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Myanmar junta chief vows continued crackdown, then elections

Myanmar’s junta chief vowed to continue the crackdown on opponents and insisted the military would hold elections, despite admitting it did not control enough territory to allow a vote. The putsch sparked renewed fighting with ethnic rebels and birthed dozens of anti-junta “People’s Defence Forces” (PDFs), with swathes of the country now ravaged by fighting and the economy in tatters. More than 3,100 people have been killed in the military’s crackdown on dissent since the coup, according to a local monitoring group.

The Online Citizen
27 March 2023

Myanmar’s displaced dig to safety from junta air strikes

In Myanmar’s Kayah state, displaced people live in a makeshift camp and build bunkers to protect themselves from junta shelling and air raids. With more than 90,000 people currently displaced, the military is resorting to artillery strikes and air power in its struggle to crush resistance to its rule.

The Online Citizen
20 March 2023

Myanmar military junta’s atrocities escalate despite UNSC resolution, urgent action needed, says Progressive Voice

In its latest publication, Progressive Voice highlights the Myanmar military junta’s escalation of atrocity crimes since the UN’s December 2022 resolution. They call for a Chapter VII resolution that imposes an arms embargo, sanctions, and referral to the ICC.

The Online Citizen
13 March 2023

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Myanmar junta slams UN human rights chief’s ‘irrelevant’ comments

Myanmar’s junta has dismissed the UN’s human rights chief’s claims that the military may have committed war crimes as “irrelevant,” while acknowledging the UN’s report recognized the violence committed by some anti-coup groups. The military continues to rely on air power and artillery to fight the opposition, with over 300 air strikes in the past year, according to the UN. Over 3,000 people have been killed in the military’s crackdown on dissent, and diplomatic efforts have made little headway.

The Online Citizen
8 March 2023

Southeast Asian parliamentarians urge swift action against Myanmar junta

Southeast Asian parliamentarians are urging the international community to take swift action against the illegal military junta in Myanmar. Following a roundtable discussion in Jakarta, the parliamentarians stressed that the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the junta’s atrocities is of gigantic proportions, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced from their homes. APHR Chair Mercy Barends called on ASEAN to apply strong pressure to isolate the Myanmar military, and parliamentarians urged the international community to recognize the National Unity Government and the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as the legitimately elected representatives of the people of Myanmar.