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Junta arrests 22 civilians after mine blast in Sagaing region

March 6, 2023/in News

The arrested include 3 civil disobedience movement teachers. Junta troops have been rounding up civilians in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region in the hunt for supporters of anti-regime militias after a mine blast that killed two People’s Defense Force Members. Three of the 22 civilians were released Sunday, leaving 19 in custody including three civil defense […]

AAPP Press Release: New Report “Towards Accountability: The Urgent Need for Renewed International Attention to Sit-Tat’s Crimes Against Humanity in Burma”

March 2, 2023/in Member statements

Junta arrests 22 civilians after mine blast in Sagaing region

March 6, 2023/in News

AAPP Press Release: New Report “Towards Accountability: The Urgent Need for Renewed International Attention to Sit-Tat’s Crimes Against Humanity in Burma”

March 2, 2023/in Member statements

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Junta arrests 22 civilians after mine blast in Sagaing region

March 6, 2023/in News

The arrested include 3 civil disobedience movement teachers.

Junta troops have been rounding up civilians in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region in the hunt for supporters of anti-regime militias after a mine blast that killed two People’s Defense Force Members.

Three of the 22 civilians were released Sunday, leaving 19 in custody including three civil defense movement teachers, according to a spokesman for the local defense force.

The arrests follow the capture of two People’s Defense Force members in Indaw township on Friday after the mine blast hit a police vehicle escorted by military soldiers in Indaw town center.

“Troops are patrolling most of the areas and market places in town by vehicle,” said a local who requested anonymity. “The two boys who triggered the mine died. Two boys who went to see the place where the mine exploded were arrested.”

The information officer for the local People’s Defense Force (PDF) said troops rounded up locals from Friday through Sunday.

“On the morning of March 3, two young PDF comrades were arrested, and they keep arresting people accused of being donors [to the PDF],” said the spokesperson who declined to be named.

He said the three women – who teach students who dropped out of school to protest the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup – were 44-year-old Aye; 52-year-old Ohn Mar; and 39-year-old Thein Hla from Indaw town.

Locals said that all of the arrested civilians were being interrogated by Indaw-based military infantry battalion 186.

Many of the shops in Indaw town are closed and the streets are silent, according to locals.

RFA’s calls to the junta council spokesman for Sagaing region, Aye Hlaing, went unanswered.

Nearly 20,000 civilians have been arrested nationwide, including more than 2,000 from Sagaing region, in the 25 months since the coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

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AAPP Press Release: New Report “Towards Accountability: The Urgent Need for Renewed International Attention to Sit-Tat’s Crimes Against Humanity in Burma”

March 2, 2023/in Member statements

March 1, 2023, marks 759 days since the military junta attempted to take control of the country and repressed pro-democracy resistance with mass arrests, massacres, and other atrocities. Today, to call on the international community to take action against the junta, AAPP has published its report, “Towards Accountability: The Urgent Need for Renewed International Attention to Sit-Tat’s Crimes Against Humanity in Burma.” The report provides AAPP data and testimonies on killings, detentions, and property seizures perpetrated by the junta against the pro-democracy movement.

To mark the report’s publication, co-founders and current Executive Committee members of AAPP, U Tate Naing and U Bo Kyi, issued the following press statements. Also included below is an excerpt from the report’s foreword written by Elaine Pearson, Asia Director of Human Rights Watch.

U Tate Naing, AAPP Secretary, said: “During the 23-year period since the founding of the organization, AAPP has been documenting countless human rights violations with strong evidence. However, this report will show that after the 2021 coup d’état, the crimes against humanity committed by Burma’s military have set a record in terms of brutality and violence. If international justice mechanisms cannot take effective action against the crimes committed by Burma’s military, the junta will only continue its commission of blatant criminal acts. Therefore, the international community must facilitate justice for the people of Burma as immediately as possible.”

U Bo Kyi, AAPP Joint-Secretary, said: “AAPP has been monitoring human rights violations committed by the junta in Burma since long ago, and we have documented many human right violations. But it is not enough to call them human rights violations. The junta has committed and is committing crimes against humanity, which are serious international crimes. It is time to take action against this junta through the ICC and all other available mechanisms.”

Elaine Pearson, Human Rights Asia Director wrote: “It’s no longer a matter of knowing that crimes against humanity have been committed in Myanmar. The question now is how the perpetrators can be held to account…The report also calls for better coordinated targeted sanctions by foreign governments on junta officials and for ASEAN member states to adopt legislation necessary to support the exercise of universal jurisdiction to facilitate the prosecution of those responsible for these crimes.”

In Solidarity,

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ND-Burma formed in 2004 in order to provide a way for Burma human rights organizations to collaborate on the human rights documentation process. The 13 ND-Burma member organizations seek to collectively use the truth of what communities in Burma have endured to advocate for justice for victims. ND-Burma trains local organizations in human rights documentation; coordinates members’ input into a common database using Martus, a secure open-source software; and engages in joint-advocacy campaigns.

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