ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) condemns in the strongest terms the declaration of a 90-day state of emergency and the imposition of martial law across 60 townships in nine states and regions of Myanmar, announced by Min Aung Hlaing on April 23, 2026.

The landscape of international criminal law and regional diplomacy in Southeast Asia underwent a seismic shift in April 2026 after a coalition of Rohingya survivors and prominent Indonesian human rights defenders submitted a criminal file to the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office against Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hliang over alleged genocide of the Rohingya people.

A Thammasat University student has been released after staging a solo protest against the attendance of Myanmar junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at the 6th BIMSTEC summit taking place in Bangkok. No charges were filed against him.

The Thai government has come under criticism for inviting a globally denounced war criminal, Myanmar military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, to attend the 6th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Bangkok.

The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) strongly condemns the decision to invite the illegitimate Myanmar military junta to participate in the upcoming Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) meeting in Bangkok on 3–4 April.

On 4 March, Senior General Min Aung Hliang, leader of Myanmar's military junta, met with the Russian President Vladimir Putin during a goodwill visit to Russia. The junta leader not only gifted Putin a book of horoscopes and six elephants but also made a bizarre claim about his past life—that he was a rat king who gave a mushroom to the Buddha. From Min Aung Hlaing’s bizarre beliefs to Donald Trump’s supernatural mandate, absurd claims are shaping public policies—and putting humanity at risk.

Civil society in Thailand and Myanmar have called on the Thai government to exclude the Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing from the 6th BIMSTEC summit, which Thailand is set to host on 3-4 April.

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) welcomes the International Criminal Court Prosecutor's arrest warrant request for Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing for crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya and calls on ASEAN member states, along with the UN and international stakeholders, to take a decisive and public stand in support of the ICC’s investigation and prosecution of Myanmar’s military leadership.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant for Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, for alleged crimes against humanity is a major step towards justice for the country’s Rohingya population, Human Rights Watch said yesterday (27 November).

On the third anniversary of the coup, a Myanmar network in Thailand has called on the Thai government to support Myanmar workers in Thailand and uphold democracy and human rights during the crisis in Myanmar.

The chief of the Royal Thai Air Force met with Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing after the end of the 20th ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference chaired by the Myanmar military.

The Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force participated in an ASEAN Air Chiefs Conference chaired by the Myanmar military, ignoring sanctions imposed on the Myanmarese government by several nations.