Myanmar Principled Action Monitor, Edition No. 01 (May 2026)

Country: Myanmar

Source: Humanitarian Assistance And Disaster Relief Institute

Please refer to the attached file.

Key Findings

The following key findings are drawn from open-source reporting for the period 1–30 April 2026.

Min Aung Hlaing was sworn in as President on 10 April 2026, consolidating military authority under a nominally civilian political structure. Opposition groups and ethnic armed organisations rejected a 100-day peace framework tied to the 2008 Constitution, indicating a low prospect of substantive negotiation in the near term .

Reports of violence targeting civilians reached 185 during April, with 106 fatalities recorded; Mandalay and Sagaing regions accounted for the majority of events and deaths . Arson operations destroyed more than 300 houses and five villages in the Mandalay region during the reporting period .

The military's tightening of the Rakhine blockade following the capture of a key Magwe Region junction , combined with expanded restrictions on sanitary product distribution, has further constrained humanitarian access to conflict-affected civilian populations .

14,173 verified individuals remain in detention since the 2021 coup, with a further 7,874 unverified cases bringing the total still detained to 22,047 . Reports of denial of medical care to at least one political prisoner in Insein Prison was recorded during the reporting period .

A local hospital compound in Hpapun district was targeted by aerial bombardment followed by military occupation during the reporting period, representing a pattern of attacks on protected medical infrastructure warranting continued IHL monitoring ...