{"id":2112653,"date":"2026-08-26T09:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2112653"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:01:55","slug":"human-rights-in-myanmar-hit-new-low-fuelled-by-illegal-mining-and-scam-centres-un-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2112653","title":{"rendered":"Human rights in Myanmar hit &#8216;new low,&#8217; fuelled by illegal mining and scam centres, UN warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/92\/54\/1200x675_cmsv2_2cbdb0b2-fafd-5cde-8c5f-50e6d64d28c2-9889254.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920764-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920764\" data-cid=\"9890058\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920764-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/00\/58\/189x106_cmsv2_c5a0ec79-e39b-51f3-834c-2bac403038d2-9890058.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Prince Harry, and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive for an event, during a visit to Bondi Beach, Australia, April 17, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Prince Harry, Meghan, and their children arrive back in the UK\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920767-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920767\" data-cid=\"9890061\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920767-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/00\/61\/189x106_cmsv2_160079a4-6208-5f15-8386-efeca196301f-9890061.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, arrives in court to testify in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Tech News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Meta agrees to pay $17bn in landmark US child-safety settlement deal\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920494-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920494\" data-cid=\"9888465\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920494-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/84\/65\/189x106_cmsv2_b43bd7f7-f9e7-5aba-8d11-5a7a310c8060-9888465.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Economy<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Warsh faces yields, a Treasury rescue and inflation at Jackson Hole\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920753-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2920753\" data-cid=\"9889914\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920753-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/95\/99\/189x106_cmsv2_22941609-0f65-5a35-a2ea-96181954140b-9889599.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli River after flash floods in Nepal&apos;s Nuwakot district on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    No Comment<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Hundreds missing as flash floods tear through Nepal\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920764-pos1-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2920764\" data-cid=\"9890058\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920764-label-pos1-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/00\/58\/189x106_cmsv2_c5a0ec79-e39b-51f3-834c-2bac403038d2-9890058.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Prince Harry, and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive for an event, during a visit to Bondi Beach, Australia, April 17, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Prince Harry, Meghan, and their children arrive back in the UK\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920767-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2920767\" data-cid=\"9890061\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920767-label-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/89\/00\/61\/189x106_cmsv2_160079a4-6208-5f15-8386-efeca196301f-9890061.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, arrives in court to testify in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Tech News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Meta agrees to pay $17bn in landmark US child-safety settlement deal\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920494-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2920494\" data-cid=\"9888465\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920494-label-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/84\/65\/189x106_cmsv2_b43bd7f7-f9e7-5aba-8d11-5a7a310c8060-9888465.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Economy<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Warsh faces yields, a Treasury rescue and inflation at Jackson Hole\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920753-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2920753\" data-cid=\"9889914\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920753-label-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/95\/99\/189x106_cmsv2_22941609-0f65-5a35-a2ea-96181954140b-9889599.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Damaged houses stand precariously near the swollen, debris-choked banks of the Trishuli River after flash floods in Nepal&apos;s Nuwakot district on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    No Comment<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Hundreds missing as flash floods tear through Nepal\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Myanmar<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Human rights in Myanmar hit &#8216;new low,&#8217; fuelled by illegal mining and scam centres, UN warns<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/92\/54\/1536x864_cmsv2_2cbdb0b2-fafd-5cde-8c5f-50e6d64d28c2-9889254.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Debris litters a Buddhist monastery after an airstrike hit Swel Le Oh village in Myaung Township, 21 August, 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Debris litters a Buddhist monastery after an airstrike hit Swel Le Oh village in Myaung Township, 21 August, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspGavin Blackburn\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1787734915\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-08-26 11:01:55 +02:00\">26\/08\/2026 &#8211; 11:01 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span 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width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Myanmar&#8217;s ruling junta seized power in a coup in 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the country into turmoil and a humanitarian crisis.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>The already dire human rights situation in Myanmar has plunged to a &#8220;new low,&#8221; the United Nations has warned, with illegal mining and scam centres fuelling the crisis.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The UN human rights office denounced the &#8220;ever-worsening brutal abuse&#8221; of the Rohingya minority and the &#8220;devastating impact&#8221; of illicit economies, including mining for rare earths.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar&#8217;s ruling junta seized power in a coup on 1 February 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil and a humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past five years, more than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed across all sides as the military battles an array of pro-democracy and ethnic-minority rebels.<\/p>\n<p>Covering 1 June 2025-31 May 2026, the report &#8220;depicts a picture of suffering, misery, and cruelty on multiple levels and across the country that is heartbreaking,&#8221; UN rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I call on all states, companies and investors to undertake serious soul-searching with respect to their actions, or inaction, to ask: is this fair and just for the people of Myanmar?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing took over as Myanmar&#8217;s civilian president in April, surrendering the office of armed forces chief to a key aide.<\/p>\n<p>Min Aung Hlaing is currently spearheading a diplomatic blitz to shake off Myanmar&#8217;s post-coup pariah status and gain diplomatic recognition abroad, with trips to India, China, Laos and Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The military&#8217;s persistent quest for control and legitimacy has only deepened the suffering and the multiple life-threatening protection and humanitarian concerns civilians face,&#8221; the UN report said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Military tactics aimed at imposing fear and control, facilitated by the use of new technologies to expand surveillance, permeate every aspect of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Case on whether Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingya opens at UN court<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees dead and missing in shipwrecks in 2025, UNHCR says<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Scam centres expanding<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The report highlighted military violence against civilians, through the persistent use of airstrikes, arson attacks and displacement.<\/p>\n<p>It said the military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic minority rebel group, were committing widespread and systematic abuses against the Rohingya minority.<\/p>\n<p>It also said illicit economies were helping to finance the conflict, with human rights crises multiplying due to illegal mining, drug production, human trafficking and scam centres.<\/p>\n<p>James Rodehaver, head of the rights office&#8217;s Myanmar team, said local communities have become increasingly dependent on the scam centres.<\/p>\n<p>They are &#8220;building roads, schools and freshwater wells as a way to endear themselves to the local community&#8221; and increase their legitimacy, he told a press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669242658423493\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img 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the Rohingya minority and the &#8220;devastating impact&#8221; of illicit economies, including mining for rare earths.Myanmar&#8217;s ruling junta seized power in a coup on 1 February 2021 that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi&#8217;s elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the southeast Asian nation into bloody turmoil and a humanitarian crisis.Over the past five years, more than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed across all sides as the military battles an array of pro-democracy and ethnic-minority rebels.Covering 1 June 2025-31 May 2026, the report &#8220;depicts a picture of suffering, misery, and cruelty on multiple levels and across the country that is heartbreaking,&#8221; UN rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk said in a statement.&#8221;I call on all states, companies and investors to undertake serious soul-searching with respect to their actions, or inaction, to ask: is this fair and just for the people of Myanmar?&#8221;Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing took over as Myanmar&#8217;s civilian president in April, surrendering the office of armed forces chief to a key aide.Min Aung Hlaing is currently spearheading a diplomatic blitz to shake off Myanmar&#8217;s post-coup pariah status and gain diplomatic recognition abroad, with trips to India, China, Laos and Thailand.&#8221;The military&#8217;s persistent quest for control and legitimacy has only deepened the suffering and the multiple life-threatening protection and humanitarian concerns civilians face,&#8221; the UN report said.&#8221;Military tactics aimed at imposing fear and control, facilitated by the use of new technologies to expand surveillance, permeate every aspect of life.&#8221;Scam centres expandingThe report highlighted military violence against civilians, through the persistent use of airstrikes, arson attacks and displacement.It said the military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic minority rebel group, were committing widespread and systematic abuses against the 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