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Our specialist expert witness for Myanmar provides detailed country reports covering military coup persecution, Rohingya genocide, ethnic minority targeting of Karen, Kachin, and Shan communities, journalist detention, political opposition risks, and gender-based violence. Consequently, immigration lawyers across the UK, US, Canada, and EU rely on our evidence to build stronger asylum cases.
Since the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar has plunged into a multi-dimensional crisis of unprecedented severity, with the military junta conducting a campaign of violence against civilians that has killed thousands and displaced millions. Our expert witness for Myanmar documents how the coup has created new categories of persecution victims while exacerbating pre-existing patterns of ethnic and religious targeting. Furthermore, reports by UNHCR and Human Rights Watch confirm that crimes against humanity are being committed on a massive scale.
Moreover, the ongoing Rohingya genocide, decades-long ethnic armed conflicts, and the post-coup resistance movement create overlapping layers of persecution. As a result, our expert witness for Myanmar analyses how different threat actors and conflict dynamics affect individuals based on their ethnicity, political affiliation, professional background, and geographic location.
The military junta systematically targets anyone associated with the Civil Disobedience Movement or resistance to military rule, including civil servants who participated in strikes, healthcare workers, teachers, and ordinary citizens who attended protests. Specifically, the military conducts mass arrests, extrajudicial killings, and aerial bombardment of civilian areas. Furthermore, the junta maintains “black lists” of individuals sought for opposition activities, creating risks that persist regardless of geographic location within Myanmar. Our expert witness for Myanmar documents how the post-coup environment has created an entirely new category of political persecution victims.
The Rohingya Muslim population has been subjected to genocide including mass killings, sexual violence, and the destruction of entire villages, forcing over one million people to flee to Bangladesh. Those remaining in Rakhine State face apartheid-like conditions including denial of citizenship, severe movement restrictions, and confinement to camps. Additionally, the International Court of Justice has ordered provisional measures to prevent genocide, while the military continues to deny Rohingya basic rights. Our expert witness for Myanmar provides evidence of how Rohingya identity alone creates an existential persecution risk.
Karen, Kachin, Shan, Chin, and other ethnic minority communities face longstanding military campaigns involving aerial bombardment, forced displacement, sexual violence, and forced labour. The post-coup period has intensified these conflicts as ethnic armed organisations have joined the resistance. Specifically, the military has escalated airstrikes on civilian areas in ethnic states, destroying villages and creating massive displacement. Our reports document how ethnic identity combines with geographic location and perceived political affiliation to create specific persecution profiles for different ethnic minority individuals.
The military junta has imprisoned dozens of journalists and revoked independent media licences since the coup, creating one of the world’s most dangerous environments for press freedom. Journalists face charges under the Counter-Terrorism Law and electronic communications legislation carrying sentences of up to life imprisonment. Furthermore, citizen journalists who document military atrocities for social media face particular targeting. Our expert witness for Myanmar explains how any form of independent media activity – whether professional journalism or citizen reporting – creates severe prosecution risk under the current regime.
Members of the National League for Democracy, Civil Disobedience Movement participants, and anyone perceived as opposing military rule face arrest, torture, and extrajudicial killing. The military maintains extensive surveillance networks and informant systems to identify opposition supporters. Additionally, NLD members at all levels – from national leaders to township organisers – face targeting, as do civil servants who participated in the post-coup strikes. Our expert witness for Myanmar documents how the breadth of the military’s targeting extends to ordinary citizens who expressed opposition through any means.
The Myanmar military has a documented history of using sexual violence as a weapon of war against ethnic minority women, and these practices have intensified since the coup. Women detained for political activities face sexual assault and torture in military custody. Furthermore, the collapse of judicial institutions has eliminated any recourse for gender-based violence victims. Our expert witness for Myanmar documents how the intersection of gender, ethnicity, and political activity creates compounded persecution that affects women and girls across multiple conflict zones.
Myanmar’s multi-dimensional crisis creates complex asylum cases that require specialist evidence to navigate. While the severity of conditions is widely acknowledged, tribunals still require individualised risk assessment. Therefore, instructing an expert witness for Myanmar is essential to demonstrate how specific personal characteristics create heightened risk within this catastrophic environment.
Our specialists provide critical analysis distinguishing between different categories of risk. Specifically, we document how ethnic identity, political affiliation, professional background, and geographic origin create differentiated risk profiles within Myanmar’s complex conflict landscape. This nuanced approach ensures tribunals understand the specific dangers facing each individual applicant.
Our expert witness for Myanmar helps tribunals understand the overlapping layers of persecution from the military junta, ethnic armed conflicts, and the Rohingya genocide, explaining how specific individuals face distinct risk profiles depending on their background and circumstances.
We access Burmese-language military communiques, resistance media, ethnic language sources including Karen, Kachin, and Rohingya community reporting, and intelligence from networks operating within Myanmar’s most dangerous regions.
Our expert witness for Myanmar explains why internal relocation is not viable given the nationwide nature of the military’s campaign, the breakdown of civilian governance, and the pervasive surveillance systems. We document how different regions face distinct but equally severe conflict dynamics.
Yes. While the general crisis is acknowledged, tribunals require individualised risk assessment. Our expert witness for Myanmar demonstrates how specific factors – ethnicity, political affiliation, professional role, or geographic origin – create heightened risk profiles. Furthermore, the rapidly evolving conflict landscape requires current specialist analysis that general country information cannot provide.
Our expert witness for Myanmar documents the full scope of the Rohingya genocide including mass killings, sexual violence, village destruction, and the denial of citizenship and basic rights. We provide evidence from ICJ proceedings, satellite imagery, and survivor testimony demonstrating that Rohingya identity alone creates persecution risk. Additionally, we analyse the conditions facing Rohingya in Bangladesh refugee camps and the impossibility of safe return.
Our expert witness for Myanmar provides detailed analysis of the military junta’s campaign against civilian opposition, documenting how CDM participants, NLD members, protest attendees, and anyone perceived as opposing military rule face arrest, torture, and extrajudicial killing. We explain how the military maintains targeting lists and uses informant networks to identify opposition supporters.
Yes. Our expert witness for Myanmar addresses persecution of all major ethnic minorities including Karen, Kachin, Shan, Chin, Karenni, Mon, and Rakhine communities. We document how each ethnic group faces distinct but overlapping patterns of military violence, forced displacement, and cultural suppression. The post-coup escalation of ethnic armed conflicts has intensified these patterns dramatically.
Yes. Our Myanmar specialists regularly provide oral evidence in UK First-tier and Upper Tribunals, US immigration courts, Canadian IRB hearings, and EU national asylum courts. Testimony is available in-person, via video conference, or by telephone. However, not every case requires live testimony – well-prepared written reports often suffice, and we advise honestly whether oral evidence would strengthen your particular case.
Myanmar asylum cases require specialist evidence to demonstrate individual risk profiles within a complex multi-dimensional crisis. Whether your client faces military coup targeting, Rohingya genocide, ethnic minority persecution, or journalist detention, our expert witness for Myanmar delivers the detailed analysis that tribunals need to grant protection.
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