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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.

After the March 2025 earthquake, Myanmar’s military and resistance forces announced ceasefires to enable aid distribution. However, analysis by Myanmar Witness reveals that attacks continued despite the truce.

A new CIR documentary has uncovered the location of a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) military camp in the desert of Sudan’s neighbour, Libya. A vehicle that was found in the camp was matched with a vehicle used in the violent takeover of the Zamzam camp for internally displaced people, in North Darfur. We also found a direct link between the RSF camp in Libya and a senior RSF commander.

In the central Sahel, violent extremist organisations (VEOs) have solidified their presence in Mali, and are increasingly active in Niger and Burkina Faso. CIR's investigation indicates these groups have also penetrated further into coastal West Africa. As VEOs battle to consolidate their presence, it is civilians who pay the price.

As Sudan's civil war continues, Sudan Witness verified footage corroborating the reported killing of 31 people in Omdurman by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April, underscoring the continued threat of violence against the Sudanese population.

Several videos filmed by mobile phones and military drones appear to show individuals – alleged to be Palestinian – blindfolded, handcuffed, tied to vehicle bonnets and dressed in military attire.