covering human rights violations committed in the country in 2024 by the terrorist junta and its affiliated organizations, and the ministry's work, in line with its four strategies, toward justice, peace and equality.
The report states that in 2024 MOHR systematically documented human rights violations, carried out international advocacy for justice, worked to align NUG policies with human rights standards, and conducted human rights education.
According to the ministry's report, there were 7,394 human rights violation incidents during 2024, of which 1,228 could be verified, 324 could be documented with full evidence, and 93 could be submitted to the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM).
The MOHR report also states that after the illegitimate military conscription law was enacted, the terrorist junta made 1,169 unlawful arrests to force people into military service, and that 22,863 people were forced into conscription.
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