Tag: Discrimination
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Impact of digital surveillance on civic space in Myanmar
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The military is weaponising surveillance to crush all civic space. AI-powered cameras and spyware are used to hunt journalists, human rights defenders, and political activists, while repressive new laws create a “rule by lawfare.” This digital dictatorship enables a high-tech war on women and criminalises the very act of seeking privacy.
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AI undermines cultural life in Myanmar
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The military is weaponising Artificial Intelligence to dismantle cultural rights and undermine the right to development. By automating censorship, enforcing digital exclusion, and erasing minority identities, the military has created a digital dictatorship. This submission details how AI-driven repression violates international law and demands urgent global accountability.
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Gender equality, the digital space and AI in Myanmar
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The military is waging a high-tech war on women. Pro-military online groups dox women, publishing their private data and calling for their arrest. This “dox-to-arrest” pipeline is backed by an expanding network of AI-powered facial recognition cameras, which enables the military to track women. This systematic campaign violates women’s fundamental human rights to privacy, freedom…
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Myanmar’s repressive use of AI to counter “terrorism”
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The military in Myanmar is engineering an artificial intelligence-powered digital dictatorship under the false pretext of national security and counter “terrorism”. This is not merely a collection of surveillance tools but a core component of the military’s campaign of repression, designed to automate and scale up atrocity crimes against the opposition.
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Military prevents reintegration of political prisoners
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This report to the UN exposes the military’s deliberate policy of preventing the reintegration of political prisoners. Instead of rehabilitation, the military regime enforces surveillance, harassment, economic exclusion, and family disruption to keep former detainees marginalised and politically silenced. It calls for international accountability and support for independent reintegration efforts to counter the regime’s systematic…
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Killing of LGBTIQ+ persons in military-controlled Myanmar
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The military coup in Myanmar reversed the progress made in protecting LGBTIQ+ rights, plunging the community into a state of heightened vulnerability. This report details the ongoing dangers and killings of LGBTIQ+ persons.
