Articles

CIR Co-Founder Ross Burley reflects on why CIR is documenting the war in Gaza and Israel, how we work in a hostile information environment, and what sustained open-source analysis is revealing about civilian harm and accountability.

CIR launched the Digital Investigation Academy in October 2024 to teach UK university students open source (OSINT) skills, open career pathways, and facilitate opportunities for real-world impact. Here we reflect on the inaugural programme.

The ‘Myanmar TimeMap’ is an interactive map of Myanmar which contains information on verified and alleged human rights abuses in Myanmar.

Myanmar Witness investigators have gathered key evidence proving that a massacre took place in a village in Sagaing region, Myanmar in December 2023.

What are the initial steps in an open source investigation? Which open source techniques are used by our analysts?

This is the first article of an explainer series about OSINT, its techniques, and how these can be applied in real-world investigations, especially in Afghanistan.

Fires in Kale and Myaing and an artillery strike in Palaw

Clashes between SAC and TNLA near the Chinese border and more clashes in Tabayin, with dozens of houses burnt down.

2 cases of burning villages and one incident involving the arrest and execution of two young people.

Big explosion on a checkpoint bridge, a child injured by a landmine and mass arrests to use people as human shields.