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"On Friday 2 April 2021, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar ("Myanmar" ), acting through
the legitimate parliamentary-designated Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
("CRPH")) directed its international legal counsel at the law firm of Volterra Fietta to make a
series of communications to different International Human Rights bodies of the United
Nations, in relation to the atrocities that have been committed by the military since 1
February 2021 against the people of Myanmar and their legitimate, democratically-elected
representatives. On 7 April 2021, there will be a meeting between the legal representatives
of Myanmar (acting through CRPH) and the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism
for Myanmar ("IIMM"). This meeting is intended to discuss the modalities of dialogue and
co-operation between Myanmar (acting through CRPH) and the IIMM in relation to the
atrocities committed by the military on 1 February 2021 and thereafter.
CRPH has received 180,000 items of evidence. This evidence shows widescale abuses of
human rights by the military:
1. More than 540 extra-judicial executions
2. More than 10 deaths in custody of political prisoners
3. Torture of prisoners
4. Widespread use of lethal force and other disproportionate responses on peaceful
protestors and other breaches of the right to peaceful assembly
5. Widespread illegal detentions
6. Targeting and arresting journalists, media companies and photographers
7. Restricting access to the internet and other actions to limit free speech on the
internet
DrS asa
6th April 2021..."
Source/publisher:
Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)
Date of Publication:
2021-04-06
Date of entry:
2021-05-11
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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