Marauding regime troops kill, burn and rape their way through resistance-held areas of Sagaing, Magwe and Mandalay—and the victims are nearly always civilians.
Min Aung Hlaing has doffed his uniform to appoint himself president, but a change of clothes cannot mask the unprecedented chaos and collapse of his reign.
The junta has filled the top state and regional posts with loyalists, many linked to rights abuses, as Min Aung Hlaing consolidates control under his new presidency.
