Countries: Myanmar, Bangladesh Source: UN Human Rights Council Please refer to the attached file. Human Rights Council Sixty-first session 23 February–2 April 2026 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council's attention Summary Five years after launching a military coup against a democratically elected government, the Myanmar military junta continues to relentlessly attack civilians and obstruct humanitarian aid, driving Myanmar into a spiraling humanitarian crisis. Thousands of political prisoners remain behind bars. The situation of the Rohingya people has become more perilous than ever. The military junta’s efforts to assert its authority across Myanmar and wrestle its people into submission are failing. It has lost control of vast swathes of territory and is more reviled than ever. Violence and chaos have reverberated across Myanmar’s borders, with armed conflict, cyberscam operations, drug trafficking and refugee flows impacting its neighbors’ sovereignty and citizens. In a sign that international pressure is impacting the junta, coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing orchestrated a sham election in an apparent attempt to hide military oppression behind the trappings of a nominally civilian government. The spectacle fooled no one, least of all the people of Myanmar, who continue to demand respect for human rights and the establishment of a federal, democratic system of government free from military control. The international community’s response to the situation in Myanmar has shown promise, impeding the junta’s ability to secure the weapons and financing that it needs to sustain itself and its military assaults on civilians. Alarmingly, however, the resolve of many governments to support the people of Myanmar appears to be waning. Sanctions regimes- which have played an important role in isolating the junta and weakening its capacity to attack civilians - have not been kept up to date. Global cuts to foreign aid are devastating humanita