Burma Coup Watch for the month of Sep 2025: Junta rolls out airstrike campaign ahead of sham polls

• As of 10 Oct, there were at least 59,096 armed clashes and attacks against civilians since 1 Feb 2021 As of 6 Oct, 3,345,300 people were displaced. The junta continued its violent crimes.
• Junta tortures and burns alive seven civilians in Sagaing.
• Regime airstrike kills 22 in Arakan boarding schools.
• Junta increases airstrikes on civilians to clear polling routes.
• NUG-affiliated resistance forces murder 9 women, inc. pregnant woman.
• Junta ends CI to passport conversion, blocks nationals leaving Thailand.
• Regime charges first 40 under election law.
• Junta force IDPs in quake-hit Mandalay and Sagaing to vote in exchange for aid.
• Resistance to finalize federal transition pact before sham election.
• Czech aircraft aid to junta likely breaches EU sanctions.
• IIMM: Junta built BGP base on razed Rohingya homes during genocide.
• UNGA reveals worsening crisis for Rohingya after aid cuts.
• Junta looks to start ruby and sapphire exports to China.
• Junta partners with Chinese “Great Firewall” digital repression software.
• Sweden cuts aid to Burma.

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