Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report

Myanmar military hardware on display to mark Independence Day in Naypyidaw on 4 January 2023. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Companies in 13 countries across Europe, Asia and North America are assisting Myanmar’s junta – either indirectly or directly – by supplying materials to the stated-owned entity that produces the military’s weapons, a report by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) has found.

The weapons are then being used to commit human rights atrocities.