" The junta, still unable to gain political, territorial or economic control in the second month of its power grab, has escalated military offensives on both the democracy movement and border-based ethnic communities.  Security forces have unleashed lethal battlefield tactics and weapons on civilians throughout the country, killing scores in the towns and cities of Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing, Shan, Thanitharyi, and Yangon States and Regions.  The junta has launched airstrikes on Kachin and Karen states, in apparent retaliation for opposition to the coup.  The junta has already killed at least 536 civilians, injured hundreds more, and detained at least 2,729 politicians, activists, journalists and others, in attacks against the democracy movement. It has also killed at least 23 and displaced over 20,000 in attacks on ethnic communities. o During March alone, the junta killed at least 513, and displaced over 18,000.  Despite being threatened with the death penalty for “treason,” the Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) (i.e., representing the national parliament) abolished the military-drafted 2008 Constitution, paving the way for the establishment of a national unity government with ethnic organizations.  In order to avert worse violence and create space for dialogue and negotiations, the movement in Burma and allies urge that: o Foreign states and bodies enact targeted sanctions on the military (Tatmadaw), Tatmadaw-affiliated companies and partners, including a global arms embargo; o All International Financial Institutions (IFIs) immediately freeze existing loans, recall prior loans and reassess the post-coup situation; and o The UN Security Council immediately send a delegation to prevent further violence and ensure the situation is peacefully resolved.  The Tatmadaw has sought to weaken popular opposition by reintroducing the death penalty, and enforcing a string of oppressive legal amendments and orders that violate human rights of anybody the junta perceives as an enemy. It enumerated 23 laws or causes of action that would subject civilians to prosecution by court-martial.  Millions of civilians continue to protest nationwide—in almost every township in Burma—despite military intimidation and brutal violence.....CONTENTS: 2 Coup timeline 2 Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw 3 Nationwide peaceful protest 3 Illegal junta’s violent crackdown 4 Junta “apologizes” and then ramps up violence 6 Attacks on ethnic communities 7 Desperate junta orders 8 International condemnation and sanctions 10 Corporations pull back 10 Coup destabilizes economy..."