Amnesty International said in a report, “increasingly lethal weapons and weapons are used in the battlefield against militarily peaceful protesters and peaceful protesters and warlords across the country.”
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Myanmar’s military government of using weapons of war against peaceful protesters and conducting systematic, deliberate killings.
Myanmar has been illuminated by protests and other acts of civil disobedience following the February 1 military coup that provoked Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government as it was to begin its second term.
The coup reversed years of slow progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian nation after five decades of military rule.
Amnesty International said in a report, “increasingly lethal weapons and weapons are used in the battlefield against militarily peaceful protesters and peaceful protesters and warlords across the country.”
“By confirming more than 50 videos of the ongoing disturbances, Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab can confirm that security forces appear using planned tactics, including the use of deadly force,” he said. is. The amount was documented for additional judicial execution in several murders.
Security forces have used ammunition against the protesters, killing around 60 people. There were new but unconfirmed accounts of additional deaths on Wednesday and Thursday, as police attempted to break up anti-coup demonstrations in cities and towns across the country using tear gas and other weapons.
As widespread protests against its takeover continue, the junta is facing a new challenge from the country’s ethnic guerrilla forces, which recently limited itself to verbal rejection of last month’s coup.
Reports from the northern state of Kachin said that guerrilla forces from the Kachin ethnic minority attacked a government base on Thursday and were instead attacked.
The armed arm of the Kachin political movement is the Kachin Freedom Army or KIA. “In Hapakant Township this morning, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO / KIA) attacked a military council battalion in Sezin village and the 9th Brigade and 26 battalions of KIO / KIA at Hapakant were attacked by helicopter. Both sides are still investigating, ”74 Media reported on Twitter.
A Facebook page of Kachin Liberation Media said that the KIA overthrew the government outpost and confiscated ammunition. It warned the government against using deadly force to break up anti-coup demonstrations in Maitaki, the capital of Kachin, where two demonstrators were killed this week.
The reports could not be independently confirmed, and the ethnic guerrilla armies as well as the government often issued exaggerated information. However, such a declaration can also be called a scathing warning to the government.
A few days after Kachin’s action, another ethnic raiding party belonging to the Karen minority announced that it would control the protesters in the area.
The Karen National Union deployed armed fighters to protest in Myanmar’s southeastern Tinthari region.
Myanmar has more than a dozen ethnic guerrilla armies, a legacy of decades-old struggles for greater autonomy from the central government, mostly in the border areas. Many have formal or informal ceasefire agreements with the government, but armed encounters still occur.
There has been speculation that some ethnic groups may form a genuine coalition with the protest movement to pressure the government.
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously called for a military coup that overthrew Suu Kyi’s government and strongly condemned violence against peaceful protesters. The council also called for “utmost restraint” by the military.
A presidential statement approved by all 15 council members was formally adopted at a virtual meeting.
The British-draft statement calls for the immediate release of leaders including Suu Kyi and President Vin Mint, who have been detained since the military’s takeover.
It supports the country’s democratic transformation and emphasizes the need to “maintain democratic institutions.” The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on the two adult children of Myanmar’s junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hilling.
They are the latest in a series of sanctions imposed by the US as the military seized power and began its deadly crackdown on protesters. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Myanmar’s military leaders “should not be able to benefit from the regime because it supports violence and strangles democracy.”
.
Leave a Reply