Spring Revolution
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Broad-based legitimate government is taking charge of the anti-coup movement and fast establishing a shadow administration
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"Observers of Myanmar’s coup like to draw parallels to the 1988 student uprising that catapulted the current generation of Myanmar’s democratic political leaders onto the political stage.
“In 1988, Myanmar was a poor and isolated country in the middle of a political and economic crisis,” former student leader Myo Thant told the writers. “Our student uprising was much better prepared, unlike today when people were surprised by the coup. But still we failed.”
The military government could then portray itself as defending law and order, and it still had a constituency to rely on beyond its ranks.
The February 1 coup, by contrast, was a naked power grab by the top military leadership – toppling a popular government. The regime’s brutal campaign of psychological warfare on its citizens put the lie to their claims that it was just stepping in as caretakers to facilitate fairer elections in a year’s time.
Today, the junta’s constituency is its crack military units and a narrow economic elite of crony capitalists. They have nothing to win in a repeat election, however rigged. The Civil Disobedience Movement’s resistance has been spontaneous, decentralized and diverse. It has mobilized hundreds of thousands of protesters, the labor movement and ethnic minorities to shut down parts of the country quite effectively.
Myanmar’s banking system, always feeble, looks close to collapse. With banking havens for the junta’s finances, namely the US and Singapore, restricting capital flows, the Biden administration’s freeze on $1 billion of Myanmar’s US-held assets and an ongoing national boycott of military-affiliated businesses, the junta’s finances are being squeezed.
All this definitely means the junta’s strategy of carrying on with business as usual has gone out the window and makes large-scale violent escalation likely..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication:
2021-03-11
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-08
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Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, The Military's political role, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état, Politics, Government and Governance - Burma/Myanmar - general studies
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" Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar fought back with handmade guns and firebombs against a crackdown by security forces in a town in the northwest but at least 11 of the protesters were killed, domestic media reported on Thursday. Initially, six truckloads of troops were deployed to quell protesters in the town of Taze, the Myanmar Now and Irrawaddy news outlets said. When the protesters fought back with handmade guns, knives and firebombs, five more truckloads of troops were brought in.
Fighting continued into Thursday morning and at least 11 protesters were killed and about 20 wounded, the media said. There was no word of any casualties among the soldiers.
That would take the toll of civilians killed by security forces to over 600 since the junta seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). It had a toll of 598 dead as of Wednesday evening. Taze is near the town of Kale, where at least 12 people were killed in a similar clash between troops and protesters on Wednesday, according to news media and witnesses. Security forces fired live rounds, grenades, and machine-guns on protesters who were demanding the restoration of Suu Kyi’s government, AAPP said.
“Taze, Kale have many hunters in the jungle,” said Hein Min Hteik, a resident of the region and a youth activist. “They have handmade firearms. And now they came out with their weapons in order to protect the locals, while the people were under attack by the junta.”
A spokesman for the junta could not be reached for comment.
“People will try to defend their own lives and their rights,” said a former government minister who is part of the CRPH, a group of lawmakers representing the ousted civilian government.
“People will not wait for CRPH to act,” the minister said in a video call with Reuters. “The CRPH cannot stop the possible armed resistance by the people, from the people.”The junta on Thursday arrested Paing Takhon, a model and actor who had spoken out against the coup, his sister told Reuters. In Yangon, the country’s biggest city, activists placed shoes filled with flowers to commemorate dead protesters..."
Source/publisher:
"Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication:
2021-04-08
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-08
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Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Right to Life: reports of violations in Burma, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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Social media accounts of Paing Takhon, who has a huge online following, are taken down following anti-coup comments
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"One of Myanmar’s most popular celebrities, the model and actor Paing Takhon, has been arrested by a military that is increasingly targeting celebrities who have criticised the coup.
Paing Takhon, who has a huge online following, was detained at 5am on Thursday, and is the latest of thousands of people to be held since the February coup.
The 24-year-old was taken away after eight trucks carrying police and soldiers arrived at his mother’s home in Yangon, according to local media reports. He had been in poor health at the time. The military has been publishing the names and photographs of popular figures in daily wanted lists on TV and in the state-run newspaper. More than 100 are being sought by the military, and many have gone into hiding. On Wednesday, the popular beauty blogger Win Min Than was reportedly taken by security forces who arrived at a hotel where she had been staying with her mother, according to the Irrawaddy news site.
Paing Takhon, who had participated in anti-coup protests, faces charges under section 505a of the penal code, which criminalises comments that “cause fear” or spread “false news” and can lead to up to three years in prison. His social media profiles have been taken down, though it is not clear who removed them. According to the advocacy group, the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners in Burma, 2,750 people – from politicians to doctors, actors and social media influencers – are in detention. Most are held in unknown locations.
On Thursday, Jose Ramos Horta, a Nobel peace prize winner and former Timor-Leste president, urged the UN security council to ignore China and Russia and make a resolute statement on the military coup that included arms embargos and sanctions, even if it was vetoed.
Ramos Horta said it was better for China and Russia to “be exposed” than for the council to have unanimous support on an “empty and useless press release”.
The leading human rights figure made the comments during a conference of hundreds of south-east Asian civil society groups to decide a regional response to the crisis.
Dr Dino Patti Djalal, chair of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, and co-organiser of the meeting dismissed claims that non government groups and civil society in south east Asia had little power to take action. “We have a voice, we are the voice of the conscience of the people, of the region. That’s a powerful thing. Let’s begin with that.”
On Thursday, protesters began what they called a “marching shoe strike”, placing flowers in pairs of shoes at protest locations, or in their homes. Organisers said the symbolic protest would honour the more than 580 people killed by the military, writing: “for every step, a flower blooms”.
Protesters, who have faced brutal violence by the security forces, have found new ways to show their defiance to the junta. On Monday, Easter eggs were decorated with anti-coup slogans, part of an “Easter egg strike”, while on Tuesday, the streets of Yangon were splashed with red paint in a “Blood strike” to highlight the killing of peaceful protesters.
Protesters have also made creative use of social media, using it to share footage of abuses by the military, as well as anti-coup art work and memes. Many have joined in solidarity with other pro-democracy movements in the region, adopting the #MilkTeaAlliance hashtag, which was first used by young people in Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong to voice opposition to authoritarianism. According to Twitter, which has now created an accompanying milk tea emoji, the hashtag has been featured in more than 11m tweets in the past year, with its use surging in February when the coup first occurred..."
Source/publisher:
"The Guardian" (UK)
Date of publication:
2021-04-08
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-08
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Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, Right to Life: reports of violations in Burma, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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The junta has made gratuitous cruelty towards its victims and their families a hallmark of its efforts to terrorize a nation into submission
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"Ye Yint Naing was just 15 years old when he died. A bullet hit him in the back, and he fell to the ground. Everyone else around him also dropped, as the bullets continued to fly. No one dared try to help him.
“They kept shooting,” his brother recalled. “They shot at anybody who tried to get up. So he just lay there for about two hours.”
Ye Yint Naing died on March 27, the day that saw the highest number of casualties from crackdowns on anti-coup protests since Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1.
Like countless others around the country, Ye Yint Naing had joined a protest to mark Anti-Fascist Resistance Day, in defiance of the junta that called the same occasion Armed Forces Day.
“He said that if he didn’t take part in the protest, he couldn’t call himself a true native of Muse,” his mother, Moe Moe, told Myanmar Now, referring to Ye Yint Naing’s hometown in northern Shan state.
“I couldn’t stop him. So he left home and went to the protest,” she said, recalling the last time she saw her son alive.
The following morning, Ye Yint Naing’s family received what was left of him—not his lifeless body, but a pile of charred bones. The authorities assured them they were his.
The soldiers who dragged his body away after the protest deposited it at a local municipal cemetery, where it was cremated despite the fact that the practice is forbidden by Islam, the family’s religion.
According to a social welfare group familiar with the case, no attempt was made to locate the family of the deceased boy before the cremation. The military simply labelled his body an “ownerless corpse” and disposed of it without further ceremony.
“The army wanted to annihilate my brother. He was only 15 years old. They brutally murdered him. They should at least have returned his body to us,” his brother said..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Now" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2021-04-07
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-08
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Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Right to Life: reports of violations in Burma, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"As of 6 April, (581) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (11) fallen heroes today. (1) died on 6 April. (10) were killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.
As of April 6, a total of (2750) people are currently under detention; of them (38) are sentenced. 463 have been issued arrest warrants. We are verifying the recently released detainees and continuing to document.
Burma is being terrorized by a junta with no legitimacy. At its founding ASEAN enshrined a purpose “to maintain the centrality and proactive role of ASEAN as the primary driving force in its relations and cooperation with its external partners”. Non-interference and a lack of international cooperation amidst these ongoing crimes against humanity will question the very purpose of ASEAN. The non-interference policy does not mean allowing the junta to torture detained persons, or mutilate civilians with tattoos of their democratically elected leaders. The ASEAN Charter compels it to respond, non-interference against these crimes risks jeopardizing ASEAN’s global reputation and credibility and will crucially impact their global trading capacities and international diplomacy.
Today in Mandalay, the junta forces violently cracked down on a gathering health worker strike, one person was injured and four doctors violently arrested. Motorcycles and mobile phones were also confiscated. In Kyaukme Township, Shan State, the junta forces assaulted with over 20 smoke grenades into a crowd of protestors doing a sit-down strike. In Mogaung Township, Kachin State, the junta forces used live ammunition on a protest.
In Pinlebu Township, Sagaing Region, the junta forces opened fire until the night, resulting in two civilians killed. Last night in Mogaung also, Kachin state, a man was shot and injured and a woman inside the house was seriously injured in the arm due to unprovoked shooting by junta troops.
The military junta is kidnapping family members as hostages if they don’t find the people who they want. Today in Natlu Hti Pon Ward, Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, the younger brother was taken and arrested as a hostage instead of his elder brother. Yesterday, the military forces arrested six family members including 2 years and 13 years old children of the in-charge of the information of the Tharrawaddy NLD who was warranted for pro-democracy movements in the Tharrawaddy Bago region..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-04-06
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"As of 5 April, (570) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (6) fallen heroes today. (1) died on 5 April. (5) were killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.
As of April 5, a total of (2728) people are currently under detention; of them (38) are sentenced. 443 have been issued arrest warrants. We are verifying the recently released detainees and continuing to update the lists.
Today, people across Burma defy the dictatorship’s brutal represion, there were violent crackdowns on protests in PinLeBu town in Katha District, Sagaing Region. In the junta assaults, two students were arrested, one man killed, and two wounded civilians also arrested. Gunfire was used against crowds of people demanding the release of the two detained students.
Last night in Mandalay City, a woman was shot dead on the spot and a man injured in his stomach while riding a motorbike, in arbitrary fire by junta forces. Moreover last night in Kyaukme town, Shan State, two passersby were threatened with gunfire and injured by bullets. In Tamu town, Sagaing Region, the terrorist forces opened fire unprovoked towards the people. When trying to counter, people were injured and some houses and walls hit by gunfire by the junta group.
Today, protestors were searched for in homes and arrested on the roads, as happens consistently these days. This morning, youths in Tamwe and Kyauk Myaung were searched for in their homes and some reportedly arrested. Moreover, passing motorbikes and cars on the roads were being investigated and if the passengers’ mobile phones were caught with anti-military dictatorship stickers and photos, they were detained.
The terrorist soldiers and so-called police commit torture in public daily to install a climate of fear into the community and people. Last night, soldiers and so-called police abducted, and forced one man to take off his clothes, finding “Spring Revolution” and “Daw Aung Sann Suu Kyi” portrait and the word “22222” tattooed on his arm. The soldiers then lit a piece of tire to burn and mutilate his arm tattoo. In addition to burning his tattoo, he was kicked and beaten with gunstock. Such inhumanity is casually and worryingly committed by this junta against the people.
Since March, the junta has excessively oppressed free media and the journalists leading to the termination of many news outlets. The junta is also threatening ethnic news departments. On April 3, the Hakha Post news department based in Hakha town in Chin State was raided and two desktops and office documents stolen. News staff were evading arrest at the time.
It is apparent that daily arson is perpetrated by the junta because it happens during the night and time of martial law. This morning, Yoma water purifying factory in Hlaing township, Yangon Region, was burnt on fire and also last night, the administer office of 32th Quarter, North Dagon township, Yangon was arsoned in Taunggyi, Shan State, the administer office of Nyaung Phyu Kan was torched..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-04-05
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"As of 4 April, (564) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (7) fallen heroes today. (2) died on 4 April. (5) were killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher as the death toll continues to rise. We will continue adding as and when.
As of April 4, a total of (2667) people are currently under detention; of them (38) are sentenced. 425 have been issued arrest warrants. We are verifying the recently released detainees and continuing to update the lists.
Today anti-coup protests by people in Burma took the form of an “Easter Egg Strike” in support of democracy. In Pyinmana town, a man was reportedly killed. In Bhamaw town, Kachin State, battalion 77 raided the residential ward and opened fire, hitting a community guard in his chest and leg, who later died of wounds. His body was taken away by the military and so-called police. More than six people were injured and ten community guards were beaten and arrested. In Kayah State, the MineLone strike was violently cracked-down onto the streets, thus more than five people were arrested and many injured by rubber bullets.
The terrorist junta vandalizes every day. This morning, the office of the junta-appointed administer of North Kyun Taw Quarter in Sanchaung township, Yangon Region, was arsoned during a night of martial law. Whenever these incidents happen, the junta group declares falsely that it was the people who committed these crimes, to spread propaganda. As for arbitrary violent raids, a house with a grocery store in Tamu town, Sagaing Region, was raided and opened fire on, and threw a hand grenade yesterday afternoon.
The terrorist junta threatens the people with torture every day, their brutality is evidenced by:
In Mandalay City, the military and so-called police destroyed people’s barricades and beat and arrested the passerby and grocery stores nearby.
In Kyauk Myaung, Tamwe Township, Yangon Region, the protestors were searched for in homes and around 20 youths were arrested. Some evaders were captured and beaten. Last night, the police forced a youth to sit on his knee and slapped and kicked him. Yesterday evening, three passersby were violently beaten and interrogated in Thanlyin township.
In Thapyay Aye village, Yinmabin township in Sagaing Region, the two dead bodies of six villagers abducted on April 2 were reportedly returned today.
In Myitchay town, Pakokku district in Magwe Region, two of four detainees at the end of March were killed and two others disappeared. The family members of the latter two are now having to evade arrest.
The terrorist junta has applied torture as their normal routine for about seven decades, dictatorships do this to install fear and and stop dissent to their rule. Also in ethnic areas, the terrorist regime threatens demonstrations. Yesterday, it was reported that the commanding officer of the South Eastern Command of the terrorist group threatened to shoot if the people protested on the streets in Phaya Thone Sone town in Karen State.
In Monywa, Sagaing Region, it was reported that people in some neighborhoods were evacuating their homes since the last weekend of March because of so-called police and military entering neighborhoods, shooting, and robbing.
On 4 April, the Peace Process Steering Team (PPST) of the signatories of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) announced a statement that urges immediate cessation of violent crackdowns and killings of unarmed people, to immediate release of all detainees and three other points. AAPP welcomes this statement and will cooperate as much as we can for peace and national reconciliation..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-04-04
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution
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"As of 1 April, (543) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (7) fallen heroes today. (5) died on 1 April. (2) were killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher as the death toll continues to rise. We will continue adding as and when.
As of April 1, a total of (2741) people are detained in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1, of them (38) are sentenced. A further (126) people have been issued arrest warrants. We are verifying the recently released detainees and are continuing to update the list of names who were released.
It has been two months since the military coup on April 1 when people began to endure all kinds of atrocities committed by this terrorist SAC group, yet people are still fighting to end dictatorship and achieve democracy, though casualties and arrests are rising day after day.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Representative Committee (CRPH) is the official new government and yesterday announced the Federal Democracy Charter to form a collaborative National Unity Government in the first week of April in order to achieve a federal democratic union. It also repealed the 2008 constitution, which not only intended to prolong military dictatorship, but hinder the emergence of a federal democratic union. AAPP welcomes the release of these statements, which are crucial to the establishment of a future federal union and will continue to work together for democracy and human rights.
Action is begining by the international community towards Burma, however China rejected an imposition of sanctions at a crucial closed-door session of the UN Security Council on March 31. We could expected China to reject such a proposal. But this encourages continued crimes against humanity in Burma, democratic development in Burma has been ruthlessly obstructed in the interests of China.
On 1 April people across Burma continued to protest against the military dictatorship. Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, the main strike in Monywa was violently cracked down, one civilian was shot dead in the head and six others were injured. In addition, some houses were raided. In Mandalay City, a man was shot dead in the head and his body taken away by the junta forces. Moreover, one man was also shot in the abdomen and died. The military and so-called police also destroyed barricades and opened gunfire, resulting in at least five civilians getting injured. In Yankin Township, Yangon Region, a strike was cracked down, but no one was arrested and injured..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-04-01
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"As of 31 March, (536) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (15) fallen heroes today. (2) died on 31 March. (13) were killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher as the death toll continues to rise. We will continue adding as and when.
As of March 31, a total of (2729) people are detained in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1, of them (38) are sentenced. A further (120) people have been issued arrest warrants. We are verifying the recently released detainees but are continuing to update the list of names who were released.
Protests across Burma endure. In a crackdown near Nat Chaung village in Kalay township, Sagaing Region, a man was killed by headshot and eight injured. In Kyaukme Town, Shan State, there were no deaths although the strike was dispersed with rubber bullets and tear gas. In Thaketa township, Yangon Region, the junta shot guns prior to the strike and occupied the streets. This morning and afternoon, Yangon seemed calm but by the evening there was brutal violence. The pause in repression coincided with Clarissa Ward, international chief journalist of CNN, arriving in Burma to report on the unfolding situation. However, Clarissa Ward would find it difficult to receive accurate facts because she was followed by many military vehicles and armed soldiers. She would not get permission to report on a violent crackdown, at a concurrent time to the CNN reporters visit, the electricity was cut off in some townships in Yangon. As a result, information flow was also difficult.
There was gunfire last night and two men were reportedly shot dead by the junta forces’ when military vehicles were blocked on the road leading to Kalay town from Gantgaw township, Magwe Region. Moreover, the terrorist forces shot unstoppably into Phawt Kan Ward in Insein township, Yangon Region at midnight today. Not only does the junta torture detainees day after day, but also they commit atrocities onto streets and into houses. Yesterday, junta forces threatened the face of a trishaw driver with a knife, his face was slashed more than an inch and wounds were visible. In Zabu Thiri township in Naypyitaw, a man was arrested on March 15. Yesterday it was reported his body was buried by the military and not returned to the family, who could visit the cremation but which was heavily controlled by the military. Intending to hide the injuries from torture is yet another serious violation of international law.
Although it is a fundamental right to go on strike against a government and authorities should prevent torture, in Burma there is no such protections from torture since the illegitimate coup attempted by this terrorist junta. The junta raids safe zones, at about 2am today, Tat Lan Hospital in South Okkalapa township, Yangon Region, was raided and the staff beaten with police batons, kicked by military boots, slammed and punched. The junta perpetrators destroyed CCTV records in order to delete their criminal activity.
Some Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) have now made statements against the coup. Consequently, clashes in ethnic regions have reignited, particularly so in Kachin and Kayin States. Residents there have been forced to flee from their homes and some were injured and even killed. During these times, the coup junta is taking the offensive with air strike bombings in KNU controlled areas. Six villagers from Htee Fado village in Saw Hti township, Nyaunglebin District, Bago Region were killed and a house in Khat Pe Khee village in Hpapun District, Karen State, burnt down. Moreover, Me Wine village was reportedly scattered with air strike bombings. In the current situation, the local residents including elderly people, those in ill health and children are forced to flee from their homes and villages and hide in the forest. They then face starvation and lack of medical treatment, villagers fleeing across borders face many further difficulties also. Amid a decades-long civil war, local ethnic people struggle to survive extreme human rights violations, peace is consumed by coup after coup, many lose their lives and livelihoods due to these conflicts. The fruits of peace can only be achieved if the military dictatorship ends..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least five people and wounding several, media said, as activists defied a bloody crackdown and internet blockade by the ruling junta.
More than 580 people have been killed, according to an activist group, in the turmoil in Myanmar since a Feb. 1 coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy. Nationwide protests and strikes have persisted since then despite the ruling military’s use of lethal force to quell the opposition.
Security forces opened fire on Wednesday on protesters in the northwestern town of Kale as they demanded the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, a resident told Reuters.
News outlets cited witnesses saying there were casualties and repeated gunfire. The Mizzima and Irrawaddy news outlets said five people were killed and several wounded.
The Kale resident said the information was provided to him by witnesses, who took pictures of five bodies.
Reuters could not independently verify the toll.
The mostly youth-led anti-coup movement’s ability to organise campaigns and share information via social media and instant messaging has been severely hamstrung by curbs on broadband wireless internet and mobile data services. Fixed-line services, which few in Myanmar have access to, are available.
“Myanmar has been subject to a stepwise collapse into the information abyss since February,” Alp Toker, founder of internet blockage observatory NetBlocks told Reuters.
“Communications are now severely limited and available only to the few.”
With print media also halted, protesters have sought workarounds to get their message across, producing their own A4-sized daily news pamphlets that are shared digitally and printed for distribution among the public.
On Tuesday, Dr Sasa, who leads a parallel government of the remnants of Suu Kyi’s administration, said in a statement that its legal counsel would be submitting evidence of military atrocities to different U.N. human rights bodies.
Sasa, a medical doctor who uses one name, said lawyers for his Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) had received 180,000 items of evidence and would meet on Wednesday with representatives of an independent investigative mechanism for Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
"Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication:
2021-04-07
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Right to Life: reports of violations in Burma, Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several, media said, as a series of small blasts hit the commercial capital Yangon and a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire. The country’s military ruler said the civil disobedience movement was “destroying” Myanmar.
More than 580 people have been killed, according to an activist group, in the turmoil in Myanmar since a Feb. 1 coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy. Nationwide protests and strikes have persisted since then despite the military’s use of lethal force to quell the opposition.
Security forces opened fire on Wednesday on protesters in the northwestern town of Kale as they demanded the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, domestic media said.
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A resident of the area and the Myanmar Now news outlet said 11 people were killed and several wounded.
Reuters could not independently verify the toll.
Two protesters were killed in the town of Bago near Yangon, Myanmar Now said.
At least seven small explosions were heard in Yangon, including at government buildings, a military hospital and a shopping mall, residents said. There were no casualties and no claims of responsibility.
The U.S. Embassy in Yangon said it had received reports of “handmade ‘sound bombs,’ or fireworks meant to create noise and cause minimal damage”.
A fire broke out in the Chinese-owned JOC Garment Factory in Yangon on Wednesday, the Fire Department said. There were no reports of casualties and no details on the extent of damage.
In another Yangon neighbourhood, activists set fire to the Chinese flag, according to pictures posted on Facebook.
China is viewed as being supportive of the military junta and last month arson attacks were made on 32 Chinese-invested factories in Yangon. Details of the blasts and the fire were difficult to obtain because of the junta’s curbs on broadband internet and mobile data services.
A spokesman for the junta could not be reached for comment.
‘DESTROY THE COUNTRY’
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the junta, said in a statement on Wednesday the civil disobedience movement, or CDM, had halted the working of hospitals, schools, roads, offices and factories.
“Although protests are staged in neighbouring countries and the international community, they do not destroy businesses,” he said. “CDM is an activity to destroy the country.”
According to the Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) advocacy group, 581 people, including dozens of children, have been shot dead by troops and police in almost daily unrest since the coup, and security forces have arrested close to 3,500 people, with 2,750 still detained..."
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"Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication:
2021-04-07
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2021-04-07
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Crisis and Conflict , Free Speech , Disasters and Displaced Populations
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Account for Missing Politicians, Activists, Others at Risk of Torture, Death
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Crisis and Conflict , Free Speech , Disasters and Displaced Populations
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"Myanmar’s military junta has forcibly disappeared hundreds of people since the February 1, 2021 coup, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities have taken into custody politicians, election officials, journalists, activists, and protesters and refused to confirm their location or allow access to lawyers or family members in violation of international law.
The security forces have arrested many people suspected of participation in anti-coup demonstrations or in the opposition Civil Disobedience Movement during nighttime raids on homes throughout the country. The nongovernmental organization, Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, told Human Rights Watch they could confirm the location of only a small fraction of the more than 2,500 recent detainees they have identified.
“The military junta’s widespread use of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances appears designed to strike fear in the hearts of anti-coup protesters,” said Brad Adams, Asia director. “Concerned governments should demand the release of everyone disappeared and impose targeted economic sanctions against junta leaders to finally hold this abusive military to account.”
Human Rights Watch spoke to family members, witnesses, and lawyers of 16 people feared to have been forcibly disappeared since the coup.
On February 1 at about 5:30 a.m., four uniformed soldiers and a man in civilian attire arrived at the home of Mya Aye, 55, an outspoken activist and member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), in Mingalar Taung Nyunt township, Yangon. The men showed no arrest warrant and offered no basis for his arrest to family members, which was caught on a neighbor’s CCTV camera and later was posted on Twitter.
Later that day, two plainclothes officers came to the residence to collect his medications but refused to provide additional information. In late March, Mya Aye’s family said that the authorities still had not told them where Mya Aye was being held and had not provided him access to a lawyer.
On March 6, police arrived at the funeral in Mandalay of a protester shot dead by police, causing those attending to flee in panic. A prominent activist, Nyi Nyi Kyaw, fell and the police arrested him. A friend of Nyi Nyi Kyaw said that the authorities did not tell his family where he was, and that they went into hiding out of fear that they may be targeted as family members.
The family received one communication from Nyi Nyi Kyaw – a short but chilling phone call to his eldest son from a blocked number – four days after his disappearance in which he sounded agitated and distressed, the friend said. The call was ended before the family could ascertain his whereabouts.
On March 9, military trucks arrived around 1:30 p.m. and parked outside the office of Karmayut Media in Yangon, neighbors said. At about 3 p.m., they saw soldiers take away the media outlet’s co-founder, Han Thar Nyein, 40, and the editor-in-chief, Nathan Maung, 45. Their families still have not been informed of their whereabouts, a family member said.
“We’re so anxious about where they are, and we’re worried for their well-being,” the family member of Han Thar Nyein said. “We want to see them with our own eyes, to accept that they are okay, that they are alive. And we want this to happen quickly, not to wait in this agonizing way.”
Many friends and family members of anti-coup protesters who have been arrested told Human Rights Watch they do not know exactly where the person was being held, heightening concerns about their safety and well-being.
In many cases, families have only received information informally about the location of their family member, such as when newly released detainees notify family members or lawyers that they had seen a person who had been detained. Some families believe that because a prison accepts a package for their family member, it is most likely the place where their relative is being held. However, this is conjecture and does not relieve the authorities of their obligation to provide information on a detainee’s whereabouts, produce a detainee in court within 48 hours, and allow access to counsel and family members.
Under international human rights law, a state commits an enforced disappearance when government authorities or their agents arrest or detain an individual followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealing the fate or whereabouts of the person, placing them outside the protection of the law. Forcibly disappeared people are commonly subjected to torture or extrajudicial execution. Families must live with the uncertainty of not knowing if their loved ones are dead or alive, and worrying about their treatment in captivity.
Enforced disappearances are grave violations of international law, and when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on a civilian population, are crimes against humanity..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch (USA)
Date of publication:
2021-04-02
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 40 children since February. Here is the story of one, Aye Myat Thu. She was 10.
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"In the swelter of the hot season, U Soe Oo cracked open the coconut with practiced blows of his machete. Small hands reached out for the first slice, cool and slippery.
His daughter — 10 years old, with dreams of being a makeup artist or a nurse or maybe even a princess with long golden hair like the one in “Maleficent,” which she had watched a zillion times, no joke — ran down a path with her sweet prize.
Just as she reached the trees that marked the perimeter of their property, the girl seemed to stumble, landing flat on her stomach, her father recalled. The piece of coconut slipped from her grasp, falling onto the reddish earth of Mawlamyine, a port town perched on a slender archipelago in southeastern Myanmar.
Mr. Soe Oo put his machete down and ran to tell her it was OK, that she could have another chunk of coconut. He scooped her up, limp in his arms, but it still didn’t register where all the blood was coming from, why she wasn’t saying anything at all.
The bullet had hit the left temple of his daughter, Aye Myat Thu, at about 5:30 in the soft glow of the afternoon of March 27. By the time darkness fell less than an hour later, she was dead.
Since staging a Feb. 1 coup and jailing the nation’s civilian leaders, the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, has murdered, assaulted and arrested with impunity. More than 550 people have been killed on the streets and in their homes by soldiers or police officers, according to a monitoring group. At least 40 of the dead were children under 18, according to a tally compiled by The New York Times that relies on medical testimony, funeral details and family accounts. A few of the minors were killed for participating in the protests. Many others were bystanders who were seemingly executed, with a single gunshot to the head.
Often the children were killed as they went about their lives, playing or huddling with their families, in cities and towns that have descended into terror. Some had done nothing more threatening in their final moments than seek the comfort of a father’s lap, serve tea, fetch water or run down a lane with a piece of coconut.....နွေရာသီ၏ ပူစပ်ပူလောင်နိုင်လှသော ရာသီဥတုကို အံတုလျက်က ဦးစိုးဦးသည် ကျင့်သားကောင်းပြီးသား ဓားချက်ဖြင့် အုန်းသီးတစ်လုံးကို ခွပ်ခနဲ ခွဲလိုက်သည်။ ကလေးလက်ကလေး နှစ်ဖက်က အုန်းသီးစိတ်အေးအေးလေးကို ဦးဦးဖျားဖျား စွပ်ခနဲဝင်နှိုက်ယူသွားလေသည်။
ဦးစိုးဦး၏ သမီးလေးဖြစ်သည်။ ၁၀ နှစ်သမီးလေးက မိတ်ကပ်ပညာရှင်ဖြစ်စေ၊ သူနာပြုဆရာမဖြစ်စေ ဖြစ်လိုသော အိပ်မက်များ ရှိသည်။ ဖြစ်နိုင်လျှင် သူအခါရာထောင်မက ကြည့်ဖူးသော ‘Maleficent’ ဇာတ်ကားထဲက ရွှေရောင်ဆံပင်ရှည်များနှင့် မင်းသမီးလေးပါ ဖြစ်လိုသည်တဲ့။ သမီးလေးက အုန်းသီးစိတ်ကလေးကိုင်၍ လူသွားလမ်းကျဉ်းလေးတစ်လျှောက် ပြေးထွက်သွားပြန်သည်။
သူတို့အပိုင်ခြံကွက်အနားသတ်အဖြစ် အမှတ်အသားပြုထားသော သစ်ပင်များနားအရောက် ချော်လဲသွားသလိုတွေ့သည်ဟု ဦးစိုးဦး ခပ်ရေးရေးမှတ်မိသည်။ ကလေးက မြေကြီးပေါ် ပြားပြားမှောက် ဝပ်လဲလျက်သားဖြစ်နေပြီ။ သူ့လက်မှ အုန်းသီးစိတ်လည်း ချော်ထွက်သွားပြီး မော်လမြိုင်မြို့၏ နီစွေးစွေးမြေအပေါ် အတိုင်းသားကျနေလေသည်။ မော်လမြိုင်မှာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အရှေ့တောင်ဘက်ပိုင်း ရှည်မျောမျော ကျွန်းစုတစ်ခုအပေါ် မေးတင်တည်ရှိသော ဆိပ်ကမ်းမြို့တစ်မြို့ဖြစ်သည်။
ဦးစိုးဦးက ဓားမကို အသာချပြီး သမီးကိုထူပေးရန် ခပ်သုတ်သုတ် ပြေးလိုက်သည်။ ဘာမှ မဖြစ်ဘူးမလား၊ အုန်းသီးနောက်တစ်စိတ်ယူလေ သမီးရဲ့ဟု ချော့ဖို့အဆင်သင့်။ သမီးကို ကောက်ပွေ့လိုက်သည်။ ပျော့ခွေလျက်ပါလာသည်။ သွေးအများကြီး ဘယ်ကထွက်နေမှန်း၊ သမီး အသံ ဘာကြောင့် မထွက်တော့မှန်း နားမလည်နိုင်သေးပေ။
မတ်လ ၂၇ ရက်နေ့ နေညိုချိန် ညနေ ငါးနာရီခွဲခန့်တွင် သမီး မအေးမြတ်သူ၏ ဘယ်ဘက် နားထင်ကို သေနတ်ကျည်ဆံထိမှန်ခဲ့ခြင်းပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ တစ်နာရီခန့်အကြာ နေဝင်ချိန်တွင် သူမဆုံးပါးသွားလေသည်။
ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ (၁) ရက်နေ့တွင် မြန်မာ့ အရပ်သား ခေါင်းဆောင်များကို ဖမ်းဆီးချုပ်နှောင်ကာ အာဏာသိမ်းအပြီးတွင် မြန်မာ့စစ်တပ်(တပ်မတော်)သည် ဒဏ်ခတ်ခံရခြင်းမှ ကင်းလွတ်ခွင့်အပြည့်ဖြင့် သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်း၊ လက်ရောက်နှိပ်စက်ခြင်းနှင့် ဖမ်းဆီးချုပ်နှောင်ခြင်းတို့ကို ဆက်တိုက် လုပ်ဆောင်လာခဲ့သည်။ လေ့လာစောင့်ကြည့်ရေးအဖွဲ့များ၏ စာရင်းအရ စစ်သားနှင့် ရဲတို့၏ တိုက်ခိုက်မှုကြောင့် လမ်းပေါ်တွင်သေဆုံးရသူနှင့် အိမ်ထဲနေရင်း သေဆုံးရသူပေါင်း ၅၅၀ ကျော်လာပြီဖြစ်သည်။..."
Source/publisher:
"The New York Times" (USA)
Date of publication:
2021-04-04
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-07
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Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Right to Life: reports of violations in Burma, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"As of 30 March, (521) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (11) fallen heroes today: (8) died on 30 March, (3) were killed on previous days and documented today. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher as the death toll continues to rise. We will continue adding as and when.
As of March 30, a total of (2608) people are detained in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1, of them (37) are sentenced. A further (120) people have been issued arrest warrants. We have not completed verification of all recently released detainees over the last 6 days, but are continuing to update the list of names who were released.
The junta is committing atrocities every day in many townships, South Dagon township in Yangon Region was the scene of particularly severe violence, with many killed and injured by so-called police and military. People made barricades to defend themselves from arbitrary gunfire into streets, wards and houses. The town had been raided and shot at by large numbers of junta troops since the barricades were broken down by grenades, launchers and heavy weapons last night (March). People’s cars and houses are being destroyed. They force detained youths onto both hands and kneel down, they set the detainees as targets for snipers from high apartments, then threaten the strikers “if you don’t come and save their detainees, they will be shot and killed”. In South Dagon last night dead bodies and injured people were taken away so it is difficult to collect accurate data. The number of the victims will increase. The junta raided Sanpya Hospital but also private and public hospitals, many lost the right to treatment because of this, the junta prepared to arrest the patients in advance. Pinnya Alin Library which provides treatment to injured people was violently destroyed by them this morning. Patients were insufficiently treated, and died from lack of adequate medicines.
In South Dagon’s violent crackdown last night, a civilian was burnt to death. This brutal act followed the burning to death of a community guard in Mandalay. Today, two civilians were killed by gunshots in initial reports and the terrorist junta forces took away the body.
In defiance to brute violence by the junta group, the strikers protest peacefully across Burma. Today, civilians were reportedly murdered and some wounded and arrested because of arbitrary shooting, raids and crack-downs in Bago and Pyay in Bago Region, Mandalay City, Kawthaung in Tanintharyi Region, Muse in Shan State and Myitkyina in Kachin State in addition to South Dagon in Yangon Region..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-30
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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"As of 28 March, (459) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented (36) fallen heroes today, 13 died on 28 March. Children, students, youths and civilians have all been killed since the coup.. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher as the death toll continues to rise. We will continue adding as and when.
As of March 28, a total of (2559) people are detained in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1, of them (37) are sentenced. A further (119) people have been issued arrest warrants. We have not completed verification of all recently released detainees over the last 4 days, but are continuing to update the list of names who were released.
Yesterday, the illegitimate military regime viciously killed unarmed civilians, including children. Over 100 civilians, some were shot and killed in night-raids in towns without reason.
Last night, at least five civilians were killed and thirteen civilians injured in Tharkayta Township, Yangon Region, Taunggyi Township, Shan State, Mogok Township, Mandalay Town, Mandalay Region, Pathein Township, Ayeyarwady Region, and Tatkon Township in Nay Pyi Taw, from unprovoked shootings by junta troops. One of those killed last night in Mandalay City was serving as a security guard in the ward. He was shot and dragged onto a fire of car tyres and burnt him alive. This inhumanity is a tactic of the junta to create a climate of fear among the people. Around 60 houses in Pyi Gyi Dagun Township were destroyed by fire yesterday and people in nearby neighborhoods were prevented from helping when the junta shot at them.
Today, a large number of junta forces used live ammunition and grenades in Hlaing Township, Tharkayta Township, Kyauk Myaung Ward in Tamwe Township, Dagon Myothit (South) Township in Yangon Region, Monywa Township, Kalay Township in Sagaing Region, Myingyan Township in Mandalay Region, Taunggyi Township in Shan State, Myitkyina Township, and Hpakant Township in Kachin State. Nine civilians, including four women, were killed and many arrested and injured.
The junta is using grenades, not just live rounds but machine-guns in urban areas, to create a combat zone of peaceful residential homes. Yesterday, in Kyauk Myaung Ward, Tamwe Township, Yangon Region, the junta forces used a grenade on a young man who died on the spot. Last night, the junta propaganda MRTV television station claimed this was done by an artist who was violently arrested during the crackdown in Kyauk Myaung Ward. Today (March 28), the junta forces used a grenade in Hlaing Township, resulting in one man’s hand being cut off from the wrist and another person injured.
According to the international laws, hospitals, religious buildings, schools, women, and children are given special protection, however since the coup, the illegitimate military regime completely disregards this. Today, one hospital staff was injured and patients terrorized as gunfire was opened inside the Asia Royal Hospital, where youth protestors had fled to. Yesterday, the junta forces inhumanly looted dead bodies and forced their families not to celebrate public funerals but with family members and 5 monks. Some families therefore quickly buried their loved heroes to prevent the junta from looting their bodies.
The illegitimate military regime uses many tactics of intimidation, they destroy and loot public and private property on a daily basis. In Dagon Seikkan Township and Tharkayta Township, Yangon Region, over 20 private cars were destroyed. The junta raided a store and stole food in Thingangyun Township, Yangon..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-28
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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"As of 27 March, (423) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. At least (90) were killed today, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) compiled and documented killings of children, students, youths and civilians. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of fatalities is likely much higher as the death toll continues to rise. We will continue adding as and when into our newly separately published lists. In addition, (5) others were confirmed killed on previous days.
As of March 27, a total of (2428) people are detained in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1, of them (24) are sentenced. A further (119) people have been issued arrest warrants. We have not completed verification of all recently released detainees over the last 3 days, but are continuing to update the list of names who were released.
Last night, the junta propaganda MRTV television station threatened the people they could be shot dead in the head and to the back if they strike. Today was known as a “Nationwide March Revolution”, people across Burma bravely protested against the military dictatorship knowing they risked their lives. The junta shot at peaceful protesters since the early morning, the most deadly day in the 55 days since the coup. Many civilians, including children, were shot dead and injured.
Today, over 40 townships in Yangon Region, Bago Region, Magway Region, Sagaing Region, Tanintharyi Region, Ayeyarwady Region, Mon State, Kachin State, and Shan State were violently cracked down using live ammunition. Junta forces shot machine-guns into residential areas, resulting in many civilians, including six children between ten and sixteen years old, killed.
In Meikhtila Township, Mandalay Region, a 13-year-old girl was shot dead while she was inside her house. This is the second child to be shot dead in the house after a 7-year-old girl from Mandalay Town. In Dawei Township, Tanintahryi Region, while a 16-year-old boy was driving a motorcycle, he was shot at from an unmarked car driven by junta forces, and his body dragged away. The boy died due from not receiving medical treatment in detention. The fact the illegitimate military regime is targeting children is a grave act of inhumanity. Children’s dignity and right to life are being threatened on a daily basis by this junta’s violence.
Moreover, reporters who are broadcasting live also are targeted. Today in Kyeikhto Township, Mon State, while a reporter was reporting live on the crackdown, he was shot and injured, including a real bullet wound to the leg.
Today, the junta violated diplomatic ethics by opening gunfire at the American Center in Yangon.
Some shot dead bodies were dragged away and not returned to their families to erase all evidence of military crimes today. Injured people were taken away and given no medical treatment, later dying while in detention. Including girls, those arrested are beaten on the streets. The illegitimate military regime uses many tactics of intimidation, they destroy and loot public and private property. In Dagon Seikkan Township, Yangon Region, a young man who was bleeding was dragged away. In Mandalay Town, a civilian who was shot in the head was dragged away.
Today, many towns in Burma were created into a combat zone, but were in fact killing fields of unarmed civilians, shot without mercy. The illegitimate military regime must take responsible and accountable for each and every crime it commits. As long as the international community fails to decisively protect Burma’s people, the junta’s inhumanity will deteriorate..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-28
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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Individual Documents
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Political prisoners and other violations in Burma - reports, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations, Anti-coup protesters, Spring Revolution, 2021 Burma/Myanmar coup d'état
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"As of March 26, a total of (3070) people have been arrested, charged or sentenced in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1. (328) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. AAPP documented (8) fallen heroes today.
(24) coup detainees have been convicted. (117) have been charged with a warrant and are evading arrest. We have not completed verification of all recently released detainees over the last 2 days, but are continuing to update the list of names who were released. Of the fallen heroes, (4) were shot dead today in Myeik, Tanintharyi Region, (2) fallen heroes died today from serious injury sustained in Mohnyin Town in Kachin State and Kyauktaga Township in Bago Region yesterday, (2) others were confirmed killed on previous days. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of casualties is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.
A group of six professors in social science at the University of Oslo in Norway nominated the Civil Disobedience Movement of Myanmar for the Nobel Peace Prize. CDM workers are facing repression, arrests, lawsuits, dismissals, and forced eviction from staff housing on a daily basis. However, the movement has not given up and continues to fight. We, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) warmly welcome this submission for the Nobel Peace Prize. US Ambassador Thomas Vajda and his wife Ms. Amy Sebes laid a wreath today in front of a school where 23-year-old network engineer Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing died on February 28, 2021.
Although it has been 54 days since the coup, civilians are still subject to various forms of brutal repression by the junta, but demonstrations continue. Deaths, injuries, arrests, even against children and torture, as does destruction, arson, looting and raids also are deteriorating day after day across Burma. In the early morning of 26 March, the National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters in Shwegondaing, Bahan Township, Yangon region was set on fire.
Home in a village in Laung Lone Township, Dawei District, was set on fire on March 21, leaving seven family members severely injured. Among them, was a 14-year-old boy who died.
Today, civilians were killed across Burma in violent crackdowns of protests by the junta, in Kyauk Myaung, Tamwe Township, and Kyauktada Township, Yangon Region, Dawei Township, and Myeik Township in Tanintharyi Region. In Myeik Township, a large number of junta forces, including the Air force and Navy, used live ammunition to suppress people. Moreover, an ambulance vehicle was used to storm into protestors, four civilians, including one woman, were shot dead, and at least ten civilians were injured. Some civilians were violently arrested. During arrest, two youths were tied up with a piece of rope on their back and treated like dogs.
In Kyat Sar Pyin Ward, Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, one civilian was injured with live ammunition and two civilians were arrested. In Kyauktada Township, Yangon Region, 5 people were arrested for marching on strike. During the arrest of a student in Dawei Township, the junta raided the house and looted gold, a motorcycle, money, and other valuables.
Yesterday (March 25), 11 civilians were killed during violent crackdowns by the military and so-called police in the day. Civilians were also shot and killed in raids in some towns during the night time without reason. Last night in Dagon Myothit (South) Township, the military and so-called police raided the area and fired at least 300 live rounds, one civilian was killed and ten civilians were injured, and at least 20 civilians violently arrested. In addition to this, they destroyed Wifi and phone line cables. In Tamu Township, Sagaing Region, one civilian was killed and nine civilians injured, three were put in critical condition.
On the evening of March 25, Kyauktaga Township, Bago Region, when the police and military vehicles entered a village, the villagers fled into the fields. The junta followed and shot them, resulting in one man seriously injured who died today, and three others were arrested. During the crackdown in Mohnyin Township yesterday, one man who was seriously injured died today.
The illegitimate military regime’s terror, even against children, is intensifying. Last night in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region, the military and so-called police raided a nursery school and destroyed equipment, and stole two computers. On the night of March 21 in Kalay Township, Sagaing Region, while a 14-year-old boy was driving a motorcycle, he was hit from behind by a military vehicle and then shot and taken away. Per available information, the child is suffering from a broken arm, and leg. He is in critical condition.
Arrests and detentions of the injured currently being treated in hospital, demonstrate their brutality. Yesterday, the military and so called police came to Sanpya Hospital and arrested four people who were receiving medical treatment from gunshots in a crackdown in Thingangyun Township. They arbitrarily arrested these four people and threatened the health workers who asked the junta to not detain the four. The junta forces threatened the health workers that they have permission to shoot those who try to stop them making arrests.
Article 14 of the Geneva Convention enshrines the protection of children, injured people, and hospitals and nursery schools as safe zones. However, as this military junta is using force and violence to break any laws..."
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Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
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2021-03-26
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2021-04-06
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"Today, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has compiled and documented (14) heroes. Of these, (3) were shot dead in Mandalay and (1) were struck by a military vehicle travelling at high speed in Dawei in Tanintharyi Region. (10) were killed on a previous day but added on 23 March. (275) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of casualties is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.
As of March 23, a total of (2812) people have been arrested, charged or sentenced in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1. Of them, (24) were convicted. (109) have been charged with a warrant and are evading arrest, (394) were released. A total of (2418) are still under detention or have outstanding charges/evading arrest, including the (24) sentenced.
In today’s detainee list, we received and documented the names of (130) people. However, more were arrested today, AAPP will continue investigating these and make appropriate announcements when.
Today, March 23 is the 21st anniversary of the establishment of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). During these 21 years, AAPP tirelessly advocated for civil and political rights. However, since the coup on 1 February, democracy, civil and political rights have ceased. AAPP will continue to fight to attain these rights.
Today, despite the illegitimate military regime continuing crackdowns, anti-coup protests have taken place across Burma. The crackdowns in Mandalay were severe and three civilians, including a 7-year-old girl, were killed. The girl was shot dead at home. Putting children in harm’s way is a clear violation of the terms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It has been three days since the protests in Mandalay, and according to AAPP at least 21 civilians were killed here between March 21 and 23. A man was killed while he was standing to cross the road by a military vehicle in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region.
In Kyanginn Township, Ayeyarwady Region, when a man who was serving as a night watchman, the so-called police attacked and arrested him, thereafter , the local residents went on the road and demanded his release. The military and so-called police fired more than 50 rounds of live ammunition, resulting in 2 civilians getting seriously injured and 7 civilians were violently arrested.
The junta has been raiding, arresting and shooting all day and nights as well as looting, destroying and vandalizing. Last night (March 22), they raided Nwel Aye Quarter, Dawpone Township, Yangon Region. They verbally abused the residents and shot aimlessly at the houses resulting in many injured people. Moreover, the junta destroyed public properties, cars, shops, and houses. This morning, they came back to Nwel Aye Ward and arrested people. Furthermore, in Mandalay, the military raided and destroyed a house with a bulldozer and stole two phones and money in the afternoon yesterday. At night, they arsoned the people’s barricades and threw fire rings into Aung San Quarter, Insein township at around 1:30am today, leading to two houses burning down.
The terrorist junta also shot at and stormed Hana Microfinance, the South Korean loaning department, which provides loans to farmers, and ordered them to hand over money. The junta does not leave the disabled alone, they harassed them too, in one incident a disabled man living in Hinthada town, Ayeyarwady Region, was detained under section 505 (b) of Penal Code yesterday. A video of the junta destroying the trishaws of drivers who depend on daily income went viral on social media. They repressed railway staff participating in the Civil Disobedience Movement, evicting them from staff housing in Yangon and Mandalay, and today the same suppression happened to staff in Kaw Lin town, Sagaing Region. The junta, SAC, has also threatened the CDM staff in various sectors by postponing, dismissing, arresting and charging them and their job assignments.
Crimes against humanity are committed daily by the regime, the SAC attempts in every possible way to inject fear in the general people, particularly by threatening the livelihood of the people.
In the midst of this, people face physical and mental insecurities on a daily basis, yet the PEOPLE have defied for 51 days the orders of the dictatorship.
AAPP will continue to keep you informed of verified daily arrests, charges, sentences and fatalities in relation to the attempted coup, and update our lists to the details of these alleged offences. If you receive any information about detentions of, or charges against CSO leaders, activists, journalists, CDM workers and other civilians in relation to the military and police crackdown on dissent. Please submit to the following addresses:
If you need legal assistance, contact Aung Gyi on 09 451 529 000 from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and lawyer Khin Thida Lai Lai Htun on 09 774 081 585.
“Our uprising must succeed”
Email : [email protected]
Facebook : https://web.facebook.com/burmapoliticalprisoners/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/aapp_burma
In Solidarity,
AAPP..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-23
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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"Today, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has compiled and documented (11) heroes. Of these, (3) were shot dead on the spot in Mandalay today. (8) were killed on a previous day but added on 22 March. (261) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of casualties is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.
As of March 22, a total of (2682) people have been arrested, charged or sentenced in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1. Of them, (15) were convicted; (2) to two years imprisonment, (1) to three months, (2) to one year imprisonment, (2) to one month imprisonment, (8) to three months imprisonment. (109) have been charged with a warrant and are evading arrest, (380) were released. A total of (2302) are still under detention or have outstanding charges/evading arrest, including the (15) sentenced.
In today’s detainee list, we received and documented the names of (17) people. However, more were arrested today, AAPP will continue investigating these and make appropriate announcements when.
The junta crackdown using live ammunition, assaults and arrests, kidnapping, using repressive legislation, and forcibly evicts CDM participants from staff housing. They do this to spread fear, but people continue to protest.
This evening, a man died in Mandalay, the crackdown had been severe yesterday afternoon yesterday, last night, protests against the military based in a Chan Mya Thar Si Township school were dispersed using live ammunition and random fire, 5 men died and 30 injured. Since this morning, the military and so-called police have continuously fired weapons towards Myayi Nandar housing, Aung Pinle, Aung Thar Yar quarters in Chan Mya Thar Si township. 3 people were killed including a young boy, Grade-8 student and more than 6 people got injured initially reportedly. The fallen child was shot when he strayed out of the house to fill the up water in front of the house. Furthermore, the junta forces arsoned barricades, and destroyed people’s cars.
A grandma aged over 60 years was killed in an unprovoked shooting by the junta forces in No.(2) quarter, Kyaw town, Yaw province, Magway Region (formerly known as Pe Ma Sar village) last night.
One of the tactics the junta practices is vicious assaults when detaining and in detention. In Taunggyi, Shan State, the military and s0-called police raided houses, arrested people, arsoned roads, and unprovoked shootings across yesterday and this morning. Yesterday, the Taunggyi so-called police beat people on the road in a public display of violence, during which a 14 year old youth and a civilian were detained and 20 civilians injured by rubber bullets.
On March 22, in a crackdown in Natmatu, Kachin State, the junta beat the detainees including education civil servants with hard sticks and tied their hands on their backs. In addition, last night in Hakha, Chin State, military and so called police waited for the returnees from sit-in protests to be beaten. Five civilians were reportedly beaten and the fingers of two of them broken. This was not an isolated incident, similar happened elsewhere today.
Since the military coup in Burma, instability of society is everywhere and the rule of law has been completely destroyed. If the coup group stays in power, the people will be enslaved to the military for decades more. Liberty, human rights, and freedom from persecution will not exist if dictatorship remains. No dignity for people or democracy, we will only have peace and stability if revolution succeeds.
AAPP will continue to keep you informed of verified daily arrests, charges, sentences and fatalities in relation to the attempted coup, and update our lists to the details of these alleged offences. If you receive any information about detentions of, or charges against CSO leaders, activists, journalists, CDM workers and other civilians in relation to the military and police crackdown on dissent. Please submit to the following addresses:
If you need legal assistance, contact Aung Gyi on 09 451 529 000 from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and lawyer Khin Thida Lai Lai Htun on 09 774 081 585 “Our uprising must succeed”
Email : [email protected]
Facebook : https://web.facebook.com/burmapoliticalprisoners/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/aapp_burma
In Solidarity,
AAPP..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-22
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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"On February 8, the eighth day of the military coup and the third day of the people’s protests, tens of thousands of people across Burma rallied against the military coup. Civil service workers, teachers, doctors, and more were involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and stood and demonstrated together with the people. 88 generation student Leader Nilar Thein from 88 Peace and Open Society arrived and stood with the protesters as they called for a “People to People Plan” to assist civil servants who face personal and financial difficulties with their participation in CDM. At the Naypyidaw protest, police fired water cannons without warning leaving some with serious injuries.
Pro-military groups incited some to perform a counter-protest in anticipation of a violent crackdown. Cars in support of the coup lined up in front of the Rangoon Thuwanna Stadium, with songs, STOP campaign posters, and the five-fingered salute. After seeing such a response, we are concerned peaceful protestors will suffer violent action in the future.
The Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) announced “action must be taken in accordance with the law if there are violations of state stability and peace, safety of people, and the rule of law”. This is seen as a warning to the peaceful protests, that they could get violently crackdown, hence the concern for protesters safety.
Township general administrators signed and released a statement on February 8 to ban people from protesting or gathering in groups of five or more, with a curfew to run from 8pm to 4am, under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Section 144 refers “whoever, being armed with any deadly weapon, or with anything which used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, is a member of an unlawful assembly, shall be punished with imprisonment of their description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both”.
The Committee Representing the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has released an announcement on the unlawful seizure coup including the current political condition on February 8. It stated “the illegal coup was driven by the personal interests of the military leaders. The armed takeover and dismantling of the duly elected government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is an act of offence against the state.”
As for the arrests and charges, Dr Myint Naing, Chief Minister of Sagaing Region was arrested because he gave a speech to anti-military demonstrators through a mobile phone and brought it to Na Ma Kha (West-Northern Command). In addition, Nan Khin Htwe Myint, Chief Minister of Karen State, was brought again from house arrest by the military.
On February 7, Kyaw Swar Moe, Tun Lwin Soe, Kay Thi, Thin Thin Khaing and Ma Moe, helped transport 88 generation student Leader Min Ko Naing, of the 88 Peace and Open Society to the Rangoon protest. They were arrested after, before being released on February 8.
Thus, as of February 8, a total of (170) people have been arrested and detained in relation to the military coup on February 1. Of them, (2) were sentenced to two years imprisonment and (18) were released. A total of (152) are still under detention, including the (2) sentenced.
AAPP will continue to keep you informed of verified daily arrests, charges and sentences in relation to coup, and update our lists to the details of these alleged offences.
In Solidarity,
AAPP..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-02-09
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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"Updated 7 February 2021
On February 7, demonstrations against the military coup intensified. This morning thousands of activists, students and civilians took part in protests in Rangoon and across the country, and Min Ko Naing, 88 Generation Student Leader, arrived and stood among the protesters. Demonstrations were held at Rangoon, Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing, Ayeyarwady, Tanintharyi and Magway Regions, Naypyidaw, Mon, Shan, Karen and Kachin States. Protests were peaceful and non-violent, and police blocked the roads for protestors and watched the situation, though there were no violent crackdowns.
When police fired in the air at protestors in Myawaddy Town in Karen State, rioting broke out and a total of 14 civilians (5 women and 9 men) including former female political prisoner Khin Htar were arrested. By 6:30pm, they all were released. A woman was also shot during the protest in Myawaddy. The 8pm symbolic peaceful “Drumming out of Evil” continued across the country in opposition to the military junta.
It has also been verified that Than Lwin, NLD Chairman of Payathonzu Town of Karen State, was arrested on the night of February 6.
It has also been confirmed that Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, Chief Minister of Mandalay Division, was in the morning of February 7 moved from house-arrest with a group of MPs. He was then re-arrested and placed in another location. He is reportedly not in good health.
Phyo Min Thein, Chief Minister of Rangoon Region, was re-arrested when under house arrest last night. Tun Tun Hein, Deputy Speaker of the lower house of the Myanmar parliament was released today. He returned to his hometown Nawnghkio, Shan State as he was not allowed to return where his family lives in Rangoon.
U Htun Htun Hein, Vice Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House of the Parliament) and member of the Central Executive Committee of the NLD, was released from detention at around 10am, a family member confirmed. However, he was not allowed to return to his home in Rangoon. He and his wife are now going to Naung Cho, his birthplace in a small town, Shan State,
Therefore, as of February 7, a total of (165) people have been arrested and detained in relation to the military coup on February 1. Of them, (2) were sentenced to two years imprisonment and (13) were released. A total of (152) are still under detention, including the (2) sentenced.
In addition to all this, according to the Pyay Former Political Prisoner Group, Kyaw Nyan Tun, Myo Thant Htut and Phyu Phway will be charged under the Natural Disaster Management Law for staging a protest against the military coup in Pyay Township, Bago Division. They have not yet been detained.
AAPP will continue to keep you informed of verified daily arrests, charges and sentences in relation to coup, and update our lists to the details of these alleged offences. When police fired in the air at protestors in Myawaddy Town in Karen State, rioting broke out and a total of 14 civilians (5 women and 9 men) including former female political prisoner Khin Htar were arrested. By 6:30pm, they all were released. A woman was also shot during the protest in Myawaddy. The 8pm symbolic peaceful “Drumming out of Evil” continued across the country in opposition to the military junta.
It has also been verified that Than Lwin, NLD Chairman of Payathonzu Town of Karen State, was arrested on the night of February 6.
It has also been confirmed that Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, Chief Minister of Mandalay Division, was in the morning of February 7 moved from house-arrest with a group of MPs. He was then re-arrested and placed in another location. He is reportedly not in good health.
Phyo Min Thein, Chief Minister of Rangoon Region, was re-arrested when under house arrest last night. Tun Tun Hein, Deputy Speaker of the lower house of the Myanmar parliament was released today. He returned to his hometown Nawnghkio, Shan State as he was not allowed to return where his family lives in Rangoon.
U Htun Htun Hein, Vice Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House of the Parliament) and member of the Central Executive Committee of the NLD, was released from detention at around 10am, a family member confirmed. However, he was not allowed to return to his home in Rangoon. He and his wife are now going to Naung Cho, his birthplace in a small town, Shan State,
Therefore, as of February 7, a total of (165) people have been arrested and detained in relation to the military coup on February 1. Of them, (2) were sentenced to two years imprisonment and (13) were released. A total of (152) are still under detention, including the (2) sentenced.
In addition to all this, according to the Pyay Former Political Prisoner Group, Kyaw Nyan Tun, Myo Thant Htut and Phyu Phway will be charged under the Natural Disaster Management Law for staging a protest against the military coup in Pyay Township, Bago Division. They have not yet been detained.
AAPP will continue to keep you informed of verified daily arrests, charges and sentences in relation to coup, and update our lists to the details of these alleged offences. Today people have expressed their desire and great concern for the future of Burma. We urge the respect of people’s will and to protect peaceful protesters in ways that were not done during the past military regime in Burma. In addition, we urge foreign governments and the international community to monitor and take actions against the military coup.
In Solidarity,
AAPP..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-02-07
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-06
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"As of March 25, a total of (2981) people have been arrested, charged or sentenced in relation to the attempted military coup on February 1. (320) people are now confirmed killed by this junta coup. AAPP documented (34) fallen heroes today, 11 who were killed on March 25.
(24) of the recent detainees have been convicted. (109) have been charged with a warrant and are evading arrest. We have not completed verification of all recently released detainees over the last 2 days, but are continuing to update the list of names who were released. Fallen heroes were shot dead today in Thingangyun Township in Yangon, Khin-U Town in Sagaing Region, Mohnyin Town in Kachin State, Pyu Township in Bago Region and Taunggyi City in Shan State. (23) were killed on a previous day but added on 25 March. This is the number documented and verified by AAPP, the actual number of casualties is likely much higher. We will continue adding as and when.
Since yesterday’s silent strike, night protests were held in a number towns, some of which were violently cracked down. People were shot to death, injured, and arrested. In Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Region, a youth was killed. In Mandalay City, a 16-year-old child was killed and some others injured. In addition to this, ambulance vehicles also were shot at unprovoked.
As the illegitimate military regime attempts to halt protests before Armed Forces Day on March 27, many soldiers and so-called police commit brutal acts. Today, protests in Mohnyin and Myitkyina, Kachin State, Hpa-an Township in Karen State, Mawlamyine Township in Mon State, Taunggyi Township in Shan State, Khin-U Township in Sagaing Region, Mandalay City, and Thingangyun and Tamwe Township in Yangon Region were violently crackdown..."
Source/publisher:
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP)
Date of publication:
2021-03-25
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2021-04-06
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Eggs left on doorsteps and hanging in bags on front gates after death toll from turmoil reaches 557
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"Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar have inscribed messages on boiled eggs in an Easter-themed protest against the country’s military junta.
The country has been gripped by turmoil since a coup in February ousted the civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Security forces have sought to quell a mass uprising using lethal force, with the death toll reaching 557 as of Saturday, according to the local monitoring group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
To coincide with Easter Sunday, scores of Myanmar protesters decorated eggs with political messages and left them on neighbour’s doorsteps and hanging in bags on front gates. Pictures posted on social media on Sunday showed eggs adorned with Aung San Suu Kyi’s likeness and three-finger salutes – a symbol of the resistance – while others said “save our people” and “democracy”. “I am Buddhist but I have joined this campaign because it is easy to get hold of eggs. I spent almost one hour decorating my eggs,” said one Yangon-based egg decorator. “I am praying for Myanmar’s current situation to get back to democracy.”
A Facebook group promoting the egg protest urged people to be respectful of Christian traditions on Easter Sunday. Myanmar’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal Charles Bo, tweeted an Easter message: “Jesus has risen: Hallelujah – Myanmar will rise again!”
Protesters hit the streets of Mandalay early on Sunday, some carrying flags and riding motorbikes. It comes after four protesters were killed on Saturday in the cities of Bago and Monywa.
While foreign companies have faced growing calls to sever ties with the junta, the French energy firm Total announced on Sunday it would not halt gas production in Myanmar. Its chief executive, Patrick Pouyanné, said Total had a duty to stay the course.
“Can a company like Total decide to cut off the electricity supply to millions of people – and in so doing, disrupt the operation of hospitals, businesses?” he told the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche..."
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"The Guardian" (UK)
Date of publication:
2021-04-04
Date of entry/update:
2021-04-04
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