Myanmar's Escalating Conflict: Terror Tactics and Ethnic Resistance

The Myanmar military junta is escalating terror tactics against its own people, including burnings, beheadings, and mutilations, as it faces increasing resistance from armed groups seeking to oust it from power. The military's brutal campaign has displaced nearly three million people and has been labeled as war crimes and crimes against humanity by UN investigators and human rights organizations. The junta denies targeting civilians and blames resistance forces for the violence, but eyewitnesses and analysts point to the military's responsibility for the atrocities. The situation in Myanmar has been described as a "never-ending nightmare" by the United Nations Human Rights Chief, with the military resorting to punishment and terror as it loses territory and faces mass defections.