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NEW THREATS FROM THE AIR

January 1, 2022/in Member statements, ND-Burma Members' Reports

New report maps out SAC war crimes in northern BurmaA new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) provides evidence, including detailedmaps, of war crimes by forces of the State Administration Council (SAC) regime in Kachin State and northern Shan State during the past six months.“New Threats from the Air” reveals a new and […]

UN Security Council Demands Answers Over Myanmar’s Christmas Eve Massacre

December 30, 2021/in News

The United Nations Security Council has called for accountability for the Christmas Eve massacre in Hpruso Township, Kayah State, in which at least 35 people, including four children and two Save the Children staff, were killed in Myanmar. Photos from a Kayah-based group showed the charred remains of bodies on burned trucks in the rural […]

NEW THREATS FROM THE AIR

January 1, 2022/in Member statements, ND-Burma Members' Reports

UN Security Council Demands Answers Over Myanmar’s Christmas Eve Massacre

December 30, 2021/in News

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New report maps out SAC war crimes in northern Burma
A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) provides evidence, including detailed
maps, of war crimes by forces of the State Administration Council (SAC) regime in Kachin State and northern Shan State during the past six months.
“New Threats from the Air” reveals a new and deadly trend of airstrikes over populated villages in Kachin
State, in apparent retaliation for conflict losses along strategic transport routes. Five airstrikes in Putao,
Hpakant and along the Irrawaddy river killed two villagers and injured thirteen, including six children, in
the first few months of this year.
Maps show how SAC troops from the notorious assault divisions ID 33, ID 88 and ID 99, have fired artillery
shells directly into civilian areas. Thirteen shelling incidents during the past six months killed eight villagersand injured twenty, including six children.
Maps also provide evidence of ongoing confidence of impunity for sexual violence by SAC troops. A rape
attempt by a SAC soldier in Kutkai on April 12 took place only a few kilometers from where a soldier from
the same battalion raped an elderly woman in November last year.
The report documents thirteen incidents of indiscriminate shooting by SAC troops, injuring seven civilians
and killing eleven – including a seven-year-old boy killed in his bed in Myitkyina, when troops shot randomly into civilian houses following a bomb explosion in the town.
Twenty-three people have been arbitrarily arrested by SAC forces across Kachin State, including seven
who were severely tortured to make them confess to being members of the Kachin Independence Army
(KIA) or People’s Defence Forces (PDF). Dozens of villagers, including women, have been forced to walk
between SAC troops as human shields in Momauk, Hpakant and Namtu.
Ongoing fighting and SAC abuses have caused new displacement of over 5,700 villagers across northern
Burma during the past six months.
KWAT is calling urgently for increased diplomatic and economic pressure on the military regime to end
their atrocities, and enable the transfer of power to a democratically elected government under a new federalconstitution.

For more information:
Moon Nay Li (+66 855233791)
San Htoi (+95 9761113558

Download Report in [English] [Burmese]

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UN Security Council Demands Answers Over Myanmar’s Christmas Eve Massacre

December 30, 2021/in News

Photos from a Kayah-based group showed the charred remains of bodies on burned trucks in the rural area.

Security Council president Abdou Abarry from Niger said in a statement that the global body condemned the slaughter and “called for the immediate cessation of all violence and emphasized the importance of respect for human rights and of ensuring safety of civilians”.

The statement added that members reaffirmed their support for the people of Myanmar and the country’s democratic transition.

The statement stressed “the need for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need, and for the full protection, safety and security of humanitarian and medical personnel”.

The Security Council action on Myanmar is normally vetoed by permanent members Russia and China. In the wake of the Feb. 1 coup, the council failed to condemn the military takeover as both Russia and China, which maintain close relations with the military, blocked the move and insisted it was a domestic affair.

The human rights affairs minister in the parallel National Unity Government U Aung Myo Min said: “It also very important that justice is done for every crime the military regime has committed.

He said the lack of any rule of law in Myanmar meant the NUG was looking to the international courts to bring the junta leaders to justice. Delays in international action, however, pushed “the people to take matters into their own hands”, U Aung Myo Min added.

The massacre happened after a battle between junta troops and the Karenni Army and the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), an alliance of resistance groups fighting the regime in Kayah State.

Junta soldiers detained villagers near Moso and killed and burned them along with seven vehicles and five motorbikes.

Four members of the Karenni Nationalities People’s Liberation Front, a border guard force which agreed a ceasefire with the former junta in 1994, were tied up and shot in the head while they were negotiating with junta forces for the release of the abductees, according to the resistance group.

The Security Council’s condemnations echoed statements from domestic civil society organizations, ethnic armed groups, Save the Children and Myanmar’s envoys to the UN.

The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths condemned the junta’s actions and called for a thorough investigation.

Armed resistance against the junta began in Kayah State in late May and nearly half of the state’s population of around 150,000 has been displaced by fighting. An estimated 187 people in the state had been killed by Dec. 26, said the Progressive Karenni People’s Force.

By Wednesday, at least 1,382 civilians have been killed by the junta and an estimated 11,254 have been detained with more than 8,000 still in detention.

The junta’s crackdowns and offensives against the civilians opposing the regime include indiscriminate shooting, launching artillery and frequent aerial bombardment.

The UN’s special envoy to Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, on Tuesday called for a New Year’s ceasefire.

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