This week we spoke to Bellingcat's Pooja Chaudhuri about the ongoing violence in Myanmar. After tracking developments in Rakhine State for three years, Pooja has recently published a longitudinal data analysis of what has happened to the villages and townships disappearing off government maps.

Within the talk, she guides us through this work and the obstacles faced in order to monitor this difficult to access region.

The talk was hosted by Charlotte Maher on May 28th 2026. Music featured is courtesy of Artlist.

Recorded live in our Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/bellingcat

Links:

Her 2026 report: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/05/27/the-lost-villages-of-myanmars-rakhine/?utm_source=rss

Her previous reporting:

2024: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/06/05/myanmar-military-territorial-losses-war-conflict-human-rights-burma/

2025: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/04/29/open-sources-show-myanmar-junta-airstrike-damages-despite-post-earthquake-ceasefire/

Human Rights Watch report: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/05/18/myanmar-no-redress-for-rohingya-muslims-in-arakan-army-massacre

Resources mentioned:

https://acleddata.com/

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/

https://themimu.info/

https://www.info-res.org/myanmar-witness/

Stage Talk on munitions identification: https://rss.com/podcasts/bellingcatstagetalk/2625938/

Discord spaces:

Myanmar: https://discordapp.com/channels/709752884257882135/1087357245400035350

Bombs, Arms, Drones, Other Killing Machines: https://discordapp.com/channels/709752884257882135/709771086228619337

Asia: https://discordapp.com/channels/709752884257882135/709783693857783929

Contact Pooja on pooja@bellingcat.com

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