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Description: About 661,000 results
Source/publisher: Various sources via Youtube
Date of entry/update: 2017-08-20
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Category: Children
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: Articles on this category from the collections of Burmanet News
Source/publisher: Burmanet News
Date of entry/update: 2016-02-29
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Language: English
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Description: Reports (text and video), international standards.... "Children in Myanmar have been widely used in armed conflict by both state armed forces and non-state armed groups. Despite a minimum age of 18 for military recruitment, over the years many hundreds of boys have been recruited, often forcibly into the national army (Tatmadaw Kyi) and deployed to areas where state forces have been fighting armed opposition groups. Border guard forces, composed of former members of armed opposition groups and formally under the command of the Myanmar military, also have under-18s in their ranks. In June 2012, after protracted negotiations with the UN, the Myanmar government signed up to an action plan under which it has committed to release all under-18s present from Tatmadaw Kyi and border guard forces. Child recruitment and use by armed opposition groups is also reported. These include: the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA), Karenni National Progressive Party/Karenni Army (KNPP/KA), Shan State Army South (SSA-S), United Wa State Army (UWSA). The KNU/KNLA and KNPP/KA have sought to conclude action plans on child soldiers with the UN, but the UN has been prevented from doing so by the Government of Myanmar. "Our current work in Myanmar aims to: Identify legal, policy and practical measures needed to end child recruitment and use by Tatmadaw Kyi and border guard forces, and to advocate for full and effective implementation of the action plan. Seek tangible progress on armed opposition groups? compliance with international standards on child soldiers..."
Source/publisher: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-04
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: Link to the OBL Migrant section
Source/publisher: Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Date of entry/update: 2012-04-23
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Language: English
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Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: The most substantial material on the site is in the Media Centre, and includes: a pdf document in Burmese: "Questions and Answers on HIV and AIDS"... "The State of the World's Children 2005 - Children under threat" in English, (and in the same box a link to what should be a Burmese version, but since this is 56 pages rather than the 164 of the English, I have doubts)... "Progress For Children A Child Survival Report Card" in English, with The Foreword, Child Survival, and the East Asia and Pacific sections in Burmese... a "Myanmar Reporter's Manual" (65 pages)in English and Burmese versions: "This manual provides instruction on international-standard reporting skills, child-focused reporting and ethics for Myanmar journalists in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child." then there is a glossy, 28-page "UNICEF in Myanmar - Protecting Lives, Nurturing Dreams" in English.....In the For Children and Youth section is an illustrated and simplified aticle-by-article version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and a couple of illustrated online books for young children and their families in English and Burmese. Under Youth Web Links there English language animations (I suppose) called "Top 10 Cartoons for Children's Rights" but I could not get them to work. Also links to several other UNICEF and UN young people's sites. The "Activities" and "Real Lives" sections deal with UNICEF's activities in the country.
Source/publisher: UNICEF
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Language: English
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Description: News stories, reports.
Source/publisher: United Nations Childrfen?s Fund (UNICEF)
Date of entry/update: 2016-09-01
Grouping: Websites/Multiple Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: Has UNICEF reports on Myanmar for the last few years
Source/publisher: UNICEF
Date of entry/update: 2018-03-21
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Category: Children
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Description: These results are for 2015. Change search options in column on the left...Search for Myanmar. 464 results (November 2001). 819 in May 2005, 1749 in 2015. Images and substantial documents.
Source/publisher: United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF)
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-04
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Description: Press Releases, UN reports and actions and other documents and updates from 2003 on children and armed conflict in Myanmar...includes links to Security Council material
Source/publisher: Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
2013-05-01
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-04
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Language: English, Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
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Sub-title: Six are critically injured after being struck by shrapnel in a monastery compound, locals said.
Description: "A drone test by pro-junta militia injured 13 children in Myanmar, residents told Radio Free Asia. Regime soldiers working in collaboration with the Pyu Saw Htee militia are responsible for a weapons accident that occurred on Saturday, locals said. The militia is made up of pro-junta supporters, veterans and Buddhist nationalists. The drone, carrying several bombs, flew over Sagaing region’s Kale township, close to the Chin state border. Soldiers are permanently stationed in Kale township’s Aung Myin Thar village, leading them to believe the attack was an accident, they added. A resident who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons told RFA on Tuesday that a drone mounted with explosives flew over a nearby monastery compound when it suddenly crashed and exploded. Thirteen children playing in the monastery’s soccer field were injured when the bombs detonated. “The military junta gave weapons to the Pyu Saw Htee members and they were testing them to carry out bombardments with drones that evening. The bombs fell on the soccer field where the children were playing,” he said. “Six of the children were critically injured. Some of them were hit in their faces and eyes. Some had to have their limbs amputated.” The children who are critically injured are being treated at Kale city’s military hospital, while the remaining seven are being treated at Kale General Hospital in the township’s capital, he added. All victims are between the ages of eight and 15 years old, but identifying information is not known at this time. The junta’s Ministry of Information released a statement on Tuesday saying that the accident was fake news, reporting that the blasts in Aung Myin Thar village were due to landmines planted by terrorists. RFA contacted Sagaing region’s junta spokesperson Sai Naing Naing Kyaw for more details, but did not receive an answer. According to data compiled by RFA, 1,429 civilians have been killed and 2,641 were injured by junta airstrikes and heavy artillery from the Feb. 1, 2021 coup until Jan. 31, 2024..."
Source/publisher: "Radio Free Asia" (USA)
2024-02-21
Date of entry/update: 2024-02-21
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Description: "Highlights: According to recent monitoring of landmine and explosive remnants of war (ERW) incidents during the first seven months of 2023, a total of 650 casualties have been reported nationwide. This figure represents a stark increase, amounting to 167% of the total casualties reported in 2022 (390 recorded). Delving into the regional breakdown, Sagaing Region emerged with the highest number of casualties, accounting for 39% of the overall total. Bago and Shan followed with 13% and 8% of the total, respectively. The remaining regions, encompassing Ayeyarwady, Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Magway, Mandalay, Mon, Rakhine, Tanintharyi and Yangon, collectively accounted for the remaining 40% of the total casualties. Children constitute 22% of the total casualties arising from landmine and ERW explosions across the country. It is important to note that these figures only reflect civilian casualties.....အဓိကဖော်ပြချက်များ မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် ပေါက်ကွဲစေတတ်သော စစ်ကျန်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ၏ ဖြစ်ရပ်များကိုလတ်တလောစောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာချက်များအရ ၂၀၂၃ ခုနှစ် ပထမ ခုနစ်လတာကာလအတွင်း တစ်နိုင်ငံလုံး အတိုင်းအတာဖြင့် ထိခိုက်ခံစားရသူအရေအတွက် (၆၅၀ ဦး) ရှိခဲ့ပါသည်။ ဤကိန်းဂဏန်းသည် ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်တွင် အစီရင်ခံတင်ပြခဲ့သော အရေအတွက်ထက် သိသိသာသာတိုးမြင့်လာပြီး ထိခိုက်ခံစားရသူစုစုပေါင်း၏ (၁၆၇) ရာခိုင်နှုန်း ရှိနေခဲ့ပြီးဖြစ်ပါသည် (၃၉၀ ဦး အစီအရင်ခံခဲ့)။ ဒေသအလိုက်အနေဖြင့် စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း ဒေသကြီးတွင် ထိခိုက်ခံစားရသူအရေအတွက် အများဆုံးဖြစ်ပြီး အရေအတွက်စုစုပေါင်း၏ (၃၉) ရာခိုင်နှုန်းရှိခဲ့ပြီး ပဲခူးတွင် (၁၃) ရာခိုင်နှုန်းနှင့် ရှမ်းတွင် (၈) ရာခိုင်နှုန်း အသီးသီးရှိကြပါသည်။ ဧရာဝတီ၊ ချင်း၊ ကချင်၊ ကယား၊ ကရင်၊ မကွေး၊ မန္တလေး၊ မွန်၊ တနင်္သာရီနှင့် ရန်ကုန် အပါအဝင် ကျန်ဒေသများတွင် ထိခိုက်ခံစားရသူအရေအတွက် စုစုပေါင်း၏ (၄၀) ရာခိုင်နှုန်းရှိပါသည်။ နိုင်ငံတစ်ဝှမ်း မြေမြုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် စစ်ကျန်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ၏ပေါက်ကွဲမှုများကြောင့် ထိခိုက်ခံစားရသူအရေအတွက်စုစုပေါင်း၏ (၂၂) ရာခိုင်နှုန်းသည် ကလေးများဖြစ်ကြပါသည်။ ဤကိန်းဂဏာန်းများသည် အရပ်သားထိခိုက်ခံစားရမှုများကိုသာ ထင်ဟပ်ကြောင်း သတိပြုရန် အရေးကြီးပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (New York) via Reliefweb (New York)
2023-10-13
Date of entry/update: 2023-10-13
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Description: "On 6 October 2023, H.E. Mr. Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Royal Thai Government, presented a financial contribution of 3.6 million Thai Baht, or approximately 100,000 US dollars, to the UNICEF. The donation is aimed at supporting the UNICEF’s humanitarian programmes in Myanmar, especially on public health challenges in areas along the Thailand–Myanmar border. Ms. Kyungsun Kim, UNICEF’s Representative to Thailand, represented the UNICEF in receiving the donation. The ceremony was attended by senior officials from both sides, including H.E. Mr. Jakkapong Sangmanee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. Sarun Charoensuwan, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Severine Leonardi, UNICEF Thailand Deputy Representative, and Mr. Trevor Clark, Regional Emergency Advisor, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office. This financial contribution will support the UNICEF’s activities related to maternal and child immunisation, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) programmes, and nutrition in the Kayin and Kayah States of Myanmar, which border Thailand. It underscores Thailand’s constructive role in supporting the works of the United Nations and Thailand’s strong commitment to supporting humanitarian efforts in Myanmar. It will also help strengthen the public health system along the Thailand–Myanmar border, which will benefit Thai people living in these border areas..."
Source/publisher: Government of Thailand
2023-10-06
Date of entry/update: 2023-10-06
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Sub-title: espite fires burning down learning centres and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, a record 300,000 Rohingya refugee children attend first day of school
Description: "COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 23 July 2023 – Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha’s wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are filling up today with children, excited on the first day of school. Thanks to expanded education opportunities for teenagers and girls, a record 300,000 children are enrolled for the 2023/24 school year. The new academic year marks the first time that Rohingya refugee children of all ages will be studying under the Myanmar Curriculum. Since its launch in 2021, this formal curriculum has gradually been expanded with grades 3-5 and grade 10 opening today for the first time in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps, significantly increasing learning opportunities for both older and younger children. “Rohingya refugee children want to learn, and to turn their hopes and dreams for a better future to actual potential,” said Mr. Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh. “The single most important ingredient for ensuring a safe and dignified return of these children to Myanmar is ensuring that they can continue their education while they are here in Bangladesh. I urge our partners and donors to stand by UNICEF as we deliver on our promise to provide education for every Rohingya refugee child.” In addition to the new opportunities for older children, a dedicated campaign has brought more than 13,000 children who were out of school into the classroom. Efforts to support adolescent girls to continue their education are key to the record attendance this year. Due to social norms, parents are often reluctant to send girls to school once they reach puberty. In response, UNICEF and partners have worked closely with the refugee community to demonstrate to parents the benefits of education for girls, to provide girls-only classrooms, and to organize chaperoning to classes by female mentors. Delivering education in the largest refugee settlement in the world is an immense operation. One million refugees – half of them children – have lived in the densely populated camps in Bangladesh since 2017 when they fled violence and persecution in neighbouring Myanmar. Education for Rohingya refugee children is provided through 3,400 learning centres – 2,800 of which are supported by UNICEF – as well as through community-based learning facilities. On the first day of school in the camps, UNICEF appeals for US$33 million to urgently support education for Rohingya refugee children in the 2023/24 academic year..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Children's Fund
2023-07-23
Date of entry/update: 2023-07-23
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Description: "Common reactions of children to adverse situations: When we go through a disturbing event, where our life is at risk, it is possible that our body reacts in a different way than we are used to. Some common reactions that children may have are: Physical complaints, such as headaches and stomach aches Changes in appetite Difficulty sleeping due to nightmares or night terrors, which may cause them to scream atnight Difficulty concentrating on any activity Fear Concern for the present and the future Behaviors from when they were younger, such as wetting the bed, clinging to their parents or not wanting to be alone, crying frequently, thumb sucking, among others. Agitation and aggressiveness Shyness and isolation..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (New York) via Reliefweb (New York)
2023-05-30
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Description: "Executive Summary The chapter one explainsthe importance of community Support Group (CSG) and linkage with primary health care (PHC), universal health coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO)set up a vision for PHC in the 21st century: towards UHC and the SDGs in 2018. CSG is the one of the three key essential components of the PHC which provide the foundation and impetus for achievement of UHC and health related SDGs. PHC is “a whole-of-society approach to health that aims at ensuring the highest possible level of health and well-being and their equitable distribution by focusing on people’s needs and as early as possible along the continuum from health promotion and disease prevention to treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care, and as close as feasible to people’s everyday environment.” (WHO and UNICEF) (2018) UHC means that all individuals and communities receive the health services they need withoutsuffering financial hardship. It includesthe fullspectrum of essential, quality health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care across the life course. The 2023 Agenda of Sustainable Development provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. There are 17 SDGs which can provide impetus to the Alma Ata and Astana principles (PHC) as follows. end poverty (SDG 1), equity (SDG 10), community participation (SDG 16), and intersectoral collaboration (SDG 17) There is growing global consensusthat effortsto bridge health system and community through collaboration and partnership will be key contributor to the achievement of SDG and UHC. Basic health staff (BHS) have over-workload to cover many villages and with a lot of tasks. It is hard to reach to all villages regularly. Accessibility of the community to health center is also difficult in some areas because of geographical terrain and other conditions. Even the BHS arrive in the village, they could not meet with caregivers at all visits with many reasons. Therefore, CSG composed of villagers and voluntary health workers is essential to fill up the gap to achieve UHC and SDG. The chapter two outlines guidance to operationalize the community Support effectively and efficiently. There are 6 Steps for setting up and operationalize the CSG in the village. SOG 1: Advocate and Communicate SOG 2: Form CSG SOG 3: Build Capacity SOG 4: Select and Implement Appropriate Interventions SOG 5: Monitor and Provide Supportive Supervision SOG 6: Ensure Functioning and Sustainability of CSG There are seven action points from the above SOGs. UNICEF develops the advocacy messages, and it can be adapted as per local situation. Project/ Responsible Person conduct advocacy meeting. Community form CSG by themselves with one month after advocacy meeting. Project staff visit to village and conduct meeting with CSG ensuring formation is as per set criteria and explain the roles and responsibilities of CSG. The staff discuss with CSG members and set the date for capacity building and prepare and conduct accordingly. CSG and CBHWs implement all or selected interventions according to the needs. The respective project staffs provide supportive supervision, support and observe the progress of CSG. They facilitate and serve as a technical advisor and not include in decision making. They have to ensure the establishment of effective community feedback and complaints mechanism. Project has to provide necessary supports for functioning and sustaining of CSG and ensure that CSG has ability to stand independently in long term. The chapter three outlines and guides the detail implementation of each intervention. There are 13 interventions and CSG and Community Based Health Workers (CBHW) will implement all or selected interventions based on the needs of the respective community. The interventions are as follow. Community Mobilization IYCF counselling Active Case Finding and Prevention and Treatment of Acute Malnutrition Establish Referral System Support Nutrition Promotion Month Campaign and Regular Nutrition Activities such as Group monitoring and Promotion (GMP), Micronutrient Supplementation and Deworming Anti-Natal Care Community Based Newborn Care Community Case Management of pneumonia and diarrhoea WASH Early Childhood Development Income Generation Activities Data Management and Others based on local needs..."
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Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (Myanmar) via Reliefweb (New York)
2023-01-02
Date of entry/update: 2023-05-25
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Description: "Yangon, 19 May, 2023 – Homes ripped apart, power poles blocking roads, and bridges completely washed away are the scenes of destruction caused by Cyclone Mocha, according to Save the Children. Humanitarian organisations and local communities are working around the clock on clean up and recovery efforts. Still, there are real risks that survivors may face secondary disasters, including waterborne diseases; and damage to food supplies has put thousands at risk of hunger. Maung Thein*, a resident of a displaced camp near the coastal area of Rakhine State, said: "A strong wind started to crack our roofs. Rain was pouring in from above. I heard voices shouting from far away through the roaring wind. We all were soaking wet." The cyclone subsided by 10 pm, but Maung Thein's* home was already destroyed by then. "With the tarpaulin sheets I kept before the storm, I built a temporary shelter where my whole family is staying now. I have one bag of rice left. No idea after it is all gone. Now, we share food as some households have nothing but only clothes they have on their bodies. The price of basic commodities has become very high at 1,000 kyats (0.5 USD) per egg which used to cost 200 kyats (0.1 USD). However, even with enough money, we can't purchase as much as we want, including medicines. No markets or shops are running at this moment." All 17 townships in Rakhine state have been declared emergency areas. Meanwhile, in Pauk Taw township and in the northwestern township of Magway, water and sanitation access sustained extensive damage. Hundreds of latrines and wells are either damaged or destroyed, severely compromising both townships' access to safe drinking water and hygiene practices. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports an urgent need for fuel for essential public services, including health and water treatment. Public infrastructure, including health clinics, food distribution centres and schools, are also damaged or destroyed, mainly caused by heavy rains and strong winds, which reached 250 kilometers per hour (155 mph) at the height of the storm. Casualties continue to be reported, though the exact numbers still have not been verified, as communications remain limited across the affected areas. Hassan Noor, Asia Regional Director at Save the Children, said: "This is one of the most powerful cyclones to hit Myanmar in decades, and the situation for children is likely to be chaotic and stressful. In addition to shelter, clean water, and food assistance, it is imperative we support children's health and wellbeing as part of our humanitarian response." "Currently, many roads are still inaccessible, but it is becoming clear that an enormous amount of support will be required in the coming days, and we must act quickly to limit the devastating impact caused to millions of families.” Save the Children and partners in Myanmar are delivering life-saving supplies, including food, clean water, health services, hygiene, and education kits as well as providing psychosocial support to children. ENDS Content available here Save the Children has been working in Myanmar since 1995, providing life-saving healthcare, food and nutrition, education and child protection programmes. For further enquiries please contact: Our media out of hours (BST) contact, [email protected] / +44(0)7831 650409 Diana Oberoi, Regional Media Manager for Asia (Bangkok): [email protected]; Emily Wight, Global Media Manager (London): [email protected] Please also check our Twitter account @Save_GlobalNews for news alerts, quotes, statements and location Vlogs..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2023-05-19
Date of entry/update: 2023-05-19
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Description: "Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) says it will cooperate with Thai authorities to arrest a National League for Democracy (NLD) member accused of raping a Myanmar child in Thailand’s Mae Sot. “We are working to open a case and issue an arrest warrant for the suspect,” NUG spokesman Nay Phone Latt told The Irrawaddy. The suspect has been identified as U Aung Min, secretary of the executive committee of the NLD chapter in Yangon’s Twante Township. He is accused of raping the five-year-old daughter of a striking education officer who took refuge in Mae Sot after fleeing Myanmar for fear of junta reprisals. Family members of the victim filed a complaint with the NUG against U Aung Min on May 2. The suspect remains at large. Family members accuse him of sexually abusing the girl, citing her accounts. The accused, the family of the alleged victim and other families lived together in a rented compound in Mae Sot after fleeing Myanmar. The alleged victim was examined by a striking nurse on May 1. The nurse said she found evidence of molestation and penetration. The mother asked for a sexual assault forensic examination at a Mae Sot hospital the following day but had not yet obtained the result when the complaint was filed with the NUG. The NUG will cooperate with local police and law enforcement in line with international procedures to arrest and interrogate the suspect, said U Nay Phone Latt. “We will inform Thai authorities about it. We don’t know yet how Thai authorities will respond,” he said. The NUG’s Women, Youth and Children Affairs Ministry has relocated the victim and her mother and is providing counseling, according to the NUG. NLD central executive committee member U Kyaw Htwe said: “I support taking legal action against him if he really committed [this crime]. The party will also take harsh disciplinary action against him. But if he is innocent, justice must be served for him too.” The NUG said its court will also punish the suspect if he is found guilty, without providing details of what punishment would be imposed for the sexual abuse of a child. Political activists say the NUG’s judicial system is not yet properly functional, and has been unable to handle the majority of previous allegations of crimes committed by resistance forces. Only when the NUG acts promptly and solves less complicated crimes like rape, will its justice system win the trust of Myanmar people, said activists. A political activist said: “People have filed complaints with the NUG. But many complaints including [rights] violations by armed [resistance] groups have not yet been dealt with. Whenever a crime happens, the NUG will issue statements vowing punitive action. But I haven’t seen the NUG administer a fitting punishment in any case so far.” The 2021 coup and violent junta crackdown triggered the civil disobedience movement that has seen a mass exodus of civil servants, politicians and political activists to neighboring countries. The majority have sought refuge in Thailand..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2023-05-10
Date of entry/update: 2023-05-10
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Description: "A tool to collate and analyze feedback from affected populations Highlights The Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Unit of the UNICEF Myanmar Country Office has created an interactive AAP dashboard to consolidate feedback and suggestions from affected populations. The dashboard enables the collection and analysis of feedback in a disaggregated manner based on sectors, age, sex, and location of respondents. A unique attribute of the AAP dashboard is its participatory approach, which involves consultations with field offices and implementing partners. The feedback collected is analysed on a quarterly basis using the AAP dashboard, allowing for sector-specific analysis and identification of areas for programmatic intervention..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (New York)
2023-03-08
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Description: "COX'S BAZAR, 5 March – Responding to the news that a massive fire swept across three Rohingya refugee camps Sunday afternoon in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, destroying several Save the Children facilities, Onno van Manen, Save the Children's Country Director in Bangladesh, said: "Just days after the World Food Programme announced it has been forced to cut food aid due to funding shortages, this devastating blaze is another tragedy to hit the Rohingya people who have endured unspeakable hardship for years. "Today's massive fire will have robbed many families of their safety and what little belongings they have left. This tragedy stands as another ghastly reminder that children stuck in the camps in Cox's Bazar face a bleak future. After nearly six years, they continue to grapple with inadequate education, concerning levels of malnutrition, stunting, child marriage and child labour. Despite relentless efforts of the humanitarian community, a refugee camp is no place for a child to grow up. "As the international community gathers in Geneva this week, they must not shirk their responsibility to do more to protect Rohingya refugees. They must fully fund the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis, which is woefully underfunded. Food has already been reduced, maintenance and repairs have been neglected and without adequate funding, it is likely a catastrophe will unfold impacting refugees, the host community, Bangladesh and the region." Note to editors: Save the Children's teams are currently assessing the situation and ready to respond with emergency shelter, education, health and other essential services in coordination with other humanitarian organisations..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2023-03-05
Date of entry/update: 2023-03-05
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Description: "1. After the military junta coup in the country, Myanmar citizens have been suffering from the deterioration of human security. The NUG has endeavored to end the socio-economic system and other human security catastrophes that Myanmar people are facing. 2. The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration of the National Unity Government of Myanmar - MoHAI-NUG announced that from 1st of March 2023, all children of Myanmar citizens living abroad can apply for a birth certificate Registration. 3. Therefore, the people of Myanmar shall contact the MoHAI Birth Certificate Form and the Facebook page of the Immigration Department of MoHAI-NUG to apply for a Birth Certificate Registration Card. Lwin Ko Latt Union Minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration National Unity Government..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration - NUG
2023-03-01
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Description: "၁။ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ(၁)ရက်နေ့တွင် မင်းအောင်လှိုင် ဦးဆောင်သော အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်တပ်မှ နိုင်ငံတော်အာဏာအား အဓမ္မလုယူသိမ်းပိုက်ခဲ့ပြီးနောက် နိုင်ငံတော်၏ နိုင်ငံရေး၊ စီးပွားရေး၊ ကျန်းမာရေးနှင့် ပညာရေးအပါအဝင် ကဏ္ဍအသီးသီး၌ အလုံးစုံ ယိုယွင်းပျက်စီးလျက်ရှိကြောင်း ပြည်သူလူထုအများ သိရှိကြပြီးဖြစ်ပါသည်။ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရအနေဖြင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသား ပြည်သူလူထုများ ရင်ဆိုင်နေရသော စီးပွားပျက်ကပ်များ၊ လူနေမှုဘဝ မလုံခြုံမှုများ၊ ဘေးဒုက္ခများမှ လျော့ပါးသက်သာနိုင်ရေး အတွက် အဘက်ဘက်မှ အတတ်နိုင်ဆုံး ကြိုးစားဆောင်ရွက်လျက် ရှိပါသည်။ ၂။ ထို့အတူ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ၊ ပြည်ထဲရေး နှင့် လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန အနေဖြင့်လည်း အကြောင်းအမျိုးမျိုးကြောင့် ပြည်ပနိုင်ငံများသို့ ရောက်ရှိ နေကြသော မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသား မိဘနှစ်ပါးမှ မွေးဖွားသည့်သားသမီးများအတွက် မွေးစာရင်း လက်မှတ် ထုတ်ပေးရေး လုပ်ငန်းအား ၂၀၂၃ ခုနှစ် ၊ မတ် လ (၁) ရက် နေ့မှစ၍ ဆောင်ရွက် ပေးသွားမည် ဖြစ်ပါသဖြင့် ပြည်ပရောက် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားများသိရှိ၊ လျှောက်ထား ဆောင်ရွက်နိုင်ရေး ဤကြေညာချက်အား အသိပေး ထုတ်ပြန် ရခြင်း ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ၃။ သို့ဖြစ်ပါ၍ ပြည်ပရောက် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားများအနေဖြင့် မိမိတို့ သား/သမီးများအတွက် မွေးစာရင်းလက်မှတ် လျှောက်ထားထုတ်ယူနိုင်ရေးအတွက် ပြည်ထဲရေးနှင့် လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး ဝန်ကြီးဌာန၏ website လိပ်စာ https://mohai.nugmyanmar.org/ နှင့် Immigration Department of MoHAI-NUG Facebook page တို့သို့ ဆက်သွယ်ချိတ်ဆက်၍ ဆောင်ရွက်နိုင်ပြီ ဖြစ်ကြောင်း အသိပေး ကြေညာအပ်ပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration - NUG
2023-03-01
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Description: "Five million children in Myanmar need humanitarian assistance amid armed conflicts across the country, according to a report by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Jan. 30. Three out of 10 children under 5 in Myanmar are stunted due to a lack of proper nutrition. This affects not only their physical growth but also their overall health and future. Moreover, 300,000 children in Myanmar are at risk of preventable diseases due to lack of vaccination, added the UN agency. Over 1.5 million in Myanmar people have been displaced, with children forced to flee their homes and communities. Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs in the parallel National Unity Government, recently talked to The Irrawaddy about the plight of children displaced by fighting. What kind of help do the five million children need in Myanmar? Health, education or nutrition, what is the priority? Myanmar is already a poor country with lots of needs. And the government can’t deliver public services in full. The situation has become worse since (the coup in) February 2021, especially for children. According to the UN report, 5 million children are in dire need of support. They are malnourished and they need to be vaccinated, and they also need schooling. And their lives are especially at risk because of junta raids. According to the records of our ministry, over 300 children (under 18s) have been arrested. Nineteen children have been jailed, and 289 others were killed by the military. Therefore, the security of children and their rights are the most important requirement. What does the future hold for children in a country where armed conflicts are escalating? Their morale will be negatively affected, and so will their health. And their schooling will also be hampered. These are the very children who will lead the country one day. And it will be difficult for them to lead the country if they grow up deprived. [In this case,] the country can’t have a good future. What must be done for children to get the assistance they need? On my trips to Karen and Karenni (Kayah) states), I discovered many children in displacement camps. Civilian leaders open schools and provide food for them. But it is not enough. And there have been child casualties every day due to the regime’s deliberate attacks on displacement camps. So we must stop the junta’s brutality if we are to protect the children. The first thing we must do is stop it from targeting schools and hospitals so as to provide mental security for children. Then we must provide them with access to health care services and education and also carry out programs for their development and leadership. What will happen to them if they don’t get the assistance in time? The international community should not ignore this problem. They must help to make sure assistance reaches those children. If it does not, millions of children are at risk of losing their lives. Even if they survive, they will be both mentally and physically deprived and the future of the country will not be good..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2023-02-20
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Description: "A 12-year-old girl was killed and her brother injured in Myanmar regime shelling in Katha Township, Sagaing Region, on Thursday. A junta base at Aung Myay Tharsi monastery opened fire on adjacent Kyaut Htone Gyi village although no clashes had been reported in the area. The girl was killed instantly by a shell and her 13-year-old brother was injured in the hand and leg. Angella of the Moe Tar People’s Defense Force told The Irrawaddy: “The junta targets civilians. Ground troops seize civilians as human shields and there is frequent shelling.” She urged civilians to avoid regime forces where possible. In late October, a 12-year-old girl in Katha Township was killed by regime artillery while another child was seriously injured. Clashes have broken out around Moe Tar in Katha Township, according to resistance groups. Regime troops reportedly torched Nan Sam village houses on Saturday morning after fighting with resistance groups. “There were clashes for two days and 15 Nan Sam houses were burned,” Angella told The Irrawaddy. Nam Sam had more than 200 houses and all the villagers have fled. Katha Township borders Kachin State, where the Kachin Independence Army and its resistance allies are fighting the junta..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2023-01-28
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Description: "Tomorrow it will be one year since 30 people, including at least one child, were killed and their bodies burnt on a road near Moso Village, Hpruso Township. For the past year, the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar has been actively collecting and analysing information about this and other alleged serious international crimes committed across Myanmar to help ensure that the perpetrators one day face justice. In the year since the 24 December tragedy, we have collected and analysed evidence of an array of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Myanmar, from Rakhine state in the west to Kayah in the east, including evidence of murder, rape, torture, unlawful imprisonment, and deportation or forcible transfer. The evidence concerns crimes committed over many years, including persecution of Rohingya and attacks on other minorities since 2011, to more recent events affecting almost all parts of the country. Tragically, we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of deliberate or indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian locations like schools, hospitals and churches over the course of the year. Armed attacks that target civilians or indiscriminate attacks that affect civilians are prohibited by international laws of war and can be punished as war crimes or crimes against humanity. International justice can be a slow and painstaking process. Criminal investigation requires a long-term commitment to gathering evidence. Collecting this information while it is fresh is essential to see justice served. The evidence is not meant to gather dust in an archive, but to eventually be used in a court of law where perpetrators will be prosecuted. We are already sharing evidence, with the consent of people who gave us the information, with those working on ongoing cases concerning the Rohingya at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. The Mechanism is very grateful and inspired by the courage of those individuals who come forward with information concerning the crimes that they have suffered or witnessed. The testimonies of witnesses and survivors of any crimes we are investigating, or their families, friends or colleagues, are vital for us to build criminal cases. Equally important are people with knowledge of illegal orders or policies. We encourage anyone who has information about serious international crimes in Myanmar to contact us through our secure and confidential channels. Information on how to communicate securely and confidentially with the Mechanism can be found at https://iimm.un.org/contact-us/confidential-and-sensitive-communications/ The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM or Mechanism) was created by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2018 to collect and analyse evidence of the most serious international crimes and other violations of international law committed in Myanmar since 2011. It aims to facilitate justice and accountability by preserving and organizing this evidence and preparing case files for use in future prosecutions of those responsible in national, regional and international courts. For more information visit https://iimm.un.org/ or contact [email protected]..."
Source/publisher: Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar
2022-12-23
Date of entry/update: 2022-12-23
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Sub-title: အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာကလေးများနေ့နှင့် ပတ်သက်သည့် သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ချက်
Description: "၁။ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ နိုဝင်ဘာလ (၂၀) ရက်နေ့သည် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာကလေးများနေ့ ဖြစ်သကဲ့သို့ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂအထွေထွေညီလာခံ သဘောတူစာချုပ် နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့လည်း ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ယနေ့ကျရောက်သော အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ကလေးများနေ့ကို ဂုဏ်ပြုသောအားဖြင့် ကမ္ဘာတဝှမ်း သက်ဆိုင်ရာ လူမျိုး၊ ဘာသာနှင့် ဓလေ့ထုံးစံများ ပါဝင်သည့် ပျော်ပွဲရွှင်ပွဲများ ကျင်းပပြီး ကလေးများပါဝင်ခွင့်နှင့် ပျော်ရွှင်ခွင့်ရအောင် နှစ်စဉ်ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်ကြပါသည်။ ၂။အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ကလေးများနေ့ ကျင်းပရခြင်း ၏ အဓိက ရည်ရွယ်ချက်မှာ ကလေးများအတွက် ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံသောနေရာ ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် ရရှိခွင့်၊ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ခွင့်နှင့် ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်ခွင့်များ ရရှိအောင် ကလေးပြုစုစောင့်ရှောက်သူများမှ မူဝါဒရေးဆွဲသူများအထိ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေး အတွက် ပိုမိုအလေးထားဆောင်ရွက်ပေးနိုင်ရေး အတွက် အသိပေးလုပ်ငန်းစဉ် တစ်ခုအနေဖြင့်ပါ ရည်ရွယ်ပြီး ဆောင်ရွက်ကြပါသည်။ ၃။ စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ လူမဆန်သော သတ်ဖြတ် ဖမ်းဆီးမှုများ၊ လေကြောင်းမှ ဗုံးကြဲတိုက်ခိုက်မှုများ ကြောင့် ကလေးသူငယ် ပေါင်း (၂၄၂) ဦးကျော် သေကြေပျက်စီးခဲ့ရပြီး ကလေး ထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ ထိခိုက် နှစ်နာမှုများရှိနေပါသည်။ ၄။ ကလေးငယ်ပေါင်း (၃၇၂) ဦး ကျော် ကို မတရား ဖမ်းဆီးထားပြီး ယနေ့အချိန်အထိ ကလေး (၃၀၃) ဦးခန့် မှာ ဆိုးရွားသော အချုပ်စခန်းများ၊ အကျဉ်းထောင်များတွင် ခက်ခဲကြမ်းတမ်းစွာ နေထိုင် ဖြတ်သန်းနေရလျက်ရှိသည်။ ၅။ ယနေ့ကျရောက်သော ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အထွေထွေညီလာခံ သဘောတူစာချုပ် နှစ်ပတ်လည်နေ့နှင့် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ ကလေးသူငယ်များနေ့တွင် ကလေးတိုင်းအတွက် မိသားစုနှင့် လုံခြုံစွာ နေထိုင်ခွင့်၊ ပျော်ရွှင်စွာ စာသင်ကြားခွင့်နှင့်အတူ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများ ပြန်လည်ရရှိစေရန်အတွက် ကုလသမဂ္ဂအပါအဝင် ကလေးသူငယ် အရေး လုပ်ကိုင်ဆောင်ရွက်နေသူများအားလုံး တက်ညီလက်ညီဖြင့် ဝိုင်းဝန်းလုပ်ဆောင်နိုင်ရန် တိုက်တွန်းနှိုးဆော်အပ်ပါသည်။ ၆။ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ၊ အမျိုးသမီး လူငယ်နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာနမှနေ၍ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာကလေးများနေ့ ရည်မှန်းချက်နှင့်အညီ မိမိတို့ ကလေးသူငယ်များအတွက် လုံခြုံစိတ်ချခွင့်၊ ဖွံဖြိုးတိုးတက်ခွင့်၊ ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်ခွင့်နှင့် လွတ်လပ်ငြိမ်းချမ်းစွာ စာသင်ကြားခွင့်များ များမကြာမှီ ပြန်လည်ရရှိနိုင်ရန် ပြည်သူများအားလုံး နှင့် အတူ အထူးကြိုးပမ်းလုပ်ဆောင်သွားမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ကြော်ငြာအပ်ပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Human Rights
2022-11-20
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Sub-title: ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ မောင်တောမြို့နယ် ဂြိတ်ချောင်းကျေးရွာတွင်စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်မှ ပစ်ခတ်သည့် လက်နက်ကြီးများကျရောက်လာမှုကြောင့် ကလေးငယ်များနှင့် ရွာသားများသေဆုံးမှုအပေါ် ထုတ်ပြန်ချက်
Description: "၁။ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ နိုဝင်ဘာလ (၁၆) ရက်နေ့တွင် အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်၏ ကြိမ်ချောင်း (၂၄) ဂိတ်၊ နခခ (၇) တည်ရှိသည့် နေရာမှ ပစ်ခတ်လိုက်သည့် လက်နက်ကြီးကျည်ထိမှန်၍ မောင်တောမြို့နယ် ဂြိတ်ချောင်း ကျေးရွာတွင် ကလေးသူငယ် (၄) ဦး၊ အရပ်သားပြည်သူ (၁၁) ဦးသေဆုံးခဲ့ပြီး (၂၇) ဦးထိခိုက် ဒဏ်ရာရရှိခဲ့ပါသည်။ ၂။ အလားတူ ကျောက်တော်မြို့နယ် ချောင်းတူ ကျေးရွာတွင် စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်၏ လက်နက်ကြီး ပစ်ခတ်ခဲ့မှုကြောင့် အမျိုးသမီး (၂) ဦး ထိခိုက်ဒဏ်ရာရပြီး အမျိုးသား (၄) ဦးသေဆုံးခဲ့ပါသည်။ ထိုနေ့ တရက်ထဲ၌ပင် ကလေးငယ် (၄) ဦးအပါအဝင် အရပ်သားပြည်သူ (၁၅)ဦး၊ စုစုပေါင်း (၁၉) ဦးသေဆုံးပြီး ဒဏ်ရာရသူ (၂၉) ဦးရှိပါသည်။ ၃။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ မောင်တောအပါအဝင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအနှံအပြားတွင် လက်နက်ကြီးဖြင့် တိုက်ခိုက်မှုလုပ်ရပ်သည် စစ်ကောင်စီအနေဖြင့် ကလေး သူငယ်များနှင့် အရပ်သားများအပေါ် လက်နက်ကိုင် ပဋိပက္ခအတွင်း လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုဆိုင်ရာ ပြစ်မှုကို ဖောက်ဖျက်ကျူးလွန်ခြင်း ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ယခုအကြမ်းဖက်တိုက်ခိုက်မှုသည် ဂျီနီဗာကွန်ဗန်းရှင်း သဘောတူညီချက်များကို ကျူးလွန် ချိုးဖောက်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ၄။ UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/263 အရ လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခ အခြေအနေ များတွင် ကလေးငယ်များအား ပစ်မှတ်ထားတိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်းနှင့် နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေအရ အကာအကွယ်ပေးထားသော အရာများကိုတိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်းများကို ကမ္ဘာ့ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့် အာဆီယံအပါအဝင် နိုင်ငံတကာ အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၊လူမှုအဖွဲ့အစည်းများမှ အားလုံးပူးပေါင်းပြီး ရှုံ့ချရန်နှင့်အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီအား လက်နက်များ ဖြန့်ဖြူးရောင်းချပြုလုပ်လျက်ရှိသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီများကို ပိတ်ဆို့ အရေးယူဆောင်ရွက်နိုင် ရန်အလေးအနက်ထားပြီး တောင်းဆိုအပ်ပါသည်။ ၅။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စု၏ ရာဇဝတ်မှုများကို မျက်ကွယ်ပြုခြင်းသည် ရာဇဝတ်မှုများ ဆက်လက်ကျူးလွန်ရန် အားပေးရာရောက်သည်ဖြစ်၍အားပေးထောက်ခံသည့် အပြုအမူမှန်သမျှကို မပြုလုပ်ကြရန် မိမိတို့အနေဖြင့် နိုင်ငံတကာကို အလေးအနက်တောင်းဆိုသည်။ ထို့ပြင် အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုက ကျူးလွန်နေသည့် နိုင်ငံတကာ ရာဇဝတ်မှုများ အမြန်ဆုံး ရပ်တန့်ရန်နှင့် တရားမျှတမှုဖော်ဆောင်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ နှင့်အတူ တကွ အရေးတကြီး ပံ့ပိုးဆောင်ရွက်ပေးကြပါရန် တိုက်တွန်း တောင်းဆိုအပ်ပါသည်။ ၆။ အမျိုးသမီး၊ လူငယ်နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာဝန်ကြီးဌာနတို့သည် သက်ဆိုင်ရာဝန်ကြီးဌာနများနှင့် ပူးပေါင်း၍ ယခုကဲ့သို့သော ကြီးလေးသည့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေး ချိုးဖောက်မှုများကို မှတ်တမ်းရယူသကဲ့သို့ လူအခွင့်အရေး ချိုးဖောက်ခံရမှုအား ကာကွယ်ရေး၊ ပြန်လည်ကုစားရေးနှင့် တရားမျှတမှု ရှာဖွေရေး၊ ကျူးလွန်သူများအား တရားဥပဒေနည်းလမ်းတကျ အပြစ်ပေး အရေးယူနိုင်ရေးကို တစိုက်မတ်မတ် ဆက်လက် ဆောင်ရွက် သွားမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Human Rights
2022-11-20
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Description: "Two six-year-old boys in Chin State and one 14-year-old girl in Rakhine State have been killed by Myanmar junta shells, according to residents. Regime troops based at a hill in Yay Soe Chaung village in Rathedaung Township, Rakhine State, shelled Pyain Taw village yesterday morning and Ma Nyein Nyein San, 14, was killed at her house, residents said. A villager said four shells were fired at the village although there had been no fighting nearby. “Three shells landed outside the village. The frightened villagers ran from their houses, including the girl. The last shell killed her,” he said. Pyain Taw villagers said Arakan Army (AA) troops were closing routes to the Yay Soe Chaung outpost, prompting troops to fire shells at random every day. Villagers were not able to hold a funeral for Ma Nyein Nyein San because they fear more shelling if junta troops see a crowd in the village, said residents. A shell also hit Bon Lun village in Hakha Township, Chin State, on Wednesday afternoon. James Siang Za Uk and Henry Bawi Za Lian, both six, were coming home from school when they were killed by a shell and a six-year-old girl was injured, according to a village pastor. “The injured child is in Hakha hospital in critical condition. There was no fighting and no armed groups around the village,” the pastor told The Irrawaddy. Fighting with the AA is escalating in Rakhine State and regime troops in Minbya Township in the state were reportedly continuously shelling villages this week..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2022-10-20
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Description: "[Warning Graphic] ... According to local news media, on the morning of the 23 May 2022, while families were having breakfast, the military attacked M’dat (မဒပ်) village with artillery shells. A 10-year-old boy and his mother were seriously injured. The child was reportedly in a critical condition, and lost a limb...News sources claimed that the military base of the 274th Light Infantry Battalion in Mindat Town (မင်းတပ်), Mindat Township (မင်းတပ်မိနယ်) was responsible for firing heavy artillery shells at civilian areas that morning... Myanmar Witness collected and analysed open-source footage relating to the incident and made the following conclusions: 1. Myanmar Witness was not able to fully verify the footage of the injured child as being taken in M’dat village. However, possible locations in M’dat village and Mindat Township which are consistent with footage of where a heavily wounded child was taken for medical care were identified...2. There was no verifiable footage of the attack itself to verify how the child’s wounds were incurred, but Myanmar Witness was able to verify the location at which the child was allegedly hit, with what appears to be blood stains on the wall and floor outside of a structure claimed to be the child's home...3. Footage of ammunition reportedly found in M’dat village after the attack are consistent with locally produced 120mm mortar rounds known to be used by the Myanmar military...4. Myanmar Witness verified the presence of a military base within firing range of the village and identified a mortar present at the base, although it was not possible to verify whether it was a model capable of firing these particular rounds...This incident is one of many monitored and analysed by Myanmar Witness, which documents alleged indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas since the coup. Attacks on villages like this are of particular concern as many villages do not have sufficient medical facilities. To read the full report and gain an insight into the techniques used by OSINT investigators, download the full report..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Witness
2022-09-27
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Description: "On 16th September at around 1 pm, the terrorist military used its MI35 helicopter and Light Infantry 368 to fire upon a school within the grounds of a monastery in Lat Yat Kone Village in Depayin Township, Sagaing Region.The Attack lasted for about an hour. The army refused to hand over the bodies of six children who were killed and instead carried them away in jute bags. In addition, another child died later in Ye-Oo Hospital. Six innocent civilians also died in the incident whose bodies were handed over the families. In total thirteen innocent civilians died, including seven children. Another twenty-one civilians, including school children, teachers, were taken away as ransom. Junta forces then torched the homes and buildings including animals in Lat Yat Kone Village and continued with the armed assault on nearby settlements. In so doing eighteen civilians from Nyaung Hla, Thit Tone, Moo Sone, Moo Khan, Nyaungyi Kone, Innpin and Lat Yat Kone villages within Depayin Township were injured. This has resulted in the eastern part of Depayin Township sinking into a renewed state of emergency, forcing tens of thousands of villagers to abandon this area of conflict. Data from National Unity Government’s Ministry of Women, Youth & Children’s Affairs has shown that from the start of the coup d’etat on 1st February 2021 to date, the terrorist military council has killed 234 youths under 18 years of age, 363 youths have been illegally detained. Since it illegally stole power, in a period of just over a year, the terrorist military council is found to have committed the following mass slaughter according to the available data souces. • In July 2021, 40 people were killed in Taung Paut Village, Kyat Chaung Taw Taight village, Yin village, Kone Thar village in Kani Township, Sagaing Region. • On December 7, 2021, 10 local people, including four children between the ages of 14 and 17, were killed in DonTaw Village, Sar Lingyi Township. • On December 24, 2021, 49 people, including a child and two employees of Save the Children, were burned to death in Moso Village, Phruso Township • On January 6, 2022, 11 people, including a journalist and a child, were abducted and killed in Mutupi Township, Chin State. • On April 19, 2022, 9 men were burned to death Southern in the village of Peyin Taung, Southern Shan State • On May 12, 2022, 28 people were burned to death in Mon Tine Pin Village, Ye U Township. The National Unity Government has been systematically recording and gathering the evidence of every atrocious act that the terrorist military council has been committing, identifying those who have lost their lives and has been reporting this to international legal organisations and professional bodies in order to bring justice for victims in the future. The relevant ministries of the National Unity Government have also been assuring the welfare of the families of those killed and the safety and security of eyewitnesses involved in these incidents. The NUG is in the process of urgently planning and drawing up a legal treatise so that those who were responsible and who took part in these brazen atrocious acts and killings face appropriate legal penalty and punishment its convicted. The NUG with its allies, the Ethnic Communities, together are urgently drawing up legal processes so that those who have broken the law and committed crimes can be issued with warrants, arrested, and brought before the courts of law in liberated areas. The United Nations and the international community are urged to take prompt, effective and serious measures regarding Myanmar to stop the brutality of the terrorist military led by Min Aung Hlaing, which is threatening peace, democracy and the human rights of every human race around the world..."
Source/publisher: National Unity Government of Myanmar
2022-09-26
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Description: "Over seven months have passed since the EU’s last round of sanctions on Myanmar, and the illegitimate military junta’s campaign of terror has intensified, with indiscriminate airstrikes, shelling, the execution of political prisonersand the murder of school children. In the past week, at least eleven school children have been killed, the highest recorded number of children killed in an attack since the Myanmar army’s attempted coup in February last year. The junta’s ongoing atrocity crimes are enabled by their continued access to funds, arms and related equipment, including from within the EU. Justice For Myanmar calls for an urgent round of EU sanctions, focussing on arms brokers who aid and abet the junta’s war crimes and crimes against humanity. We have identified 31 companies that have been involved in these activities since the coup attempt that must be sanctioned. Among the 31 companies documented, only one – Htoo Group of Companies – has been sanctioned by the EU to date. Some arms brokers we identified have confirmed business links to the EU. These include: Dynasty Group & its subsidiaries, which imported parts for Mi-17 helicopters from Russia since the coup attempt. Dynasty International Company Limited procured a fleet of aircraft, and later, parts from the Germany company Grob Aircraft SE. Dynasty Group has been sanctioned by the UK and its director, Aung Moe Myint, has been sanctioned by the UK and Canada. KT Group, Ky-Tha Group & their subsidiaries, which have produced arms and equipment for the Myanmar military, including coastal surveillance radar from the French corporation Thales. They have ongoing business with the Myanmar military, financing atrocity crimes. KT Services & Logistics and its director, Jonathan Myo Kyaw Thaung, have been sanctioned by the US. Mega Hill General Trading, which brokered a deal for an air defence weapon station since the coup attempt, and has procured equipment for the military from EU and US companies. Miya Win International, which has procured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the Austrian company Schiebel Corporation and received parts following the coup attempt. Miya Win International has been sanctioned by the UK. Myanmar Chemical & Machinery (MCM), which has procured arms and related materiel including tanks and has also been involved in arms production and a technical transfer project producing K-8 trainer jets in Myanmar with the Chinese state-owned arms company, CATIC. MCM’s energy business involves a partnership with Wartsila Corporation. MCM and its director, Aung Hlaing Oo, have been sanctioned by the UK, US and Canada. Other major arms brokers that have been sanctioned by the US, UK and/or Canada while the EU has delayed action include International Gateways Group, Star Sapphire Group, Sky Aviator and Synpex Shwe. Last Saturday, a prominent arms dealer to the Myanmar military junta was arrested in Thailand on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Despite arms dealer Tun Min Latt’s well-known involvement in arms trading, he has so far escaped international sanctions. Justice For Myanmar spokesperson Yadanar Maung says: “Last year, EU members voted in the UN General Assembly to stop the flow of arms to the Myanmar military. “The EU must take concrete steps to cut the junta’s access to arms, intensifying sanctions against arms brokers and all other business interests of the military junta. “As long as the junta has access to arms, equipment and funds, it will be able to continue its terror campaign against the people of Myanmar, committing war crimes and crimes against humanity with total impunity. “This week, the junta murdered at least 11 children attending school, and will continue its rampage as long as it has access to resources. “We call on the EU to stand with the people of Myanmar and sanction arms brokers now!” More information: Read our investigation into companies brokering arms and equipment for the Myanmar military here Read our investigation into companies supplying the Myanmar miliary with arms and equipment from Russia here..."
Source/publisher: Justice For Myanmar
2022-09-22
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Description: "Eleven children were killed in junta air strikes in Let Yet Kone Village in Tabayin Township, Sagaing Region on Friday, after which junta soldiers cremated most of their bodies in Ye-U, about 11 km away, in an attempt to remove any trace of the killings, according to local sources. Two regime Mi-35 helicopters attacked a monastic school in Let Yet Kone Village at 1 p.m. on Friday. Seven children were killed immediately, and 17 other people—three teachers and 14 students—were injured. Two more children died when ground troops raided the village. Regime forces took the bodies of the seven children who were killed in the initial airstrike, and those who were injured, to a traditional medicine hospital in Ye-U overnight, and cremated their bodies at Ye-U cemetery the following day. They cremated two more bodies at the cemetery around 4 p.m. that day. Locals suggested those two might have been among the students taken for medical treatment at Ye-U traditional medicine hospital. “Some of the children taken with the vehicle had their lower body parts or limbs severed. A [dismembered] child was wrapped and put in a bamboo basket [used as backpacks by Myanmar military troops]. There were pools of blood inside the school. Pieces of flesh were scattered all over the place, on fans, on the walls and on the ceiling,” said a villager who went to see the monastic school after the air strikes. Another resident of Let Yet Kone said: “Parents of two children came to search for their children, but all that was left was the clothes of their children. The junta soldiers did not leave a single body part, so parents could not hold funerals.” The bodies of four boys and two girls, along with a sack of body parts believed to be those of another victim, were cremated at Ye-U cemetery at around 6 a.m. on Saturday, and two more boys were cremated at 4 p.m., according to the Ye-U Township People’s Defense Force (PDF). Junta troops forced a Let Yet Kone villager to drive the three injured teachers and 14 injured children as well as the bodies of the dead children to Ye-U on Friday evening. A Ye-U resident who is familiar with the matter said: “The regime forces returned to Ye-U, carrying both the dead and injured children in a vehicle that they forcibly took from Let Yet Kone. The driver thought the bodies were of soldiers. He was shocked when he opened the sacks and found children.” The injured people are being kept at the traditional medicine hospital in Ye-U, where junta troops have made their base in the town. Some children were seriously injured and had lost limbs. It is not clear which battalions are responsible for the killings, but local resistance groups believe they belong to Light Infantry Battalion 701 based in Yangon’s Hmawbi, which is under Yangon Command, and Division 33 based in Sagaing. Apart from the young children, seven other villagers including two teenagers aged 13 and 16 were killed. The five other victims included a woman and were aged 22, 31, 34, 37 and 49. Junta troops carried out the air raid alleging that resistance fighters were at the village monastery, residents said. The junta’s Myawady TV said in a newscast on Saturday, “The Myanmar military made checks in response to a tip-off that the Kachin Independence Army [KIA] and PDFs were planning to transport weapons via Let Yet Kone, and the village monastery was a hideout for National League for Democracy supporters and PDF members who extort money from locals and travelers.” It added: “Civilians were killed as the KIA and PDFs used them as human shields in the exchange of fire.” However, local residents said it was a one-sided attack by junta soldiers. Similar incidents involving child casualties occurred on Thursday and Saturday. Two displaced sisters aged 7 and 12 taking shelter at a monastery in Moebye on the Shan-Kayah border were killed in a junta artillery strike on the monastery on Thursday. A 5-year-old boy was shot dead by junta soldiers in Kantbalu Township in Sagaing Region on Saturday..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2022-09-19
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Description: "1.On September 16, 2022, six children were killed and many were injured because of a military terrorist airstrike on a self-supporting school of local residents in Lat Yat Kone village, Tabayin township, Sagaing region. 2.Following the airstrike, ground troops of military terrorist arrested approximately 20 students and teachers who were trapped in the school, including the injured children, and sent them to Ye Oo township. 3.Ministry of Human Rights, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs of the National Unity Government strongly condemn the targeted attacks on the schools, which is an inhuman and brutal war crime. The arrested children and teachers need to be released without any harms. 4.The National Unity Government has been meticulously documenting the serious human rights violations and maintaining its consistent effort to bring justice in various ways. 5.The international community has responsibility to support the effort of bringing justice for war crimes, such as gross violations of children's "Right to Education" and heinous targeted attacks on schools..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs and Ministry of Human Rights
2022-09-18
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Source/publisher: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs and Ministry of Human Rights
2022-09-18
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Description: "CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Adequate nutrition during infancy and early childhood is fundamental to the normal growth and development of each child to its full potential. Malnutrition is responsible for about half (45%) of all under five deaths each year. In Myanmar, under five mortality is 45/1,000 livebirths which is the highest national rate in the region. Globally, 149 million under five children were malnourished in 2019. In Myanmar, 1.3 million under five children are stunted and at risk of not growing or developing to their full potential and more than 300,000 under-five children are wasted. Stunting has a major negative impact on under five mortality, learning, production and sports. It contributes to almost 15% of child deaths each year. A 10% increase in the prevalence of stunting results in the proportion of children reaching the final grade in school falling by 8%. Adults affected by malnutrition in infancy and childhood earn on average 20% less than adults not affected by malnutrition. Low performance in sports is well visible. In Myanmar, children who are not breastfed are at significantly increased risk of stunting. Annual inadequate breastfeeding in Myanmar results in more than 4,000 child deaths and more than 1 million cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia. In addition, families have to use more than 182 million US$ to purchase infant formula and government have to use more than 2 million US$ for treatment of their illness. The best and most cost-effective interventions to reduce under-five mortality and stunting is Infant and Young Child Feeding. Breastfeeding is the single most effective intervention to save children’s lives; 823 000 child deaths could be prevented each year through scaling up recommended breastfeeding practices globally. About half of all diarrhoea episodes and a third of respiratory infections (major killers resulting in the loss of 2 million young lives each year) could be avoided through breastfeeding. Appropriate complementary feeding could prevent another 6% of deaths. In emergencies, infants and young children are more vulnerable, the younger the age, the higher the risk of mortality and malnutrition. If poor IYCF practices, weak policy and legislation and low awareness and knowledge are present in pre-emergency, it is sure to become worse in emergency situation. The following factors lead children to have poorer IYCF practices and malnutrition resulting in increasing morbidity and mortality. Myths and misconceptions Exhaustion Severe stress and trauma Lack of resources and supports Lack of privacy BMS donations and blanket distributions Lack of safe water and poor hygiene, sanitation Lack of access to complementary food..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children and UN Children's Fund via "Reliefweb" (New York)
2022-08-07
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Description: "Please check against delivery Statement by Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations at the UN Security Council Open Debate on “Children and Armed Conflict” (New York, 19 July 2022) Mr. President, At the outset, I would like to thank the presidency of Brazil for convening today’s high-level open debate on children and armed conflict. We welcome this year’s focus on protection of displaced children, abduction and their reintegration. I also appreciate all the briefers for their insightful briefings. I particularly thank the Secretary General and his special representative Ms. Gamba for this year report on children and armed conflicts. Mr. President, The situation of children in armed conflict continues to be a great concern to all of us. The number of grave violations against children remains high with 22,645 violations committed in 2021 alone. Myanmar expresses its deep sympathy for over 19,000 children affected by those violations in conflict situations. We are saddened by the tragic loss of over 8,000 children lives as the result of the killing and maiming. On the other hand, we are encouraged by the release of over 12,000 children from armed groups as the result of the UN’s engagement with parties to the conflicts. We are particularly alarmed by the trends of increased impact of improvised explosive devices and mines on children, attacks on schools, the military use of schools and the significant rise in abduction of girls. As the Secretary-General rightly pointed out in the report, while the COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the vulnerabilities of children, the military coups have worsened their situation including in Myanmar. Mr. President, In Myanmar, the elected civilian Government strengthened the legal framework for child protection despite the constitutional constraint with regard to the armed conflicts. A new Child Rights Law was enacted. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the ILO Minimum Age Convention, 1973 were ratified. The Government established an inter-ministerial committee for the prevention of the six grave violations during armed conflicts. The Government fully cooperated with the United Nations entities including the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. While supporting the UN led monitoring and reporting mechanism, the National Unity Government of Myanmar is committed to promoting and protecting the rights of the child, and is cooperating with relevant UN entities in this regard. NUG developed a set of guidelines on prevention and protection of children affected in armed conflict in Myanmar and an implementation plan in accordance with international laws and relevant UN Security Council resolutions. NUG submitted in March this year to the UN the report on the efforts of the NUG for promoting and protecting the rights of the child especially in situation in armed conflict, as well as the guidelines on CAAC. Mr. President, After the military perpetrated the illegal coup in February 2021 in Myanmar, the illegal military effectively destroyed the rule of law by lawlessly arresting, torturing and killing civilians including children in cold blood. Even with the elected civilian government and parliament in place, the military was the main perpetrator of grave violations against children. After the coup, no legal protection in place was able to prevent Myanmar children from the violence by the military which has no regard for domestic and international law. The impact of conflict on children in Myanmar is indeed severe and deeply disturbing and heart breaking. In this year report, the United Nations verified 503 grave violations against 462 Myanmar children, most of which were committed by the military. The military killed and maimed 75 children, recruited and used 222, detained 87, raped 1 and abducted 10 children. They attacked schools and hospitals 17 times, used 52 schools and hospitals for military purposes and denied humanitarian access. These verified accounts in the report do not necessarily represent the full scale of attacks and violations by the military against the children. Since the coup, over 1,400 children have been arbitrarily arrested. Over 270 children remained in the military detention as of May this year. The military took children hostage to force their parents to surrender. Nearly 7.8 million children remain out of school. 250,000 out of over 1 million internal displaced persons in Myanmar are children. Children retaining safe and access to quality education is another important matter. There is no doubt that attacks on schools and hospitals have destructive effects on children and societies in every way. To this end, the military has deliberately deprived children of their basic human rights to health, education, and development. Mr. President, In addition to the displacement of children within the country, many children together with their parents escaped from Myanmar to neighbouring countries to seek refuge. We are greatly concerned that they are now at high risk of becoming victims of human trafficking. Therefore, we are seeking UNHCR protection for them. Many of them are still awaiting effective actions from UNHCR. I hereby appeal to the international community to look into this matter seriously and timely and help them. Children must be protected under every circumstance. Every child deserves a future. In conclusion, Mr. President, as we speak, the war that Myanmar military has waged on their own citizens including children continues. Unless the international community takes concrete action to protect Myanmar children from ongoing grave violations, we risk having a lost generation of children due to the coup-inflicted consequences. Needless to say, the key root cause of the children’s sufferings in Myanmar is the military junta’s brutal attempt to do anything to assert control over the population who resoundingly continues to resist their illegal coup. With their culture of impunity, the military forces have proven that they are not reluctant to go to extreme length including by blatantly violating both domestic child rights law and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. In this situation, the international community needs to protect children in Myanmar who have been victims of the military junta’s widespread and systematic attacks against the civilian population. Here I wish to urge the UN Security Council to take swift and decisive action, in accordance with its Charter responsibilities and children and armed conflict resolutions, to end military violence against children, stop military use of schools and hospitals and release all arbitrarily detained children. The Council must also do everything it can to bring the perpetrators of grave violations against children to justice and help aid workers get safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to children in need, especially those displaced by conflicts not only in Myanmar but also in other conflict situations. The Council must act now. I thank you..."
Source/publisher: Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations (New York)
2022-07-19
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Description: "ကုလသမဂ္ဂလုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီအနေနှင့် ပဋိညာဉ်စာတမ်းပါ တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများနှင့်အညီ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်၏ အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်များမှ ကလေးငယ်များနှင့် ပြည်သူများအား ကာကွယ်ပေးရေးအတွက် ချက်ချင်းအရေးယူဆောင်ရွက်ရန် ကုလသမဂ္ဂဆိုင်ရာ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ် သံအမတ်ကြီး ဦးကျော်မိုးထွန်းမှ အလေးထားတိုက်တွန်းခဲ့ (နယူးယောက်မြို့၊ ဇူလိုင်လ ၁၉ ရက်) ၁။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂဆိုင်ရာ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ် သံအမတ်ကြီး ဦးကျော်မိုးထွန်းသည် ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ဇူလိုင်လ ၁၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် ကုလသမဂ္ဂလုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီ၏ “ကလေးများနှင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခ” ခေါင်းစဉ်ဖြင့် ကျင်းပပြုလုပ်သည့် တံခါးဖွင့်အစည်းအဝေးသို့ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့ပြီး၊ မိန့်ခွန်းပြောကြားခဲ့ပါသည်။ သံအမတ်ကြီး ဦးကျော်မိုးထွန်း၏ မိန့်ခွန်း၌ အောက်ပါအဓိကအချက်များ ပါဝင်ပါသည် - (က) လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခအတွင်း ကလေးသူငယ်များ၏ အခြေအနေနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ မိမိတို့အနေနှင့် များစွာစိုးရိမ်နေရဆဲဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်အတွင်း ကလေးများအပေါ် ကျူးလွန်သည့် ဆိုးဝါးသည့် အကြမ်းဖက် လုပ်ရပ်အရေအတွက်သည် (၂၂,၆၄၅) အထိ ရှိခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ ပဋိပက္ခများကြောင့် ကလေးသူငယ် (၁၉,၀၀၀) ဦး ကျော်အပေါ် အကျိုးသက်ရောက်မှုရှိခဲ့ရာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအနေဖြင့် များစွာ စိတ်မကောင်းဖြစ်ရကြောင်း၊ (ခ) ထို့ပြင် ကလေး (၈၀၀၀) ဦးကျော်နီးပါး အသက်ဆုံးရှုံးရမှုနှင့် သေရာပါဒဏ်ရာရရှိမှုတို့အပေါ် များစွာဝမ်းနည်းကြေကွဲရကြောင်း၊ တစ်ဖက်တွင်လည်း ပဋိပက္ခအတွင်း ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်သည့် အဖွဲ့များနှင့် ကုလသမဂ္ဂ၏ စေ့စပ်ဆောင်ရွက်မှုဖြင့် ကလေး (၁၂,၀၀၀) ဦးကျော် လွှတ်ပေးနိုင်ခဲ့မှုအပေါ် အားတက်ရကြောင်း၊ သို့ရာတွင် ဖောက်ခွဲရေး ကိရိယာများနှင့် မိုင်းဗုံးများ၏ ကလေးများအပေါ် ဆိုးဝါးသည့် အကျိုးသက်ရောက်မှု၊ စာသင်ကျောင်းများအား တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်း၊ ကလေးသူငယ်များအား စစ်ရေးအရ အသုံးပြုခြင်း၊ မိန်းကလေးငယ်များအား အဓမ္မသွေးဆောင်ခေါ်ဆောင်ခြင်းတို့ မြင့်တက်လာခြင်းအပေါ် အထူးစိုးရိမ်မိကြောင်း၊ ကိုဗစ်-၁၉ ကြောင့် ကလေးများအပေါ် ထိခိုက်လွယ်မှု ပိုမိုမြင့်တက်လာနိုင်သည့် အချိန်တွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်ဖြစ်ပွားမှုအပါအဝင် စစ်အာဏာသိမ်းမှုများကြောင့် အခြေအနေကို ပိုမိုဆိုးရွာစေသည်ကို ကုလသမဂ္ဂအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ်က ၎င်း၏ အစီရင်ခံစာတွင် ထောက်ပြထားကြောင်း၊ (ဂ) မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ရွေးကောက်ခံအရပ်သားအစိုးရသည် လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာ အကန့်အသတ်များကြားမှ ကလေးသူငယ်ကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်းသည့် ဥပဒေမူဘောင်ကိုချမှတ်ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့ပြီး၊ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေသစ်တစ်ရပ်ကို ပြဋ္ဌာန်းခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ ထို့ပြင် လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခအတွင်း ကလေးသူငယ်များ ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်မှုနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ ကလေးသူငယ်များ အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ နောက်ဆက်တွဲအခြေပြစာချုပ်နှင့် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ အလုပ်သမားအဖွဲ့အစည်း၏ အလုပ်လုပ်ခွင့်ပြုသည့် အနိမ့်ဆုံးအသက်အရွယ်သတ်မှတ်ချက်ဆိုင်ရာ သဘော တူညီချက်တို့အား အတည်ပြုလက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ (ဃ) မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၊ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရသည် ကုလသမဂ္ဂဦးဆောင်သည့် ယန္တရားလုပ်ငန်းများကို အားပေးထောက်ခံ၍ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများ ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ရေးနှင့် ယင်းကိစ္စနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ သက်ဆိုင်ရာကုလသမဂ္ဂအဖွဲ့အစည်းများနှင့် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်သွားမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ ထို့ပြင် အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရသည် ကုလသမဂ္ဂလုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီ၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်မူကြမ်းများနှင့် နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေများနှင့်အညီ ကလေးသူငယ်ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ရေးဆိုင်ရာ အကောင်အထည်ဖော် ဆောင်ရွက်ရေးစီမံကိန်းနှင့် လမ်းညွှန်ချက်များကို ချမှတ်ထားကြောင်း၊ အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရသည် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေး ကာကွယ်မြှင့်တင်ရေးနှင့် စပ်လျဉ်း၍ ကြိုးပမ်း ဆောင်ရွက်မှုများနှင့် ပတ်သက်သည့် အစီရင်ခံစာနှင့် လမ်းညွှန်ချက်တို့ကို ကုလသမဂ္ဂသို့ ယခုနှစ်မတ်လက တင်သွင်းခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ (င) ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊​ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလက မတရားစစ်တပ်အာဏာသိမ်းမှုပြီးနောက် တရားမဝင်စစ်တပ်သည် တရားဥပဒေစိုးမိုးရေးကိုဖျက်ဆီး၍ ကလေးသူငယ်များအပါအဝင် မြန်မာပြည်သူများအား သွေးအေးအေး ဖြင့် သတ်ဖြတ်၊ ဖမ်းဆီး၊ နှိပ်စက်နေကြောင်း၊ ရွေးကောက်ခံအရပ်သားအစိုးရနှင့် ရွေးကောက်ခံ အရပ်သားလွှတ်တော်တို့ တာဝန်ယူသည့် အချိန်ကပင်လျှင် စစ်တပ်သည်​ ကလေးသူငယ်များအပေါ် ဆိုးဝါးသည့် အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်များ အဓိကကျူးလွန်သူဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ တရားမဝင်အာဏာသိမ်းမှုပြီးနောက် မြန်မာကလေးသူငယ်များအား အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်များမှ တားဆီးပေးနိုင်မည့် ဥပဒေကာကွယ်မှုမရှိတော့ဘဲ စစ်တပ်သည် ပြည်တွင်းနှင့် နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေများကို လေးစားလိုက်နာခြင်းမရှိကြောင်း၊ (စ) ယခုနှစ် အတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ်၏ အစီရင်ခံစာ၌ မြန်မာကလေးသူငယ် (၄၆၂) ဦး အပေါ် ကျူးလွန်သည့် ဆိုးဝါးသော လုပ်ရပ် (၅၀၃) ခုကို မှတ်တမ်းတင်ဖော်ပြထားပြီး၊ ယင်းအကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်အများစုကို စစ်တပ်မှ​ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ စစ်တပ်သည် ကလေးသူငယ် (၇၇) ဦး ကို သတ်ဖြတ်၍​ သေရာပါဒဏ်ရာရရှိအောင် ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့၍ (၂၂၂) ဦး ကို စစ်သားသစ်အဖြစ် စုဆောင်းအသုံးပြုခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ ထို့ပြင် ကလေးသူငယ်(၈၇) ဦး ကို ဖမ်းဆီးထိန်းသိမ်းခဲ့ပြီး၊ စာသင်ကျောင်းနှင့် ဆေးရုံ (၅၂) ခုတို့ကို စစ်ရေးအရ အသုံးပြုခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ (ဆ) အာဏာသိမ်းသည့်အချိန်မှစ၍ ကလေးသူငယ် (၁,၄၀၀) ဦး ကျော်ကို စစ်တပ်မှ အဓမ္မ ထိန်းသိမ်းဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့ကြောင်း၊ စစ်တပ်သည် မိဘများအား လာရောက်အဖမ်းခံစေရန် ရည်ရွယ်၍​ ၎င်းတို့၏ ကလေးများကို ဓားစာခံအဖြစ် ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်းဖြစ်ပြီး၊ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ ကလေးငယ် (၇.၈) သန်း နီးပါးသည် ပညာဆက်လက်သင်ယူနိုင်ခြင်း မရှိတော့ကြောင်း၊ ပြည်တွင်းနေရပ်စွန့်ခွာသူ (၁) သန်းကျော်အနက် (၂၅၀,၀၀၀) ဦး သည် ကလေးသူငယ်များဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ (ဇ) မြန်မာကလေးငယ်များသည် ၎င်းတို့၏ မိဘများနှင့်အတူ လုံခြုံမည်ဟုယူဆသည့် အိမ်နီးချင်း နိုင်ငံများသို့ ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်ကြရကြောင်း၊ ၎င်းတို့သည် ယခုအခါ လူကုန်ကူးမှုအန္တရာယ်နှင့် ရင်ဆိုင်ရနိုင်သည့်အတွက် ကုလသမဂ္ဂဒုက္ခသည်များဆိုင်ရာ အေဂျင်စီမှ ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မှုပေးရန် တောင်းဆိုထားကြောင်း၊ ကုလသမဂ္ဂဒုက္ခသည်များဆိုင်ရာ အေဂျင်စီ၏ ထိရောက်သည့် အရေးယူ ဆောင်ရွက်မှုကို ရရှိရန် စောင့်ဆိုင်းနေသူအများအပြားရှိကြောင်း၊ အခုကိစ္စအပေါ် နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုက်အဝန်း အနေဖြင့် ပိုမိုအလေးအနက်ထား ထည့်သွင်းစဉ်းစား၍ အချိန်မီကူညီဆောင်ရွက်ရန် တိုက်တွန်းကြောင်း၊ မည်သည့်အခြေအနေမျိုး၌မဆို ကလေးငယ်များကို ကာကွယ်မှုပေးရမည်ဖြစ်ပြီး၊ ကလေးတိုင်းသည် အနာဂတ်နှင့် ထိုက်တန်ကြောင်း၊ (ဈ) ယခုပြောကြားနေသည့်အချိန်၌တွင်ပင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ ကလေးသူငယ်များ အပါအဝင် အပြစ်မဲ့ပြည်သူများအပေါ် အကြမ်းဖက်တိုက်ခိုက်နေသည့် စစ်တပ်၏ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ပွဲသည် ဆက်လက် ဖြစ်ပွားနေဆဲဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုက်အဝန်းမှ မြန်မာကလေးများအား အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်များမှ​ ကာကွယ်တားဆီးရန် ထိရောက်ခိုင်မာသည့် အရေးယူဆောင်ရွက်မှု ချမှတ်အကောင်အထည်ဖော်နိုင်ခြင်း မရှိပါက၊ စစ်တပ်အာဏာသိမ်းမှု၏ အကျိုးရလဒ်အဖြစ် ကလေးငယ်မျိုးဆက်သစ်တစ်ခု ဆုံးရှုံးမည့် အန္တရာယ်နှင့် ရင်ဆိုင်ရမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ ပြစ်ဒဏ်ကျသင့်မခံရသည့် စစ်တပ်၏အစဉ်အလာသည် စွဲမြဲနေပြီး၊ စစ်တပ်သည် ပြည်တွင်းကလေးအခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေနှင့် ကုလသမဂ္ဂကလေးသူငယ် အခွင့်အရေးများ ဆိုင်ရာ သဘောတူညီချက်များကို ဗြောင်ကျကျချိုးဖောက်၍ အစွမ်းကုန် ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်သည့် လုပ်ရပ်များ ကျူးလွန်ရန် တုံ့ဆိုင်းခြင်း ရှိမည်မဟုတ်ကြောင်း၊ ယင်းအခြေအနေတွင် နိုင်ငံတကာ အသိုက်အဝန်းသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးငယ်များကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှာက်ရမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ (ည) ကုလသမဂ္ဂပဋိညာဉ်စာတမ်းနှင့် လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခဆိုင်ရာ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်မူကြမ်းများတွင် ဖော်ပြသည့် တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများနှင့်အညီ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ ဖြစ်ပွားနေသည့် ကလေးသူငယ်များအပေါ် အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်များ ကျူးလွန်လျက်ရှိသော စစ်တပ်၏ လုပ်ရပ်များကို ရပ်တန့်ရန်၊ ကျောင်းနှင့် ဆေးရုံများကို စစ်တပ်က အလွဲသုံးစားမှုများကို ရပ်တန့်ရန်၊ ထိန်းသိမ်းခံထားရသည့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ လွတ်မြောက်စေရန် ကုလသမဂ္ဂလုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီအနေနှင့် ခိုင်မာပြတ်သားစွာ ချက်ချင်းအရေးယူ ဆောင်ရွက်ရန် လိုအပ်နေကြောင်း၊ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌သာမက အခြားပဋိပက္ခအခြေအနေများ၌ပါ ကလေးငယ် များကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ရန်နှင့် ပြစ်မှုကျူးလွန်သူအားလုံး ပြစ်ဒဏ်ကျသင့်ရေး၊ လူသားချင်းစာနာမှု အကူအညီများ လိုအပ်သည့် ကလေးသူငယ်များထံ အတားအဆီးမရှိ ရောက်ရှိစေရေးအတွက် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီသည် ဖြစ်နိုင်သည့် နည်းလမ်းပေါင်းစုံဖြင့် ကြိုးပမ်းဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီအနေဖြင့် ချက်ချင်းအရေးယူဆောင်ရွက်ပေးရမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း။..."
Source/publisher: Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations (New York)
2022-07-19
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Description: "Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. MYANMAR’S MILITARY USING SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY TO MAINTAIN POWER Myanmar’s (Burma) military – the Tatmadaw – is planning to install surveillance camera systems with facial recognition capabilities in cities across all of the country’s seven states and seven regions, according to an 11 July report by Reuters. The military claims the projects will help maintain security and foster civil peace. However, recent reporting indicates that the military will increasingly rely upon surveillance technology in an attempt to strengthen its hold on power and oppose resistance efforts. This poses heightened safety risks for activists and resistance groups, including by making it easier for the military to track their movements. Prior to the February 2021 military coup, some surveillance camera systems were already installed or planned in several major cities, including Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw. Local authorities have initiated new camera surveillance projects in at least five cities around Myanmar, including Mawlamyine, the country’s fourth-largest city; Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State; and Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. Local firms are sourcing the cameras and other related technology from Chinese companies – Dahua, Huawei and Hikvision – that are tied to the surveillance of the ethnic Uyghur population in China. The surveillance cameras are part of a wider effort to monitor the activities of populations in Myanmar. Last month four UN experts condemned the military’s attempts to establish a “digital dictatorship” in Myanmar with tactics like sweeping internet blackouts, digital censorship and surveillance. According to the experts, telecommunications providers have been pressured to activate surveillance technology and hand over user data to police and military officials. Since August 2021 at least 31 townships in seven states and regions across Myanmar have reportedly experienced internet shutdowns, and an additional 23 have faced severely slowed internet speeds. The internet shutdowns have targeted areas where the military faces strong resistance from opposition groups. The UN experts said, “online access to information is a matter of life and death for many people in Myanmar, including those seeking safety from indiscriminate attacks by the military.” Notably, the imposition of internet blackouts in Sagaing Region coincided with the escalation of a military offensive characterized by arson and airstrike campaigns against civilian areas. The UN experts also noted that “internet restrictions are being used by the junta as a cloak to hide its ongoing atrocities.” The barriers to internet access and lack of connectivity in many parts of the country are hindering the collection of evidence of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity by human rights monitors and journalists. The military in Myanmar must respect the population’s right to privacy. Member states should support civil society efforts to combat censorship and surveillance and impose sanctions to restrict the sale or supply of dual-use surveillance technology..."
Source/publisher: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect via "Reliefweb" (New York)
2022-07-13
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Description: "The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, as represented by the National Unity Government, strongly welcomes the public statement1 issued by the UN Child Rights Committee, urging the international community to take swift action to protect Myanmar’s children. The Committee’s statement swiftly follows a searing report issued by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.2 Finding the likely commission of crimes against humanity and war crimes by the military junta, the Special Rapporteur declares that ‘relentless attacks on children underscore the depths of the military junta’s depravity and its willingness to inflict immense misery and hardship on innocent victims to try and subjugate the people of Myanmar.’ Depraved acts directed against children include hostage-taking, the pulling out of fingernails and teeth, stabbing and burning, sexual violence, mock executions, deprivation of food and water and the denial of medical care. As the UN Child Rights Committee asserts, ‘time is running out to save Myanmar’s stricken generation’. The rights of Myanmar’s children must be respected and protected, and perpetrators of atrocity crimes against children must be held accountable. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is committed to promoting and protecting the rights of the child, consistent with its obligations under international law including the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocols. Myanmar also extends its full cooperation to the UN Child Rights Committee and echoes the Committee’s call on the ‘international community to urgently reassess and redesign the global response to the crises in Myanmar, prioritize children’s rights over other considerations, and take concrete measures to alleviate their suffering.’..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Human Rights
2022-06-30
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Description: " Time is running out to save Myanmar’s stricken generation, the UN Child Rights Committee warned today, urging the international community to take swift action to protect the country’s children. Citing alarming findings in a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the Committee said 7.8 million children in the country remain out of school, 250,000 are internally displaced, and children have reportedly been abducted and recruited for armed conflicts. The Committee issued the following statement today: “Children continue to bear the brunt of the Myanmar military's ongoing attacks to assert control over the territory. At least 382 children have been killed or maimed by armed groups since the February 2021 coup. In addition, over 1,400 children have reportedly been arbitrarily arrested since the coup. Children who took part or were suspected of having participated in protests, are among those detained by the military. At least 274 child political prisoners remained in the military’s custody as of 27 May this year. The military also takes children of human rights defenders hostage to pressure their parents to surrender. According to the latest report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, at least 61 children are currently being held hostage by the junta. Rohingya children have been arrested and detained for alleged migration-related offences. Torture and ill-treatment, including sexual abuse, have allegedly been inflicted on these children. The number of children being abducted for recruitment purposes is on the rise, as well as children joining local defence groups and being particularly exposed to the danger of being killed or injured. They have been dispatched to participate in armed conflicts. The economic and humanitarian crises are having devastating impacts on children and fueling all forms of violence and exploitation. The Committee is deeply concerned that the military intentionally impedes access to food, funds, medical aid, and communication to weaken the support base for armed resistance and provoke fear. Child trafficking and child labour are reportedly on the rise in Myanmar. According to UN figures, the estimated number of internally displaced people since the coup in the country has passed 700,000, including more than 250,000 children, as of 1 June 2022. More than half of the country’s child population, about 7.8 million, remain out of school. The UN has documented 260 attacks on schools and education personnel since the coup, and 320 cases of the use of schools by armed groups between February 2021 and March 2022. It is estimated that 33,000 children will die from preventable causes in 2022 merely due to the lack of routine immunizations. In addition, 1.3 million children and more than 700,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women require nutritional support. As a result, experts warn of a looming food crisis and a dramatic increase in rates of childhood malnutrition. The rights of children in Myanmar must be respected and protected under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, both ratified by Myanmar, as well as under the international humanitarian law. The Committee urges Myanmar’s military to cease involving children in the hostilities, stop taking children hostage, end unlawful detention and torture and ill-treatment of children in captivity, and release all detained children immediately and unconditionally. Perpetrators of atrocity crimes against children must be held accountable before impartial and independent courts. The Committee also reiterates its call for the UN and civil society organizations to have safe and unrestricted access to deliver assistance and services to Myanmar’s most vulnerable children. The Committee calls on the international community to urgently reassess and redesign the global response to the crises in Myanmar, prioritize children’s rights over other considerations, and take concrete measures to alleviate their suffering.”..."
Source/publisher: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva)
2022-06-29
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Description: "Last week, two seven-year-old boys were tragically killed in a grenade round explosion in Gangaw Township, Magwe Region. The incident occurred on 19 June, when the two boys were playing with an unexploded grenade round they found in a jungle. Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) continue to kill and maim many children in Myanmar. At least 115 children have been killed or injured by landmines and UXO since February 2021, including 47 casualties that occurred between January and April 2022 alone. In times of conflict, children are the most vulnerable, including from landmines and UXO. Since children are smaller than adults, they are more likely to take the full impact of the blast and are therefore more likely to suffer death or serious injury. In Myanmar, more than one third of the reported casualties from landmines and UXO are children. The safety and rights of children must be the primary consideration in all contexts. During the first five months of 2022, UNICEF and partners have reached 20,000 children across Myanmar with Explosive Ordnance Risk Education. UNICEF calls on all parties to facilitate access for assistance to victims; to stop laying mines and to clear existing mines and UXO..... ပြီးခဲ့သည့်ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွင်း မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ ဂန့်ဂေါမြို့နယ်တွင် အသက် ၇ နှစ်အရွယ် ယောက်ျားလေးနှစ်ဦး ဗုံးသီးပေါက်ကွဲမှုအတွင်း ဝမ်းနည်းဖွယ်ရာ အသက်ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့ရပါသည်။ အဆိုပါဖြစ်ရပ်မှာ ဇွန်လ ၁၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် ကလေးနှစ်ဦးက တောထဲတွင်တွေ့ရှိခဲ့သော မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသည့် ဗုံးသီးတစ်လုံးကို ကစားနေစဥ် ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းများနှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်း (UXO) များသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးငယ်များစွာကို အသက်ဆုံးရှုံးစေခြင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်လက်အင်္ဂါချို့တဲ့စေခြင်းများ ဆက်လက်ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေလျက်ရှိပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလမှစ၍ မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ (UXO) ကြောင့် အနည်းဆုံး ကလေးငယ် ၁၁၅ ဦး သေဆုံး ဒဏ်ရာရခဲ့ပြီး ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ် ဇန်နဝါရီလမှ ဧပြီလအတွင်းမှာပင် သေဆုံး ဒဏ်ရာရသူ ကလေးငယ် ၄၇ ဦးအထိ ရှိခဲ့ပါသည်။ ပဋိပက္ခအချိန်များအတွင်း ကလေးသူငယ်များသည် မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ (UXO) ကြောင့် အပါအဝင် အားနည်းထိခိုက်လွယ်ဆုံးသူများဖြစ်ကြသည်။ ကလေးငယ်များမှာ လူကြီးများထက် အရွယ်အစားအားဖြင့် ပိုမိုသေးငယ်သောကြောင့် ပေါက်ကွဲမှုဒဏ်ကို အပြည့်အဝ ခံရနိုင်ဖွယ်ပိုများသည်ဖြစ်ရာ သေဆုံးခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ပြင်းထန်ဒဏ်ရာရာနိုင်ချေပိုများပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ (UXO) ကြောင့် သေဆုံးဒဏ်ရာရရှိသူများ၏ သုံးပုံတစ်ပုံကျော်မှာ ကလေးငယ်များဖြစ်သည်။ မည်သို့သော အခြေအနေမျိုးတွင်မဆို ကလေးသူငယ်များ၏ ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံမှုနှင့် အခွင့်အရေးများကို အဓိကထည့်သွင်းစဉ်းစားရပါမည်။ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ် ပထမ ၅ လအတွင်း ယူနီဆက်နှင့် မိတ်ဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများအနေဖြင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးငယ် ဦးရေ ၂၀,၀၀၀ အား ပေါက်ကွဲစေတတ်သောလက်နက်များအန္တရာယ် အသိပညာပေးမှုများ ပြုလုပ်ပေးနိုင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ ယူနီဆက်အနေဖြင့် သက်ဆိုင်ရာအဖွဲ့အစည်းများအားလုံးအား ထိခိုက်နစ်နာသူများအတွက် အကူအညီများ လွယ်ကူချောမွေ့စွာ ပေးနိုင်ရန်၊ မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းအသုံးပြုမှုများ ရပ်တန့်ရန်နှင့် ရှိနှင့်ပြီးသော မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲသေးသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ (UXO) များကို ရှင်းလင်းကြပါရန် မေတ္တာရပ်ခံ တိုက်တွန်းလိုက်ရပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Children's Fund
2022-06-24
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Description: "The Myanmar junta has deliberately killed hundreds of children as part of a strategy to inflict immense suffering on innocent civilians and subjugate the people of the country, a UN expert said on Tuesday. At least 382 children have been killed or injured by armed groups since the coup and the Myanmar military bears the most responsibility for these deaths, according to a report by Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Of the deaths and injuries of children, 59 percent occurred during targeted or indiscriminate attacks by the military, according to the report, which also found that at least 111 were killed or injured by landmines. The report states that the junta has arbitrarily detained over 1,400 children since the coup and at least 274 remain behind bars. From 2021 to March 2022, it adds, at least 142 children were subject to torture in prison, resulting in injuries and in some cases deaths. Regarding junta forces’ treatment of child prisoners, Andrews writes: “They have beaten, cut and stabbed children, burned them with cigarettes, forced them to hold stress positions, subjected them to mock executions, deprived them of food and water.” Additionally, at least 61 children—some very young—are currently being held as hostages to put pressure on family members wanted by the regime. On April 5, a 3-year-old boy was abducted from his kindergarten in Yangon by junta forces after they arrested his mother. On the same day, a 14-year-old boy was arrested by regime forces looking for his father, a friend of the 3-year-old’s mother. The special rapporteur was unable to confirm the whereabouts of the mother, her son or the 14-year-old, all of whom appear to remain in the junta’s custody. More than 250,000 children have been displaced since the coup due to junta attacks on civilians, Andrews said based on information from UN agencies, humanitarian and human rights groups and civil society organizations. He urged the world to return its attention to Myanmar. “Member states, regional organizations, the Security Council, and other UN entities must respond to the crisis in Myanmar with the same urgency they have responded to the crisis in Ukraine,” he said. The UN special rapporteur recommended imposing an arms embargo on Myanmar, slapping sanctions on the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank, Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise and other key sources of revenue, and facilitating cross-border humanitarian aid by the UN and ASEAN..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2022-06-15
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Description: "This World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, taking place shortly after the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, ILO Myanmar calls to accelerate multi-stakeholder efforts to prevent and eliminate child labour, with priority given to the worst forms of child labour. Yangon (ILO News) - In line with the Durban Call to Action adopted last month, ILO Myanmar expresses its continued commitment to make decent work a reality for adults and youth above the minimum age for work. Almost one in ten of Myanmar’s 12 million children between the age of 5 and 17 are engaged in child labour, often exposed to hazards and risks. The compounded impact of the military takeover and persistent armed conflicts on top of the COVID-19 pandemic had led to an estimated 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021, heightening the risk of families resorting to child labour. According to a recent report by the ILO, it is estimated that the incidence of child labour in countries affected by armed conflict was 77 per cent higher than the global average, and the incidence of hazardous work was 50 per cent higher. This suggests that the current context in Myanmar will exacerbate child labour. “The unstable political landscape and deteriorating economic situation in Myanmar have forced more and more families into poverty. In times of crisis, concerted efforts among all stakeholders are needed more than ever before to increase social protections to prevent and protect children from child labour in all forms,” said Mr Donglin Li, ILO Myanmar Liaison Officer/Representative. ILO action in Myanmar Drawing on this year’s World Day Against Child Labour theme, “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour”, ILO Myanmar will engage with civil society, development partners and social partners in training and awareness-raising activities through its e-learning programme and interventions. Some of the actions include panel discussions, community based events, awareness-raising videos, a drawing contest and a photo exhibition “Burning Hands ” (Institut Français de Birmanie), which will take place throughout June to August. More details will be announced via the ILO Myanmar Facebook page..."
Source/publisher: International Labour Organization via United Nations Myanmar
2022-06-14
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Description: "The Myanmar military junta has brutally attacked and killed children and systematically abused their human rights, a UN expert said in a report released today that calls for immediate coordinated action to protect the rights of children and safeguard Myanmar’s future. “The junta’s relentless attacks on children underscore the generals’ depravity and willingness to inflict immense suffering on innocent victims in its attempt to subjugate the people of Myanmar,” said Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. “The international community’s approach to the coup and the junta’s atrocities has failed. States must take immediate coordinated action to address an escalating political, economic and humanitarian crisis that is putting Myanmar’s children at risk of becoming a lost generation.” The Special Rapporteur said it was clear from the evidence that the children of Myanmar were not only being caught in the crossfire of escalating attacks, but that they were often the targets of the violence. “During my fact-finding for this report, I received information about children who were beaten, stabbed, burned with cigarettes, and subjected to mock executions, and who had their fingernails and teeth pulled out during lengthy interrogation sessions,” Andrews said. “The junta’s attacks on children constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and other architects of the violence in Myanmar must be held accountable for their crimes against children,” he said. “For the sake of Myanmar’s children, Member States, regional organisations, the Security Council, and other UN entities must respond to the crisis in Myanmar with the same urgency they have responded to the crisis in Ukraine.” Andrews urged Member States to work in coordination to alleviate the suffering of children by systematically increasing pressure on the junta. He urged States that have already imposed sanctions on the military and military-linked companies to take stronger coordinated action that will inhibit the junta’s ability to finance atrocities. “States must pursue stronger targeted economic sanctions and coordinated financial investigations. I urge Member States to commit to a dramatic increase in humanitarian assistance and unequivocal regional support for refugees,” he said. “It is scandalous that the international community has committed only 10 percent of the funds required to implement the Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan 2022, causing lifesaving programs for children to be shelved,” he said. The Special Rapporteur’s report describes the impact of the 1 February 2021 coup on the human rights of children in Myanmar and details the alarming, underreported facts of the violence being perpetrated against them. Soldiers, police officers and military-backed militias have murdered, abducted, detained and tortured children in a campaign of violence that has touched every corner of the country, the report said. Over the past 16 months, the military has killed at least 142 children in Myanmar. Over 250,000 children have been displaced by the military’s attacks and over 1,400 have been arbitrarily detained. At least 61 children, including several under three years of age, are reportedly being held as hostages. The UN has documented the torture of 142 children since the coup. The junta has intentionally deprived children of their fundamental human rights to health, education and development, with an estimated 7.8 million children out of school. Following the collapse of the public health system since the coup, the World Health Organization projects that 33,000 children will die preventable deaths in 2022 because they have not received routine immunizations. Andrews said the lack of action by Security Council was a moral failure with profound repercussions for children in the country. “World leaders, diplomats and donors should ask themselves why the world is failing to do all that can reasonably be done to bring an end to the suffering of the children of Myanmar,” the expert said..."
Source/publisher: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva)
2022-06-14
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Description: "ILO (Myanmar) launches eLearning Programme on child labour. YANGON (ILO News) - On the back of the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, ILO Myanmar has announced the upcoming release of a Myanmar eLearning Programme on Child Labour to enable stakeholders to take action against child labour. Delivered in Myanmar and English language, the nine-module interactive course is set to go live at the ILO’s digital learning platform on June 12, the World Day Against Child Labour. The course aims to equip civil society partners, social workers, employers and worker’s organizations to effectively assess and address cases of child labour within their communities. The modules consist of a live, instructor-led component and an ‘on-demand’ online component. It also provides participants with comprehensive information and tools to design interventions contributing to the elimination of child labour. “Economic challenges and school closures due to the Covid 19 pandemic, political and security crisis in Myanmar are exacerbating child labour in Myanmar. With millions of children at risk, capacity building and collective and timely responses have become even more critical,” said Mr Donglin Li, ILO Myanmar Liaison Officer/Representative. The role of social protection in the elimination of Child Labour The ILO and UNICEF at Headquarters launched a new report last week during the 5th Global Conference to Eliminate Child Labour that estimates that 60 million children – 1 in 10 worldwide – were in child labour at the beginning of 2020. Without effective action, that number could rise by 8.9 million by the end of 2022, due to higher poverty and increased vulnerability. Children in conflict areas without proper access to social protection are even more likely to become involved in work and less likely to get an education. According to another report launched last week by the ILO , the incidence of child labour in countries affected by armed conflict was 77 per cent higher than the global average, and the incidence of hazardous work was 50 per cent higher. Delegates at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour last week have already adopted the Durban Call to Action which outlines commitments in six different areas to end child labour, including strengthening the prevention and elimination of child labour, including its worst forms, and achieving universal access to social protection. If most countries put proper social protection measures in place, child labour can decline by 15 million by the end of 2022, thus allowing a significant improvement in sustainable development goals (SDG) 8.7. The ILO is the only tripartite United Nations agency devoted to promoting rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. More information about the ILO’s work in Myanmar can be found at https://www.ilo.org/yangon ..."
Source/publisher: International Labour Organization via United Nations Myanmar
2022-05-30
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Description: "1 June 2022 – The number of children out of school in Myanmar has more than doubled in two years, with about half of the country’s children now missing out on a formal education due to COVID-19 school closures and escalating insecurity, according to Save the Children. Enrolment in schools has dropped by up to 80% in two years in some parts of the country, the aid organisation said, with at least 7.8 million children out of school[i]. This comes after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of places of learning globally in early 2020. In Myanmar, schools were fully or partially closed for 15 months due to the pandemic[ii]. Attacks on schools, teachers and students have surged over the past year due to the conflict, leaving many of them scared to return to the classroom, and in some cases with no schools left to attend. Schools and children must be protected at all times, Save the Children said. There were at least 260 attacks on schools between May 2021 and April this year, according to Save the Children, with explosions in and around school buildings accounting for 190 – nearly three quarters – of the incidents. In April this year, explosive devices were discovered at four schools or education offices, and there were three explosions in or very close to schools. There were also 33 recorded cases of schools or education offices being set on fire, and 10 direct attacks on teachers and education staff. In March and April this year, Save the Children also recorded 10 incidents in which schools were occupied by armed actors in the 32 townships where its education teams work. It said the actual number of school occupations across the country is likely to be much higher. Kyi*, 14 , from Magway Region, Myanmar, said: “I haven’t been to school since they closed due to COVID. I was a Grade 6 student before COVID. Due to the fighting, and unstable situation, teachers didn’t go back to our school and the village. There have been no teachers in my village since the fighting began. I think they have also had to flee and hide in a safe place like us due to the fighting. I now live in a temporary tent in a jungle after fleeing from my village. “My dream is to be a businesswoman. My family’s small grocery store inspired the idea. I am unhappy and so sad when I think about my future. To become my dream, I think I must study hard and need better learning opportunities. I want to learn English, I want to learn other things at school, and I want to meet with my friends and teachers. It has been a long time since I have had a chance to meet with them.” Emma Wagner, head of Education Policy and Advocacy at Save the Children, said: “It’s really shocking that so many children are out of school, but when you think about it, it should come as no surprise. The COVID-19 pandemic propelled a worldwide education emergency for children. We raised the alarm early on that children were at risk of dropping out of school altogether due to being forced into labour or early marriage. “In Myanmar, conflict has contributed to a perfect storm for the country’s children. Every one of these attacks on schools is an attack on the future of an entire generation of Myanmar children, who are missing out on the opportunity to learn. That’s something that we absolutely cannot and must not accept.” “We need to see an immediate end to attacks on schools.” Save the Children is urging the UN Security Council and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to urgently take concrete action to protect the futures of children in Myanmar. Myanmar also desperately needs more humanitarian assistance from the international community, Save the Children said, with the UN humanitarian response plan having just 10.4% of the funding needed. Save the Children implements programmes across Myanmar and its staff remain fully committed to helping the most vulnerable children in Myanmar, especially during this time of conflict and crisis..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2022-06-01
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Description: "As the traditional start of the Myanmar academic year in June approaches, millions of children and young people across the country face uncertainty as to when and how they will continue learning. The learning of almost 12 million children and young people in Myanmar has been disrupted by COVID-19 and the current humanitarian crisis. All children in Myanmar have the right to education, as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Myanmar Child Rights Law, and the National Education Law. To realize this right, access to quality learning options needs to be rapidly scaled up. To facilitate access to learning, the safety of children, their parents, and educators must be protected. These include teachers, volunteer teachers, learning facilitators and education officials. Safe, unimpeded access for the delivery of all humanitarian aid, including the delivery of learning materials, needs to be guaranteed. Guided by humanitarian principles, UNICEF is working with its partners to provide supplementary learning opportunities for children by distributing reading books, including in ethnic languages; supplementary learning materials; and essential learning package kits, coupled with follow-up support to children and their families. UNICEF is engaging with relevant stakeholders to help ensure that the most vulnerable children can benefit from safe learning, wherever they are. UNICEF in Myanmar operates within the UN system to protect and promote the rights of children enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF abides by the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence, as well as do no harm and universality in all of its work.....မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ပညာသင်နှစ် စတင်လေ့ရှိသည့် ဇွန်လသို့ ရောက်ရှိခါနီးအချိန်တွင် နိုင်ငံတဝှမ်းရှိ သန်းပေါင်းများစွာသော ကလေးငယ်များနှင့် လူငယ်များသည် မည်သည့်အချိန်တွင် မည်သို့ ဆက်လက်လေ့လာသင်ယူကြရမည်နှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ မရေရာမှုများနှင့် ရင်ဆိုင်နေကြရပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးငယ်နှင့်လူငယ်ဦးရေ ၁၂ သန်းနီးပါးခန့်၏ လေ့လာသင်ယူမှုမှာ COVID-19 နှင့် လက်ရှိလူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အကျပ်အတည်းကြောင့် နှောင့်‌နှေးပြတ်တောက်နေရပါသည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးသူငယ်များအားလုံးသည် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ သဘောတူစာချုပ်၊ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးကြေညာစာတမ်း၊ မြန်မာ့ကလေးသူငယ် အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေနှင့် အမျိုးသားပညာရေးဥပဒေများတွင် ပြဋ္ဌာန်းထားသည့်အတိုင်း ပညာသင်ယူခွင့်ရှိပါသည်။ ဤအခွင့်အရေးကို အကောင်အထည်ဖော်နိုင်ရန်အလို့ငှာ အရည်အသွေးမီသော လေ့လာသင်ယူမှု ရွေးချယ်စရာများ လက်လှမ်းမီရရှိနိုင်ခွင့်ကို အလျင်အမြန် မြှင့်တင်ရန် လိုအပ်ပါသည်။ လွယ်ကူချောမွေ့စွာ လေ့လာသင်ယူနိုင်ရေးအတွက် ကလေးများ၊ ၎င်းတို့၏မိဘများနှင့် သင်ကြားပေးသူများ၏ ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံရေးကို ကာကွယ်ပေးရပါမည်။ သင်ကြားပေးသူတို့တွင် ဆရာ / ဆရာမ များ၊ လုပ်အားပေးစေတနာ့၀န်ထမ်း ဆရာ / ဆရာမ များ၊ သင်ယူလေ့လာမှုဆိုင်ရာ ပံ့ပိုးကူညီသူများနှင့် ပညာရေးတာဝန်ရှိသူများ အားလုံးပါဝင်ပါသည်။ သင်ယူလေ့လာမှု အထောက်အကူပြုပစ္စည်းများ အပါအဝင် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှု အကူအညီအားလုံးကို ဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကင်းစွာဖြင့် အတားအဆီးမရှိ ပေးပို့နိုင်ရေးအတွက် တာဝန်ယူရန်လိုအပ်ပါသည်။ ကလေးများအတွက် တိုင်းရင်းသားဘာသာစကားများသုံး စာအုပ်များအပါအဝင် စာအုပ်အမျိုးမျိုး ၊ ဖြည့်စွက်သင်ယူလေ့လာရေး အထောက်အကူပြုများ၊ မရှိမဖြစ်လိုအပ်သော သင်ယူလေ့လာရေးသုံးပစ္စည်းများကို ဖြန့်ဝေပေးခြင်းအပြင် ကလေးများနှင့် ၎င်းတို့၏မိသားစုများအား နောက်ဆက်တွဲပံ့ပိုးမှုများဖြင့် ဖြည့်စွက်သင်ယူလေ့လာရေး အခွင့်အလမ်းများကို လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အခြေခံမူများ၏ လမ်းညွှန်ချက်ဖြင့် ယူနီဆက်သည် မိတ်ဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများနှင့် ပူးပေါင်း၍ ပံ့ပိုးပေးလျှက်ရှိပါသည်။ ယူနီဆက်သည် ထိခိုက်အလွယ်ဆုံး ကလေးငယ်များ မည်သည့်နေရာတွင် ရှိနေသည်ဖြစ်စေ ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံသော သင်ယူလေ့လာရေးမှ အကျိုးကျေးဇူးများရရှိကြောင်း သေချာစေရန် သက်ဆိုင်ရာ ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်သူအားလုံးနှင့် ချိတ်ဆက်လုပ်ဆောင်နေပါသည်။ ယူနီဆက်မြန်မာအနေဖြင့် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂသဘောတူစာချုပ်တွင် ပြဋ္ဌာန်းထားသည့် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများကို ကာကွယ်ရန်နှင့် အားပေးမြှင့်တင်ရန်အတွက် ကုလသမဂ္ဂစနစ်အတွင်းမှ လုပ်ဆောင်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။ ယူနီဆက်သည် ၎င်း၏လုပ်ဆောင်မှုအားလုံးတွင် လူသားဆန်ခြင်း၊ ဘက်မလိုက်ခြင်း၊ ကြားနေခြင်းနှင့် အမှီအခိုကင်းခြင်းအပြင် မထိခိုက်စေခြင်းနှင့် အများလက်ခံကျင့်သုံးနိုင်ခြင်းစသည့် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အခြေခံမူများကို စောင့်ထိန်းလိုက်နာပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Children's Fund (Myanmar)
2022-05-27
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Description: "Save the Children is deeply saddened by the deaths of at least 17 people, including children, when a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees capsized off the coast of Myanmar on Saturday. Several of the bodies found were children aged between 11 and 12, according to local reports. More than 50 people remain missing. May is the first month of the region's monsoon season, increasing the risk of capsizing to those taking perilous sea voyages in search of a better life. Hundreds of Rohingya have died in similar boat incidents in the past few years, Save the Children said. Sultana Begum, Regional Humanitarian Advocacy and Policy Manager at Save the Children, said: "This should be a wake-up call for us all. The long-drawn-out persecution of Rohingya people has now claimed more innocent lives, among them, children . "Past experiences of violence, as well as poverty and insecurity, push Rohingya families to make these deadly sea journeys in search of a better life. These journeys are extremely dangerous, and those fleeing risk death, grave physical and mental harm, and sickness. "The need to ensure that Rohingya people are safe, respected, and protected is as pressing as ever. Countries across the region should develop a system to monitor refugee boat movements and rapidly respond to prevent further loss of life at sea. They should then ensure their rights as refugees are respected in-country. Without this, it is difficult to see how the next generation of Rohingya children are able to have a future in which they are safe, protected "and their rights are fulfilled." Save the Children is one of the leading International NGOs working in Cox's Bazar District in Bangladesh. The agency is supporting Rohingya refugee children and their families with access to education, health and nutrition, food, water, shelter and child protection services. We have reached more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees, including 462,785 children since the response started in 2017..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2022-05-25
Date of entry/update: 2022-05-25
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Description: "Hlyan Htet, 6, keeps close to his mother these days and does not venture far. “I have friends, but my best friend is a dog from downstairs. We play every evening together,” says Hlyan Htet. Although Hlyan Htet’s innocent charm shines through, his mother, Hnin Hnin, says the events of the past two years have taken their toll on him. “I was having problems in my marriage, then the first wave of COVID-19 came, and then the current crisis unfolded, one after the other.” The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted Hlyan Htet’s early education and socialization. At first, “Mommy taught me at home,” Hlyan Htet says. Fortunately, Hlyan Htet has access to the Internet and he is still excited by his lessons offered online via Zoom. “I also love drawing,” says Hlyan Htet. However, the distressing circumstances of last year’s events has had a huge impact on Hlyan Htet. “My son started having trouble controlling his emotions and became overly attached and clingy to me. He gets up with me, since he doesn’t want to be left alone in bed, and, even when I pray, he sits beside me,” recalls, Hnin Hnin. Hlyan Htet is not alone in his distress and behavioural response to these compounding situations. COVID-19 has left 12 million children out of school for over a year and the current crisis is further undermining their mental health and psychosocial well-being. Many have witnessed violence and attacks, and some have been victims, leaving them mentally, if not physically, scarred. In response, UNICEF and its partners have been expanding psychosocial services for children and young people. This includes individual counselling, peer-support groups for adolescents and young people, and a national mental health and psychosocial advice helpline for children which is available in several ethnic languages. In July 2021, Hlyan Htet started participating in one of the virtual psychosocial activities, Little Pyit Tine Htaungs, named after one of Myanmar’s traditional brightly coloured egg-shaped toys that always stand upright when thrown. Hnin Hnin found this service on the Facebook page of Metanoia, UNICEF partner and mental health services and resource centre in Yangon. One of Metanoia’s staff explains the process. First, virtual helpline operators register participants and explain the activities on offer. Children over the age of 7 fill in pre-assessment and post-assessment forms, or a caregiver fills in the forms on their behalf if the child is under the age of 7. The three-day sessions are adapted to three age groups: 4–12 years, 13–17 years and 18–29 years. The younger children “learn to understand emotions and empathy, respect and boundaries, and identity while doing arts and crafts activities,” says the Metanoia staff member, while the older age groups focus on “understanding reactions to crisis, practising stabilization techniques, promoting a sense of safety, maintaining hope, staying connected and strengthening efficacy to overcome crisis.” After group sessions, participants are usually offered a counselling session. “We request parents to give them [their children] personal space during these sessions. We will then talk with parents, and sometimes we find it’s them who needs therapy, not their child,” says the Metanoia staff member. Hnin Hnin says, “It’s really great and I’ve been recommending it to everyone.” She says that single parents, like her, are struggling with raising children during these times of crisis. “This project definitely helped them and their children.” Both Hlyan Htet and his mother also received individual therapy sessions from a counsellor. “He got close to the counsellor,’ says his mother. “He was even asking me about her since he dreamt of her.” After some sessions, “he has gained more control (over his emotions), except that he won’t let me disappear from his sight,” says Hnin Hnin..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Children's Fund
2022-05-10
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Description: "People in Need (PIN) aims to scale up its lifesaving nutrition services for displaced people in Rakhine State. To do so we regularly train community volunteers and staff to effectively identify and prevent malnutrition. For example, May Htar Swe is nearly three years old and participates in PIN’s nutrition programme thanks to financial support from the Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF). She lives in the Tin Htein Kan displacement site with her four siblings. In January 2022, PIN’s field team and our community volunteers conducted their monthly mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screening for children aged 6 months to 59 months in targeted displacement sites in Mrauk U township. During one of the screenings, May Htar Swe was found to have moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). May Htar Swe is the youngest child in her family and was born at the Tein Nyo Station hospital, Mrauk U township, Rakhine State. Her mother, Daw Yin Ma Oo (45), says, “I was exclusively breastfeeding her during the first six months of her life, and always prepared healthy foods when she reached the age to start complementary feeding. But she didn’t have an appetite and ate little food. She has been tiny since she was born. Being a mother and living in the displacement site, I try hard to feed my children nutritious food, but everything has been difficult since we arrived here.” Collaborative nutrition services for malnourished children In collaboration with Myanmar Health Assistant Association (MHAA), PIN referred May Htar Swe to MHAA’s Outpatient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) at Wet Hla IDP site, which provided her with Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF). RUSF is a food supplement that is intended to be eaten for two or three months alongside regular food. In addition, PIN and our nutrition community volunteers conducted regular follow-up visits to May Htar Swe. They provided infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counseling to her mother about safe, nutritious cooking methods, food preparation, and characteristics of complementary feeding, as well as important caring and hygiene practices. PIN also provided funding for transportation and meal costs for both the child and her mother to cover the costs of necessary travel during treatment. Daw Yin Ma Oo is thankful to PIN and our community volunteers, “After 4 or 5 weeks of outpatient treatment at MHAA’s OTP, my daughter is improving and reaching normal measurements during the MUAC screening. We thank PIN for covering transportation costs and other costs associated with the OTP clinic. Also, PIN has provided us with nutritious foods, such as vegetable cooking oil and things like hand soap, toothbrushes, and other nutrition services. I am happy that she is healthy now, has gained weight, and has also gotten her appetite back.” Community volunteer approaches to nutrition services Using various community volunteer approaches, PIN has trained volunteers on things such as basic nutrition concepts, IYCF practices, detection of malnutrition through MUAC measurement, the organisation of mother support groups and capacity building to conduct community awareness-raising workshops. Ma Phyu Phyu Htay, a nutrition community volunteer, says, “Since I live in the same displacement site, I can regularly monitor the children’s status until they reach the normal nutrition status measurement by MUAC, which is 12.8 centimetres. I am really happy and proud of myself that I can support the community.” Ko Wai Yan Aung, PIN’s Nutrition Technical Officer, explains the current situation of the nutrition programme, “After informing the community that a volunteer has identified a MAM case, one of our nutrition field officers visits the Tin Htein Kan IDP site to confirm the case. Then we refer this case to MHAA’s OTP and collaborate to supply supplementary food by MHAA. In addition, we provide money to cover the costs of visits to the clinic for the affected family. This is in accordance with our standard operating procedure for the nutrition programme. Now that May Htar Swe is in normal condition, we’ve awarded her mother a counselling gift. We provide these gifts to those who’ve been affected by moderated acute malnutrition in some way and have cured it.” Ko Wai Yan Aung adds, “With help from our community volunteers, PIN has organised the formation of eighteen mother support groups in nine displacement sites in Mrauk U township. Discussion-based mother support groups bring together mothers of children under the age of five, pregnant women, and lactating women to provide a safe space to promote IYCF practices. These practices include exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding for children six months of age, safe cooking methods, and hygiene and caring practices on a weekly basis.” From January to March 2022, PIN has conducted continuous MUAC screenings for a total of 255 boys and 296 girls and plans to raise awareness about key IYCF practices and the importance of good nutrition through a series of community events which have been organised by community volunteers and PIN’s field team in April 2022..."
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Source/publisher: People in Need
2022-05-02
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Description: "A breakthrough for Rohingya refugee children living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh sees the first 10,000 children enrolled to receive education based on the national curriculum of their home country Myanmar. This milestone will be reached this month. The Myanmar Curriculum Pilot, launched by UNICEF and partners in November 2021, is a critical step forward towards ensuring the fundamental right to education for Rohingya refugee children. It will help prepare the children for their return to Myanmar. “There is a tremendous demand for education among Rohingya refugee children, and UNICEF and partners are on the ground in the camps, responding to that demand,” said Mr. Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh. There are over 400,000 school-aged Rohingya children in the Bangladesh refugee camps. With approximately 300,000 of these children attending learning centres, UNICEF and partners are running a mammoth education operation in what is the largest refugee settlement in the world. There are 3,400 learning centres across multiple camps, of which 2,800 are supported by UNICEF. To date, most of the children have been learning through the so-called Learning Competency Framework Approach (LCFA), which covers levels one to four and caters primarily to children aged 4-14. The LCFA was created as an emergency measure for Rohingya refugee children and is a largely informal learning system. The curriculum that is now being piloted is based on the Myanmar national curriculum, and it provides Rohingya refugee children with formal and standardized education. In addition, the Myanmar Curriculum fills a critical secondary education gap: It provides schooling also for older children who have largely lacked access to education. The Myanmar Curriculum Pilot initially targets 10,000 children in grades six to nine. In normal circumstances, grades six to nine cater to children aged 11-14. However, many Rohingya refugee children have fallen behind in their education, and so most children enrolled in grades six to nine are aged 14-16. UNICEF aims to scale up in phases so that by 2023, all school-aged children are taught through the Myanmar curriculum. Despite much progress, approximately 100,000 school-aged Rohingya refugee children are not in school. UNICEF and partners are working to reach out to these children and to remove the barriers that prevent them from going to school. Private and community-based learning facilities that meet the needs of both boys and girls, and which are operated with sufficient oversight, could also play a role in providing educational services. UNICEF engages with all stakeholders who play a role in the effort to provide Rohingya refugee children with equitable and inclusive access to standardized education. “We need to do all we can to give these children hope, to provide them with education, to prepare them for their futures in Myanmar. UNICEF will continue to work with the Rohingya refugee community, the Government of Bangladesh and partners until every refugee child is reached with quality education,” said Mr. Yett..."
Source/publisher: United Nations Population Fund (New York)
2022-05-01
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Description: "Bangladesh’s government must urgently take steps to support the community-led learning facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and strengthen their resources in line with the country’s international commitment to protect children’s right to education, 25 undersigned organizations said in a statement today. About 30 community-led schools have been shut down or dismantled by the authorities since December 2021. The closure of community learning facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is detrimental to the community’s development and a gross violation of children’s right to education which puts them at the risk of becoming a lost generation. Nearly half a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are children, who constitute 52% of the refugees registered in the camps. They have been deprived of access to education in an accredited curriculum since they sought refuge in Bangladesh in August 2017. In January 2020, Bangladesh’s government made a promise to introduce the Myanmar curriculum for about 10,000 children from grades six to nine. The Rohingya community has been offering education to their children through the community schools due to a delay in the rollout of the program by more than two years since Bangladesh’s government announced its plan. Rohingya refugees said that some schoolteachers were detained by the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) and released in exchange of signing a paper with the condition that they will stop teaching. “It is not a crime to teach students and show them the right path of life. It is a basic human right,” said a Rohingya community teacher. Rights groups have documented allegations against authorities threatening refugees with confiscating their refugee identification cards and relocation to the remote Bhasan Char island if they violate the ban on operating or attending community-led schools. Access to education and other human rights of the Rohingya refugees are as critical as the battle is for justice and accountability for the crimes committed against the Rohingya people. It is pivotal for their right to voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return to their homes in Myanmar. “All that the community want is the formal education that will be useful to continue studying in Myanmar,” said a Rohingya youth, whose identity is being withheld for his safety. Education is one of the most important activities that can keep the Rohingya population away from being exploited by harmful groups including child traffickers, drug smugglers, armed groups, and others who sense opportunity in people’s misery. It is pivotal to empower the Rohingya refugees to claim their rights and speak for themselves. Loss of critical academic years is not only depriving the community of their educational development but also increasing their dependency on uncertain humanitarian aid. The existing learning centres authorized by the government and operated by UNICEF and other humanitarian partners offer education to children from four to 14 years of age. The program leaves out the older age groups, some of whom were about to take their matriculation examination at the time of the exodus in 2017. The undersigned 25 organizations call on Bangladesh’s government to: Ensure access to education for all Rohingya children by building capacity for all learning facilities within the refugee camps including by granting legal status to community schools in line with their international commitments; Immediately re-open all community schools and put a stop to all harassment, threats and attacks against refugees, avoid any discriminatory policies that affect the right to education of Rohingya children in Bangladesh; Put an end to the crackdown on community-led schools and Rohingya refugees for operating them; Launch prompt, transparent, impartial and independent investigation into the allegations against members of law enforcement agencies for detaining Rohingya refugees and authorities threatening them with forced relocation to Bhasan Char island for operating schools; Establish and strengthen government infrastructure to provide complete access to education to Rohingya population. Ensure that any vacancies are filled by individuals with knowledge and commitment to integrating Rohingya culture and practices into the teaching modules. The organizations also call on the United Nations and the international community to: Urgently engage with Bangladesh’s government to raise concerns about the closure of community-led schools in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and provide support to education for all children in the camps and elsewhere; Offer assistance to build capacity for all learning facilities within the refugee camps including community schools with regards to access to teaching materials, teachers and learning spaces; Allocate adequate and specific funds towards and implement education programmes and projects as part of a comprehensive and long-term commitment to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: "Human Rights Watch" (USA)
2022-04-28
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Sub-title: Whereabouts of children taken by the military since the 2021 coup are mostly unknown, according to Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe
Description: "Hundreds of children have been detained by the Myanmar military since it seized power more than one year ago, with many held ransom by soldiers and police who are seeking to arrest their relatives, according to a minister of the country’s National Unity Government. Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, minister of Women, Youths and Children Affairs Ministry in the NUG, which was formed last year by elected lawmakers to challenge the junta, said 287 children under the age of 18 had been detained since 1 February 2021. Most had been held in police station detention centres, and some in prisons. A further 80 school children aged under 12 were detained for about 36 hours at a Buddhist monastery in Yinmabin Township in Sagaing Region, according to local media reports last month. The area was targeted by the military as it sought members of the armed resistance. The whereabouts of children taken by the military since the coup is mostly unknown, according to Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe. She referred to the detention of Dr Htar Htar Lin, the former head of Myanmar’s Covid vaccination programme, who was taken by the military in June 2021 along with her husband, seven-year-old son and their family dog. Dr Htar Htar Lin was targeted because she had returned 168 million kyat ($US94,580) in funding to the UN, preventing it from being seized by the military. Her family’s location is still unknown, said the minister. “[The children] are doing nothing wrong, but the military tried to arrest the activist and also NLD members and the political activists,” said Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, referring to Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, National League for Democracy. “When they could not find the people, they arrested the children as a ransom. They also ask the activist to come and be arrested so that this child will be released,” she said. Parents face an impossible choice, fearing they, or older relatives, could be killed if they come forward. “So many parents are heartbroken people. The children were arrested but they couldn’t do nothing because they have to run for their lives,” she said. A previous estimate by Unicef suggested hundreds more young adults have also been detained. It said last year that about 1,000 children and young people aged up to 25 years old had been held by the military without apparent reason. Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe spoke to the Guardian while in hiding inside Myanmar, where she continues her work for the NUG, which comprises elected lawmakers, ethnic minority representatives and activists. The NUG, which has been labelled a “terrorist” group by the junta, has sought to gain international recognition as Myanmar’s legitimate government. The UN General Assembly last year deferred a decision on who should take the country’s seat, allowing representative Kyaw Moe Tun, a critic of the junta, to remain in place. In the wake of the coup, Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe stayed with doctors, wearing a medical coat to avoid detection. She eventually travelled to an area of the country that is controlled by an ethnic armed group that supports pro-democracy activists. Like many civilians, she has faced the continued threat of airstrikes, and suffered from dehydration and diarrhoea due to the conditions in which she has been forced to seek shelter. The military has unleashed a campaign of terror on the public in order to crush a pro-democracy movement that continues to oppose its rule. At least 1,600 people have been killed by security forces since the coup, according to the UN. More than 12,800 have been arrested, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), an advocacy group that tracks detentions. Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe also raised concern over the military’s use of sexual violence against those who oppose the coup, but said data is hard to gather. It was young people, she said, who were leading the struggle for democracy in the face of such brutality. Many have taken up arms in response to military violence, while others are using peaceful forms of protest to disrupt the junta. Their fight was not about supporting Aung San Suu Kyi or her party, but was driven by a determination not to “go back to the dark age”, and by a desire to rid Myanmar of age-old discrimination – against ethnic minorities as well as on the basis of age or gender, said Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe. She referred to apologies made by young protesters, who have said they should have done more to support the Rohingya, who received little public sympathy when they were subject to a brutal campaign of violence by the military in 2017. UN investigators later said the violence was carried out with “genocidal intent”. Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, previously an NLD lawmaker, has made a similar apology. Older politicians should follow the lead of young people, she added. “My opinion is that [young people] are fighting in this revolution to completely tear down the military dictatorship and to end the old-established discriminations based on gender, age, skin colour, race and religion. The dictators are abusing nationalism to promote hate between us to preserve their status quo. We are fed up with them and we won’t be divided any more. They can’t divide us any more. We’re going to turn the system upside down..."
Source/publisher: "The Guardian" (UK)
2022-03-22
Date of entry/update: 2022-03-22
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Description: "At least 10 children were killed by Myanmar’s junta forces in less than a week this month, bringing the number of children killed since last year’s coup to around 120. Among the recent victims were three siblings killed when junta artillery was indiscriminately fired at their village – which is not near the combat zone – near the Kayah State capital Loikaw on Tuesday afternoon. The children, aged seven, 10 and 12, were playing under a tree at the time, according to the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force. The shell also injured their father and 15-year-old sister. On Tuesday, Mg Myat Bhone Naing, five, and Mg Swan Htet Naing, eight, were killed along with around nine others, including their mother and grandmother, when junta forces shelled a monastery sheltering displaced civilians in Lat Pan Taw village, Yinmabin Township in Sagaing Region. According to photos seen by The Irrawaddy, junta troops burned the bodies in an apparent attempt to remove evidence. “They were killed when the junta fired artillery at the monastery. We saw their bodies as the troops burned them, including two children, behind the monastery but we could not do anything,” a resident said. A relative told The Irrawaddy there were no words to express the pain after seeing the pictures of the burned remains. “They did not even leave the dead to be recovered by their relatives. They just burned them all.” In Papun Township, Karen State, on Saturday night, junta artillery killed Naw Tar Lu, two, Naw Htoo Phaw, five and Naw Tin Nilar Win, 14. Four more residents were killed and others severely injured in the strike. The villagers were asleep when the strike occurred and had no chance to take shelter. Other victims killed by junta forces include the four-year-old and 11-year-old daughters of Daw Aye Aye Win in Pauk Township, Magwe Region. Regime forces allegedly raped the mother before killing her and her two daughters last Saturday. Residents said the younger girl was stabbed to death while the older child was one of several villagers detained as potential human shields and found dead three days later. The civilian National Unity Government’s Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs reported on March 1 that the junta had killed at least 110 children. Among the fatalities were a one-year-old in Mandalay and Khin Myo Chit, six, who was shot dead while sitting on her father’s lap as troops broke into her home. Aye Myat Thu, 11, was shot in the head while playing in front of her home in Mon State’s capital Mawlamyine and Salai Van Bawi Thang was shot dead by junta forces in Thantlang, Chin State. Htoo Myat Win, 13, was shot dead while playing near his home in Shwebo, Sagaing Region. The report said Sagaing Region saw the highest number of children killed, followed by Mandalay and Yangon..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2022-03-10
Date of entry/update: 2022-03-10
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Description: " A six-year-old boy has been killed and an estimated 2,000 people have been left homeless – including 1,000 children – by the sixth fire this year to tear through the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, says Save the Children. The fire raced through camp 5 of the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar at around 4.30 p.m. local time on Tuesday afternoon, destroying 400 shelters, which for almost five years have been the closest thing to home for Rohingya families fleeing Myanmar. This follows a massive fire in January, which destroyed 1,200 shelters and left more than 5,000 people homeless, and four smaller fires between January and March. Some of the families who lost their homes are staying with relatives in the same camp area, while others have been displaced to nearby camps. Eight volunteers working with Save the Children also lost their homes in the blaze. Save the Children is providing psychological first aid, food, medical support and reunifying children separated from their families during the fire. “We have nothing left, everything burnt to ashes in the fire,” said 13-year-old Fahim*, whose family lost their shelter and all their possessions in the blaze. Save the Children is concerned that the fire could trigger distressing memories for children, many of whom saw their homes set alight in Myanmar. In a survey conducted by Save the Children in August last year, about 73% of Save the Children staff said children they worked with referred to traumatic experiences in Myanmar when talking about more recent events in the camps, including fires. Save the Children’s Country Director in Bangladesh, Onno van Manen, said: “This is the sixth fire to tear through Cox’s Bazar in less than three months. Year on year, we’re seeing a huge increase in the number of fires in the camps—and the risk is only going to go up as the climate crisis worsens. “No one should have to watch the few belongings they own be reduced to wreckage. These camps were supposed to be a safe haven for refugees who fled their homes in Myanmar. Events like these are incredibly distressing for children, and Save the Children is providing them with the emotional support they need to recover. "The shelters made of dry bamboo and tarpaulin are incredibly flammable. More fire-resistant materials must be permitted and additional openings in the fencing need to be built so that refugees can reach safety in an emergency. The risk of fires in these densely populated and confined areas is enormous, but it is avoidable with the right support and infrastructure in place.” According to the Inter Sector Coordination Group Daily Incident Reporting, there were over 150 fires in the camps in 2021 - a staggering 180 per cent increase on the 84 fires seen in 2020. Save the Children is calling on the international community to financially support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh while pursuing a long-term solution to the Rohingya crisis that addresses its root causes and allows for safe, dignified, and voluntary returns of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar when it is safe to do so..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2022-03-08
Date of entry/update: 2022-03-09
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Sub-title: Karen State: 7 Killed and 4 Injured by Burmese Military Heavy Artillery
Description: "Seven people were killed and four injured when the Burmese military fired heavy artillery at Klaw Day Village, Mae Klaw village tract, Bu Tho Township in Mu Traw District, Kawtholei, (Karen State) on 5th March. Among those killed are three children, all girls, aged 2, 5 and 14. A 3 year-old boy and a 17 year old girl were among those injured. A pregnant woman was also killed. The Burmese military knew the location of the village and that it was a civilian village. They deliberately targeted the village. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity. The attack came at 7.20pm, a time when the Burmese military know people are likely to be in their homes. The Burmese military have been using long range heavy artillery based in Papun to attack civilians in Mu Traw. Those killed are: 1. Naw Htoo Paw (5 yrs old) 2. Saw Day Poe ( 19yrs old) 3. Saw Kay (40 yrs old) 4. Naw Paw Wah (32 yrs old) 5. Naw Eh Moo (22 yrs old) 6. Naw Tin Ne La Win (14 yrs old) 7.Naw Ta Lu (2 yrs old) Those injured are: 1. Saw Nyut Htoo(28 yrs old) 2. Naw Kri Hser (28 yrs old) 3 Naw S'baw (17 yrs old) 4. Saw kyaw Bi (3 yrs old) The Burmese military attacks and kills our people using weapons bought internationally and which are paid for in part by international companies doing business with the military. The Karen Peace Support Network calls for increased pressure on countries involved in supplying arms and equipment to the Burmese military, including on Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus, India and Singapore. The Karen Peace Support Network calls for targeted economic sanctions to be imposed at a much faster rate to cut the revenue to the military. Companies in business with the Burmese military are complicit in the international crimes being committed against us. The Karen Peace Support Network calls for sanctions on the supply of aviation fuel to Burma. The majority of displaced people in Karen State are displaced by airstrikes or the threat of airstrikes, creating a humanitarian crisis. The Burmese military are using drones to identify targets such a villages and IDP camps, which they later attack using airstrikes or heavy artillery..."
Source/publisher: Karen Peace Support Network
2022-03-06
Date of entry/update: 2022-03-09
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Description: "1. All People’s Defence Forces must be particularly mindful of the protection of children under 18, who are our future, and the alleviation of any and all potential physical and mental sufferings they may endure during this people’s resistance against the military council. 2. The Ministry of Defence under the National Unity Government has therefore published the following Code of Conduct and regulations to protect children under 18 during the people’s armed resistance. (a) Protect and provide necessary support to all vulnerable groups including children, disabled people, women, and the elderly (Article 6, Code of Conduct for Civilian Relations) (b) Ensure an absolute prohibition of any sexual act or violence against minors (Article 2, Code of Conduct regarding women and children) (c) Never target and attack schools, hospitals, religious buildings cultural monuments, and public places (Article 3, Designation of Military Targets) 3. Moreover, the People’s Defence Forces need to ensure that they do not commit any of the six grave violations that are often committed against children under 18 during armed conflicts. These violations are as follows: a) Killing and maiming of children; b) Recruitment and use of children; c) Sexual violence against children; d) Abduction of children; e) Attacks against on schools or and hospitals; f) Denial of humanitarian access for children. 4. The People’s Defence Forces must be determined to avoid any occurrence of these six grave violations. They must take necessary measures to protect children from such breaches. 5. The People’s Defence Force and other armed groups under the Ministry of Defence of the National Unity Government are honourable security forces that follow international norms, laws and treaties. Thus, conscription of those 18 and over as members of security forces must follow the policy guidelines of the Ministry of Defence. If children under 18 are already in different stations for whatever circumstance, measures in accordance with additional guidelines must be carried out to protect them..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Defence - National Unity Government of Myanmar
2022-03-04
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Description: "1. The Ministry of Human Rights and the Ministry o f Women, Youths and Children Affairs o f the National Unity Government (NUG) express their outrage at the hostage-taking o f up to 80 children by military junta troops in Yinmabin Township o f Sagaing Region. 2. On the morning o f 26 February 2022, junta forces targeted Chin Pone and adjacent villages in Yinmabin Township with indiscriminate air strikes. Subsequent raids on the villages followed. 3. At the time o f the attacks, up to 80 children, all under 12 years o f age and many under five, were attending a kindergarten in Chin Pone village. Teachers evacuated the children to the basement o f a nearby monastery, where they were later located and have since been held hostage by junta troops. 4. Junta troops in Chin Pone village have reportedly broadcast threats over loudspeaker, claiming that they will bum the village down unless locals that fled the violence return. The children remain hostages in this threat. Given the junta’s escalating acts o f terror and atrocity crimes against civilians, the NUG holds well-founded fears that returning villagers would be killed, disappeared, tortured or arbitrarily detained. It also holds grave fears for safety of the captive ch ildren. 5. The NUG condemns in the strongest possible terms the junta's hostage-taking of the children as well as their teachers and parents. It calls on the international community to join its efforts to secure their immediate and unconditional release. 6. The NUG also restates Myanmar’s commitment to its international obligations, including under international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights o f the Ch ild and its optional protocols. Children have a primary claim to protection under international law, and their abduction and hostage-taking comprises a grave violation..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Human Rights and Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs National Unity Government
2022-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2022-02-28
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Description: "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ၀န်ကြီးဌာနနှင့်အမျိုးသမီး၊ လူငယ်နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုက ယင်းမာပင်မြို့နယ်မှ မူကြို ကလေး ငယ် ၈၀ ဦးခန့်ကိုဓားစာခံအဖြစ် ဖမ်းဆီးထား သည့်အပေါ် ထုတ်ပြန်ချက် ၂၇ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၂၀၂၂ ၁။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုသည် ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၂၆ ရက်နေ့ မနက် ၉ နာရီခန့်မှစတင်၍ စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း၊ ယင်းမာပင်မြို့နယ်၊ ချင်းပုံးရွာနှင့် နီးစပ်ရာ ကျေးရွာများကို စစ်ရေးနှင့် အရပ်ဘက် ပစ်မှတ်များကို မခွဲခြားပဲ လေကြောင်းမှနေ၍ ပစ်ခတ်တိုက်ခိုက်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်များ ကျေးရွာများအတွင်းသို့ စီးနင်းခဲ့ချိန်သည် ချင်းပုံးရွာရှိ မူကြိုကျောင်းတွင် အသက်ငါးနှစ်အောက် ကလေးငယ် ၈၀ ဦးနှင့် ကွန်ပြူတာ သုံးစွဲမှု သင်ကြားနေသူ အသက် ၁၂ နှစ်အောက် ကလေးငယ်များ ပညာသင်ကြားနေချိန်ဖြစ်သည်။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်တပ်ဝင်ရောက်လာသည့်အတွက် ဆရာ၊ ဆရာမများက ကလေးငယ်များကို နီးစပ်ရာ ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်းဝင်းရှိ မြေအောက်ခန်းတွင်းသို့ ရွှေ့ပြောင်းခဲ့ကြပါသည်။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုတပ်ဖွဲ့များက ညနေပိုင်းတွင် ထိုကလေးငယ်များကို မြေအောက်ခန်းမှ ထုတ်၍ ဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့သည်။ ထိုသို့ဖမ်းဆီးခံရမှုတွင် ပါဝင်သည့် ကလေးငယ်များကို မူကြိုကျောင်းမှ သွားရောက်ခေါ်ယူရန် ကြိုးပမ်းခဲ့သည့် မိဘတချို့ကိုလည်း အကြမ်းဖက်တပ်များက ထပ်မံဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့ပါသည်။ ရွာသားများ ပြန်မလာပါက ရွာကို မီးရှို့ပစ်မည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း လော်စပီကာမှတဆင့် ကြေညာနေသည်ဟု သိရှိရသည်။ ၂။ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် အမျိုးသမီး၊လူငယ်နှင့်ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာနတို့အနေဖြင့် ယခုဖမ်းဆီးမှုသည် ကလေးများကို ဓားစားခံအဖြစ် ဖမ်းဆီးထားမှုဖြစ်သည်ဟုယူဆသည်။ ထို့အပြင် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရသော ကလေးများ၊ ဆရာဆရာမများနှင့် မိဘများအပေါ် တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ထိခိုက်နိုင်မည်ကို အလွန်အမင်းစိုးရိမ်ပူပန်ပါသည်။ ယခုကဲ့သို့သောလုပ်ရပ်သည် ပဋိပက္ခကာလအတွင်း ကလေးသူငယ်များအပေါ်အကြမ်းဖက်မှုဖြစ်သည့်အတွက် အပြင်းအထန် ရှုတ်ချသည်။ ၃။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုအနေဖြင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ၊ ဆရာဆရာမများနှင့် မိဘများကို ထပ်မံ၍ ကိုယ်ထိလက်ရောက် ထိခိုက်နာကျင်စေမှုမပြုပဲ ချက်ချင်းလွှတ်ပေးရမည်။ ကလေးသူငယ်များ၊ ဆရာဆရာမများနှင့် မိဘများ၏ ရုပ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ထိခိုက်မှုများ၊ စိတ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ထိခိုက်မှုများအတွက် ပြန်လည်ကုစားနိုင်ရေးအတွက် ရနိုင်သမျှသော နည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးနိုင်ရန် မိမိတို့ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနများမှ ကြိုးပမ်းမည်။ နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝိုင်း၊ နိုင်ငံတကာအဖွဲ့အစည်းများအနေဖြင့်လည်း ကလေးသူငယ်များ လွတ်မြောက်ရေး၊ ဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကင်းရှင်းရေး၊ လုံခြုံရေး၊ ရုပ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာနှင့် စိတ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ထိခိုက်မှုများကို ကုစားရေးအတွက် ပံ့ပိုးကူညီပေးကြပါရန် မေတ္တာရပ်ခံသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs and Ministry of Human Rights
2022-02-27
Date of entry/update: 2022-02-27
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Description: "၁။ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ (၂၁)ရက်နေ့၊ ညနေ(၅း၀၀)နာရီဝန်းကျင်ခန့်တွင် မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ ချောက်မြို့၊ ရွှေပုံတောင် စိမ်းလန်းစိုပြေရေး နယ်မြေ၌ အသက်မပြည့်သေးသည့် ကလေးငယ်များ ဖြစ်သော အခြေခံပညာ ကျောင်းသားအချို့က စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ် ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး စာသားများ ပါဝင်သော စာရွက်များ ကပ်သည့် လှုပ်ရှားမှုတစ်ရပ်ကို ငြိမ်းချမ်းစွာ ပြုလုပ်စဉ်တွင် အကြမ်းဖက် စစ်အုပ်စု၏ အဓမ္မ ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း ခံခဲ့ရပါသည်။ ထို့နောက် ဖမ်းဆီးခံလိုက်ရသည့် ကလေးငယ်များကို အကြမ်းဖက် စစ်အုပ်စုက အကြမ်းဖက် နှိပ်စက်ပြီး အဆိုပါ ကလေးငယ်များ၏ သူငယ်ချင်း ကျောင်းသား/သူလေးများကိုပါ ဆက်လက်၍ အဓမ္မ ဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့ပါသည်။ ၂။ အဆိုပါ အဓမ္မ ဖမ်းဆီးခံခဲ့ရသော ကလေးငယ်များတွင် ခန့်မှန်းခြေအားဖြင့် အနည်းဆုံး အမျိုးသမီးငယ်လေး (၅)ဦးခန့် ပါဝင်ကြောင်းသိရှိရပြီး စုစုပေါင်း ကလေးငယ် (၂၀) ဦးခန့် ပါဝင်ကြောင်း သိရှိရပါသည်။ ၎င်းအသက်မပြည့်သေးသည့် ကလေးငယ်များကို အကြမ်းဖက် စစ်အုပ်စုက အမျိုးသား လိင်အင်္ဂါကို ဆေးလိပ်မီးဖြင့် ထိုး၍ အကြမ်းဖက် စစ်ဆေးခြင်း အပါအဝင် လူမဆန်သော ယုတ်မာရက်စက်သည့် စစ်ကြောနည်းမျိုးစုံဖြင့် စစ်ဆေးနေကြောင်းကိုလည်း ကြားသိရပါသည်။ ၃။ ထိုကဲ့သို့ အဓမ္မ ဖမ်းဆီးခံခဲ့ရသော ကလေးငယ်များသည် အဋ္ဌမတန်း၊ နဝမတန်း၊ ဒဿမတန်း၌ တက်ရောက်ပညာသင်ကြားနေကြသည့် အရွယ်မရောက်သေးသူများကြဖြစ်ပြီး ဖမ်းဆီး ခံရချိန်တွင်လည်း မည်သည့်လက်နက် တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ကိုင်ဆောင်ထားခြင်းမျှမရှိဘဲ စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ် ဆန့်ကျင်ရေး စာရွက်ကပ်သည့် လှုပ်ရှားမှုကို အကြမ်းမဖက်ဘဲ ငြိမ်းချမ်းစွာ ဆောင်ရွက်နေကြခြင်း ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ဖမ်းဆီးခံရသည့် ကလေးငယ်များမှာ ကိုယ်စိတ်နှစ်ပါး ကျန်းမာရေး ဒေါင်ဒေါင်မြည် ကောင်းမွန်လှသည့် ကလေးငယ်များ ဖြစ်၍ ဖမ်းဆီးခံရပြီးနောက် အကြမ်းဖက် စစ်အုပ်စု၏ လူမဆန်စွာ ရုပ်ပိုင်း၊ စိတ်ပိုင်း ညှင်းပန်းနှိပ်စက်မှုများကြောင့် ၎င်းတို့၏ အသက်အန္တရာယ် ထိခိုက်နစ်နာမှုများ ခံရမည်ကို အလွန် စိုးရိမ်ရသည့် အခြေအနေတွင်ရှိပါသည်။ ၄။ ယခုကဲ့သို့ အသက်မပြည့်သေးသည့် ကလေးငယ်များကို အဓမ္မဖမ်းဆီးပြီး လူမဆန်စွာ အကြမ်းဖက် နှိပ်စက်နေမှုများသည် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေး၊ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးများကို အကြမ်းဖက် စစ်အုပ်စုက ထပ်မံ၍ ပြောင်ပြောင်တင်းတင်း ချိုးဖောက်ခဲ့ခြင်း ဖြစ်၍ အဖမ်းဆီးခံရပြီးနောက်ပိုင်း အဖြစ်အပျက်အားလုံးကို အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်အုပ်စုအနေဖြင့် တာဝန်ယူ/တာဝန်ခံရမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်းနှင့် အဆိုပါ ကလေးငယ်များ အပါအဝင် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရသော ကျောင်းသားပြည်သူများ၏ လွတ်မြောက်နိုင်ရေးအတွက် စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ် အမြစ်ပြတ်သည်အထိ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ မကွေးလူထုတိုက်ပွဲကော်မတီက ဆက်လက်၍ အားထုတ်ကြိုးစားသွားမည် ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်အပ်ပါသည်။ ၅။ နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး၌ နိုင်ငံတစ်ဝန်း၌ ကျဆုံးခဲ့ရသော ပြည်သူများနှင့် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရသော ကျောင်းသား ပြည်သူများ၏ ထိခိုက်နစ်နာမှုများအပေါ် တရားမျှတမှုကို ပြန်လည်ရယူနိုင်ရေးအတွက် စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ် အမြစ်ပြတ်သည်အထိ တော်လှန်ရေးကိစ္စများ၌ မိဘပြည်သူများကလည်း ပူးပေါင်း ဝန်းရံ ကူညီ ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးကြပါရန် တိုက်တွန်းနှိုးဆော်အပ်ပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Magway People's Revolution Committee
2022-02-23
Date of entry/update: 2022-02-23
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Description: "This case study summarises an analysis conducted by Save the Children, UK using the Dioptra tool to assess the cost-efficiency of Psychosocial Support in Myanmar. The analysis revealed that: Psychosocial Support (PSS) in Myanmar cost between €14 to €54 per child reached. Delivering PSS through volunteers at mobile CFS is more cost-efficient than through fixed CFS, suggesting that it can be scaled up to address immediate needs. Leveraging on community volunteers and reutilising existing training materials may reduce costs and enhance efficiency. One-time infrastructure costs at fixed CFS are required to address children’s multidimensional needs, but such costs are expected to decrease in subsequent years..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2022-02-22
Date of entry/update: 2022-02-22
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Description: "Myanmar wishes to congratulate you for your election as the President o f the Executive Board o f UNICEF. I would like to commend you for your able leadership. I also wish to congratulate Ms. Catherine M. Russell for her appointment as the Executive Director o f UNICEF and thank her for the comprehensive report. I look forward to working closely with the Executive Director and her team in the work o f UNICEF. I wish to join the previous speakers in expressing our deep appreciation to UNICEF for its outstanding work in many areas in particular protection o f children and promotion o f their rights and addressing many challenges children all over the world are facing. On my country, Myanmar, we are happy to learn that UNICEF’s humanitarian strategy focuses on delivery o f life-saving humanitarian assistance, to ensure continuity o f critical services at scale and promoting durable solutions. We thank UNICEF for its assistance even in the time o f crisis situation. According to UNICEF, since the illegal military coup in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, at least 114 children between ages 3 and 17 have been killed by the military, 18 children in last month alone. The military jun ta ’s widespread and systematic violence against the population, which as per the preliminary analysis by the UN Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) could amount to crimes against humanity, includes, among others, attacks on education and medical personnel, torture o f arbitrary detainees to death, blockage o f life-saving humanitarian assistance, burning houses and religious facilities and massacres o f civilians including women and children. 2 The Christmas Eve massacre in Karenni State (Kayah State) on 24 December 2021 is one o f the many atrocities committed by the military. In the incident, at least 35 civilians including women, children and two humanitarian response staff members o f Save the Children were inhumanely killed and burnt by the military forces. Many children all over the country especially in conflict affected areas need livesaving humanitarian assistance, health care and education services. Therefore, I wish to request the UNICEF to find all possible ways including cross border humanitarian assistance to provide necessary assistance to those children in need. We would like to request the donor states to help UNICEF by providing necessary funding o f USD 151.4 million required by UNICEF in order to respond ably to the multisectoral humanitarian needs o f children in Myanmar in 2022. Here, I wish to stress that it is critically important to make sure that the assistance reaches to the children in need..."
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2022-02-08
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Title: ကုလသမဂ္ဂဆိုင်ရာ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ် သံအမတ်ကြီး ဦးကျော်မိုးထွန်းမှ ကုလသမဂ္ဂကလေးများရန်ပုံငွေအဖွဲ့ (UNICEF) အမှုဆောင်ဘုတ်အဖွဲ့၏ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ် ပထမအကြိမ် ပုံမှန်အစည်းအဝေး၌ စစ်တပ်မှ ပြည်သူလူထုအပေါ် ကျယ်ကျယ်ပြန့်ပြန့်နှင့် စနစ်တကျ ကျူးလွန်သော အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများကြောင့် ကလေးသူငယ်သေဆုံးမှုအရေအတွက်များ နေ့စဉ်နှင့်အမျှ မြင့်တက်လျက်ရှိပြီး ပဋိပက္ခဖြစ်ပွားရာဒေသများရှိ ကလေးအများအပြားအတွက် လိုအပ်သော လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုအကူအညီများ ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးနိုင်ရေး နယ်စပ်ဖြတ်ကျော် လူသားချင်း စာနာမှုအကူအညီများအပါအဝင် ဖြစ်နိုင်သမျှ နည်းလမ်းအားလုံးကို အသုံးပြု၍ ပံ့ပိုးပေးရန် တောင်းဆိုပါကြောင်း ပြောကြားခဲ့ (နယူးယောက်မြို့၊ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၈ ရက်)
Description: "၁။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂဆိုင်ရာ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ် သံအမတ်ကြီး ဦးကျော်မိုးထွန်းသည် ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၈ ရက်နေ့တွင် ပြုလုပ်သော ကုလသမဂ္ဂကလေးများရန်ပုံငွေအဖွဲ့ (UNICEF) အမှုဆောင် ဘုတ်အဖွဲ့၏ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ် ပထမအကြိမ် ပုံမှန်အစည်းအဝေး (Virtual) သို့ တက်ရောက်၍ မိန့်ခွန်း ပြောကြားခဲ့ပါသည်။ ၂။ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ်၏ မိန့်ခွန်းတွင် အောက်ဖော်ပြပါ အဓိကအချက်များ ပါဝင်ပါသည်- (က) ကမ္ဘာပေါ်ရှိ ကလေးများ ရင်ဆိုင်နေရသည့် စိန်ခေါ်မှုများ၊ ကလေးများအား ကာကွယ်ပေးရေး၊ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေး မြှင့်တင်ပေးရေးလုပ်ငန်းများတွင် ကောင်းမွန်စွာ ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးနေသည့် UNICEF ကို ကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိပါကြောင်း၊ UNICEF ၏ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ လူသားချင်းစာနာမှု အကူအညီပေး ရေး မဟာဗျူဟာတွင် အသက်ကယ်တင်ရေး လူသားချင်းစာနာမှု အကူအညီပေးရေး၊ အရေးကြီးသည့် ဝန်ဆောင်မှုလုပ်ငန်းများ စဉ်ဆက်မပြတ်ရှိစေရေးတို့ကို အလေးထားသည်ကို သိရှိရ၍ ဝမ်းသာပါကြောင်း၊ (ခ) ကုလသမဂ္ဂကလေးများရန်ပုံငွေအဖွဲ့ (UNICEF) ၏ ထုတ်ပြန်ချက်အရ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် စစ်တပ်က တရားမဝင် အာဏာသိမ်းခဲ့သည့် ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၁ ရက်နေ့မှ စတင်ကာ အသက် ၃ နှစ်မှ ၁၇ နှစ် အကြား ကလေးငယ် ၁၁၄ ဦးထက်မနည်း စစ်တပ်၏ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းခံခဲ့ရပြီး ပြီးခဲ့သောလအတွင်းမှာပင် ကလေး ၁၈ ဦး သေဆုံးခဲ့ပါကြောင်း၊ (ဂ) ကုလသမဂ္ဂ၏ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ လွတ်လပ်သော စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှု ယန္တရား (IIMM) ၏ ပဏာမလေ့လာဆန်းစစ်ချက်များအရ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်မှ ပြည်သူလူထုအပေါ် ကျယ်ကျယ်ပြန့်ပြန့်နှင့် စနစ် တကျ ကျူးလွန်သော အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများတွင် လူသားမျိုးနွယ်အပေါ် ကျူးလွန်သည့် ရာဇ၀တ်မှုများ ဖြစ်သည့် ပညာရေးနှင့် ဆေးဘက်ဆိုင်ရာ ဝန်ထမ်းများကို တိုက်ခိုက်ခြင်း၊ မတရားချုပ်နှောင်ထားသူ များအား သေသည်အထိ ညှင်းပန်းနှိပ်စက်ခြင်း၊ လူသားချင်း စာနာထောက်ထားမှု အကူအညီများ ပိတ်ဆို့ခြင်း၊ အိမ်များနှင့် ဘာသာရေး အဆောက်အအုံများကို မီးရှို့ဖျက်ဆီးခြင်း၊ အမျိုးသမီးများနှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များအပါအဝင် အရပ်သားများကို အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက် သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းများ ပါဝင်ပါကြောင်း၊ (ဃ) ကရင်နီပြည်နယ် (ကယားပြည်နယ်) ၌ ခရစ္စမတ်အကြိုကာလ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဒီဇင်ဘာလ ၂၄ ရက်နေ့တွင် ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သော အစုလိုက်အပြုံလိုက်သတ်ဖြတ်မှုသည် စစ်တပ်က ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့သော ရက်စက်ကြမ်းကြုတ်မှုများစွာအနက် တစ်ခုဖြစ်ပြီး၊ အဆိုပါဖြစ်ရပ်တွင် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လူသားချင်းစာနာ ထောက်ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာအဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ခုဖြစ်သော Save the Children ၏ ဝန်ထမ်းနှစ်ဦးအပါအဝင် အမျိုးသမီး၊ ကလေးများနှင့် အရပ်သား ၃၅ ဦးထက်မနည်းကို စစ်တပ်က လူမဆန်စွာ သတ်ဖြတ်မီးရှို့ခဲ့ပါကြောင်း၊ (င) မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ဒေသများ အထူးသဖြင့် ပဋိပက္ခဖြစ်ပွားရာဒေသများရှိ ကလေးအများအပြားသည် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှုအကူအညီများ၊ ကျန်းမာရေးစောင့်ရှောက်မှုနှင့် ပညာရေးဝန်ဆောင်မှုများ လိုအပ်နေပါကြောင်း၊ ထို့ကြောင့် ယင်းကလေးများအား လိုအပ်သောအကူအညီများ ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးနိုင်ရေး နယ်စပ်ဖြတ်ကျော် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှု အကူအညီများ အပါအဝင် ဖြစ်နိုင်သမျှ နည်းလမ်းအားလုံးကို ရှာဖွေ၍ ပံ့ပိုးပေးရန် မိမိအနေဖြင့် UNICEF အား မေတ္တာရပ်ခံပါကြောင်း၊ (စ) ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်တွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးသူငယ်များ၏ ကဏ္ဍစုံလူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားမှု လိုအပ်ချက်များကို ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးနိုင်ရေးအတွက် UNICEF မှ လိုအပ်လျက်ရှိသော ရန်ပုံငွေ အမေရိကန်ဒေါ်လာ ၁၅၁.၄ သန်း ကို UNICEF ထံသို့ ကူညီထောက်ပံ့ပေးပါရန် အလှူရှင်နိုင်ငံများအား မေတ္တာရပ်ခံပါကြောင်း၊ (ဆ) အကူအညီလိုအပ်နေသော ကလေးငယ်များဆီ အကူအညီများ အမှန်အကန်ရောက်ရှိစေရန်မှာ အရေးအကြီးဆုံးကိစ္စရပ်တစ်ခုဖြစ်သည့်အတွက် ယင်းအချက်ကို မိမိအနေဖြင့် အလေးပေးပြောကြားလိုပါကြောင်း၊ ၃။ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ် ပြောကြားခဲ့သည့် မိန့်ခွန်းအပြည့်အစုံ (အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာ) အား ပူးတွဲဖော်ပြအပ်ပါသည်။ ၂၀၂၂ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၈ ရက် ကုလသမဂ္ဂဆိုင်ရာ မြန်မာအမြဲတမ်းကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖွဲ့ရုံး၊ နယူးယောက်မြို့။..."
Source/publisher: Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations (New York)
2022-02-08
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Description: "Thawdar*, 14, who had to flee her home due to violence, stands in a displacement camp in Kayah state. More content from Kayah state here and from Northern Shan state here. One year since the Myanmar military seized power in a coup, the scale and severity of violence against civilians, including children and humanitarian staff, is escalating, Save the Children said today. In the past two weeks alone, children have been killed in several bombings and raids by the military in Kayah state[i] and Sagaing region[ii][iii][iv], including the bombing of a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kayah. In the past year, at least 150,000 children have been forced to flee their homes[v]. The UN Security Council must find ways to address the crisis and protect children from violence, attacks and displacement in Myanmar, the child rights organisation said. Recent UN figures show at least 405,700 people have fled their homes due to fighting within Myanmar since the military seized power almost a year ago, with that figure increasing by 27% in just the past month. Of the total number of people displaced across Myanmar, an estimated 37% are children[vi], many of whom are living outside in the jungle under makeshift shelters and vulnerable to hunger, illness and protection risks, the aid organisation said. Violence has particularly intensified in the southeastern state of Kayah in recent months, where last week two teenage sisters were among those killed in the bombing of an IDP camp. Recent UN figures show 91,400 people in Kayah state have fled their homes since February 2021, but local reports earlier this year said the more accurate figure is much higher – more than half its 300,000 population. Thawdar*, 14, had to flee her village in Kayah and is now sheltering in an IDP camp. She remembers the scorching sun and the sound of gunfire on the day she fled. She said: “When I was working on harvesting corn in the field, my aunt came and told us that we also need to flee as we heard the weapons loudly. It was urgent and we couldn’t take so many things. My mother packed some clothes, pots and plates. Then, we left our home. “I was so worried and thinking on the journey, ‘What if weapons hit us?’ I have always been afraid of the soldiers, and I pray they don’t reach the camp. I never want to hear the sound of heavy weapons again.” Thawdar*, her family and others in the camp rely on food donated by Save the Children and other local charities to survive. Thawdar’s* mother Daw Merry*, 36, who has four children, said she constantly worries about meals and insecurity. She said: “If we do not have enough food to eat, what should we do? Sometimes I feel sad when I don’t have money to buy medicines or snacks my children want.” Kayah state was also the site of an attack on at least 35 civilians, including four children and two Save the Children staff members late last year. The aid workers, both young fathers who were passionate about children’s education, were on their way back to their office after working on a humanitarian response in a nearby community when they were caught up in the attack. Inger Ashing, CEO of Save the Children International, said: “Yet again we are seeing children bear the brunt of conflict. Over the past year, a shocking 150,000 children have been displaced across Myanmar. That’s 150,000 children who are separated from their friends, their schools, and their homes. “Children and their families are fleeing because they have no choice, and we are seeing them forced to hide out in jungles and forests and living in terrible conditions. Save the Children teams are doing what they can to provide urgent assistance, but they have very little access to food, clean water and healthcare, let alone education. Children on the move are at heightened risk of trafficking, abuse, recruitment into armed groups, injury and death. Last week’s horrific attack on an IDP camp shows that children in Myanmar are caught between a rock and a hard place. “The Myanmar military, as well as all other armed actors, must uphold International Humanitarian Law, protect children and keep them out of harm’s way, and provide unhindered humanitarian access.” Prior to the coup, there were already 370,000 people displaced across the country, including tens of thousands of Rohingya children living in detention-like camps in Rakhine state. The situation for them and the nearly 500,000 Rohingya children and their families who have fled into Bangladesh remains fragile. The brutal tactics employed by the military in Myanmar are reminiscent of the atrocities committed against the Rohingya in 2017, according to Save the Children. Inger Ashing said: “UN Security Council members must deliver on their shared responsibility to address the unfolding crisis in Myanmar. “Member states must impose an arms embargo, with a focus on limiting the kinds of airstrikes we’ve seen recently. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) must also convene on an urgent meeting to review and action the ‘Five Point Consensus’ agreed in April 2021, which calls for an immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar and for the ASEAN Special Envoy to help mediate a diplomatic solution. These steps are vital to protect children, their communities and humanitarian aid workers.” Save the Children has been working in Myanmar since 1995, providing life-saving healthcare, food, education and child protection programmes through more than 50 partners and 900 staff across the country. Save the Children has now resumed the majority of its programmes across Myanmar following the attack on 24 December 2021, and staff remain fully committed to helping the most vulnerable children in Myanmar, especially during this time of conflict and crisis. CONTENT AVAILABLE: Displaced families from Shan State, Myanmar and Kayah State, Myanmar. For further enquiries please contact: Emily Wight, [email protected]; Our media out of hours (BST) contact is [email protected] / +44(0)7831 650409..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2022-01-28
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Sub-title: At least four children have been killed and multiple others have been maimed during an escalation of conflict over the past week in Myanmar, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday
Description: "Last Saturday, the body of a 13-year-old boy was discovered in Matupi, Chin State, while a 12-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy were injured by heavy weaponry in Loikaw, Kayah State, following intense airstrikes and mortar attacks. On the same day, a 7-year-old girl was injured by heavy weapons fire in Hpa An, Kayin State. On 7 January, one 14-year-old and two 17-year-old boys were fatally shot in Dawei Township, in the Tanintharyi Region. And on 5 January, two young girls, aged 1 and 4, were injured by artillery fire in Namkham, Shan State. International humanitarian law In a statement, UNICEF Regional Director, Debora Comini, said the agency was “gravely concerned” by the escalating conflict and condemns the reported use of airstrikes and heavy weaponry in civilian areas. UNICEF is also particularly outraged over attacks on children that have occurred across the country. “Parties to conflict must treat the protection of children as a foremost priority and must take all steps necessary to ensure that children are kept away from fighting and that communities are not targeted”, Ms. Comini said. According to her, this protection is required by international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Myanmar is a signatory. Recalling other recent incidents, UNICEF called for urgent action to ensure independent investigations, so that those responsible can be held to account. Unprecedented crisis Overall, the people of Myanmar are facing an unprecedented political, socioeconomic, human rights and humanitarian crisis with needs escalating dramatically since the military takeover and a severe COVID-19 third wave. According to a UN Humanitarian Needs Overview published in December by OCHA, the turmoil is projected to have driven almost half the population into poverty heading into 2022, wiping out the impressive gains made since 2005.  The situation has been worsening since the beginning of the year, when the military took over the country, ousting the democratically elected Government. It is now estimated that 14 out of 15 states and regions are within the critical threshold for acute malnutrition.  For the next year, the analysis projects that 14.4 million people will need aid in some form, approximately a quarter of the population. The number includes 6.9 million men, 7.5 million women, and five million children..."
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2022-01-11
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Description: "The number of children killed by Myanmar’s military regime has risen to at least 100, following the fatal shooting of a five-year-old girl on Monday night by junta forces in Mandalay. Local residents said the girl was shot in the head when regime soldiers fired random shots in her neighbourhood in Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi Township. The indiscriminate shooting came after a bomb attack on the Aung Tharyar ward administration office around 8pm on Monday. “We live near the ward administration office. We heard an explosion first, then gunshots. A five-year-old girl from the nearby betel stand was shot dead. They also fired shots at people near the scene. People had to rush into their houses and turn off their lights,” a local resident told The Irrawaddy. Junta soldiers guarding the ward administration office fired randomly after two men on a motorbike threw a bomb into the building. Residents living close to the scene reported junta troops shouting, “If you want democracy, stay under military rule” as they opened fire. The five-year-old was the third child in Chanmyathazi Township to be killed by junta soldiers since the military’s February 1 coup. In March, Khin Myo Chit, six, was shot dead while sitting on her father’s lap during a regime raid on her home. The same month, Tun Tun Aung, 14, was fatally shot in the chest by soldiers when he left his house to fetch water while helping his mother with household chores. At least six children were killed by regime forces last month. A 17-year-old was shot dead by junta troops after going outside to watch a military convoy passing through Myaung in Sagaing Region. Wai Thu Aung, 16, from Magwe Region was shot dead while playing a game in his village with other young people. Another youth was beaten and arrested. The parallel National Unity Government’s Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs reported that 98 children, ranging in age from just one to ten-years-old, had been killed by junta forces as of November 17..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2021-12-07
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Description: "UNICEF and partners have been distributing safe bottled water to vulnerable families in Hlaing Thar Yar and other areas. When Swe Mar, 39, her husband and four children left their home in Ayeyarwady Region to seek a better life in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, they struggled to make ends meet. Unable to find work, her husband returned home to search for a job. But Swe Mar remained in Yangon, in Hlaing Thar Yar Township, where she works hard to make a living. Living in a tiny house that was once a construction site kitchen, Swe Mar and her family have no toilet of their own and have to share with Swe Mar’s parents, who live in a neighbouring house. Swe Mar sells sweets and on a busy day can earn up to 6,000 Myanmar Kyat, or about US$3. This, combined with the income of her eldest son, Chit Naing, 16, who works on a nearby construction site, is barely enough to cover basic living costs for the family, which includes three younger children: Kaung Sett, 12, Zwe Htet, 6, and 18-month-old Kyal Sin. During the recent crisis, one of Swe Mar’s main worries has been obtaining safe water for her family. Until recently, her only option was to buy water from vendors selling water from large containers, pushed through the neighbourhood on trolleys. Swe Mar had to provide her own containers and was never sure whether the water was really clean or safe to drink. “Sometimes, I filtered the water before using it,” she said. The water, which Swe Mar used for cooking and drinking, cost her approximately 4,000 Kyat a month, a significant expenditure for her family. Bringing clean water to doorsteps The challenges faced by Swe Mar and her family are common to most residents of the poorest areas of Yangon. In these districts, approximately 16.3 per cent of households have insufficient water to drink, cook and wash with, and for latrine use. This creates a serious risk of water-borne diseases like cholera, typhoid as well as COVID-19. As part of the United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) response to the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, UNICEF and partners have been distributing safe bottled water to vulnerable families in Hlaing Thar Yar and other areas, prioritising families with young children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers. *“I receive two 20-litre water bottles every two days, direct to my doorstep. I don’t need to use a water filter or provide my own containers. We can drink directly from the water bottle. **I use this water for drinking only as I collect rainwater for cooking. I now have extra money”,* said Swe Mar. Clean water makes a clear difference While water distributions have faced challenges including COVID-19 restrictions and security risks, the impact of these efforts have been widely felt and appreciated. Some 50,000 people like Swe Mar have benefited so far from the UNICEF-supported efforts. UNICEF plans to work with its partners to expand coverage of water distribution to reach more communities experiencing water shortages, while also working to rehabilitate water systems, install water treatment and supply systems, and continue to promote awareness around the importance of proper hygiene..."
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2021-11-08
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Description: "UNICEF gained access to Mindat for the first time since February 2021 to deliver urgent humanitarian relief supplies to displaced persons. * The names of the family have been changed to protect confidentiality. When conflict escalated between local armed groups and the Myanmar Armed Forces in the small mountain town of Mindat in the western State of Chin, Hay Mar, and her family decided to flee their home like most residents of the town. As the sounds of gunfire and explosions became louder, Htun, her five-year-old son, froze with fear and Hay Mar had to put him on her back and run as fast as she could into the dense forest near their home with the rest of the family. Those left behind were the most vulnerable - mostly the elderly and heavily pregnant women. “My mother-in-law could have run with us, but she said she didn’t want to. She wanted to stay in her home”, said Hay Mar. Like thousands of others, Hay Mar and her husband made makeshift shelters for their three children in the forest, but they had little protection from the monsoon rains that had just begun. Fortunately, after a couple of weeks, the family found refuge in a friend’s home in a nearby village. Humanitarian aid getting through despite conflict and pandemic In Mindat, martial law has been declared since May 2021 and alongside continuing armed clashes, the town has also been caught up in Myanmar’s devasting third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a United Nations humanitarian report, an estimated three million people in Myanmar need assistance and Mindat is reportedly one of the worst affected places in the country. This means there are several families like Hay Mar who are in urgent need of support. In August, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) gained access to Mindat for the first time since February 2021 to deliver urgent humanitarian relief supplies to displaced persons in 10 camps for internally displaced people. UNICEF distributed critical supplies including multi-micronutrient tablets to pregnant and lactating women, a four-month supply of multi-micronutrient powder sachets for children under the age of five, hygiene kits that included 10-litre and 20-litre plastic buckets and water purification sachets, child protection and early childhood education kits for children and adolescents, including stationery and toys for the younger children. During this mission, UNICEF had hoped to reach more camps, but the continued operational disruptions did not allow the agency to access them. UNICEF, however, will remain committed to providing help to many children and families who are being forced to make temporary homes in these camps, often without even the most basic services. What does the future hold? “If we live in this situation, how will my children grow? I’m very worried about their future. I just want to live in peace.” Over two weeks had passed since Hay Mar and her family had to flee Mindat and she began to worry about her mother-in-law. With her three children, Hay Mar decided to return to the town to look for her. Htun, her youngest, was petrified as they re-entered their hometown, but he is now slowly showing signs of overcoming the trauma and returning to being the lively boy he once was, said Hay Mar. But while she is happy to see these positive changes in her son, she is unsure how long this period of peace and calm will last. Like most of the other children in Mindat, her two older children, aged 12 and 17, have now been out of school for almost two years. First, it was the pandemic that halted their education and lives, and now, there is a security situation threatening their safety. “If we live in this situation, how will my children grow? I’m very worried about their future. I just want to live in peace,” said an anxious Hay Mar, echoing the thoughts and voices of mothers across Myanmar.....မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၊ ချင်းပြည်နယ်ရှိ ပဋိပက္ခများကြောင့် စားနပ်ရိက္ခာများ ဆိုးဆိုးဝါးဝါး ဖြတ်တောက်ခံထားရသည့် မိသားစုများထံသို့ ယူနီဆက် ကယ်ဆယ်ရေးပစ္စည်းများရောက်ရှိ (လုံခြုံရေးအရ မိသားစု၏ အမည်များကို ပြောင်းလဲထားပါသည်) ချင်းပြည်နယ်အနောက်ပိုင်းက တောင်ပေါ်မြို့ငယ်လေးတစ်မြို့ဖြစ်တဲ့ မင်းတပ်မြို့မှာ ဒေသခံ လက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့တွေနဲ့ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်ကြား ပဋိပက္ခများ အရှိန်မြင့်လာချိန်မှာ ဟေမာနဲ့ သူ့မိသားစုဟာ မြို့ခံအများစုလိုပဲ အိမ်တွေကိုစွန့်ခွာထွက်ပြေးဖို့ ဆုံးဖြတ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဒါပေမဲ့ ငါးနှစ်အရွယ် သူ့သားအငယ်ဆုံးလေး ထွန်းဟာ သေနတ်သံတွေနဲ့ ပေါက်ကွဲသံတွေ ပိုပြီးကျယ်လောင်လာချိန်မှာ အကြောက်လွန်ပြီး အငိုအရယ်မရှိ ကြက်သေသေသွားခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဒါကြောင့် ဟေမာက သားလေးကို ကျောပိုးပြီး ကျန်တဲ့မိသားစုတွေနဲ့အတူ အိမ်အနီးက တောထဲကို တတ်နိုင်သမျှ အမြန်ဆုံး ပြေးခဲ့ရပါတယ်။ ကျန်နေခဲ့ကြတဲ့သူတွေကလဲ အားနည်းထိခိုက်လွယ်ဆုံးသူတွေဖြစ်ပြီး အများစုကတော့ သက်ကြီးရွယ်အိုတွေရယ်၊ ကိုယ်ဝန်အရင့်အမာနဲ့ အမျိုးသမီးတွေရယ်ပဲဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ “ကျွန်မယောက္ခမကြီးက ကျွန်မတို့နဲ့အတူ ပြေးလို့ရပေမဲ့ သူကမပြေးချင်ဘူး၊ သူ့အိမ်မှာပဲနေခဲ့ချင်တယ်လို့ပြောတယ်” လို့ ဟေမာက ပြောပြပါတယ်။" အခြားထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာသောလူတွေလိုပဲ ဟေမာနဲ့ ခင်ပွန်းဖြစ်သူက တောထဲမှာ သူတို့ကလေးသုံးယောက်အတွက် ယာယီတဲလေးတစ်ခုဆောက်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဒါပေမဲ့ အဲ့သည့်အချိန်မှ စကာစ မုတ်သုန်မိုးအတွက်တော့ အကာအကွယ်က မလုံလောက်ပါဘူး။ ကံကောင်းတာက နှစ်ပတ် သုံးပတ်ကြာပြီးနောက်မှာ ဟေမာတို့မိသားစု အနီးအနားရွာတစ်ရွာက မိတ်ဆွေတစ်ဦးရဲ့အိမ်မှာ ခိုလှုံခွင့်ရခဲ့တာပဲဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ပဋိပက္ခနဲ့ ကပ်ဘေးများကြားမှပင် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားရေး အကူအညီများ ရောက်ရှိ မင်းတပ်မြို့မှာ မာရှယ်လောအမိန့်ကြေညာထားပြီး လက်နက်ကိုင်တိုက်ပွဲများ ဆက်လက်ဖြစ်ပွားနေသလို ဒီဒေသမှာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရဲ့ ကိုဗစ်-၁၉ တတိယလှိုင်း ရိုက်ခတ်တဲ့ဒဏ်ကိုလည်း ခံခဲ့ရပါတယ်။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားရေးအစီရင်ခံစာအရ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက လူပေါင်း သုံးသန်းခန့်နီးပါးက အကူအညီလိုအပ်မယ်လို့ မှန်းဆထားပါတယ်။ မင်းတပ်မြို့ဟာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက အဆိုးဝါးဆုံး ထိခိုက်ခံရတဲ့နေရာတွေထဲက တစ်ခုအပါအဝင်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ဒါဟာ ဟေမာတို့မိသားစုလိုပဲ အရေးပေါ် အကူအညီတွေ လိုအပ်နေတဲ့ မိသားစုတွေ အများကြီးရှိနေတယ်ဆိုတာကို ပြနေပါတယ်။ သြဂုတ်လထဲမှာ ယူနီဆက်က မင်းတပ်မြို့ရှိ စစ်ရှောင်စခန်း ၁၀ ခုရှိ နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာသူများထံ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ မှစပြီး ပထမဦးဆုံးအကြိမ်အဖြစ် အရေးပေါ် လူသားချင်းစာနာထောက်ထားရေး အကူအညီများ ပေးပို့နိုင်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ယူနီဆက်က ကိုယ်ဝန်ဆောင်နဲ့ နို့တိုက်မိခင်တွေအတွက် ဘက်စုံအနုအာဟာရဆေးပြားများ၊ အသက် ငါးနှစ်အောက်ကလေးတွေအတွက် လေးလစာ အနုအာဟာရမှုန့်အထုပ်ငယ်များ၊ ၁၀ လီတာနဲ့ လီတာ ၂၀ ဆန့် ပလတ်စတစ်ရေပုံးများနဲ့ ရေသန့်ဆေးအထုပ်ငယ်များ ပါဝင်တဲ့ တစ်ကိုယ်ရေသန့်ရှင်းရေးသုံးပစ္စည်းများ၊ ကလေးငယ်များနဲ့ ဆယ်ကျော်သက်လူငယ်များအတွက် ကလေးသူငယ်များအား အကာအကွယ်ပေးခြင်းနှင့် အစောပိုင်းကလေးဘဝအရွယ်ဆိုင်ရာ ပညာရေးပစ္စည်းများ၊ စာရေးကိရိယာများနဲ့ ကစားစရာများ စတဲ့ အရေးပါတဲ့ ပံ့ပိုးရေးပစ္စည်းများကို ဖြန့်ဝေပေးခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ယူနီဆက်က နောက်ထပ်စစ်ဘေးရှောင်စခန်းများထံ အကူအညီများပေးနိုင်ဖို့ မျှော်လင့်ထားခဲ့ပေမဲ့ ဆက်လက်ဖြစ်ပေါ်နေတဲ့ အခက်အခဲများစွာကြောင့် မရောက်ရှိနိုင်ခဲ့ပါဘူး။ ဒါပေမဲ့လည်း အခြေခံအကျဆုံး ဝန်ဆောင်မှုတွေကိုတောင် မရရှိဘဲ စစ်ရှောင်စခန်းတွေမှာ ယာယီနေထိုင်နေကြရသူ ကလေးများစွာနဲ့ မိသားစုတွေအတွက် အကူအညီများပေးနိုင်ရန် ယူနီဆက်က မရပ်မနား ဆက်လက်ဆောင်ရွက်သွားမှာဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ အနာဂါတ်ကာလမှာ ဘာတွေဖြစ်လာမှာလဲ..? “ကျွန်မတို့ ဒီအခြေအနေမှာ ဆက်နေမယ်ဆိုရင် ကျွန်မကလေးတွေ ဘယ်လိုကြီးပြင်းလာရမှာလဲ ကျွန်မတို့အနာဂတ်အတွက် သိပ်စိတ်ပူတယ်၊ ကျွန်မ အေးအေးချမ်းချမ်းလေးပဲ နေချင်တာပါ။” ဟေမာတို့မိသားစု မင်းတပ်မြို့ကနေ စွန့်ခွာထွက်ပြေးလာတာ နှစ်ပါတ်ကျော်ကာလကိုရောက်လာပါပြီ။ ‌မြို့ထဲမှာကျန်ခဲ့တဲ့ ယောက္ခမဖြစ်သူကို စိုးရိမ်တဲ့အတွက် ကလေးသုံးယောက်နဲ့အတူ မင်းတပ်ကိုပြန်ဖို့ ဆုံးဖြတ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဟေမာ့ရဲ့ အငယ်ဆုံးသားလေးဖြစ်တဲ့ ထွန်းက သူတို့ဇာတိမြို့ကိုပြန်ဝင်လာချိန်မှာပဲ အကြောက်လွန်ပြီး တုန်လှုပ်သွားခဲ့ပါတယ်။ အခုကတော့ သူရဲ့ စိတ်ဒဏ်ရာကို ကျော်ဖြတ်နိုင်တဲ့ လက္ခဏာတွေကို ပြသလာပြီး အရင်ကလို ပျော်ပျော်နေတတ်တဲ့ကလေးလေး ပြန်ဖြစ်လာပါပြီလို့ ဟေမာက ပြောပြပါတယ်။ ထွန်းရဲ့ ကောင်းတဲ့ပြောင်းလဲမှုတွေအတွက် ဟေမာက ပျော်ပေမယ့် ဒီအခြေအနေကဘယ်လောက်ထိ ကြာမလဲဆိုတာ သူသေချာမသိဘူးလို့ ဖြည့်စွက်ပြောပါတယ်။ မင်းတပ်က ကလေးအများစုလိုပဲ သူ့ရဲ့နောက်ကလေးနှစ်ယောက်ဖြစ်တဲ့ အသက် ၁၂ နှစ်နဲ့ ၁၇ နှစ်အရွယ် ကလေးနှစ်ယောက်က ကျောင်းမတက်ရတာ နှစ်နှစ်နီးပါးရှိနေပါပြီ။ အစကတော့ ကပ်ရောဂါကြောင့် သူတို့အိမ်ပြန်လာကြတာပါ၊ ဒါပေမဲ့ နောက်ပိုင်းမှာတော့ လုံခြုံရေးအခြေအနေ ခြိမ်းခြောက်မှုတွေကြောင့်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ “ကျွန်မတို့ ဒီအခြေအနေမှာ ဆက်နေမယ်ဆိုရင် ကျွန်မကလေးတွေ ဘယ်လိုကြီးပြင်းလာရမှာလဲ” လို့ စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်စွာနဲ့ ဟေမာက မေးခဲ့ပါတယ်။ “ကျွန်မတို့အနာဂတ်အတွက် သိပ်စိတ်ပူတယ်၊ ကျွန်မ အေးအေးချမ်းချမ်းလေးပဲ နေချင်တာပါ။” လို့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက မိခင်အများစုရဲ့ သောကတွေကို ထင်ဟပ်အောင်ပြောပြသွားပါတယ်။..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (Myanmar) via Reliefweb (New York)
2021-10-18
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Description: "Responding to the latest escalation of violence in Myanmar, including harm done to children, Save the Children said: “Reports that children have been injured by the military, including in Northern Shan, should be met with sadness, outrage but also urgent action to better protect children across Myanmar. “We are particularly disturbed by the potential use of heavy weapons, which there have been signs of in recent weeks, which not only risk killing and injuring children, but can also destroy homes, civilian infrastructure like schools and hospitals and displace entire communities. “This is in addition to the detention and abduction of children, which is also being reported. The children who have been killed, injured, displaced, and who have witnessed this violence are entitled to protection, but have instead become targets. “This incident, like many others which have taken place over recent weeks and months, is evidence of a deepening crisis in Myanmar. Not only have Myanmar children had to contend with multiple waves of COVID-19 over the last 18 months, but violent incidents affecting large numbers of children have continued to rage across the country. “The military coup and subsequent humanitarian crisis continue to fundamentally threaten children’s human rights. With the education and health systems failing, food security deteriorating and the economy in freefall, urgent steps are required to bring peace, stability and safety into Myanmar children’s lives – especially the most vulnerable and those who have been displaced. “Ultimately, to prevent violations against children all those involved in clashes and violence must take proactive steps to respect and uphold children’s rights. This goes beyond avoiding civilian casualties, and includes measures to get children back into education, to provide unimpeded humanitarian access, and to support children with the mental health and psychosocial impact of this complex crisis. Myanmar children have shown incredible strength and resilience, but cannot be expected to keep carrying such a heavy load. “As such, with our local partners, Save the Children is prioritising a response which focuses on reinstating as much learning as possible, provides food assistance to those who need it the most, and supports children with their mental and physical health and wellbeing. As we have done since 1995, we will continue to do our utmost for and with Myanmar children in compliance with the humanitarian principles of humanity, independence, impartiality and neutrality.”..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2021-10-14
Date of entry/update: 2021-10-14
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Description: "A large proportion of more than 76,000 children in Myanmar who have been forced to flee their homes since the February coup could go hungry as their families share a single meal per day, Save the Children has warned. Citing the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, the charity said on Monday that around 206,000 people have been displaced by violence since the coup. Of them, 76,000 are children and many are sheltering in forests during torrential rain under tarpaulins without enough food, it reported. “While the world’s attention has moved on, a hunger crisis is unfolding in Myanmar,” Save the Children said. “Children are already going hungry and very soon they will start to succumb to disease and malnutrition.” Myanmar is seeing growing popular resistance to military rule in response to attacks on peaceful protests. The junta has retaliated with brutal raids on villages suspected of harboring resistance fighters while torching houses and making arbitrary arrests, particularly in Sagaing and Magwe regions, Chin and Kayah states. While the displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and food, delivery of aid is often blocked or restricted by the junta. A volunteer at a displacement camp in Kayah State said hunger was a huge concern for displaced families. “In the beginning, they received public donations or from charities that were helping people in the camps. But now donations are limited because people are being prevented from going to the camps. Some rice bags were donated and every family got just five cups. That’s not much for a family of seven people to live off,” the volunteer told Save the Children. In Kayah State, around 22,000 people fled their homes in September alone, according to the UN, which said more than 79,000 people, including around 29,000 children, are displaced in the state. Earlier this year, the World Food Programme estimated that the number of children in the country going hungry could more than double to 6.2 million this year, up from 2.8 million in February..."
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2021-10-04
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Description: "Monday 4 October 2021 – More than 76,000 children[i] in Myanmar have been forced to flee their homes since the coup on 1 February as armed conflict has erupted in several parts of the country, Save the Children said today. Most of the displaced children are living outside in the jungle, with nothing but tarpaulins held up with bamboo sticks to protect them from the torrential monsoon rain. Many families do not have adequate food supplies and are sharing just one meal between them per day, Save the Children said. Since the coup, 206,000 people have been displaced across the country. In Kayah State in southeastern Myanmar – a displacement hotspot - around 22,000 people fled their homes in September alone, according to the UN. More than 79,000 people – including around 29,000 children – are currently displaced in the state[ii]. One town, Demoso, has been left completely empty after its entire population fled violent clashes there last month. A UN human rights envoy warned in June that Kayah State could see “mass deaths from starvation, disease, and exposure”. With access to food and life-saving services blocked, displaced families were reported to have been living on only rice broth. Cherry*, 33, has been living in a displacement camp in a forest since she fled her home in Demoso Township five months ago with her husband and their two children. The family is living under a small makeshift tarpaulin shelter. Cherry* is pregnant with her third child, and faces the prospect of giving birth outside without access to medical care. “I cannot even describe in words the pain I feel,” Cherry* told Save the Children. “My delivery date is close, and I’m so worried about the baby because I’m living in this camp. I can’t even think about eating nutritious food, as we have to eat whatever we can get. I’m also worried about what I’m going to feed my baby after its born. All we have is donated food and we have to eat whatever there is – it’s not the right food for a baby.” In many parts of the country aid agencies have been unable to reach families in need due to ongoing conflict and restrictions on delivery of aid. Many displaced families are relying on donations from local people for food and essentials. U Tun* and his family fled their home with nothing when fighting in their hometown of Demoso escalated in May. The family is unable to return home as their house was set alight in the conflict along with everything they own. “I was only able to bring a few important identity documents, and I fled with my family. Now, we are living on a hill in a temporary shelter. It is very difficult to get food and we have to rely on donations because all of our property was destroyed and we can’t go home. Other people here are also suffering like us,” U Tun* told Save the Children. Save the Children warned that thousands of displaced children could go hungry without urgent food aid. Some 60% of Kayah families surveyed by Save the Children in April said they relied on farming as their primary source of food, but had been uprooted from their farms by the conflict. Earlier this year, the WFP estimated that the number of children in the country going hungry could more than double to 6.2 million in the next six months, up from 2.8 million prior to February. Esther*, a volunteer at a displacement camp in Kayah State, said hunger was a huge concern for displaced families. “In the beginning they received some donations from local people or charities that were helping people in the camps. But now donations are limited because people are being prevented from going to the camps. We got some bags of rice bags donated, and when we divided it, every household got just five cups of rice per family. That’s not much for a family of seven people to live off for long,” Esther* told Save the Children. Save the Children said: “While the world’s attention has moved on, a hunger crisis is unfolding in Myanmar. Tens of thousands of children across the country who have fled their homes are living outside in jungles or sheltering in temples, many of them with nothing but a tarpaulin sheet to protect them from the torrential monsoon rains. Families are living on next to nothing, sharing just one meal a day between six or seven people. Children are already going hungry, and very soon they will start to succumb to disease and malnutrition. “Displaced families urgently need tents, food, clean water, medical care and sanitation. Our teams will continue doing everything they can to get children and their families the help they need, but we urgently need access to displaced families to deliver our life-saving services. “As long as the violence continues, more families will be forced to flee in search of safety. We call on all parties to protect children’s rights and keep them out of harm’s way. This goes beyond protecting them from the dangers of conflict – children need to get back to school, and they need support to process the trauma they have experienced. Myanmar children have shown incredible strength and resilience, but they cannot be expected to keep carrying such a heavy load.” Save the Children and its partners in Myanmar are providing food assistance and essential items to families who need it most. It provides life-saving health and nutrition services, as well as getting children back into learning and supporting them with their mental and physical health and wellbeing..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2021-10-04
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Description: "(CNN) - Five-year-old Su Htet Waing often wakes up crying for her mother and older sister. Hiding in the mosquito-infested jungles of Myanmar in a makeshift tent with her father, her young world has been torn apart. "I want to sleep with mummy, but the police have taken her," she said in an audio clip recorded by her father, Soe Htay, on his phone and sent to CNN in early August. Soe Htay was one of the early leaders of the pro-democracy movement against the military which overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in a coup in February. He says his family is now paying the price for his activism. His wife and teenage daughter remain behind bars, and his youngest daughter says she was forced into a half sitting, half standing pose during the 18 days she was in detention -- a stress position that the United Nations Committee Against Torture views as a form of torture. The military has not responded to CNN's detailed emails and texts about the girl's detention and treatment. Soe Htay, left, and his daughter Su Htet Waing. But Soe Htay and his daughter are not alone. In the months since the coup, the junta has waged a bloody campaign against its opponents, shooting dead protesters in the street and detaining thousands of doctors, activists, journalists, artists -- anyone it deems an enemy. Sometimes, the junta isn't able to find its opponents. And increasingly, the military is going after another group of people to sow fear among the population and make them fall in line: the family members of dissidents, according to Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar. "It's just horrific, it's horrific, it's outrageous, it's completely unacceptable and the international community should be up in arms," he said. "That's the brutal reality we're facing in this country and most importantly that the people of the Myanmar are facing." Cracking down on protests After the military took over, Soe Htay took to the streets in protest. And, like thousands of others in the country opposed to the takeover, Soe Htay became a target of the military junta. In June, months after he had stopped protesting for fear of being shot by the military, soldiers came to his home in Myanmar's central Mogok city to arrest him, Soe Htay told CNN from his jungle hideout. They raided his house four times, but he had already gone into hiding with his two sons, he said, leaving his immediate family behind. On the final visit in June, they arrested his wife and two daughters instead. "This is a hostage-arrest," he said. "Since they arrested my family when they couldn't arrest me ... my youngest daughter wasn't even 5 yet." Su Htet Waing spent 18 days in detention. Su Htet Waing spent her fifth birthday in detention, said Soe Htay. She was let out on June 30 after 18 days as part of a mass prisoner release. Her mother and sister remain behind bars, sentenced to three years in prison, Soe Htay said. Local media reported the pair were charged with incitement -- a common punishment leveled at pro-democracy activists. While Su Htet Waing was detained she was forced into the half-sitting, half-standing position, which caused her "mental trauma," said Soe Htay. Andrews, the UN special rapporteur, said he has heard of many similar cases of children being brutally punished for the political views of their parents in the months since the military junta took control. "The stress position is outrageous," he said. "I have seen reports of children being beaten, reports of children, of iron rods burning their legs, I've seen them detained for several days ... I'm speechless and outraged and truly angry at what despicable behavior we're seeing." The United Nations Committee Against Torture views stress positions as contrary to the Convention Against Torture. Innocent hostages Khaing Zin Thaw also tried to fight against the junta -- and like Soe Htay, it's her family that is paying the price. Khaing Zin Thaw's parents were arrested in April. She says they haven't done anything wrong. The 21-year-old used her role as a social media influencer to raise money for the Civil Disobedience Movement, which saw thousands of people leave their jobs to destabilize the coup and economy. She helped collect donations for those who had lost their jobs and were struggling to get by. Khaing Zin Thaw also made posts supporting the movement on Facebook, where she has about 700,000 followers. But that soon put her onto the radar of the military. Shortly after February's coup, she left home for safety and has been moving constantly ever since within Myanmar. But in April she got an alarming phone call. "One of my friends called me and told me there were military trucks outside my house. They called back half an hour later and said your parents have been arrested," she said. Her parents have done nothing wrong, she said, her voice wavering. Her father does not even know how to use Facebook. Her sister-in-law was also taken in her place, Khaing Zin Thaw said, but has since been released. "I heard that my father has been tortured and has not asked for his medication ... sometimes, my mind goes blank and I feel like I am losing my mind," she said, adding that both her parents have been charged with incitement. The military has not responded to CNN's detailed requests for comment. Taking 'hostages' At least 182 people, including children, have been detained in place of their family members since the coup -- and 141 of them remain in detention, according to advocacy group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). The group characterizes these arrests as hostage taking, and stresses the military's actions are in violation of international law. According to AAPP, when children are taken into detention, they are not sent to prisons, such as the notorious Insein where thousands of pro-democracy protesters are held. Instead, they are sent to interrogation centers, police custody, military barracks or junta administration offices. "The children who are detained as hostage are placed in the same cells as their family. But exact details inside detention are difficult to confirm," AAPP said in a written interview. "As far as we know, hostages are not being mixed with other pro-democracy detentions." AAPP said because the junta is making this distinction, it "clearly understands what it is doing is hostage taking." The group warns the practice is likely to increase. Myanmar has been brought to the edge of collapse since the coup, with the junta waging a bloody campaign against nationwide protests and strikes. The economy is in tatters, and a deadly Covid-19 wave is devastating the nation. Civilian insurgencies in the cities and border regions have declared a people's war on the military, with local militias carrying out guerrilla-style attacks on military forces. "(Hostage taking) is a strategy by the junta to inflict 'worry', it is part of the junta's wider campaign of terror waged against the population," the group said. "(It) will only get worse as the junta is increasingly losing on the front lines, with attacks in the cities like Yangon and Mandalay also escalating." The future The practice of detaining relatives is aimed at suppressing dissent, but it doesn't appear to be working. Far away from her happy childhood at their family home, little Su Htet Waing spends her days with her father, exposed to Myanmar's monsoon season, mosquitoes, and the risk of disease. Su Htet Waing is in hiding in Myanmar's jungles. Soe Htay says he believes the military is still hunting for him so he has to stay in a makeshift tent in the jungle. His daughter has her backpack ready in case they have to run again. He is determined to continue the fight for democracy in any way he can, despite his seemingly desperate situation. Soe Htay has been told by friends in the pro-democracy movement, who trickle information out of the prisons and during prisoner releases, that his daughter and wife were separated since their sentencing. He's also been told his daughter caught Covid-19, but has since recovered. "The way I see it," he said. "Their sorrow will only be healed after the revolution ... my only thought is to root out the dictatorship, for now I have to bury my bitterness and hatred in the revolution." Khaing Zin Thaw said she is now in "a safe place" but has to continue moving for fear of being tracked down by the military. "I am sad and dejected, and I am frustrated as I can't do anything for my parents in jail," she said..."
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2021-09-24
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Description: "1. It has been nearly eight months since entire Myanmar people staged Spring Revolution opposing Myanmar military' s February 1 coup. The National Unity Government has also declared a nationwide state of emergency to wage a "people's defensive war" against the military. 2. The military regime has been continuously committing human rights violations since the coup, and evidence of its systematic, deliberate and widespread human rights violations points to international crimes. The oppressed are revolting in various ways against those atrocities. 3. The National unity Government has established military code of conduct and rules of engagement for People’s Defense Force to ensure they respect human rights and avoid inflicting harm on innocent civilians in the revolt. 4. Under no circumstances, violence shall be used against innocent civilians, particularly the vulnerable groups including women, children, the elderly and the disabled. It is clearly stated in international human rights laws that women and children must be given special protection during conflicts. Our ministry is working together with international community to document the regime's human rights violations including those against women and children, and to hold perpetrators accountable under the law. 5. Thus, ordinary civilians including the vulnerable groups such as women, children, the elderly and the disabled must be protected from harm anywhere, anytime and under any circumstances. Every armed unit and group has responsibility not to harm them. 6. We urge respective armed groups around Myanmar that are revolting in their own ways against the military regime to exercise due caution not to violate international human rights laws..."
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2021-09-26
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Description: "1. It has been nearly eight months since entire Myanmar people staged Spring Revolution opposing Myanmar military's February 1 coup. The National Unity Government has also declared a nationwide state of emergency to wage a "people's defensive war" against the military. 2. The military regime has been continuously committing human rights violations since the coup, and evidence of its systematic, deliberate and widespread human rights violations points to international crimes. The oppressed are revolting in various ways against those atrocities. 3. The National unity Government has established military code of conduct and rules of engagement for People’s Defense Force to ensure they respect human rights and avoid inflicting harm on innocent civilians in the revolt. 4. Under no circumstances, violence shall be used against innocent civilians, particularly the vulnerable groups including women, children, the elderly and the disabled. It is clearly stated in international human rights laws that women and children must be given special protection during conflicts. Our ministry is working together with international community to document the regime's human rights violations including those against women and children, and to hold perpetrators accountable under the law. 5. Thus, ordinary civilians including the vulnerable groups such as women, children, the elderly and the disabled must be protected from harm anywhere, anytime and under any circumstances. Every armed unit and group has responsibility not to harm them. 6. We urge respective armed groups around Myanmar that are revolting in their own ways against the military regime to exercise due caution not to violate international human rights laws..."
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2021-09-26
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Description: "More than 164,000 Rohingya children in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Bangladesh returned to learning centres today after one of the longest disruptions to schooling globally due to COVID-19. Learning centres run by humanitarian agencies, which provide primary-level education for Rohingya refugee children, were closed 18 months ago, leaving children vulnerable to child marriage and child labour as a means for families to survive. The government announced that learning centres could reopen for children in grades two to four after a drop in positive testing rates for COVID-19 nationally and in Cox’s Bazar to around 5% this week from over 30% in early August. Bangladeshi schools reopened on September 12 but Rohingya children were still waiting to resume their education. Save the Children welcomed the re-opening of learning centres but called on the government to allow other age groups to also return to their classrooms and for a pilot programme using the curriculum from Myanmar. About 456,000 children are living among almost 900,000 refugees in the camps at Cox’s Bazar. Taslim,* 9, said it would help for teachers to use the Myanmar curriculum and to have teachers from Myanmar. “This would help me to be a doctor or teacher and be able to fulfil my dreams,” she told Save the Children. Save the Children’s Bangladesh Country Director, Onno Van Manen, said Rohingya children and families were keen to return to learning and quality education. “Efforts need to be re-doubled to provide quality education to Rohingya children. This can be achieved through community outreach to convince families to send their children back to school and by urgently resuming the rollout and expansion of the pilot program to allow Rohingya children to study in their mother-tongue using the curriculum,” he said. Save the Children, with the help of Rohingya and Bangladeshi teachers, have provided education to Rohingya refugees and the host community at 100 learning centres in Cox’s Bazar camps since 2017 when almost one million Rohingya refugees fled Myanmar into Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2021-09-22
Date of entry/update: 2021-09-25
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Description: "If they want to achieve their rights they need to fight with education, not weapons, they said Rohingya children should be educated in their own language as they need to cope up with their life in Myanmar in future after getting repatriated, speakers said at a webinar They were speaking at a webinar titled, ‘Education for Rohingya children’ organized by PEN Bangladesh, on Wednesday, marking International Literacy Day. Masum Billah, of the Out of School Education Program of Brac, said the Rohingya children need to get educated in their vernacular language or in English. “They will learn Bangla naturally as they are living here. However, the medium of their schooling should not be Bangla. They should get educated in English or in their own language in schools. That will help them in the long run,” he said. He also said, Brac is running 700 learning centers in the camps; however, young adults do not have many opportunities to study in the camps. “Only two schools are there for secondary education,” However, there are some religious schools in the camps but some children do not want to go there, according to the Brac official. “They are more eager to go to learning centers as they can have cultural activities like drawing, singing and dancing there,” he told the webinar. Journalist Israt Jahan Urmi said the people who had a traumatic childhood are more prone to get involved in criminal activities later in their lives but education can save them. “Children need education to keep them occupied. When they get repatriated, they need to go back with institutionalized education,” she said. Security analyst AK Mohammed Ali Sikder said the Rohingya children should learn their vernacular language and need to be educated about their culture and heritage. “If they want to achieve their rights they need to fight with education, not weapons,” said the retired Bangladesh Army major general. PEN Bangladesh Vice-President Biswajit Ghosh, who presided over the webinar, said: “Literacy is a human rights issue and Rohingya children should not be deprived of it just because they were displaced from their homeland.” Researcher Gouranga Mohanta said: “If we can plan the right kind of education program, implementation would not be a real challenge.”..."
Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
2021-09-09
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Sub-title: Students are attending classes while local schools remain closed due to armed conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Description: "Teachers who joined Myanmar’s civil disobedience movement following the military coup in February have set up a school for children displaced by conflict in a temporary camp in a rebel army-controlled area of eastern Kayah state near the Thai border. The internally displaced persons (IDP) camp where the school is located hosts more than 1,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Karennis, who fled their homes to escape fighting between the Myanmar military and Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) troops since May. The KNDF is a new network of civilian resistance fighters that includes existing ethnic armed groups in the state and Karenni organizations. Violent clashes between rebel and junta forces erupted in Kayah state’s Loikaw, Demoso, and Shadaw townships after the military coup on Feb. 1 overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Some 100,000 residents have fled their homes amid fighting in the state, taking shelter in Buddhist monasteries or in nearby hills and jungles. The Education Department of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), the dominant ethnic political organization in the state, opened the school to provide uninterrupted instruction to the children, said Hsu Bu Rel, the department’s vice minister. Children displaced by the conflict have not been able to attend classes for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, which hit Myanmar in March 2020 and now is in its third wave. They then lost a second year of education because of political unrest in the country, Hsu Bu Rel said. “We want the IDP children in our camp to have an opportunity for schooling,” he told RFA. “In addition, this school gives us opportunities to learn from the CDM [civil disobedience movement] teachers and to try out the new curriculum and teaching methods of the Karenni Education Department. For security reasons, RFA is identifying the location of the camp school only as being in a KNPP-controlled area near the Thai border in Kayah state. School principal Hla Moe Myint said more funding is needed for educational materials for the IDP children, school buildings, and additional teachers. “Teachers can perform fully only if they have these materials in hand,” she said. “There are so many needs. Besides, we want to set up a library as they [the teachers] have expected. We have difficulties in fulfilling their needs.” Teacher Hsu Khu Rel said the school serves students from grades one through 11 and uses both a national curriculum and a new one created by the Karenni Education Department. Another teacher named Josephine said many educators from government schools, who walked out of work to join the CDM protests against the junta and fled arrest in their hometowns have joined the school. “They have different teaching methods and a different schooling system,” she said, pointing to the teachers’ more sophisticated grading system that makes it tougher for students to pass tests because it is not based on traditional rote learning. About 265 students had enrolled in the IDP camp school by the end of June, though additional ones were incoming, teachers said. Eighth-grader Cherry Phaw said she was pleased to continue her education at the school. “For more than two years I couldn’t go to school,” she told RFA. “We were on the run whenever there was fighting, so I couldn’t go to school. I am grateful to the teachers for enabling me to learn in school. I am happy here.” Thoe Mel, the parent of students who attend classes at the school, said she is glad that she could enroll her children in school at a time when other schools across the country are closed because of ongoing crackdowns by the military regime and the COVID-19 pandemic. “My children haven’t gone to school for two years,” she said. “I am so happy now they are going to school. I am very optimistic.”..."
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2021-08-17
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Description: "Six months since the military coup in Myanmar, the situation for families is worsening as a wave of COVID-19 rages across the country and children are unable to access medical care and education, Save the Children warns. Save the Children said many children in Myanmar may lose caregivers as the death toll from COVID-19 is rising rapidly and the rate of positive testing, reportedly over 37%, ranks among the highest in the world - even though positive cases and deaths are severely underreported. So far more than a million children around the world have lost a parent to COVID-19, and a total of 1.5 million have lost either a parent, a grandparent who helped care for them or some other relative responsible for their care, according to a study published in The Lancet this month. In Myanmar, the health system has virtually collapsed since the coup began on February 1 and vaccinations remain largely unavailable in a country wracked by disease, poverty and violence. Entire families are falling sick with COVID-19, with family members desperately struggling to access treatment, medicine, emergency oxygen and other medical supplies that are in short supply for relatives and friends, while prices have skyrocketed. In the absence of sufficient health care options and threatened by violence, pregnant women are being forced to give birth under appalling circumstances, including while hiding in the jungle from armed soldiers. Children killed and detained According to the UN, 75 children have been killed since the coup began, though the actual number of fatalities is thought to be much higher. More than a third of these deaths were of children aged under 16. The youngest was an 18-month-year-old girl, who was killed when a military vehicle hit her father’s motorbike after he refused to stop while taking her to hospital. At least 104 children, some as young as seven, remain in detention, many in Yangon’s notorious Insein Prison, where a serious outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported. Last month, a 17-year-old boy reported that he was tortured almost to death while being held in an interrogation centre. On 24 May, two boys, aged 15 and 17, were sentenced to death by the courts after they were accused of killing a pro-military informer. Their cases have since been referred to the juvenile court where they are again awaiting sentencing. In addition to those killed or injured, Save the Children is concerned that countless more children are being deprived of essential medical care and education amid the surge in COVID-19 cases which is devastating the country. Regular vaccination campaigns for children have also stalled, and nearly 1 million children have been unable to receive essential vaccinations in Myanmar since the coup (UN). The economic situation of many families is growing increasingly desperate. A survey by Save the Children among nearly 1,500 households across seven regions found the crisis was affecting the ability of about 75% of households to meet basic needs. About 34% of respondents reported a total loss of income in the months after the coup. The World Bank predicts an 18% drop in GDP this year, while ILO estimates that 2.2 million jobs have been lost since the start of the year. Save the Children said: “Soon after the coup six months ago we spoke of a ‘nightmare scenario’ unfolding. That scenario is now playing out before our eyes and it is far worse than we could have predicted. Not only have children witnessed and experienced violence and horror that no child should ever see, but they are now also losing caregivers and family members due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is rapidly plummeting the country further into chaos. The complex and by now chronic crisis is taking a heavy toll on the mental health and well-being of millions of people, including many children. “Save the Children calls for an end to the violence in Myanmar and a strong, coordinated and decisive effort by the international community to help address the ongoing crisis, especially the COVID-19 situation. Both the UN Security Council and ASEAN have no more time to lose when it comes to Myanmar. ASEAN should urgently take action during its upcoming formal meeting on August 2. The bloc must do everything it can to make sure that violations against people in the country cease, including against children, and find a regional solution to this crisis. “People in Myanmar are showing admirable resilience and strength, but they cannot weather this perfect storm on their own. Help is urgently needed.”..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2021-07-30
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Description: "The theme of corruption in education is important because bribery and corruption sabotages the development of educated, competent, and ethical young people, who are the future workforce, decision makers and leaders of Myanmar. Corruption in education erodes social trust, damages Myanmar’s reservoir of human capital and contaminates equality, ultimately undermining and destabilizing the well-being of our society. A contemporary picture suggests that at primary school level, only 81 per cent of children aged 6–10 years attend school. UNICEF(2019a) reported quoting the 2014 census a calculation that 1 in 5 children are not attending, either because they never entered school or dropped out. Fees related to education are said to be one of the main causes for many children to give up on schooling. Another main reason for children to drop out of school is the limited quality and relevance of the education that is offered. Economic hardships force many young children to give up education in order to work. UNICEF (2019b) supported the Myanmar Government to implement the National Education Strategic Plan 2016–2021 (NESP (2016), and implement the goals of a National Early Childhood Care and Development Policy. UNICEF (2019a)..."
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2021-07-00
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Description: "Children’s rights in Myanmar are facing an onslaught that risks leaving an entire generation damaged, the UN Child Rights Committee (CRC) has warned. Since the military coup, 75 children have been killed, about 1,000 arbitrarily detained and countless more deprived of essential medical care and education, according to credible information obtained by the Committee. “Children in Myanmar are under siege and facing catastrophic loss of life because of the military coup,” Mikiko Otani, Chair of the CRC, said. The Committee monitors the compliance by States parties to the Child Rights Convention. Myanmar acceded to the Convention in 1991. The Committee strongly condemned the killing of children by the junta and police. Some victims were killed in their own homes, including a six-year old girl in the city of Mandalay, who was shot in the stomach by police and died in her father’s arms. The CRC also deplored the arbitrary detention of children in police stations, prisons and military detention centres. The military authorities have reportedly taken children as hostages when they are unable to arrest their parents. Among those detained is a five-year-old girl in the Mandalay region whose father helped organize protests against the junta. “Children are exposed to indiscriminate violence, random shootings and arbitrary arrests every day. They have guns pointed at them, and see the same happen to their parents and siblings,” Otani warned. The Committee is profoundly concerned at the major disruption of essential medical care and school education in the entire country, as well as access to safe drinking water and food for children in rural areas. The UN Human Rights Office has received credible reports about hospitals, schools and religious institutions being occupied by security forces and subsequently damaged in military actions. According to UNICEF, the UN children’s agency, a million children in Myanmar are missing key vaccinations. More than 40,000 children are no longer getting treatment for severe acute malnutrition. “As a result of the military coup and conflicts, children’s right to life, survival and development have been repeatedly violated,” said Otani. “If this crisis continues, an entire generation of children is at risk of suffering profound physical, psychological, emotional, educational and economic consequences, depriving them of a healthy and productive future.” The Committee called for immediate action to bring about a peaceful solution to the crisis and urged Myanmar to uphold its obligations under the Convention to protect and promote children’s rights to the utmost degree..."
Source/publisher: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
2021-07-16
Date of entry/update: 2021-07-16
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Sub-title: The deaths included 19 military troops, two militiamen, and two civilians, sources said.
Description: "At least 19 troops loyal to Myanmar’s junta and two members of a militia formed to protect residents from the military were killed during a firefight in Saigaing region’s war-torn Kalay township, sources said Friday, as fighting drove some 3,000 civilians to flee for safety in the nearby mountains. Fighting broke out between the military and members of the Kalay People’s Defense Force (PDF) around 2:00 p.m. on Thursday as junta soldiers began a raid on the villages of Doe Nwe and Ashaysee, around 30 miles south of downtown Kalay, a member of the PDF told RFA’s Myanmar Service, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. “The battle went on for six hours … and only ended after 8:00 p.m.,” the source said in recounting the fighting that killed the 19 people. “Additionally, two [civilian] men from Tin Thar [village] who were on their way to Doe Nwe village on a motorcycle were killed when soldiers fired at them. Myint Thein and Tun Naung actually were ordinary villagers and not our fighters,” the militiaman said. After a relatively quiet night, fighting resumed early on Friday morning, the PDF member said. “They have been firing at us with heavy weapons since about 5:00 a.m. We are also hitting them back with Tumee [traditional flintlock] rifles and handmade rockets. They have not been able to get out of the village since yesterday. Our PDF teams have surrounded the village and attacked them. There are only injuries on our side. No deaths. Hold on, a rocket is coming our way. I'll call you back in a moment. " PDF members later told RFA that two of their group had been killed and claimed that the military was “using drones” to track down their fighters. Residents of the area confirmed to RFA that they had heard the sound of “hundreds of shells” beginning at 5:00 a.m. on Friday and said more than 3,000 people from nine of the surrounding villages had fled into the mountains beginning the previous night, when junta troops began conducting surprise checks and arrests. “They were checking the cellphones of anyone they encountered, so we decided to leave,” said one villager, who declined to be named. “Along the way, we saw many people from other villages fleeing the area too. There are four villages near Ashaysee village. A lot of men are among those who fled.” A resident of Doe Nwe village said the region is currently dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 infections and that many of those who fled lack access to medicine. A Tin Thar villager told RFA that nearly everyone from the surrounding area had left. “We are worried [the military] might set fire to the houses,” the villager said. “Only some elderly and some family members of COVID-19 patients are left behind. Everyone believes the army will launch an all-out offensive against us. I’m in the forest myself now.” Attempts by RFA to contact junta Deputy Information Minister Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun about the fighting in Kalay went unanswered Friday. There have been at least seven clashes between the PDF and the military in Kalay since the junta ousted Myanmar’s democratically elected government on Feb. 1, the last of which was on June 27. Junta troops remain stationed in the villages of Kyaukphu and Ashaysee and the Kalay PDF has warned residents to exercise caution.....Military murders: Myanmar’s military says its takeover was warranted because former State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in November 2020 general elections as the result of voter fraud. The junta has provided no evidence to back up its claims and violently responded to widespread protests, killing 912 people and arresting 5,277, according to the Bangkok-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). Amid nationwide turmoil, the military has stepped up offensives in remote parts of the country of 54 million that have led to fierce battles with several local militias. According to the United Nations and aid groups, conflict in Myanmar’s remote border regions has displaced an estimated 230,000 residents since the junta coup. They join more than 500,000 refugees from decades of conflict between the military and ethnic armies who were already counted as internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the end of 2020, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, a Norwegian NGO. Reports of the clashes in Kalay came as sources told RFA that at least 23 villagers in Sagaing’s neighboring Kani township have been murdered by the military in the past 16 days, including 16 villagers who were discovered with their hands bound behind their backs and appeared to have been shot from behind, execution-style. A resident named Tittar told RDA that junta troops entered the villages of Yin and Kone Thar on July 9 and 10 so that they could surveil Kani township from afar. “When they were about to enter the villages, they started firing with heavy weapons. Four houses in our village were destroyed by the shelling. One house was set on fire. All the villagers fled in fear into the jungle as the army arrived. Some took their elderly on carts, motorcycles and tractors, he said. “The soldiers followed into the forests and hunted the refugees down. Those who were found were tied with ropes and some were cut down with machetes. We also found trails of some who were tied to ropes and dragged away. The bodies were no longer recognizable as they were all bruised and mutilated.” Tittar said people were killed and left in the forest, still bound, while others were “tied to small tree trunks and dragged along” to their deaths. “Some of the bodies were piled up. All of them were simple farmers. None of them were PDF members,” he said, adding that several were people who couldn’t leave their elderly parents. There were those who couldn't leave behind their parents who couldn’t run. Some were people who were asked by their parents to stay with them. People who were murdered ranged from a 63-year-old to a 21-year-old ... Some were tied and dragged. All of their clothes had been torn off and some of them no longer had pants on.” In addition to the killings, residents said, junta troops destroyed more than 60 motorbikes, and burned down food storage containers and crops. Another villager named Moe Thee said the men were shot dead by soldiers from behind. “They didn’t kill them immediately after the arrests, the victims were tortured and killed,” he said. “It looks like these people had their hands tied behind them and told to run and then shot from behind, like in the movies. It was totally inhumane.” Other deaths included four villagers killed on July 1 whose bodies were discovered “in close proximity, with their heads blown off,” a resident said. “They must have been shot at close range. The tops of the heads were gone. Only the mouth remained,” the resident said. “We couldn’t collect the bodies and had to set them on fire.” The military has yet to comment on the allegations.....Children at risk: Also on Friday, the United Nations’ Child Rights Committee (CRC) issued a statement noting that since the coup, about 75 children had been killed, while around another 1,000 were arbitrarily detained and countless others deprived of essential medical care and education. The group warned that children’s rights are facing an onslaught that “risks leaving an entire generation damaged,” the agency said. “Children are exposed to indiscriminate violence, random shootings and arbitrary arrests every day. They have guns pointed at them and see the same happen to their parents and siblings,” said Mikiko Otani, chair of the CRC. The CRC said it is “profoundly concerned” at the major disruption of essential medical care and school education in the entire country, as well as access to safe drinking water and food for children in rural areas. According to UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, a million children in Myanmar are missing key vaccinations. More than 40,000 children are no longer getting treatment for severe acute malnutrition. “As a result of the military coup and conflicts, children’s right to life, survival and development have been repeatedly violated,” said Otani. “If this crisis continues, an entire generation of children is at risk of suffering profound physical, psychological, emotional, educational and economic consequences, depriving them of a healthy and productive future.” The CRC called for immediate action to resolve Myanmar’s political crisis and called on the country’s leadership to safeguard and promote children’s rights to the utmost degree..."
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2021-07-16
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Sub-title: Su Htet Waing was arrested with her mother and sister when authorities failed to detain her activist father.
Description: "A five-year-old girl whose father helped organize protests against Myanmar’s junta was forced to endure stress positions during more than two weeks in detention, according to her father, making her what observers say was the country’s youngest known political prisoner under the military regime that seized power in February. On June 13, security forces in Mandalay region raided the home of Soe Htay, a local activist who had led demonstrations in Mogok city against the junta following its Feb. 1 takeover of Myanmar’s democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) government. Soe Htay had already gone into hiding with his two sons, and when authorities failed to locate him, they arrested his wife Nan Kyi Kyi Khine and their daughters Theint Sandi Soe, a 17-year-old third-year law student, and Su Htet Waing, a five-year-old girl. Arresting relatives of wanted protesters has been a common practice. The protests Soe Htay had organized in Mogok were part of a nationwide backlash against the military following its coup, which it said was necessary because the NLD’s landslide victory in the country’s November 2020 elections was the result of widespread voter fraud. Regime leaders have yet to produce any evidence of their claims, while soldiers have violently cracked down on the demonstrations. According to the Bangkok-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), the military has killed 898 people and arrested 5,127 in connection with the anti-junta protests. Of those, 2,269—including Su Htet Waing—were freed from prisons across the country as part of a general amnesty on June 30, although observers say the release was little more than a stunt by the military to gain international recognition. Soe Htay, who was reunited with Su Htet Waing and remains in hiding, recently told RFA’s Myanmar Service that his daughter was left “traumatized” because of the poor treatment she was subjected to during her 18 days in detention. He said Su Htet Waing told him that she and others were regularly forced to assume the “ponzan” posture—a half-sitting, half-standing stress position—during roll call, and that she “hated the people” who ordered her to do it. Su Htet Waing “knows nothing about politics” and had only called for the release of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with several other party officials shortly after the military takeover, Soe Htay said. “She doesn’t understand the politics we were discussing,” the NLD member and leader of the Mogok Township Peace and Open Society told RFA. Soe Htay said he recently learned from staff at the Mogok Prison that his older daughter is enduring “serious health problems” while she remains in detention. He said that he has had no direct contact with his family members since the day of their arrest. “My eldest daughter was on medication, suffering from rheumatism when she was arrested. On the day of her arrest, she was taken away with the only clothing she had on, and she didn’t have any of her medicine,” he said. “She had to kneel down, handcuffed, on the concrete floor for two or three hours during questioning … and now she is in critical condition, according to what a friend in the prison told me.” Attempts by RFA to contact junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun for comment on the arrest of Soe Htay’s family members went unanswered Friday. ‘Illegal’ detention Speaking to RFA this week, lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said arresting a five-year-old is “illegal.” “Even if children under the age of 18 commit crimes, they are not allowed to go to jail. They are not allowed to be held behind bars,” he said. “Arresting a five-year-old is totally unlawful. It’s a violation of human rights, too. There is nothing this military regime wouldn’t hesitate to do if their hold on power was threatened. Not even children will be spared.” Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe, Minister for Women, Youth and Children for Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG), said Su Htet Waing will be recorded as the youngest political prisoner under the military regime. “Such arrests constitute war crimes and those responsible must be held accountable,” she said. “This arrest and detention are a violation of childrens’ rights and the law. The child is too young and can be left deeply traumatized. We are working with professional counselors.” Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe also condemned what she called “hostage-taking” by the junta, adding that by NUG’s count there are around 80 minors currently in detention. Soe Htay told RFA he is determined to fight to the end against the military, even though his family has been arrested. “I am determined to root out this dictatorship,” he said. “I see the suffering of my daughters and wife as a sacrifice to this revolution. It is from these feelings that I get the strength to fight for a speedy end to the revolution.”..."
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2021-07-08
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Sub-title: Aung Swan Pyae, 12, was detained with his father and five others at a tea shop on Tuesday
Description: "Junta soldiers detained a 12-year-old boy on Tuesday along with six others, including his family members, after resistance fighters clashed with the military near Mandalay International Airport. Aung Swan Pyae was taken from the Shwe Kyal Zin tea shop as troops raided his village of Ohnbin Chan in Sintgaing Township. Thirty-two-year-old Min Thu Tun, who is the boy’s father and owns the teashop, was also arrested. The other detainees were Min Thu Tun’s wife, Tin Nwe Hlaing, his brother-in-law, and three of his employees, a local resident said. Early on Tuesday morning, junta soldiers exchanged fire with fighters from the Sintgaing People's Defense Force (PDF) near the airport in Tada-U, a second resident said on condition of anonymity. During the shootout, a junta soldier was killed and a PDF fighter was arrested, he said, adding that the soldiers then went to nearby Ohnbin Chan and raided a hut where someone lived. “Within half an hour of the shootout, they raided the house and a nearby tea shop. I feel sorry for those arrested, including the kid. They were not involved in the shooting,” he said. Junta forces reportedly found handmade explosives at the hut and searched the tea shop because they suspected Min Thu Tun had helped the person who lived in the hut, the first resident told Myanmar Now. The seven are being kept at a detention centre in Sintgaing and some are still being interrogated, said a lawyer representing them. Aung Swan Pyae will have a court hearing on Monday, while the trial against the adults will begin on July 16. “It is not yet known which charges they will have to face,” the lawyer said. The Sintgaing police station could not be reached for comment. The junta has repeatedly arrested young children as part of its crackdown against both peaceful and armed resistance to its rule. Last month regime forces detained a four-year-old girl along with her mother and 17-year old sister when they were unable to find the girl’s activist father in Mogok. She was released after spending her fifth birthday in detention. Dr Htar Htar Lin, the former head of Myanmar’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, was arrested early last month along with her husband, her seven-year-old son, and the family dog. Their whereabouts are still unknown..."
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Now" (Myanmar)
2021-07-09
Date of entry/update: 2021-07-09
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Description: "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ အမျိုးသမီး၊ လူငယ် နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာဝန်ကြီး ဌာန နှင့် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးဆိုင်ရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန တို့၏ ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက် ပူးတွဲကြေငြာချက်အမှတ် ၂/၂၀၂၁ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဇူလိုင်လ ၆ရက် ၁။ အရပ်သားအစိုးရထံမှ မတရားအာဏာသိမ်းယူထားသော အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီသည် ၎င်းတို့အာဏာသိမ်းသည့်နေ့မှစ၍ အပြစ်မဲ့ပြည်သူများအား မတရားဖမ်းဆီးခြင်း၊ ညှဉ်းပန်းနှိပ်စက်ခြင်း၊ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းနှင့် အမျိုးသမီးများအပေါ် လိင်အကြမ်းဖက်ခြင်းတို့ကို ပြောင်ပြောင်တင်းတင်း ကျူးလွန်လျက်ရှိသည်။ ထို့ပြင် အပြစ်မဲ့ကလေးသူငယ်များကို ရက်ရက်စက်စက် သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းနှင့် မတရားဖမ်းဆီးနှိပ်စက်ခြင်းကဲ့သို့သော ဆိုးရွားလှသည့်ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အ‌ရေးချိုးဖောက်မှုများကိုလည်း ယနေ့အချိန်အထိ ကျူးလွန်လျက်ရှိသည်။ ၂။ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများဖြစ်သည့် အသက်ရှင်သန်ခွင့်၊ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ခွင့်နှင့် ကာကွယ်မှုခံစားပိုင်ခွင့်များကို အချိန်တိုင်းနေရာတိုင်းတွင် ကလေးများအားလုံးရရှိခံစားနိုင်ရန်အတွက် လူတိုင်းတွင်တာဝန်ရှိပါသည်။ သို့သော် အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီသည် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ (၁၅)ရက်နေ့ မှ စတင် ၍ အသက် (၁၈) နှစ်အောက် ကလေးသူငယ်ပေါင်း အနည်းဆုံး (၇၇) ဦးကို မတရားဖမ်းဆီးခဲ့သည်။ တချို့ကလေးသူငယ်များသည် စစ်တပ်၏ အကြမ်းဖက် တိုက်ခိုက်မှုနှင့် နှိပ်စက်မှုများကြောင့် သေဆုံးခဲ့ကြရသည်။ သေဆုံးခဲ့သည့်ကလေးသူငယ်များထဲတွင် အသက်အငယ်ဆုံးဖြစ်သည့် မန္တလေးမြို့မှ အသက် (၇) နှစ်အရွယ်ရှိ မခင်မျိုးချစ်သည် မိမိနေအိမ်တွင် ဖခင်၏ရင်ခွင်ထဲ ရှိနေစဉ်မှာပင် သေနတ်ဖြင့် ချိန်ရွယ် သတ်ဖြတ်ခံရသည်။ ထို့ပြင် မိုးကုတ်မြို့မှ အသက်(၅) နှစ်အရွယ်ရှိ မစုထက်ဝိုင်းသည် သူမ၏အဖေကို ဖမ်းဆီးမရသဖြင့် ဓားစာခံအဖြစ်ဖမ်းဆီးခံခဲ့ရသည့် အငယ်ဆုံးကလေးဖြစ်ခဲ့သည်။ ပြန်လည် လွတ်မြောက်လာခဲ့သော်လဲ ဆိုးဝါးလှသည့် ထောင်တွင်းအတွေ့အကြုံများကို ရင်ဆိုင်ဖြတ်သန်းခဲ့ရရှာသည်။ ၃။ မိဘများကို မဖမ်းဆီးနိုင်သည့်အတွက် အပြစ်မဲ့ရင်သွေးငယ်ကလေးများကို ဓားစာခံဖမ်းဆီးခြင်းနှင့် မိဘနှင့်အတူ ဖမ်းဆီးခံရခြင်းများမှာ ဆက်လက်ဖြစ်ပွားလျက်ရှိသည်။ ဇွန်လ (၁၀) ရက်နေ့တွင် မိခင်ဖြစ်သူ ‌ ဒေါက်တာထားထားလင်းနှင့်အတူ သားဖြစ်သူ အသက် (၇) နှစ်အရွယ်ရှိ မောင်အောင်သုခမိန်လင်းကို စစ်တပ်က ဖမ်းဆီးသွားခဲ့သည်။ ယခုအချိန်အထိ ယနေ့အထိ မည့်သည့်နေရာတွင် မည်သည့်အခြေအနေမျိုးဖြင့် ဖမ်းဆီးထားသည်ကို မသိရှိရသဖြင့် ကလေးငယ်၏ ရုပ်ပိုင်း၊ စိတ်ပိုင်းကျန်းမာရေးအတွက် မိမိတို့ အထူး စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်မိပါသည်။ ၄။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အ‌ရေးစာချုပ်ကို ဇူလိုင်လ ၁၉၉၁ တွင် အတည်ပြုလက်မှတ်ထားသည့် စာချုပ်အဖွဲ့ဝင်နိုင်ငံဖြစ်သည်။ စာချုပ်ပါကလေးအခွင့်အရေးများကို လေးစား၊ ကာကွယ်၊ ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးရန်တာဝန်ရှိသော်လည်း အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီကာကွယ်ပေးရန်ပျက်ကွက်ယုံသာမက ကလေးသူငယ်များအပေါ် နိုင်ငံတကာရာဇဝတ်မှုများ ကျူးလွန်လျက်ရှိသည်။ ၅။ ကလေးသူငယ်များကို မတရားဖမ်းဆီးချုပ်နှောင်ခြင်းသည် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးဥပဒေ (၂၀၁၉) ပါအခွင့်အရေးများကို ချိုးဖောက်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ ထိုဥပဒေတွင် အသက် (၁၀) နှစ်အောက်ကလေးများကျူးလွန်သည့်ပြစ်မှုများသည် ရာဇဝတ်မှုမမြောက်ဟုဆိုသည်။ ပိုမိုဆိုးဝါးသည့်အချက်မှာ ယခုဖမ်းဆီးခံနေရသည့်ကလေးငယ်များသည် ရာဇဝတ်မှုဆိုင်ရာပြစ်မှုများကို လုံးဝကျူးလွန်ခြင်းမရှိသောအပြစ်မဲ့ကလေးသူငယ်များဖြစ်နေခြင်းပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် နှစ်ထပ်ကွမ်းအခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်ခံနေရခြင်းဟု ဆိုနိုင်သည်။ ၆။ အပြစ်မရှိသောကလေးများကိုချုပ်နှောင်ထားခြင်းသာမက ထိုကလေးများကို ချုပ်နှောင်စဉ်ကာလအတွင်း ရုပ်ပိုင်းစိတ်ပိုင်းထိခိုက်နာကျင်အောင် ဆက်ဆံခြင်းများရှိကြောင်း၊ အချို့ကလေးငယ်များကို အခြားချုပ်နှောင်ခံ ရသူများနည်းတူ အချုပ်ထဲတွင် ပုံစံထိုင်ခိုင်းခြင်းများ လုပ်ဆောင်ခိုင်းကြောင်း သိရှိရသည်။ ထိုသို့လုပ်ဆောင်မှု များသည် ကလေးသူငယ်များအပေါ်အကြမ်းဖက်ခြင်းမြောက်သည်။ ထိုသို့လုပ်ဆောင်ခြင်းသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးဥပဒေသာမက နိုင်ငံတကာ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးစာချုပ်ကို ချိုးဖောက် ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။ ၇။ ထို့ကြောင့် အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီအနေဖြင့် - ကလေးသူငယ်များအား မတရားဖမ်းဆီးခြင်းနှင့် အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများကို အမြန်ဆုံးရပ်တန့်ရန် - ဖမ်းဆီးခံကလေးသူငယ်များကို အမြန်ဆုံးပြန်လွှတ်ပေးရန်၊ - ပြန်လည်လွတ်မြောက်လာသောကလေးသူငယ်များအတွက် ရုပ်ပိုင်းစိတ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ပြန်လည်ကုစား ပေးရေးအစီအစဉ်များ ပံ့ပိုးပေးရန်တို့ကို လုပ်ဆောင်ပေးရမည်။ ထို့အပြင် ကလေးသူငယ်များအပေါ် မတရားဖမ်းဆီးသူများနှင့် စေခိုင်းသူများကို ထိရောက်စွာ အရေးယူသွားမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာအပ်သည်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Human Rights and Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs National Unity Government
2021-07-06
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Sub-title: The death of a toddler in Kengtung has highlighted the impact of the regime’s violence on even the most innocent
Description: "Moe Thandar was an adorable toddler who had just learned how to ask for things she wanted by raising her hand. She was the firstborn daughter of Than Soe Aung and Nandar, a young couple from Kengtung in Shan State. She had just turned 14 months old and was the pride and joy of her family. “Although she couldn’t speak yet, she would always gesture at us with her mouth when she was hungry and wave at animals and say ‘come, come’ whenever she saw them,” said her 23-year-old mother, Nandar. “If we called out to her to come to sleep, she would bring her own pillow and lie down.” But in a country thrown into crisis by a military coup, even a child of Moe Thandar’s age and innocence can fall victim to the spiral of violence that has gripped Myanmar. On the day that she died, her father was taking her to see a doctor for her diarrhoea. But as he was navigating the streets of Kengtung on his motorbike, he ran into a convoy of regime forces that was patrolling the town. It was then that he became involved in a collision that knocked both him and his daughter off the motorcycle. Moe Thandar suffered a head injury that claimed her life a few hours later. It was a devastating loss for her parents. But exactly what led to that tragic accident has become the subject of a lawsuit that now threatens to deprive Nandar not only of her child, but also of her husband. True to its practice of avoiding accountability for its actions, the regime has blamed Than Soe Aung for his daughter’s death. In a case that has attracted considerable attention on social media, he is now facing trial for driving under the influence of alcohol. The case has also highlighted the impact of the coup on some of Myanmar’s youngest citizens, who like many others have been caught up in the regime’s indiscriminate use of force to impose its will on the nation. ‘Pure agony’ Nandar said that her husband was sleeping soundly after a hard day of work as a cargo handler when she woke him up late in the evening of June 19 to tell him that their daughter needed medical attention. “It was past 9pm that day. Our baby had diarrhoea all day, so my husband got up to take her to a doctor. He left on the motorbike, really worried about her,” she said. With his daughter cradled in his left arm, Than Soe Aung set off to find a clinic that was still open at that late hour. When he couldn’t find one, he stopped at his uncle’s house to ask for help. He left there at around 10pm to return home. It was near a restaurant called Shwe Nagar that he encountered the three-vehicle patrol convoy, which included military and police personnel, as well as the local general administrator. What happened next is in dispute, but according to a police report circulating on the internet, Than Soe Aung failed to stop when one of the patrol vehicles blinked its headlights at him to signal that he should pull over for inspection. However, another account offered by township police claims that the motorbike crashed after hitting the side of the car driven by the deputy chief of the township General Administration Department (GAD). A third version of events—the one offered by Than Soe Aung himself, and conveyed to Myanmar Now through his wife—is that a car struck his motorbike from behind as he was trying to dodge a police car coming towards him on the wrong side of the road. According to Nandar, a witness to the incident told her that her husband was also beaten by police and soldiers after being knocked off his motorcycle. “He had to scream ‘I have a child here! I have a child here!’ in order for them to let him go pick our daughter up. Even then, it took quite a while to find her,” said Nandar, citing the witness. “It was pure agony. I couldn’t even believe my own ears when I first heard about it.” A second blow After the couple got permission to collect their daughter’s body from the morgue at the Kengtung People’s Hospital, they held a funeral for her at the cemetery right away. “I cried my eyes out. She was all we had. This whole incident filled me with rage and hatred,” recalled Nandar. But before they could even begin to grieve, the now childless couple received another blow at the hands of the authorities. When they returned to their home at around 5:30pm after spreading their daughter’s ashes in the river, a community leader arrived to summon them to the police station. That’s when they arrested Than Soe Aung. “We begged them to wait just seven days so that we could hold a memorial service for our daughter. But they just wouldn’t let us,” said Nandar. Than Soe Aung now faces up to seven years in prison for “culpable homicide not amounting to murder”—an offence under Section 304a of the Penal Code that applies to cases of impaired driving that result in death. The move has outraged local citizens, who believe that the GAD official was the one responsible for the accident, and who should therefore be facing charges. Despite her own anger over the incident, however, Nandar says she has no desire to press charges against anybody for what happened. “I don’t want to file a lawsuit. We’re just day labourers. We don’t have that much money. Besides, if we sued [the GAD official], he would have to serve seven years. He’d lose his job. He’s got a family and children of his own,” she said. Now living alone in the small apartment that they had rented for 500,000 kyat (about $300) a month, Nandar said she wouldn’t wish her fate on anybody, even those who had inflicted this suffering on her family. “I think it was unfair that I had to lose my daughter and see my husband go to prison, but there is nothing I can do, is there? I just hope my husband will be released soon,” she said. Innocent victims However the case proceeds, it has served as a reminder for many of the toll that the coup has taken on children. According to the United Nations, more than 60 minors under the age of 18 have been killed by regime forces since the military seized power five months ago. Many others have been injured. Most were not involved in protests. Many happened to be in public places when police and soldiers were cracking down on demonstrators, while others were gunned down in their own homes during raids. On the same day that Moe Thandar lost her life, Pho Thingyan was shot dead while running away from soldiers who suddenly appeared while he was playing in Yangon’s Bahan Township. He was just 13 years old. Less than a month earlier, on May 27, a 14-year-old teen named Sunday Aye was shot in the head while fleeing from soldiers during a raid on the village of Kayan Thar in Kayah State’s Loikaw Township. Kayah State is one of several areas, including Chin State and Sagaing Region, where the deployment of military forces to crush armed resistance to the coup has resulted in massive displacement of local civilians. In many of these areas, illness is rife among the elderly and the very young due to a lack of access to basic shelter and healthcare. There have also been reports of infants and children dying due to harsh living conditions...."
Source/publisher: "Myanmar Now" (Myanmar)
2021-07-05
Date of entry/update: 2021-07-05
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Description: "Myanmar’s junta continues to detain the 7-year-old son of the former head of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, despite recently releasing more than 2,200 political detainees including 5-year-old Ma Su Thet Wyne, the country’s youngest detainee at the time of her release. Maung Aung Thukhamein Lin, 7, was arrested by junta forces along with his mother, Daw Htar Htar Lin, the national immunization director at the Ministry of Health and Sports, and father, U Nyi Nyi Aung, at their home in Yangon on June 10. During the arrest, Dr. Aye Aye Nyein, who is a friend of the national immunization director, and her daughter were also taken into custody. On June 12, junta-controlled media said Dr. Htar Htar Lin formed the Civil Disobedience Movement’s (CDM) core group and assisted the National Unity Government (NUG), which has been designated a terrorist group by the junta. The junta also said the doctor would be prosecuted under Article 17 of the Unlawful Association Act and Article 505(a) of the Penal Code for communicating with the “terrorist organization” and working with Dr. Zaw Wai Soe, who is in hiding and serves as the acting health minister in the NUG. The military regime on Wednesday released more than 2,200 political detainees including Ma Su Thet Wyne, who was detained with her mother and sister as hostages after junta forces failed to find her father, Ko Soe Htay, a leader of anti-regime protests in Mandalay Region’s Mogoke town. However, the whereabouts of Dr. Htar Htar Lin’s family and her friend’s family are still unknown. The 7-year-old son of the doctor has not been released yet. A doctor who is close with Dr. Htar Htar Lin said, “The boy is very clever. His pet dog is also detained with him. This is unacceptable, as it has been 21 days. I pray for the urgent release of the boy.” Another friend of Dr. Htar Htar Lin said, “Detaining the innocent boy means that the military regime is committing a worse crime. Please, speak out for the immediate release of the boy.” The friend added, “He has been in custody for three weeks. How many of this child’s rights have been violated? We don’t dare imagine the boy’s trauma.” Meanwhile, the youngest detainee, Ma Su Htet Wyne, who was released on Wednesday, has been traumatized by her arrest, her father Ko Soe Htay said on his Facebook account on Thursday. On Thursday, the girl and her father had to move to another location as the junta’s forces are hunting them. Ko Soe Htay said, “She told me she had not had enough meals in custody and that she had to bathe in toilet water.” The 5-year-old girl was detained for more than two weeks with her mother and sister. Junta forces abducted them as hostages after failing to find Ko Soe Htay at their home. The father is on a list of those for whom arrest warrants have been issued by the junta on incitement charges for organizing anti-regime demonstrations..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
2021-07-02
Date of entry/update: 2021-07-02
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Description: "Since the military seized power in February, it has been committing various crimes on a daily basis, including unlawful arrests, murder and torture. This brutality has even been targeted towards children and infants. According to AAPP’s data, a total of 72 children, who were eighteen years old and under the age of eighteen, have now been killed since the coup. These are the deaths verified by AAPP, the actual number is likely to be much higher. The names and ages of children who were killed by military artillery and air strikes in the ethnic areas remain unconfirmed and are yet to have been added to the list. The military has killed children as young as one years old. Below are the recorded deaths of children within 11 States and Divisions. Mandalay Division has recorded the highest number of child fatalities, with 24 children being confirmed to have been killed. The second highest was Yangon, with 20 confirmed child deaths. The junta murdered 48 children in March alone. 11 of the 72 children killed died from gunshot wounds to the head. On February 20, Maung Wai Yan Tun, 16-years old, was protesting in Thinbawgyin, Mandalay against the detainment of workers involved in the anti-coup movement. The military regime cracked down on this strike, shooting and injuring a civilian with live ammunition. The injured civilian was rescued in a handcart by other protestors, including Maung Wai Yan Tun. Whilst pushing the handcart to help save this civilian, he was shot by junta forces. He died on the same day. Maung Khant Nyar Hein, was a 17-year old, first year medical university student, and a member of the defense team during a protest against the coup in Tamwe Township, Yangon Division on March 14. He was shot by junta troops, who then dragged him away. He died on the same day. Junta forces also beat and arrested a young woman who came to help him when he was shot. On March 27, Ma Aye Myat Thu, a 11-year old, grade six student was shot unprovoked to the ear by junta troops as she played in front of her house. She died within the hour, in Thukhawadi Ward, Mawlamyine Township. Maung Aung Kyaw Htwe, a 17-year old, and his friend were hit by a military vehicle, without reason as they rode a motorbike at the intersection of Pyigyitagon, Mandalay, and Chanmyathazi and Patheingyi Road on June 6. Both of them died that night. The dead body of Maung Aung Kyaw Htwe was recovered, however, his 18-year old friend was not identified, and the name could not be confirmed. Ma Moe Thandar Aung, was just 1-year and 6-months old, from Kengtung Township, Shan State. On June 19, she fell sick, so her father took her to the clinic at around 9 pm. On their way back, the military signaled to stop them, however because her father was carrying his daughter in his arms, he was unable to stop suddenly. Because of this, the deputy administrator of the General Administration Department from Kengtung Township hit the motorbike with his vehicle. Both father and daughter were severely injured, and his daughter, Ma Moe Thandar Aung, was pronounced dead within minutes. The unprovoked shooting and killing of children are a grave violation of the law and of human ethics. This inhumane act committed by this brutal regime can have no justification. These horrific actions prove that the regime will stop at nothing to oppress civilians. In 1991, Myanmar signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and in 2012 signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (CRC-OP-SC). The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (CRC-OP-AC) was first signed in 2015 and later ratified in 2019. The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure (CRC-OP3-IC) has not yet been ratified. The infliction of bodily harm or killing of children during armed conflict has been defined as criminal under Myanmar’s domestic child rights law. The United Nations and its affiliates have regularly monitored Burma’s human rights record. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have adopted a number of resolutions towards furthering human rights in Burma. Since 1992, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been compiling data on human rights abuses in Burma. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has also made a number of recommendations concerning the condition of human rights in Burma. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has also compiled and released reports on children’s rights in Burma. The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM), which formed in March 2001, and the Independent inquiry Mechanism (IIMM), established in 2018 also have collated data and records of children in Burma. As well as this, Amnesty International, the independent international Human Rights Watch (HRW) and ICRC have also documented reports on the abuse of children in Burma. Human rights organizations throughout Burma have also published reports and suggestions related to children’s rights abuses in Burma. Despite the fact that Burma has signed both international, and domestic law, safety and security of children of Burma is under significant threat by the junta regime. The junta are now in part control of child protection mechanisms, including the courts. Children are now unprotected by the law and are in constant danger under the junta. This undermines all the vital work that has been done by international organizations, NGOs and domestic charities within Burma to ensure the rights of children. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners urges international human rights organizations, including the United Nations, to take effective action against the military group, which commits horrific crimes upon children..."
Source/publisher: Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
2021-06-25
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Description: "Wherever they are and wherever they go, Rohingya children in south and southeast Asia face discrimination, exclusion, and denial of their most basic rights. For most of these children, these challenges begin in Myanmar, where the Rohingya community has suffered decades of state-sponsored persecution and violence. However, even after Rohingya families have left Myanmar – often in search of safety or a better life for themselves and their families – Rohingya continue to experience unequal treatment and denial of their rights, which over time has exposed them, their children, and their children’s children to ever-widening cycles of deprivation and marginalisation. This report examines the situation of Rohingya children in five countries in southeast and south Asia: Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. As places of origin, transit, and/or destination, these countries are home – either permanently or temporarily – to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children. All countries are required under international law to respect, protect, and fulfil these children’s human rights. Yet too often these rights are denied. Based on in-depth desk research, key informant interviews, and analysis of national laws, the report examines three areas affecting Rohingya children’s lives and enjoyment of their rights: legal status and access to identity documentation; access to education; and risks to security and wellbeing, in addition to other child protection concerns. While not intended as a comprehensive examination of the situation, the report seeks to provide a snapshot of the challenges – in law, policy, and practice – that prevent Rohingya children in these countries from living their lives in safety and with dignity, equality, and respect for their rights.....LIFE ON THE MARGINS:Based on publicly available information and estimates by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other credible sources, there are close to 700,000 Rohingya children in the five countries covered by this report. Rohingya boys and girls live lives on the margins of society across the region. Most lack any formal legal status – deprived of the right to a nationality in Myanmar and effectively rendered stateless as a result. Most Rohingya children inherit their de facto statelessness from their parents and – when they grow up – go on to pass it on to their children, perpetuating cycles of exclusion and marginalisation. Rohingya children also often struggle to access birth registration, which means they often have often no official record that they even exist. Failure to provide children with birth certificates exposes them to a range of age-related abuse and exploitation and can prevent them from exercising other rights and receiving legal recognition and protection as children. Across the region, Rohingya children struggle to access comprehensive, quality education. The reasons for this are varied and wide-ranging. In some countries, discriminatory policies prohibit Rohingya children from accessing formal education, while in others, policies which on paper should facilitate access to education are not enforced or fully implemented. In several countries where access to formal education is restricted, United Nations (UN) agencies, NGOs and Rohingya community groups have stepped into provide informal education; however, quality varies and lack of resources – including adequate funding, facilities and teaching staff – poses significant challenges. While primary-level education is generally more available, lack of schools and limited financial resources mean that secondary level students often struggle to continue their studies. Even when they do, education is often not accredited, which means that children leave school with no officially recognised qualification. Adolescent girls experience greater difficulties going to school as cultural attitudes deprioritise girls’ education and they face greater threats to their physical safety when traveling long distances to the nearest school. As a result, girls are much more likely to drop out of school, placing them at greater risk of early marriage and adolescent pregnancy. Without education, children grow up with limited opportunities to build a better life for themselves, and this can have devastating impacts on their emotional and psychological well-being. It also seriously limits their ability to earn an income, often condemning them to a life of poverty..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children (London)
2021-06-22
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Description: "Myanmar saw 103 schools and other education facilities attacked and often damaged by explosives in May this year alone, new data from Save the Children reveals, as armed forces continue to occupy schools and university campuses across the country. Explosive devices such as IEDs and hand grenades were reportedly used in the vast majority of incidents where bomb blasts occurred in and around schools, posing a serious risk to children and teachers. The blasts reportedly killed and injured several people and severely damaged education facilities across the country. The shocking figures come as deeply disturbing images emerged on social media this week of armed soldiers in class rooms, apparently encouraging young children to hold guns. Armed forces have also occupied at least 60 schools, and university campuses across the country since March. These attacks cause yet more disruption to education in Myanmar, where more than 12 million children have already lost more than a year of education as a result of COVID-19-related school closures. Over two million of these children were already out of school before the pandemic. Following the military coup on 1 February, children’s education has been marred by political strife and conflict, Save the Children said, with almost daily attacks on schools and widespread teacher lay-offs. Local media reports have suggested that only one in four children returned to school since they officially re-opened on 1 June. One nine-year-old boy from Magway, a region in central Myanmar, said: "Our school didn't open this year. When I see other children going to school, I want to go too. But I’m afraid because I heard guns and bomb blasts at my school. I don't like bomb blasts and guns shooting at school, because [I’m scared that] the school will be on fire and students will die. If there were no more soldiers and bomb blasts at school, I want to go back." A 10-year-old girl, also from Magway, said: “I wasn't able to go to school for the whole of last year because of the virus. And this year I dare not go. I want to go to school, but I’m scared. Although the school gates are closed, there are soldiers inside, and I’m afraid of the soldiers. I’m afraid that there might be a bomb blast at our school while we are there." Save the Children said: “Save the Children is appalled by these attacks, which not only put the lives of children in danger, but also further compromise what is already a disastrous situation when it comes to children’s learning in Myanmar. Schools are protected places of learning for children that must be free from attacks at all times. Attacks on schools constitute a grave violation against children, and no school should be deliberately targeted. “We are also deeply concerned by the images that have emerged of armed soldiers in classrooms. Armed soldiers have no place in schools or other learning spaces. Under no circumstances should children be made to hold weaponry of any kind. This highly irresponsible behavior by armed personnel is unacceptable, it puts children at risk and violates international standards for safe education. “Save the Children urges all parties involved to put the best interests of children first. All children have the right to a safe education – a right that is safeguarded by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Convention for the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), both of which apply to Myanmar. “Learning spaces must be made safe again for children and appropriate measures to limit the possible spread of COVID-19 must be implemented. Save the Children calls for everyone in Myanmar who has an interest in children’s wellbeing to step up and make their safety and learning a priority.” Save the Children and its partners are investing in safe, quality and inclusive learning opportunities for children in Myanmar across a range of options. It is also providing mental health support for children affected by the crisis..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children via "Reliefweb" (New York)
2021-06-11
Date of entry/update: 2021-06-11
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Description: "Highlights: In 2020, the situation in Myanmar was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The main focus of all UNICEF’s work was adapting programmes to COVID-19-safe engagement modalities and ensuring critical activities continued. UNICEF Myanmar rapidly repurposed its operations to support a massive coordinated national COVID-19 response, to ensure that children in Myanmar, including the most vulnerable, stayed healthy, able to access critical services, and supported by strengthened systems to mitigate the secondary impacts of the crisis. As we prepare this annual report, the context in Myanmar has significantly changed as a result of the military takeover on 1 February 2021. However, it is worth noting the results achieved last year, and reflecting on how to continue our critical work for children..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (New York) via Reliefweb (New York)
2021-06-02
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Topic: Contributions, Coordination, Education, Food and Nutrition, Health, Mine Action, Protection and Human Rights, Water Sanitation Hygiene
Topic: Contributions, Coordination, Education, Food and Nutrition, Health, Mine Action, Protection and Human Rights, Water Sanitation Hygiene
Description: "Highlights: • The number of people displaced in Kayin, Kachin, Chin and Kayah has increased with the intensification of armed clashes between the Myanmar Armed Forces and ethnic armed organizations. A wave of improvised explosive device explosions has occurred resulting in the death of a 10 year old child and the injury of another child. • A total of 54 children (47 boys, 7 girls) have been killed by security forces since the military takeover. Around 1,000 children and young people have been detained, although many of these have now been released. • UNICEF and partners provided education on explosive weapons-related risk to 13,948 people. • UNICEF conducted a rapid need assessment (RNA) in Mindat township,vChin State, which will provide data for advocacy, coordination, fundraising, and appropriate allocation of response funds. • The humanitarian community is working on an Interim Emergency Response Plan for Urban Areas, which will constitute an Addendum to the 2021 Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (New York) via Reliefweb (New York)
2021-05-28
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Description: "This is a list of children under 18 who were brutally killed by the military junta between Feb. ((15) to May (15), 2021 in Myanmar. Totally 73 children, 63 boys and 9 girls were executed across the country. Some were shot during the street protest and some were killed when the military searched their homes and intentionally shot to them. Some were shot while the kids were playing on the street. The recent death of children in current intensive fights in Mindat, Kani, Demosoe have not been documented in this list. More update list from other areas will be released soon. Please kindly provide any human rights violations to the Ministry of Human rights page. Justice for all!...ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ (၁၅) ရက်ကနေ မေလ (၁၅) ရက်နေ့အတွင်း စစ်အုပ်စုရဲ့ သတ်ဖြတ်မှုကြောင့် သေဆုံးခဲ့ရတဲ့ ကလေးသူငယ်များစာရင်းပါ။ ဒီရက်ပိုင်းအတွင်းတနိုင်ငံလုံးမှာ အသက် (၁၈) နှစ်အောက်ကလေး စုစုပေါင်း (၇၃) ဦး‌သတ်ဖြတ်ခံခဲ့ရပါတယ်။ ယောကျ်ားလေး (၆၃) ဦး မိန်းကလေး (၉) ဦးဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ လမ်းပေါ်မှာ ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်ရင်း ပစ်သတ်ခံရသလို နေအိမ်ထဲဝင်ရောက်သတ်ဖြတ်ခံရတာတွေလဲ ရှိပါတယ်။ တချို့ကလေးတွေက အိမ်ပြင်မှာ ကစားနေရင်း သေနတ်ထိမှန် သေဆုံးခဲ့တာတွေလဲ ပါဝင်ပါတယ်။ အခုစာရင်းထဲမှာ အခုနောက်ပိုင်း တမြို့လုံးကို ပစ်မှတ်ထား ချေမှုန်းတိုက်ခိုက်ခံရတဲ့ မင်းတပ်၊ ကနီ၊ ဒီမောဆိုးစတဲ့ဒေသတွေက သေဆုံးစာရင်းတွေမပါသေးပါဘူး။ ဒီစာရင်းတွေကို နောက်ထပ်ထပ်တိုးစုဆောင်းတင်ပြပါမယ်။ မိုးမောက်‌မြို့နယ်အတွင်း အသက် (၁၂) နှစ်အရွယ်ကလေးတယောက် လက်နက်ကြီးထိမှန်ပြီး သေဆုံးတာမျိုးစတဲ့ သတင်းတွေ ထပ်ရထားပါတယ်။ ပြည်သူတွေအနေနဲ့လဲ လူ့အခွင့်အရေးသတင်းများကို စုဆောင်းပေးပို့ဖို့ တိုက်တွန်းပန်ကြားပါတယ်။..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Human Rights
2021-05-26
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Description: "More than 100 people are reported to have been killed by security forces in Myanmar, on the deadliest day since last month's military takeover of the country. A five-year-old was reported to be among the dead along with other children. Protesters against the military coup had defied warnings from the government that security forces would shoot people in “the head and back”. There’s been international condemnation of the violence. Kate Silverton presents BBC News reporting by Laura Bicker..."
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Source/publisher: "BBC News" (London)
2021-03-28
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-23
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Description: "The United Nations in Myanmar is alarmed by the humanitarian impact of ongoing violence in the town of Mindat in Chin State in western Myanmar, following reports of indiscriminate attacks by the security forces against civilians and resulting population displacement and civilian casualties. Local sources indicated that close to 4,000 people have been internally displaced since the hostilities escalated in the town of Mindat on 12 May, with an unconfirmed number, believed to be in thousands, hiding in nearby forests and mountains in search of safety and protection. A higher number of civilians remain in Mindat as they were reportedly not allowed to leave during the height of the hostilities. There are reports of houses and other civilian property damaged, destroyed or occupied by security forces. An unconfirmed number of men, women, and children have lost their lives or sustained injuries because of the violence. The United Nations is also concerned by reports about the security forces using civilians as human shields and incidents of sexual assault perpetrated against women and girls. People who have already fled and others who remain are in urgent need of food, water, shelter, access to healthcare and gender-based violence and psychological support. The United Nations and humanitarian partners are making efforts to assess and address these needs; however, humanitarian access challenges, including due to insecurity and road blockages, are complicating these efforts. The United Nations calls on security forces to urgently take all necessary measures and precautions to spare civilians and civilian infrastructure, and to adhere to the fundamental principles of distinction, necessity, proportionality and protection. We also call upon security forces to allow civilians who choose to leave areas of danger to do so without obstruction or delay, securing their safety, and to ensure that those who are injured are transferred to a medical facility situated in a safe area. We urge everyone involved to facilitate the delivery of relief by the United Nations and all humanitarian partners to people fleeing the violence, those trapped in their homes and everyone affected, by ensuring safe and unhindered humanitarian access. The United Nations reiterates its strong commitment to continue making all efforts to provide humanitarian assistance and protection services to people in need wherever they may be, guided by the internationally recognized principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence.....မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အနောက်ဘက်ရှိ ချင်းပြည်နယ် မင်းတပ်မြို့တွင် လုံခြုံရေး တပ်ဖွဲ့များက အရပ်သားများအပေါ် ခွဲခြားမှုမရှိဘဲ တိုက်ခိုက်မှုကြောင့် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာထွက်ပြေးခြင်းများနှင့် အရပ်သားများထိခိုက်သေဆုံးမှုများ ရှိကြောင်းသိရှိရပါသည်။ ယင်းကဲ့သို့ ဆက်တိုက်ဖြစ်ပေါ်လျက်ရှိသော အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများ၏ အကျိုးဆက်များ အပေါ် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂက စိုးရိမ်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။ မေလ ၁၂ ရက်နေ့မှစ၍ မင်းတပ်မြို့တွင် ပစ်ခတ်မှုများအရှိန်မြင့်တက်လာရာမှ လူပေါင်း ၄,၀၀၀ ခန့် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာခဲ့ရသည်ဟု ဒေသခံများက သတင်းပေးပို့ခဲ့ပါသည်။ နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာသူ အရေအတွက်ကို အတည်မပြုနိုင်သေးသော်လည်း ထောင်နှင့်ချီမည်ဟု ခန့်မှန်းထားပါသည်။ ၎င်းတို့သည် အနီးအနားရှိ တောတောင်များထဲတွင် ဘေးရန်ကင်းပြီး အကာအကွယ်ရယူနိုင်ရန် ပုန်းခိုနေရလျက်ရှိပါသည်။ မင်းတပ်မြို့တွင်မူ အရပ်သားအများအပြားကျန်ရှိနေပြီး ပစ်ခတ်မှုများ ဖြစ်ပေါ်စဉ်အတွင်း ထွက်ပြေးခွင့်မရှိခဲ့ကြကြောင်း သိရှိရပါသည်။ လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များကြောင့် အရပ်သားများ၏ အိုးအိမ်စည်းစိမ်များ ပျက်စီးခြင်း၊ အဖျက်အဆီးခံရခြင်းနှင့် သိမ်းယူခံရခြင်းများရှိကြောင်း သတင်းပေးပို့ချက်များလည်း ရှိပါသည်။ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများကြောင့် အပြင်းအထန် ဒဏ်ရာရ၊ အသက်ဆုံးရှုံးသွားသည့် အမျိုးသား၊ အမျိုးသမီးနှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များရှိပြီး အရေအတွက်ကိုမူ အတည်မပြုနိုင်သေးပါ။ အရပ်သားများကို ပစ်ခတ်မှုများတွင် လူသားဒိုင်းသဖွယ် အကာအကွယ်ယူခြင်းနှင့် အမျိုးသမီးများနှင့် မိန်းကလေးများအပေါ် လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ ကျူးလွန်ခြင်းများရှိနေသည်ဆိုသည့် သတင်းများအပေါ်လည်း ကုလသမဂ္ဂက စိုးရိမ်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။ ထွက်ပြေးသွားရသူများနှင့် ကျန်ခဲ့သူများပါ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ၊ ရေ၊ ခိုလှုံရာနေရာနှင့် ကျန်းမာရေး စောင့်ရှောက်မှုများ အရေးတကြီး လိုအပ်လျက်ရှိပြီး လိင်အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်မှုဆိုင်ရာနှင့် လူမှုစိတ္တပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကူအညီများလည်း လိုအပ်နေပါသည်။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုဆိုင်ရာ မိတ်ဖက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများသည် လိုအပ်ချက်များ လေ့လာဆန်းစစ်ပြီး ဖြည့်ဆည်းပေးနိုင်ရန် ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်လျက်ရှိပါသည်။ သို့ရာတွင် လုံခြုံရေးအခြေအနေနှင့် လမ်းပိတ်ဆို့မှုများအပါအဝင် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုဆိုင်ရာ အကူအညီပေးနိုင်ရေး သွားလာခွင့် အခက်အခဲများကြောင့် နှောင့်နှေးကြန့်ကြာမှုများဖြစ်နေပါသည်။ လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များအနေဖြင့် အရပ်သားများနှင့် အများပြည်သူပိုင်အဆောက်အဦများကို မထိခိုက်စေရန် လိုအပ်သလို ထိန်းထိန်းသိမ်းသိမ်း ဆောင်ရွက်ရန်နှင့် တိုက်ခိုက်သူနှင့်အရပ်သားများအကြား ပစ်မှတ်ခွဲခြားခြင်း၊ လိုအပ်မှသာလျှင် ပစ်ခတ်ခြင်း၊ အင်အားအလွန်အကျွံအသုံးမပြုခြင်းနှင့် အရပ်သားများကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း အစရှိသည့် အခြေခံ မူဝါဒများကို လိုက်နာရန် ကုလသမဂ္ဂက တောင်းဆိုလိုက်ပါသည်။ ထို့အပြင် အန္တရာယ်ရှိသည့် နေရာများမှ ထွက်ခွာချင်သည့် အရပ်သားများကို တားဆီးခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် ကြန့်ကြာစေခြင်းများမဖြစ်စေဘဲ ခွင့်ပြုပေးရန်၊ ၎င်းတို့၏ ဘေးကင်းမှုအတွက် လုံခြုံရေးယူပေးရန်၊ ဒဏ်ရာရရှိသူများကို ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံသည့် ကျန်းမာရေး စောင့်ရှောက်ရာ နေရာများဆီသို့ လွှဲပြောင်း ပို့ဆောင်ပေးရန် ထပ်မံတောင်းဆိုလိုက်ပါသည်။ အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများမှ ထွက်ပြေးရသူများ၊ မိမိတို့၏ နေအိမ်များထဲတွင် ပိတ်မိနေသူများနှင့် ထိခိုက်သူအားလုံးကို ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုဆိုင်ရာလုပ်ငန်းများ လုပ်ကိုင်သည့် လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက်များက ကယ်ဆယ်ရေး လုပ်ငန်းများ လုပ်ဆောင်ပေးရာတွင် ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်သူအားလုံးအနေဖြင့် အကူအညီပေးရန်နှင့် ဘေးကင်းပြီး နှောင့်နှေးကြန့်ကြာမှုမရှိသည့် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုဆိုင်ရာ အကူအညီပေးနိုင်ရေး သွားလာခွင့်များ ပေးပါရန် မိမိတို့က တိုက်တွန်းလိုက်ပါသည်။ ကုလသမဂ္ဂသည် လူသားချင်းစာနာခြင်း၊ ခွဲခြားမှုမရှိခြင်း၊ ကြားနေခြင်း နှင့် လွတ်လပ်ခြင်း အစရှိသည့် နိုင်ငံတကာ အသိအမှတ်ပြု မူဝါဒများနှင့်အညီ မည့်သည့်နေရာတွင်မဆို အကူအညီလိုအပ်နေသူများကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ပေးသည့်ဝန်ဆောင်မှုများနှင့် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုဆိုင်ရာ အကူအညီပေးရေး ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်မှုများကို ဆက်လက်လုပ်ဆောင်သွားမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ခိုင်မာသော သန္နိဌာန်အား ထပ်လောင်း အတည်ပြုလိုက်ပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: United Nations (Myanmar)
2021-05-21
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Sub-title: A JOINT STATEMENT BY SAVE THE CHILDREN, UNESCO AND UNICEF
Description: "Over 12 million children and young people in Myanmar have not had access to organised learning for more than a year. The consequences for their education, personal development, psychological wellbeing and future opportunities are already profound and will continue to grow. Children in the poorest and most remote communities will likely be most affected. All children and young people have the right to access education and parents have a right to choose the kind of education their children will receive. Children’s best interests must be central to decision-making about education. And it is essential to ensure that students, teachers and staff are consulted, respected and safe to learn and teach on their own terms, and with dignity. Attacks on places of learning and education staff and the occupation of education facilities are unacceptable. They must be protected from conflict and unrest – these are places where children should be safe and empowered to learn and develop. In the era of COVID-19, keeping places of learning safe also requires the rigorous application of prevention and control measures. The risks associated with COVID-19 are still high, and it is important to do everything possible to prevent further spread of the disease. Providing psychosocial support and care will be essential if students and teachers are to be able to focus on learning. Teaching and learning will need to be adapted to compensate for the extended period of lost learning and there will be an ongoing need for supplementary and flexible learning approaches. Keeping places of learning safe at all times, and ensuring continuity of learning, must be a priority for Myanmar. The lack of access to a safe, quality education threatens to create an entire generation in Myanmar which will miss out on the opportunity to learn. This is something which we cannot and must not accept. For further information, please contact: Shima Islam, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, [email protected] UNESCO Regional Bureau, Bangkok, [email protected] Charlotte Rose, [email protected] , Save the Children Asia Regional Office (available during BST office hours)..."
Source/publisher: Save the Children, UNESCO, UNICEF via "Reliefweb" (New York)
2021-05-21
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Description: "UNICEF is aware of media reports alleging that UNICEF-supplied soap bars and cloth masks have been used by local militias to recruit civilians in Kachin state. UNICEF is highly concerned about these reports of unauthorised use of UNICEF-provided supplies and is urgently investigating. UNICEF supplies, including soap bars and masks, are distributed for the express purpose of promoting the health and wellbeing of children and the use of these supplies for any other purpose is unacceptable. UNICEF works with local and international NGO partners in Kachin State to distribute large volumes of critical supplies throughout Kachin State and across Myanmar, reaching hundreds of thousands of children and families across the country. UNICEF has strict protocols in place to ensure that supplies reach the intended beneficiaries and reports of misappropriation or misuse are rare. UNICEF is investigating the current reports and will take appropriate action in response..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Myanmar)
2021-05-19
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-20
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Description: "ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ အမျိုးသမီး၊ လူငယ်နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာ ဝန်ကြီးဌာန ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာချက်အမှတ်(၂/၂၀၂၁) ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ မေလ (၁၅) ရက် ၁။ ယနေ့နံနက်မှစ၍အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ မြေပြင်နှင့်ဝေဟင် တိုက်ခိုက်မှုများကြောင့် မင်းတပ်မြို့သည် စစ်မြေပြင်ကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်ပွားလျက်ရှိပြီး စစ်ကောင်စီအနေဖြင့် နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေများကို ချိုးဖောက်ကာ ဖမ်းဆီးခံရသည့် ပြည်သူလူထုအား လူသားဒိုင်းအဖြစ်အသုံးပြု၍ ပြင်းထန်စွာ ထိုးစစ်ဆင်နေကြောင်း သိရသည်။ ၂။ မင်းတပ်မြို့ရှိ တိုက်ပွဲများကြားတွင် ပိတ်မိနေသော အရွယ်မရောက်သေးသည့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ၊ အမျိုးသမီးများနှင့် သက်ကြီးရွယ်အိုများ အတွက် အထူးစိုးရိမ်မိပါသည်။ ၃။ အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီသည် ဖမ်းဆီးခံအမျိုးသမီးများကို လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာ အကြမ်းဖက် ကျူးလွန်မှုများ ရှိနေကြောင်းလည်း သက်သေအချက်အလက်များဖြင့် တိုင်ကြားမှုများ ရှိနေပါသည်။ စစ်ကောင်စီ အနေဖြင့် နိုင်ငံတကာအဖွဲ့အစည်းများနှင့် အာဆီယံ၏ တောင်းဆိုချက်များအပေါ် လိုက်နာရန်၊ မင်းတပ်မြို့ရှိ ပြည်သူလူထုအား ဝေဟင်စစ်ကြောင်း၊ မြေပြင်စစ်ကြောင်းများဖြင့် အင်အား အလွန်အကျွံသုံးပြီး တိုက်ခိုက်မှုများကိုရပ်တန့်ရန်၊ ဒေသခံလူထုများအပေါ် ဓားစာခံအဖြစ် အသုံးချခြင်း၊ လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာအကြမ်းဖက်မှုများ ကျုးလွန်နေခြင်းတို့ကို ချက်ချင်းရပ်တန့်ရန် ထုတ်ပြန်လိုက်သည်။ ၄။ ဝန်ကြီးဌာနအနေဖြင့် မင်းတပ်မြို့ရှိ ပြည်သူများ တရားမျှတမှုရရှိစေရန်အတွက် နိုင်ငံတကာ စစ်ခုံရုံးများတွင် အကြမ်းဖက်စစ်ကောင်စီ၏ ကျူးလွန်မှုများကို တိုင်ကြားသွားမည် ဖြစ်ပါသည်။ ထို့အပြင် မင်းတပ်မြို့လူထုအတွက် လူသားချင်း စာနာထောက် ထားမှုဆိုင်ရာ အရေးပေါ်အကူအညီများ အလျင်အမြန် ရရှိနိုင်ရန်လည်း ကူညီသွားမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ထုတ်ပြန်လိုက်သည်။ အမျိုးသမီး၊ လူငယ်နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်ရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ..."
Source/publisher: Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs
2021-05-15
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Sub-title: A six-year-old girl has been shot dead in Myanmar, becoming the youngest known victim in the crackdown following last month's military coup.
Description: "Khin Myo Chit's family told the BBC she was killed by police while she ran towards her father, during a raid on their home in the city of Mandalay. Myanmar's military has been increasing its use of force as protests continue. Rights group Save the Children says more than 20 children are among dozens of people who have been killed. In total, the military says 164 people have been killed in protests, while the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group puts the death toll at at least 261. The military on Tuesday expressed sadness at the death of protesters, while blaming them for bringing anarchy and violence to the country. But security forces have used live rounds against protesters, and there have been multiple eyewitness reports of people being beaten and sometimes shot as the military conducts house raids to arrest activists and protesters.....'Then they shot her': Khin Myo Chit's older sister told the BBC police officers had been searching all the houses in their neighbourhood in Mandalay on Tuesday afternoon, when they eventually entered their place to search for weapons and make arrests. "They kicked the door to open it," 25-year-old May Thu Sumaya said. "When the door was open, they asked my father whether there were any other people in the house." When he said no, they accused him of lying and began searching the house, she said. That was the moment when Khin Myo Chit ran over to their father to sit on his lap. "Then they shot and hit her," May Thu Sumaya said. In a separate interview with community media outlet Myanmar Muslim Media, their father U Maung Ko Hashin Bai described his child's last words. "She said, 'I can't Father, it's too painful'." He said she died just half an hour later while she was rushed away in a car to seek medical treatment. Police also beat and arrested his 19-year-old son. The military has yet to comment on the death. In a statement, Save the Children said it was "horrified" by the girl's death, which came a day after a 14-year-old boy was reportedly shot dead in Mandalay. "The death of these children is especially concerning given that they reportedly were killed while being at home, where they should have been safe from harm. The fact that so many children are being killed on an almost daily basis now shows a complete disregard for human life by security forces," the group said. Meanwhile on Wednesday, authorities released around 600 detainees held at Insein prison in Yangon (Rangoon), many of them university students. Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw was among those freed. He and other journalists had been held covering a protest last month. The AAPP says at least 2,000 people have been arrested in the crackdown so far. Protesters have planned for a silent strike with many businesses to close and people to stay at home. There are also plans for more candle-lit vigils overnight, both in Yangon and elsewhere.....Myanmar profile: Myanmar, also known as Burma, became independent from Britain in 1948. For much of its modern history, it has been under military rule Restrictions began loosening from 2010 onwards, leading to free elections in 2015 and the installation of a government headed by veteran opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the following year In 2017, Myanmar's army responded to attacks on police by Rohingya militants with a deadly crackdown, driving more than half a million Rohingya Muslims across the border into Bangladesh in what the UN later called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".....Country profile: Correction 1 April 2021: An earlier version of this article gave Khin Myo Chit's age as seven years old. While in Myanmar's counting tradition this is correct, as the BBC uses Western conventions for age we have amended the article to describe her as a six-year-old girl..."
Source/publisher: "BBC News" (London)
2021-04-01
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-12
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Sub-title: Fostering the untapped potential of Myanmar’s youth
Description: "In January 2017, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gathered 18 young people from across Myanmar for a Peace Talk in Nay Pyi Taw. These youth, representing a range of ethnic identities, shared their fears, hopes, and insights on how to transform conflict into peace, and how to build trust between, and within, communities. While the Peace Talk was considered by some to be symbolic rather than substantive, the meeting brought the issue of youth inclusion to the fore and reaffirmed previous statements delivered by State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi calling for greater engagement of youth in peace.8 Throughout Myanmar’s history young men and women have been active at the community level in activities ranging from youth-led social affairs groups (Tha-yay Nar-yay ah thin) to supporting social and community projects such as free funeral and wedding services, cultural activities, blood donations, among many others. In the more formal peacebuilding sphere, youth have supported and sustained peacebuilding processes but have rarely featured in formal, influential public decision- making roles. In the lead up to the partial signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) in October 2015, young men and women were the backbone of Government and Ethnic Armed Organisation (EAO) coordination structures, but were never selected as formal negotiators. Furthermore, key documents guiding formal peacebuilding efforts in Myanmar — such as the NCA and the Framework for Political Dialogue — do not contain provisions related to youth inclusion. These documents also do not consider youth as a cross-cutting issue across thematic discussions. In other words, speeches and statements articulating the importance of youth inclusion have yet to be matched by inclusion strategies and structures that secure the meaningful engagement of young people in the future of their country. While low levels of youth inclusion in public decision-making persist, there is an opportunity to capitalise on nascent youth policy commitments and harness the contributions of youth leaders, innovators, facilitators, and policy-advocates to increase the likelihood of reaching sustainable peace in the country. Global evidence shows that broadening public participation – including to young people – in peace increases the prospects for it lasting.9 Empowering young peacebuilders has also been shown to create active citizens for peace, to reduce violence and to increase peaceful cohabitation.10 With the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) in 2015, there is also potential for Myanmar to lead globally and set good practice for sustainably increasing the involvement of young people at all levels of decision-making, policy-making and peacebuilding. Myanmar youth are contributing formally and informally to a host of peacebuilding initiatives; leveraging these contributions, often innovative and catalytic in their approaches, can support the multiple transitions the country is undergoing. Bringing the role of young people to the forefront of Myanmar’s transition also builds on Myanmar’s history where students and youth movements have influenced the trajectory of the country. This Discussion Paper provides a starting point for understanding the status of youth inclusion in peacebuilding in Myanmar. In Section 1, this Discussion Paper assesses the involvement of youth and inclusion of youth perspectives in peace at both national and sub-national levels since 2011. Section 2 analyses the challenges young women and men face to their substantive involvement in peacebuilding. Section 3 draws upon national and international good practice, articulating a strategic framework for action to overcome obstacles discussed in Section 2. (For a detailed overview of the methodology used to inform this Paper, see Annex 2.) opportunities and challenges to young men. Other identity factors often supersede age-related identity. Thus, when discussing youth in Myanmar, it is critical to understand other elements of identity that intersect with age, such as: gender, ethnicity, religion, class, disability, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Questioning (LGBTIQ), migration, nationality, drug use, among others..."
Source/publisher: Paung Sie Facility, UKaid, SWEDEN, Australian Aid
2017-01-00
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Sub-title: Children in Myanmar urgently need support now
Description: "The crisis following the military takeover on 1 February this year is having a catastrophic toll on the physical and mental wellbeing of children in Myanmar. Children are being killed, wounded, detained and exposed to tear gas and stun grenades and are witnessing terrifying scenes of violence. In some areas, thousands of people have been displaced, cutting children off from their relatives, friends, communities and their traditional means of support. Even before the current crisis, children in Myanmar were experiencing huge challenges due to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and conflict in several parts of the country. Over one million people, including an estimated 450,000 children, were already affected by Myanmar’s conflict and vulnerable to gender-based violence, exploitation, abuse, detention, family separation, displacement and trafficking,[1] and about 34 per cent of the country’s 17 million children lived below the poverty line. In addition, almost 33 per cent of the population living just above the poverty line were in a state of extreme vulnerability and are now at great risk of falling back into poverty due to economic disruptions resulting from the current crisis[2]......A generation in peril: The compounding impacts of the current crisis threaten the lives and wellbeing of millions of children, putting an entire generation in peril. The ongoing loss of access to key services, combined with economic contraction, will push many more into poverty, potentially creating an entire generation of children and young people who will suffer profound physical, psychological, educational and economic impacts from this crisis and be denied a healthy, prosperous future. Hard-won gains in the area of child rights are now being wiped out, threatening children’s lives, wellbeing and prosperity. This represents a serious failure by duty bearers to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of children, as required by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to which Myanmar is a State Party, and the Myanmar Child Rights Law, issued in 2019.....UNICEF’s response: UNICEF is committed to children in Myanmar, to upholding children’s rights and to providing the services critical for children’s survival and wellbeing. UNICEF is adapting the way it works and taking advantage of its extensive and diverse network of partners, including national and international non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and private sector partners, striving to ensure continuity of access to critical services at scale. Drawing on its 70 years of experience in Myanmar, delivering for children including in times of conflict and crisis, UNICEF is able to continue to reach children in need even in the most challenging situations. UNICEF brings strong capacity to mobilize and deliver at scale, coordinating the efforts of multiple partners to achieve coherent approaches that span across the country. In addition to its coordinating role, UNICEF brings strong capacities in direct implementation of programming and efficient and cost-effective procurement and transport of commodities and supply. As always, UNICEF’s focus is particularly on reaching the most vulnerable children including the poorest children, children with disabilities, children living in camps for displaced people, migrant and refugee children and those in hard-to-reach areas, now including areas of key cities, including Yangon and Mandalay, which are under martial law.....Keeping children safe: Before the current crisis, it was already a major challenge to keep children safe from violence, abuse and exploitation in Myanmar. Between January and September 2020, 49 children were killed and 134 maimed as a direct result of conflict. During the current crisis, many more children have been killed, seriously injured, arbitrarily detained without access to legal counsel or forced to flee their houses and communities. On top of the loss of innocent lives, the daily exposure to scenes of horrific violence will have long-lasting impacts on children’s mental and emotional well-being.....How UNICEF is responding: Working with legal aid providers, UNICEF supports children and young people’s access to justice across the country. UNICEF has supported children and young people in contact with the law to access quality legal aid, including legal advice, legal consultation, and legal representation. Since February 1, UNICEF has supported 62 children and 176 young people to access quality legal aid. Working with partners, UNICEF is establishing a nationwide toll-free justice hotline, expanding on already existing helpline numbers operated by several partners to ensure children and young people have timely access to quality legal advice. We are also producing informational materials for children and young people to know about their rights when dealing with the law enforcement and how to access free legal assistance in both English and Myanmar languages. Materials are being disseminated widely in collaboration with Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) members. UNICEF is working with national organizations to support a nationwide mental health and psychosocial support helpline, ensuring children are able to access counselling and mental health support in several local languages. UNICEF also support referrals of child survivors of abuse and violence to mental health experts for individual counselling and therapy sessions. UNICEF is currently working on setting up psychosocial peer-support groups for adolescents and young people. UNICEF is supporting efforts to monitor and report grave child rights violations and reporting these violations to United Nations and other bodies that pursue justice.....Keeping children out of extreme poverty: A UNICEF study carried out before the military takeover estimated that COVID-19 could push a further one third of children into poverty on top of the almost one third of children already living in poor households. The current crisis has the potential to force millions more children into poverty, denying them the ability to access basic services, depriving them of opportunities to fulfil their potential, and putting them at even greater risk of abuse and exploitation.....How UNICEF is responding: UNICEF has established mechanisms to monitor how the current crisis is impacting children, particularly children in families which have lost their income, whose caregivers are detained and those who are unable to access learning or healthcare. Data and evidence generated through this monitoring work will inform UNICEF’s efforts to protect children from the worst impacts of poverty. UNICEF is coordinating with relevant partners to design, establish and roll out a national child cash grant scheme, through which families with children between the ages of 2-5 and children aged under 5 with disabilities will receive unconditional cash grants, which can be used to supplement family incomes and pay for access to key services. UNICEF is working with Common Health, a private company, to roll out mobile-based health micro-insurance, ensuring that all children in Myanmar under the age of 6 have are covered by health insurance and are able to access health care.....Keeping children learning: COVID-19 had already disrupted the learning of almost 12 million children and young people. With the ongoing closure of schools due to COVID-19 preventive measures, children are still being denied access to learning, destroying their aspirations and hopes for a better future. Many will never be able to catch up or get another chance.....How UNICEF is responding: UNICEF is working with national and international NGOs to scale up home-based learning using high quality educational materials. We are supporting young children’s readiness for learning and language development by training civil society organization partners, including ethnic language teachers, and developing and printing storybooks in ethnic languages. UNICEF is working with national and international NGOs to provide alternative learning opportunities for primary and middle-school-age children. Support includes providing learning materials and assisting children with learning and language development, while also offering mental health and psychosocial support. We are working with national and international NGOs to deliver non-formal education for children who were out of the formal education system even prior to the COVID pandemic.....Keeping children healthy: Since the military takeover, health workers have experienced threats, intimidation and violence, putting them in danger and further increasing their reluctance to provide services. With health services seriously disrupted, children are missing out: almost 1 million children are missing out on routine immunization; almost 5 million children are missing out on vitamin A supplementation, putting them at risk of infections and blindness. There is a risk that the spread of COVID-19 will accelerate. In addition, access to water, sanitation and hygiene services are facing disruptions due to limited availability of supplies, disruption of transportation and banking channels. Across the country, more than three million children lack access to a safe water supply at home, threatening a large-scale outbreak of diarrhoea which could be fatal, particularly for children under the age of 5.....How UNICEF is responding: UNICEF is working with partners to support emergency care through supply of first aid kits and essential medicines for children most in need of medical care While routine immunization has been suspended in the largest part of the country, in Non-Government Controlled areas UNICEF is working with partners to carry out routine vaccinations to prevent vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, such as measles, diphtheria and polio. We are developing smartphone apps to train health workers on provision of trauma and emergency care for women and children. UNICEF is providing pregnant women, new mothers, newborns, children and adolescents with healthcare services and procuring essential medicines and supplies to save lives and treat diseases. We are working with partners and the private sector to coordinate and explore options for delivery of clean drinking water to vulnerable households in urban areas. We are also coordinating with communities in Shan and Magway to deliver supplies for community managed water supply.....Keeping children nourished: Before the current crisis, many children in Myanmar were already experiencing malnutrition, with almost 30 per cent pre-school children experiencing stunting (being too short for their age), 7 percent of pre-school children (In Rakhine 14 percent) experiencing wasting (being seriously low for their height) and 57 percent pregnant women experiencing anaemia. Loss of access to water, sanitation and hygiene services, which can lead to diarrhoeal disease, will further exacerbate the situation. The situation is particularly severe for young children under the age of 2, who are at risk of death or irreversible physical and cognitive delays if they suffer undernutrition for an extended period. The impacts – for the children, their families, communities and the country as a whole – may be devastating.....How UNICEF is responding: In Kachin, Rakhine and northern Shan states, UNICEF is working with partners to screen and treat children with severe acute malnutrition. We are providing lifesaving micro-nutrient supplements to children and pregnant women. UNICEF is working with local NGOs to provide mothers advice on infant and young child feeding. In all these efforts, UNICEF and its partners are determined not to let down the children of Myanmar at this critical time, when their lives, wellbeing and future are at stake..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Myanmar)
2021-04-20
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-11
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Topic: Peace and Security
Sub-title: The United Nations independent human rights expert on Myanmar on Friday called on countries that have not yet done so, to impose arms embargo on the country urgently, to stop the “massacre” of citizens across the country.
Topic: Peace and Security
Description: "Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the southeast Asian nation, underscored in a statement, the need to stop the flow of weapons and so called dual-use weapons technology into the hands of forces under the command of the military junta, describing it as “literally a matter of life and death.” “There is no time to lose … I urge governments who support cutting the flow of weapons to a brutal military junta to consider immediately establishing their own arms embargo against Myanmar while simultaneously encouraging UN Security Council action.” ‘Dual-use’ technology Mr. Andrews also said that bilateral arms embargoes should encompass both weapons and dual-use technology, including surveillance equipment. “Together, they will represent an important step forward to literally taking guns out of the hands of those killing innocent men, women and children.” The Special Rapporteur also applauded a call by over 200 civil society organizations to bring the arms embargo issue to the attention of the 15-member Security Council. He is currently updating a list of States that have established arms embargoes against Myanmar, Mr. Andrews added, noting that he intended to publish an updated list next month. The independent expert’s report to the Human Rights Council in March identified that nations that had already established arms embargoes. Month four Into its fourth month, the political turmoil – marked by near daily pro-democracy protests and a brutal crackdown by security forces – has reportedly claimed at least 750 lives and wounded countless more. There are also serious concerns over the continuing impact of the crisis, with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) warning of an economic collapse, and the UN human rights chief cautioning that Myanmar could spiral into a “full-blown conflict” similar to the implosion of Syria over the past decade, if the bloodshed does not stop.....Preparing supplies for refugees, in Thailand: Meanwhile, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said that it is pre-positioning key relief items and personal protective equipment (PPE) in Thailand, which could potentially be provided to those fleeing violence in Myanmar. According to a bulletin issued earlier this week, about 2,300 people crossed from Myanmar into Thailand on 27 April due to increased fighting and they are currently hosted in safe zones, managed by the Thai Army. “UNHCR has advocated for access to the population and offered support to the Thai Government’s efforts to respond to further displacement from Myanmar and address refugees’ protection needs”, it said. As of 31 December 2020, there are about 92,000 Myanmar refugees in Thailand, who fled previous waves of displacement, in nine temporary shelters, according to UNHCR.....Refugee arrivals in India: Similarly, the agency estimates that between 4,000 to 6,000 refugees from Myanmar have entered into the Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur since March, where local charities and individuals have provided life-saving assistance those arriving. “Some 190 have moved onward to New Delhi, where UNHCR is assessing their needs and has begun registering and providing them with basic assistance”, the agency added, noting that it has offered its support to the Indian Government in protection, and humanitarian coordination and response to new arrivals from Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: UN News
2021-05-07
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-09
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Description: "Burma military airstrikes continue, and schools and homes are being destroyed as Burma soldiers shoot villagers in northern Karen State, with over 25,000 people in hiding. One villager, Saw Paw Chit, 40 yrs, was shot to death on 29 April by Burma Army soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 407, Military Operations Command (MOC) 8, commanded by Maung Kyaw Sein Lin, in Ku Chi Village, south of Papun. Deadly airstrikes using rockets, bombs and strafing cannon began in Karen State on 27 March 2021 and continued to 1 April and then started again on 27 April to now, 3 May 2021. We walked to the hiding places of the villagers who fled the first strike and met Naw Mu Wah Paw carrying her son in the jungle. He had been wounded by shrapnel to his face and neck on 27 March as he sat on his father’s lap when the first rockets and bombs came. His father was killed and his mother carried him to our medics, who treated him and removed most of the shrapnel. His mother told the story: “The airstrikes came in at night. There were rockets and bombs. I was outside the house and my son was sitting on my husband’s lap inside the house. There was a huge explosion and I ran to the house as bombs fell. My husband was covered in blood and staggered down the stairs holding our son. He handed our son to me and then fell down and died. Now I am hiding in the jungle here with his father, mother and sister. I miss my husband so much and the airstrikes keep coming to now,” said Naw Mu Wah Paw. We prayed with her husband’s parents as his sister wept silently under a tarp. Map includes some Burma Army airstrikes, artillery strikes and troop movements from 27 March to 3 May..."
Source/publisher: Free Burma Rangers
2021-05-03
Date of entry/update: 2021-05-06
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Topic: Contributions, Education, Food and Nutrition, Health, Protection and Human Rights, Water Sanitation Hygiene
Topic: Contributions, Education, Food and Nutrition, Health, Protection and Human Rights, Water Sanitation Hygiene
Description: "Highlights: • Artillery shelling and indiscriminate airstrikes by armed forces in Kayin State caused more than 20,000 civilians to flee and hide in forest areas along the Myanmar-Thailand border. • New displacements are reported in Kachin State, northern Shan State and Bago region. On a single day.9 April, 82 civilians were killed in Bago region, and tens of thousands of people were displaced. • Provision of health, education and other critical services continue to be disrupted in many parts of the country. Protests and a civil disobedience movement (CDM) against the military takeover continue. • Since the events of 1 February, a significant decline in the number of reported COVID-19 cases and deaths has been observed. COVID-19 vaccination is currently being managed by the de facto authorities without any clear prioritization by age or associated risk factors. Even before, nearly one million people in five states, including 336,000 IDPs, needed humanitarian assistance. • There are additional needs for areas falling outside of Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) areas, especially in the Yangon, Mandalay and Bago regions..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Myanmar) via Reliefweb (New York)
2021-04-40
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Sub-title: 35 children killed by security forces in less than two months
Description: "Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore: NEW YORK, 28 March 2021 – “An 11-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, two 13-year-old boys, a 13-year-old girl, three 16-year-old boys and two seventeen-year old boys, all reportedly shot and killed. A one-year-old baby girl gravely injured after being struck in the eye with a rubber bullet. These were the latest child casualties on the bloodiest day in Myanmar since the military takeover on 1 February. “In less than two months, at least 35 children have allegedly been killed, countless others seriously injured and almost 1,000 children and young people reported arbitrarily detained by security forces across the country. Millions of children and young people have been directly or indirectly exposed to traumatizing scenes of violence, threatening their mental health and emotional wellbeing. “I am appalled by the indiscriminate killing, including of children, taking place in Myanmar and by the failure of security forces to exercise restraint and ensure children’s safety. As the Secretary-General just said, those responsible for these actions, which undoubtedly constitute egregious child rights violations, must be held accountable. “In addition to the immediate impacts of the violence, the longer-term consequences of the crisis for the country’s children could be catastrophic. “Already, the delivery of critical services for children has ground to a halt: Almost 1 million children are without access to key vaccines; almost 5 million are missing out on vitamin A supplementation; nearly 12 million risk losing another year of learning; more than 40,000 children are without treatment for severe acute malnutrition; close to 280,000 vulnerable mothers and children will lose access to cash transfers which are their lifeline and more than a quarter million children will lose access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene services. “This loss of access to key services, combined with economic contraction which will push many more into poverty, puts an entire generation of children and young people in peril. They are already at risk of suffering profound physical, psychological, emotional, educational and economic impacts, potentially denying them a healthy, prosperous future. “Security forces must immediately refrain from perpetrating abuses of child rights and ensure the security and safety of children at all times. Security forces should cease the occupation of education facilities. They must also protect all essential workers – including health workers and teachers – providing vital services for children and families. “UNICEF’s commitment to children in Myanmar remains unwavering. After 70 years in the country, reaching all children including Rohingya and those from other minority groups with lifesaving services in times of conflict and crisis remains a top priority. “We must not to let down the children of Myanmar at this critical time, when their lives, wellbeing and future are at stake. We will always stand firmly by their side.”..."
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2021-03-29
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Sub-title: Joint Statement of Save the Children, UNESCO and UNICEF
Description: "YANGON, 19 March 2021 – The occupation of education facilities across Myanmar by security forces is a serious violation of children’s rights. It will exacerbate the learning crisis for almost 12 million children and youth in Myanmar, which was already under tremendous pressure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing widespread school closures. Save the Children, UNESCO and UNICEF call on security forces to vacate occupied premises immediately and ensure that schools and educational facilities are not used by military or security personnel. As of 19 March, security forces have reportedly occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses in 13 states and regions. In at least one incident, security forces reportedly beat two teachers while entering premises, and left several others injured. Other public institutions including hospitals have also been occupied. These incidents mark a further escalation of the current crisis and represent a serious violation of the rights of children. Schools must be not used by security forces under any circumstances. Save the Children, UNESCO and UNICEF remind security forces of their obligation to uphold the rights of all children and youth in Myanmar to education as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Myanmar Child Rights Law, and the National Education Law and call on them to exercise maximum restraint and end all forms of occupation and interference with education facilities, personnel, students and other public institutions.....ရန်ကုန်၊ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ မတ်လ ၁၉ ရက် – မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတစ်ဝန်းရှိ ပညာရေးအဆောက်အအုံများတွင် လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များက တပ်စွဲထားခြင်းသည် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများကို ကြီးလေးစွာချိုးဖောက်ခြင်းဖြစ်ပါသည်။ နဂိုကတည်းကပင် ကိုဗစ် - ၁၉ ကပ်ရောဂါနှင့် နေရာအနှံ့ ကျောင်းများပိတ်ထားကြရသည့် အကျိုးဆက်ကြောင့် ကြီးမားလှသော ဖိစီးမှုများကြုံနေကြရသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှ ကလေးသူငယ်များနှင့် လူငယ်များ ၁၂ သန်းနီးပါးအတွက် ယင်းကဲ့သို့ကိစ္စရပ်များသည် သင်ယူလေ့လာရေး အကြပ်အတည်းကို ပိုမို ဆိုးရွားသွားစေမည်ဖြစ်သည်။ လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များအား တပ်စွဲထားသော အဆောက်အအုံဥပစာများမှ ချက်ချင်းဖယ်ရှားပေးကြရန်နှင့် ကျောင်းများနှင့် ပညာရေးအဆောက်အအုံများကို စစ်တပ် သို့မဟုတ် လုံခြုံရေး ဝန်ထမ်းများမှ အသုံးမပြုကြပါရန် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အနေဖြင့် တောင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။ မတ်လ ၁၉ ရက်အထိပြည်နယ်နှင့်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး ၁၃ ခုတွင် လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များသည် စာသင်ကျောင်းနှင့် တက္ကသိုလ်ပရိဝုဏ် ၆၀ကျော်တွင် တပ်စွဲထားကြောင်း သိရှိရသည်။ ဖြစ်ရပ်တစ်ခုတွင် လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များသည် အဆောက်အအုံ ဥပစာများအတွင်း ဝင်ရောက်ချိန်တွင် ဆရာ/ဆရာမနှစ်ဦးအား ရိုက်နှက်ပြီး အခြားလူပေါင်းများစွာကို ထိခိုက်ဒဏ်ရာများ ရရှိစေခဲ့သည်ဟု သိရှိရသည်။ ဆေးရုံများအပါအဝင် အခြားအများပြည်သူပိုင်အဆောက်အအုံများတွင်လည်း တပ်စွဲထားကြသည်။ ဤဖြစ်ရပ်များသည် လက်ရှိအကျပ်အတည်း ဆက်လက်အရှိန်မြင့်တက်လာ‌ခြင်းကိုပြပြီး ကလေးသူငယ် အခွင့်အရေးများကို ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် ချိုးဖောက်ရာရောက်ပါသည်။ မည်သို့သော အခြေအနေမျိုးတွင်မှ ကျောင်းများကို လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်များက အသုံးမပြုရပါ။ ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာ သဘောတူညီချက်စာချုပ် (CRC)၊ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကလေးသူငယ် အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေနှင့် အမျိုးသားပညာရေးဥပဒေတို့တွင် ဖော်ပြပါရှိသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ ကလေးသူငယ်များနှင့် လူငယ်များ၏ အခွင့်အရေးများအားလုံးကို စောင့်ထိန်းလိုက်နာရမည့် ၎င်းတို့၏ ဝတ္တရားများကို လုံခြုံရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့များအားလုံးက စောင့်ထိန်းလိုက်နာရန် သတိပေးလိုက်ရပြီး အမြင့်ဆုံးကန့်သတ်ထိန်းချုပ်မှုကို ကျင့်သုံးရန်နှင့် ပညာရေးဆိုင်ရာ အဆောက်အအုံများ၊ ဝန်ထမ်းများ၊ ကျောင်းသားများနှင့် အခြားအများပြည်သူပိုင် အဆောက်အအုံများကို သိမ်းပိုက်ခြင်းနှင့် ဝင်ရောက်နှောင့်ယှက်ခြင်းပုံစံမျိုးစုံကို အဆုံးသတ်ရန် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့က တောင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (New York)
2021-03-19
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Sub-title: UNICEF Myanmar Statement
Description: "YANGON, 9 February 2021 – UNICEF expresses deep concern regarding the impact of the ongoing crisis in Myanmar on children’s wellbeing and reminds all actors of their obligations to uphold all children’s rights as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to which Myanmar is a State Party, and under the Myanmar Child Rights Law enacted in July 2019. These rights include the rights to protection, participation, peaceful assembly and freedom of expression. They also include freedom from unlawful or arbitrary detention or separation from parents. In crisis situations, children are often disproportionally affected, and it is essential that all actors uphold the best interests of the child, one of the core principles of the CRC, as a primary consideration. In the context of ongoing demonstrations and current events, and reports of injuries, some potentially fatal, UNICEF calls on all actors, including security forces, to exercise the utmost restraint, to resolve differences through constructive and peaceful means, and to prioritize the protection and safety of children and young people as they express their opinions.....ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ ၉ ရက်၊ ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ် – ယူနီဆက်အနေဖြင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ဖြစ်ပွားလျှက်ရှိသော ပဋိပက္ခအခြေအနေများကြောင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ၏ ကောင်းကျိုးချမ်းသာအပေါ် ထိခိုက်လာမည်ကို လွန်စွာစိုးရိမ်ပူပန်လျှက်ရှိပြီး သက်ဆိုင်ရာ တာဝန်ရှိသူအဖွဲ့အစည်းများအနေဖြင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှ ပါဝင်သဘောတူလက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးထားသည့်ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂသဘောတူစာချုပ် (CRC) ပြဌါန်းချက်များ နှင့် ၂၀၁၉ ခုနှစ် ဇူလိုင်လ တွင်ပြဌါန်းခဲ့သည့် ကလေးသူငယ်အခွင့်အရေးများဆိုင်ရာဥပဒေ ပြဌါန်းချက်များနှင့်အညီ ကလေးသူငယ်များ၏ အခွင့်အရေးများအားလုံးကို လေးစားလိုက်နာကြပါရန် သတိပေးလိုပါသည်။ ဤအခွင့်အရေးများတွင် ကလေးသူငယ်များအနေဖြင့် ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်မှုခံယူပိုင်ခွင့်၊ ပါဝင်ဆောင်ရွက်ခွင့်၊ ငြိမ်းချမ်းစွာ စုဝေးခွင့်နှင့် လွတ်လပ်စွာထုတ်ဖော်ပြသပိုင်ခွင့်တို့ ပါဝင်ပါသည်။ တရားဥပဒေနှင့်မညီသော သို့မဟုတ် မတရား ဖမ်းဆီး ထိန်းသိမ်းခံရမှုများ သို့မဟုတ် မိဘများနှင့် ဝေးကွာစေခြင်းများကို မပြုလုပ်ရန်လည်း ပါဝင်ပါသည်။ ပဋိပက္ခကာလများအတွင်းတွင် ကလေးသူငယ်များမှာ မကြာခဏအားဖြင့် အထိခိုက်ခံရဆုံးသူများဖြစ်ကြပြီး သက်ဆိုင်သူများအားလုံးအနေဖြင့် CRC ၏ အဓိကကျသော အခြေခံမူများမှတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ၏ အကောင်းဆုံးအကျိုးစီးပွားကို အဓိကဦးစားပေးအဖြစ် ထည့်သွင်းစဉ်းစားပြီး ထိန်းသိမ်းစောင့်ရှောက်ကြရန် အထူးပင် အရေးကြီးလှပါသည်။ လက်ရှိဖြစ်ပွားနေသည့် ဆန္ဒပြမှုများတွင် ထိခိုက်ဒဏ်ရာရရှိမှုများဖြစ်ပေါ်နေပြီး အလွန်ပြင်းထန်ကြောင်းလည်းသိရသည့်အတွက် သက်ဆိုင်သူများအားလုံးသည် ကွဲလွဲမှုများကို အပြုသဘောဆောင်ပြီး ငြိမ်းချမ်းသောနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ဖြေရှင်းကြပါရန်နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များနှင့် လူငယ်များက ၎င်းတို့၏ သဘောထားများကို ထုတ်ဖော်ပြသသည့်အခါ ၎င်းတို့ကို ကာကွယ်ပေးရေးနှင့် ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံရေးကို ဦးစားပေးရန်အတွက် အထူးထိန်းသိမ်းဆောင်ရွက်ကြပါရန် တောင်းဆိုလိုပါသည်။ အဓိကတာဝန်ရှိသည့် မိဘများနှင့် စောင့်ရှောက်သူများအနေဖြင့်လည်း ကလေးများ၏ ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံရေးကို အမြဲထည့်သွင်းစဉ်းစားပြီး ကလေးများ ဘေးအန္တရာယ်ကင်းဝေးစေရေးအတွက် သင့်လျော်သောလုပ်ဆောင်မှုများကို လုပ်ဆောင်ထားကြရန် လိုအပ်ပါသည်။..."
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2021-02-09
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Sub-title: The turmoil following the military coup in Myanmar, coupled with the impact of COVID-19 could result in up to 25 million people – nearly half of the country’s population, living in poverty by early next year, a United Nations report said on Friday.
Description: "That level of impoverishment has not been seen in the country since 2005, and the economy is facing significant risks of a collapse, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said in its report, COVID-19, Coup d’état and Poverty: Compounding Negative Shocks and their Impact on Human Development in Myanmar. “In the space of 12 years, from 2005 to 2017, Myanmar managed to nearly halve the number of people living in poverty. However, the challenges of the past 12 months have put all of these hard-won development gains at risk,” Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, said. “Without functioning democratic institutions, Myanmar faces a tragic and avoidable backslide towards levels of poverty not seen in a generation.” The study also noted that as economic, health and political crises affect people and communities differently, vulnerable groups are more likely to suffer, a fact particularly relevant for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and ethnic minorities, in particular, the Rohingya community.....Multiple shocks: According to the report, by the end of 2020, 83 per cent of Myanmar’s households reported that their incomes had been, on average, slashed almost in half due to the pandemic. As a result, the number of people living below the poverty line was estimated to have increased by 11 per cent points. The situation worsened further with the 1 February military takeover and the ensuing security and human rights crisis, with projections indicating a further 12 per cent point increase in poverty as a result. In the nearly three months since, over 750 people – including children – are reported to have been killed by security forces in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protests, countless more have been wounded and thousands arrested. Furthermore, clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have resulted in fresh displacements in several parts of the country, as well as forcing many to seek refuge outside its borders. Prior to the latest crises, nearly a million people in Myanmar (identified at the start of 2021) are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.....Women, children, small businesses hit hardest: According to the study, women and children are feared to bear the heaviest brunt, with more than half of Myanmar’s children projected to be living in poverty within a year. Urban poverty is also expected to triple, as worsening security situation continues to effect supply chains and hinder the movement of people, services and commodities. Small businesses, which provide the majority of jobs and incomes for the poorer segments of the urban population, have been hit hard, UNDP said. It also added that pressures on the country’s currency, the Kyat, has increased the price of imports and energy, while the volume of seaborne trade is estimated to have dropped by between 55 and 64 per cent. At the same time, the country’s banking system remains paralyzed, resulting in shortages of cash, limiting access to social welfare payments, and preventing much-needed remittances from reaching hard-pressed families.....Corrective actions urgently needed: The report also noted that without rapid corrective actions on economic, social, political and human rights protection policies, Myanmar’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 could be derailed. As a dire and complex situation unfolds – characterized not only in humanitarian terms but also as a deep crisis in development, democratization, and human rights – and circumstances worsen, international support will play an important role in safeguarding the well-being of the Myanmar population, it added..."
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2021-04-30
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Description: "Ministry Investigates Sexual Violence in Detention: 1. We strongly condemn the serious allegations of sexual and gender-based violence against women and girls in unlawful detention committed by the military-led State Administrative Council and its security forces. We have received many disturbing reports of women being tortured, verbally and sexually assaulted, severely beaten causing serious injuries, including a case of a woman being raped during an interrogation by the security forces. Some detained women have also reportedly been humiliated in public, forced to dance in the streets to entertain the security forces, while others have been groped and manhandled during arrests. One woman miscarried while in detention as a result of mistreatment.....2. These cases are indicative of the wider pattern of sexual and gender-based violence committed by Myanmar’s military that has persisted for years with impunity, particularly against ethnic minority women and girls in armed conflict areas. In 2019, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (IIFFMM) found that the military committed "widespread and systematic" gender-based violence against ethnic communities, employing tactics such as rape, gang rape, sexual slavery and other forced sexual acts against women, girls, boys, men and transgender people. According to the IIFFMM, such violations could amount to crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. The military’s use of rape as a weapon of war to terrorize ethnic communities has been widespread and systematic, particularly in ethnic conflict-affected areas, and has been widely documented by the local ethnic women organizations and the international community.....3. We are deeply troubled that the State Administrative Council appears to have set aside the Joint Communique that was signed by the Government of Myanmar and the United Nations in 2018. This agreement was adopted under the framework of United Nations Security Council resolution 2106 (2013) and requires Myanmar’s military to implement specific time-bound commitments that include the issuance of clear orders through chains of command prohibiting sexual violence and accountability for breaching these orders, as well as timely investigation of alleged abuses.....4. We appeal to the international community to immediately investigate the allegations of widespread sexual and gender-based violence being committed by the military junta so that all perpetrators, regardless of seniority or rank, can be held accountable for their actions. Furthermore, we believe that immediate action is needed to end the ongoing intensification of nationwide attacks against civilians by the military, that includes widespread allegations sexual and gender-based violence. We therefore urge the UN Secretary-General to use his good offices to deter further grave violations from taking place. This could include an official visit to Myanmar by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, with the goal of stopping the military terror and violence and securing the safety of the people of Myanmar.....5. We are committed to a zero-tolerance policy for crimes of sexual and gender-based violence, in line with Myanmar’s obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law, including UN Security Council resolution 1325 and related resolutions, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. We call on the UN, including the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children, and the international community to work with our Ministry to protect the rights of women, youth and children and stop and prevent further violence. We all have a responsibility to hold the perpetrators of such heinous crimes to account and to address the needs of survivors through a survivor-centered approach, including provision of necessary services such as medical care and psychological support. The ministry will continue investigate these allegations and document the incidents in order to bring justice for all victims. Our Ministry stands with the victims and survivors of sexual and genderbased violence and commits to ending violence against women, youth and children and to ensure justice and accountability....Ministry of Women, Youth and Children's Affairs National Unity Government..."
Source/publisher: National Unity Government of Myanmar
2021-04-29
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Sub-title: Fresh clashes between Myanmar security forces and regional armed groups have displaced thousands across the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
Description: "According to the Office, almost 50 clashes between the military and the Kachin Independence Army were reported in several places in Kachin state, including use of airstrikes by security forces as well as mortar shelling by both sides, displacing nearly 5,000 people and damaging several homes. “Around 800 people returned to their villages of origin within a few days and an estimated 4,000 people remain displaced in various sites, including in churches and monasteries”, OCHA said in a humanitarian bulletin. This was the first reported displacement in the country’s northernmost state since September 2018. Kachin had been hosting about 95,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in long-term camps since 2011. “Humanitarians and local host communities are doing their best to provide emergency assistance to the newly displaced people, despite the operational challenges and insecurity”, OCHA added. In neighboring Northern Shan state, escalating clashes since January forced about 10,900 people to flee their homes, of whom nearly 4,000 remain displaced, the Office added, noting that hostilities had also increased since February in Kayin and Bago states, displacing almost 40,000 people. About 3,000 people, mostly from Kayin, reportedly crossed the border into Thailand. The majority are said to have since returned. Funds needed for assistance Apart from the ongoing political strife in the aftermath of the military takeover on 1 February, nearly a million people across Myanmar, over two-thirds of them women and children, identified at the start of 2021, are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection. UN and humanitarian partners launched a $276 million response plan to assist nearly 950,000 people through 2021. However, into the last week of April, only 12 per cent or $32 million of the amount needed has been received. Rising hunger and desperation There are also fears of a sharp rise in hunger and desperation across Myanmar due to the triple impact of pre-existing poverty, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing political crisis. Estimates by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) indicate that up to 3.4 million people – particularly those in urban centres – would be hit by high levels of food insecurity over the next six months. Already, there are signs of families in and around Yangon being pushed to the edge, skipping meals, eating less nutritious food and going into debt, just to survive, the agency said last week, as it mounted a new food assistance programme to help the most vulnerable. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), meanwhile, warned that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, almost a third of the country’s children were living in poor households. “In the current crisis, the situation has worsened. UNICEF is working to support the most vulnerable children and families across Myanmar, ensuring their access to lifesaving services”, the agency said on Monday..."
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2021-04-28
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Sub-title: A snapshot of the situation of children in Myanmar
Description: "This profile provides a snapshot of the situation of children in Myanmar, using available data from reports that are nationally and regionally representative, for both Union and State/Region levels. The major sources are the Intercensal Survey (2019), the Myanmar Living Conditions Survey (2017), Demographic Health Survey (2015-16), and Myanmar Population and Housing Census (2014). While Myanmar has achieved improvements in education, health, nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, and protection of children and communities, there are still children who are still left behind, requiring our obligations to fulfill their rights..."
Source/publisher: UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Myanmar)
2021-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2021-04-24
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