The US Department of State has updated its 2022 Terrorist Index report, which was prepared by the Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC).

The original report had faced backlash for portraying the PDF and other armed groups as violent actors in Myanmar.

A spokesperson for the US Department of State told VOA news agency on December 13 that the GTTAC report was a separate document that did not reflect the US policy on Myanmar.

The amended report shows that Myanmar witnessed 391 violent incidents in 2022, resulting in 2,130 deaths. It also omits other details about Myanmar that were present in the initial report.

Myanmar ranks third among the top 10 countries with the highest number of deaths due to violence in 2022, after DR Congo and Nigeria. There were 2,130 fatalities in Myanmar.

The report also reveals that violence in Myanmar increased by 10 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, and the number of casualties rose by 50 percent.

GTTAC is a research center that tracks violence across the globe and submits an annual report to the Bureau of Counterterrorism under the US Department of State. The 2022 report was submitted in April 2023, and the US Department of State released it officially on November 30, 2023. The report provides statistical data on terrorism-related incidents, covering countries such as Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mozambique, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, India, Yemen, DR Congo, Somalia, and Myanmar.

The following points were deleted from the original report: The Peoples Defense Force (PDF) was the main source of violence in Myanmar in 2022, accounting for 198 incidents (50 percent of the total). Chinland Defense Force (CDF) was behind 29 incidents (7 percent), and Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) was behind 27 incidents (7 percent). Fourteen percent of the incidents in Myanmar did not have a clear perpetrator, according to the GTTAC report. The report says that the most common methods of violence in Myanmar were shootings (38 percent), landmine or IED (21 percent), and bombings (19 percent). Fifty-eight percent of the violent incidents in Myanmar in 2022 targeted the military primarily. Other actors (close to the military) were targeted 15 percent of the time, and the general population was targeted 9 percent of the time. The states that suffered the most incidents in Myanmar were Sagaing with 107 incidents (27percent), Yangon with 42 incidents (11 percent), and Kachin State with 36 incidents (9 percent).

Since February 2021, about 6,800 people, including educators, health workers, community leaders, monks and politicians have been killed after being accused of being military informers or refusing to join CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement).

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) reported that 4,265 people were killed by security forces until December 22, 2023, a claim that the State Administration Council has denied.

Based on the above data, the total number of civilian deaths on both sides of the conflict since February 2021 has exceeded 10,000.