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Working to make ethical, secure, and survivor-centred approaches central to OSINT investigations into gender-based violence.

This study exposes how far-right extremists on TikTok use evolving coded language, from emojis and numbers to symbols and historical references, to slip past moderation and strengthen in-group identity. These cues are then used to spread hate, disinformation, and even incite violence in mainstream spaces.

Multiple agencies have reported that the Arakan Army is responsible for the killing of more than 600 Rohingya civilians in Htan Shauk Khan village, Buthidaung township on 2 May 2024. Through geolocation, satellite, and forensic imagery analysis, Myanmar Witness has investigated into the reported massacre.

Several Starlink devices have reportedly been confiscated by the Myanmar military following a raid on a scam centre on 19 October 2025.

CIR’s investigation into Rafah found widespread destruction between March and May 2025, with nearly 70% of structures in the area wiped out. Much of the damage was concentrated near the newly built Morag Corridor, alongside evidence of cleared IDP camps and damaged infrastructure. Verified footage sheds further light on how this destruction took place.

Between 2022 and 2023, Myanmar Witness verified forced evictions, arson, and airstrikes in at least 21 villages near the Letpadaung copper project in Sagaing Region. These findings highlight how the mine’s expansion has become entangled with military operations and displacement, raising concerns over human rights abuses.

On 9 September 2025, Ukrainian pensioners were collecting payments in Yarova, Donetsk Oblast, when a Russian aerial bomb struck, killing at least 12. This strike marks the highest loss of life in a single incident that CIR has verified since Russian ballistic strikes killed 44 in Sumy on 13 April 2025.

Footage posted online show that unarmed individuals in Gaza and the West Bank have been shot at since the outbreak of the recent conflict in October 2023, with CIR's analysis uncovering a wider pattern of incidents.

Using satellite imagery and user-generated content, Sudan Witness has verified and reconstructed events surrounding an alleged RSF attack on the village of Shaq Al Noum, Barah locality, North Kordofan, on 12 July 2025.