The Ministry of Human Rights under the National Unity Government (NUG) has released an updated report on the massacre, atrocities and killing of civilians committed by the military after it illegally seized power in February 2021.

The report includes the recorded figures, with 144 massacres - 11 in 2021, 85 in 2022 and 48 in 2023, while casualities of civilians reached 1,595 up to July. The number of victims in these massacres were 920 in Sagaing, 96 in Magway, 58 in Chin, 142 in Kachin, 66 in Shan, 71 in Yangon, 110 in Bago, 48 in Karenni, 20 in Mandalay, 19 in Tanintharyi, 18 in Karen, 22 in Rakhine and 5 in Ayeyarwady.

The numbers of casualties in terms of gender were 153 female, 864 male, 81 boys, 42 girls and 455 people whose gender was not recorded.

Most of the massacres took place in the Sagaing region with 920 victims in 90 cases, 15 in Magway, 7 in Chin, 5 in Kachin, 5 in Shan, 4 in Yangon, 3 in Bago, 3 in Kareni, 3 in Mandalay, 3 in Tanintharyi, 3 in Karen, 2 in Rakhine and 1 in Ayeyarwady respectively.

The report of MHR said that it will try for justice on these crimes of the military, and invited reports from the public on human right abuses and international crimes of the junta with the aim to end the impunity enjoyed by the military.

The latest massacre occurred in Sone Chaung village of Yinmabin township, Sagaing Region, on 21 July when 14 innocent civilians, including four children under 18 years, were brutally killed by soldiers.