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Asia Centre highlights Myanmar’s alarming erosion of religious rights in new report

The 2021 military coup in Myanmar accelerated the decline of religious rights, particularly for ethno-religious minorities, says a new report by Asia Centre. The study highlights four main oppressive practices, including targeted violence, destruction of religious sites, arbitrary detentions, and escalated persecution of the Rohingya population. Despite the junta justifying these practices as national security measures, their impact is a rapid erosion of religious freedoms, especially post-coup This report is available for download here: https://tinyurl.com/mw6x9z4a
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Civil society welcomes special review of junta’s Myanmar national human rights commission’s status in global body

The CSO Working Group and the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) welcome the decision to initiate a Special Review of Myanmar’s military junta-controlled human rights commission in October. This comes after repeated calls to revoke its membership and strip its ‘B’ status. The Special Review aims to address the commission’s non-compliance with international human rights standards and its involvement in the junta’s atrocity crimes.
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International anger as air strikes kill dozens in Myanmar

Dozens killed in Myanmar air strikes, including schoolchildren, as UN and Western nations condemn attacks and demand accountability. Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy in tatters since a military coup in February 2021. The death toll from the early Tuesday morning strike on the remote Kanbalu township is unclear, but at least 50 fatalities and dozens of injuries have been reported by local media. The military has faced international condemnation for razing villages, mass killings and air strikes on civilians.
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