Fortify Rights announced that it has received video evidence of Mandalay interrogation torture

On July 12, Fortify Rights released a statement that they had received the video footage of the terrorist military group torturing the detainees until they died in an interrogation facility in Mandalay Region, during October and November 2021, and also stated that this video footage will be the evidence that would bring accountability for crimes against humanity and genocide.

The video files were secretly recorded by a 35-year-old member of the terrorist military group, have received the video files in March 2023 after that defector escaped. In the 10 video files, evidence of abuse in various ways, including 46 men and two women who were arrested in the interrogation was beaten to death, they were tied up naked and beaten, electrocuting, and sexual violence.

Military soldiers, including Army, Air Force, and military intelligence (Sa Ya Pa) personnel, holding the ranks of lieutenant colonel, major, captain, corporal, and warrant officer partaking in the brutal interrogations, so Fortify Rights also called on the international community and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to protect those who provided the evidence and to immediately investigate and prosecute these acts of violence.

Fortify Rights investigates human rights violations in Myanmar. identify It is a non-governmental organization that has been working on requests since 2013.