Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights situation in Myanmar.

Myanmar is a Human Rights Priority Country for the UK.

The February 2021 coup has exacerbated the already grave human rights situation. Security forces continued to commit atrocities throughout the country, with credible reports of torture, burning of villages, rape and sexual violence and mass killings. As of June 2022, over 690,000 people have been displaced by military operations, and 14.4 million people are now in humanitarian need. Over 10,000 people remain in arbitrary detention, and we are deeply concerned about reports that the military have sentenced pro-democracy activists and leaders to death. Identity and gender-based violence continue to be a huge problem across Myanmar. Freedom of expression and religious belief continue to be supressed.

We have raised these issues at the UN Security Council, UN Human Rights Council and G7. The UK has also provided £500,000 to the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, which collects and preserves evidence of human rights violations for future prosecution.