GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed alarm at the unprecedented food security crisis that is worsening an already devastating human rights situation across Myanmar, where more than 19.9 million people are currently in need of humanitarian assistance. Since the military coup in February 2021, the intensification of conflict across the country has led to an estimated 15.2 million people — nearly a third of Myanmar’s population — facing acute food insecurity in 2025. The experts issued the following statement:
“As the junta continue to lose territory to armed resistance groups, it has retaliated by blockading aid, and restricting…