Myanmar's earthquake survivors accuse the military of holding up aid

Myanmar's earthquake survivors accuse the military of holding up aid

Human rights groups fear the military is using logistical challenges as an excuse to withhold aid from rebel-held areas.

Myanmar civil society groups warn of weaponisation of aid as earthquake response intensifies - Progressive Voice Myanmar

The groups say the regime must not be allowed to exploit overseas assistance or deny access to resistance-held areas hit by last Friday’s massive quake Following Myanmar’s devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake last week, 265 civil society groups have issued a statement calling for aid to be effectively channelled to affected communities and frontline responders through civil society, the National Unity Government, and ethnic resistance organisati…

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Brussels, March 31, 2025 – No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) urges the International Criminal Court (ICC) Office of the Prosecutor to investigate reports that Myanmar’s military leadership, under the command of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is deliberately blocking emergency aid from reaching earthquake survivors. This obstruction is not an isolated act – it is part of the broader policy of persecution and state violence against targeted communi…

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Myanmar civil society groups warn of weaponisation of aid as earthquake response intensifies

The groups say the regime must not be allowed to exploit overseas assistance or deny access to resistance-held areas hit by last Friday’s massive quake