UN Reports ‘Massive’ Humanitarian Crisis in Burma, Military’s Restriction to Aid Access

UN says Burma’s military rulers have been instilling a climate of fear to subjugate civilians.

This photo taken on February 14, 2022 shows Myanmar refugee children, who fled a surge in violence as the military cracks down on rebel groups, cooking at a camp in Nawphewlawl near the Myanmar-Thailand border in Kayin state. (Photo by AFP) Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images

The United Nations released a report on June 30 revealing a “massive” humanitarian crisis in Burma, also known as Myanmar, where more than 17.6 million people need humanitarian aid.

The report, published by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), states that the military has been suppressing civil society with “all means at their disposal” and depriving civilians of humanitarian aid since the military coup in February 2021.