Myanmar Junta Urged to Stop Using Child Soldiers

Myanmar junta urged to stop using child soldiers

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for the Myanmar military to stop the recruitment and use of child soldiers on Friday. Since the junta took over Myanmar in the 2021 coup, the recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged, especially after the junta enacted a mandatory conscription in February 2024. HRW Asia Researcher Shayna Bauchner stated: “The Myanmar military has a long and appalling history of using children as porters, guides, and in com…

Junta Kills Child, Burns Houses in Thandaunggyi Township

On 15 June 2025, the junta convoy was travelling towards Leiktho along the road from Taungoo City in Bago Region to Leiktho Town in Karen State when they reached Ahlelchaung (lower) Village, not far from Leiktho Town. There, the soldiers set fire to two houses at a road intersection. Junta soldiers based in Ahlelchaung (lower) Village and the Leiktho Town-based Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 603 then fired artillery along the route where the con…