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Child killed as military shells village during Ayeyarwady River crossing in Kachin State

September 26, 2022/in News

A junta column fires artillery into a village in the attempted advance, but loses more than 20 soldiers to an ambush on its boats, a resistance spokesperson says A nine-year-old boy was killed when the Myanmar army fired heavy artillery into a village along the Ayeyarwady River last week in Kachin State’s Shwegu Township, according […]

Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta

September 26, 2022/in Member statements

PRESS RELEASE: *Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta* Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Holds First Hearing into Law 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court Jakarta 26 September 2022: The Constitutional Court in Jakarta has held its first hearing into whether the law governing the Human Rights Court can be changed, allowing […]

Child killed as military shells village during Ayeyarwady River crossing in Kachin State

September 26, 2022/in News

Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta

September 26, 2022/in Member statements

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Child killed as military shells village during Ayeyarwady River crossing in Kachin State

September 26, 2022/in News

A junta column fires artillery into a village in the attempted advance, but loses more than 20 soldiers to an ambush on its boats, a resistance spokesperson says

A nine-year-old boy was killed when the Myanmar army fired heavy artillery into a village along the Ayeyarwady River last week in Kachin State’s Shwegu Township, according to a member of the resistance.

On September 22, a unit of some 100 soldiers from the junta’s Infantry Battalion (IB) 78—under the supervision of Light Infantry Division 88—attempted to cross the river in boats from the village of Kyun Taw to Moe Sit, on the opposite bank, when they came under attack.

The Kachin People’s Defence Force (KPDF) chapter from the town of Myohla, more than 20 miles northwest of Moe Sit, ambushed the column from their position in the village at around 2pm. The military forces still in Kyun Taw responded by firing artillery in the direction of the resistance.

Several of the junta’s shells hit the village of Moe Sit, killing nine-year-old Zwe Naing Moe. A Myohla KPDF spokesperson told Myanmar Now that the boy was hiding when he was hit by one of the blasts.

Four other civilians were reportedly injured in the attack, including a local teacher who lost his leg. Further information about the villagers who were wounded was not available at the time of reporting, as most of Moe Sit’s residents had fled. At least one home was also burned down.

During the one-hour battle, the resistance forces destroyed multiple boats and killed an estimated 27 soldiers, according to the Myohla KPDF spokesperson.

“[The military] fired both automatic weapons and heavy weapons as soon as they started crossing the river and we managed to sink three of their ferries. So many of them died although some jumped into the water, swam away and escaped,” he said.
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Map of Shwegu Township showing the locations of Myohla town and the villages of Kyauk Ta Lone, Kyun Taw and Moe Sit along the Ayeyarwady River

The IB 78 column had left the village of Kyauk Ta Lone in western Shwegu days earlier and had since been occupying Kyun Taw.

Starting on the morning of September 23, the remaining 80 junta troops based in Kyun Taw began searching homes in the village, causing more locals in the area to flee.

The Myohla KPDF withdrew from Moe Sit due to the proximity of the Myanmar army soldiers.

“The junta force is still inside the village [of Kyun Taw]. We decided to withdraw so that more villagers would not be harmed,” the resistance force’s spokesperson said.

Local anti-junta defence forces have repeatedly attacked military vessels travelling along the Ayeyarwady River sending reinforcement troops into Kachin State.

Serious battles have also been taking place in Katha Township, located across the Sagaing Region border with Shwegu Township in Kachin State.

A resistance alliance led by the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front clashed with a junta unit from Light Infantry Battalion 309 near the township’s administrative centre on the same day as the heavy fighting along the Ayeyarwady River in Shwegu.

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Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta

September 26, 2022/in Member statements

PRESS RELEASE:

*Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta*

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Holds First Hearing into Law 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court

Jakarta 26 September 2022: The Constitutional Court in Jakarta has held its first hearing into whether the law governing the Human Rights Court can be changed, allowing a case to be brought in Indonesia against perpetrators of atrocity crimes in Myanmar.

Salai Za Uk Ling, Deputy Executive Director of the Chin Human Rights Organisation said “more and more states are permitting universal jurisdiction cases such as the Rohingya genocide case in Argentina and the case in Turkey against the Myanmar junta. This is a golden opportunity for Indonesia to position itself at the leading edge of positive change.”

The Indonesian constitution upholds the universal protection of rights, asserting that “everyone has the right to recognition, guarantee, protection, fair legal certainty, and equal treatment before the law. [Article 28D paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution].

The 1945 Constitution protects human rights regardless of citizenship status.

On September 7, 2022, a group leading figures submitted an application to the Court to remove the phrase “by an Indonesian citizen” from Article 5 of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court. This stipulates “the human rights court is also authorized to examine and decide cases of gross human rights violations outside the territory of Indonesia, which are committed by Indonesian citizens.”

According to the petitioners, Article 5 clearly violates the universality of the 1945 Constitution. It also limits Indonesia’s role in realizing world peace and upholding the rule of law, as the Constitution stipulates.

The Constitutional Court Session was attended by Marzuki Darusman (Petitioner I) and Sasmito, Chairman of Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, AJI, (Petitioner III) along with 17 Attorneys for the Petitioners.

The Preliminary Examination was broadcast live on the Constitutional Court’s Youtube channel: Sidang Perkara Nomor 89/PUU-XX/2022. Senin, 26 September 2022. – YouTube

The next hearing by the Constitutional Court on this petition will be held on 11 October.

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The legal team for the petitioners included the Human Rights Universality Team (U-HAM), THEMIS Indonesia Law Firm; LBH-PP Muhammadiyah; LBH-Pers on behalf of the Petitioners: Marzuki Darusman, Busyro Muqoddas, and AJI-Indonesia.

For further information please contact:

Ibn Syamsu, Themis Indonesia (082228682201)

Gufroni, LBH-PP Muhammadiyah ( 085714158130)

Ade Wahyudin, LBH Press (085773238190)

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