MOHR says 3,742 civilians killed in Myanmar’s central regions as jet fuel sanctions go unenforced

The Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) of Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has renewed calls for international sanctions on jet fuel and financial resources reaching the military junta, as new tallies from the ministry show military attacks have killed 3,742 civilians across Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway regions since the 2021 coup attempt — even as aviation fuel shipments to the military continue reaching Myanmar through disguised trade routes. According to MOHR, the killings occurred during raids, airstrikes and drone attacks the military has carried out since seizing power from Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on 1 February 2021, a takeover that triggered nationwide armed resistance under the Spring Revolution. The three regions, part of Myanmar’s central dry zone, have been among the hardest-hit areas of the conflict; MOHR says the regime has treated them as a single zone of operations in an effort to crush the unyielding resistance movement that emerged there. MOHR’s tally, compiled from online monitoring and ground reports through 15 July, recorded 2,202 civilians killed in Sagaing region, 791 in Mandalay region and 749 in Magway region, including 523 children under 18 and 452 people aged 60 or older across the three areas combined. The ministry documented 12,757 separate rights violations in total — including targeted killings, aerial and drone bombardments, and arson attacks on homes — and referred 393 of the most serious, verified cases to the UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) for possible future prosecution.Despite years of similar appeals, jet fuel has continued reaching the junta. Aviation fuel imports to Myanmar nearly doubled between 2024 and 2025, from 64,562 to 106,604 metric tonnes, according to Justice For Myanmar, a monitoring group that has separately pressed Western governments to sanction the supply chain. An investigation published by The Diplomat found that a company was still supplying jet fuel to Myanmar as late as June 2026, using a Bangladeshi port of call as cover for the shipment’s actual destination. The fuel appears to be sustaining the same kind of operations MOHR’s report documents. On 25 July, military aircraft dropped bombs on Monhla village in Khin-U township, Sagaing region, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring two others, according to local media reports. MOHR again called on the international community to act swiftly and effectively to sanction the jet fuel and financial resources keeping the junta’s air force flying — an appeal the ministry and rights groups have repeated for years without a comprehensive international ban materializing. The post MOHR says 3,742 civilians killed in Myanmar’s central regions as jet fuel sanctions go unenforced appeared first on ENG.MIZZIMA.COM.