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Myanmar’s Shadow Government Prepares Evidence of Junta War Crimes

September 13, 2021/in News

Myanmar’s junta has committed massacres and war crimes in Sagaing Region by murdering about 112 people within three months, according to the Human Rights Ministry of the civilian National Unity Government (NUG). Evidence of junta massacres and war crimes will be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council this month, U Aung Myo Min, […]

Weekly Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar : Post-Coup (September 6-12) 2021

September 13, 2021/in HR Situation

Myanmar’s Shadow Government Prepares Evidence of Junta War Crimes

September 13, 2021/in News

Weekly Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar : Post-Coup (September 6-12) 2021

September 13, 2021/in HR Situation

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Myanmar’s Shadow Government Prepares Evidence of Junta War Crimes

September 13, 2021/in News

Evidence of junta massacres and war crimes will be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council this month, U Aung Myo Min, the NUG’s human rights minister, posted on Facebook.

Myanmar’s junta killed at least 216 people in the region between March and August, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), which is compiling deaths and arrests.

The rights ministry said in July alone the regime committed a series of massacres and war crimes, killing 103 people in Kani, Depayin and Mingin townships in Sagaing Region.

In Kani Township, around 43 people, including a child, were killed in junta massacres during military operations.

The rights ministry said four civilians were tortured and killed in Shinoretat village in Kani Township on July 1.

Another 16 villagers were killed by junta forces in Yin village on July 11 to 12 and more than 23 villagers and civilian resistance fighters, including a disabled person, were tortured and killed at Zee Pin Twin and Htoo villages on July 26 and 27.

The NUG has already reported the junta massacres in Kani to the UN Security Council in August.

U Aung Myo Min told The Irrawaddy last month that willful killing, torture of unarmed civilians and the intentional, excessive use of force constitute war crimes.

Nineteen people, including resistance fighters, were murdered by junta forces in Mingin Township in July.

Eleven out of 57 detained members of the People’s Defense Forces (PDF) were reportedly killed by junta forces in detention, according to the rights ministry.

A junta massacre, leaving more than 40 civilians dead, including several children, was reported in Depayin Township in early July.

During the raids on villages, junta forces used artillery against civilian targets and reportedly opened fire on villagers fleeing for the forests.

In the massacre, six wounded resistance fighters, left behind by retreating civilian combatants, were shot in the head by the soldiers.

Villagers were also shot dead by junta troops the next day when they returned to look for the dead and wounded.

At the time a villager told The Irrawaddy that looting civilian property and shooting at fleeing civilians were human rights violations.

After the declaration of the people’s war against the junta by the NUG on September 7, junta forces have escalated inspections and arrests but also violence and raids, including burning down villages across the country, especially in Sagaing and Magwe regions and Kayah State.

Meanwhile, the PDFs across the country have stepped up operations targeting junta forces and junta-owned telecom masts.

By Saturday, 1,080 people had been killed by junta forces across the country, the AAPP said.

Almost 8,050 people, including elected government leaders, have been detained by the junta or face arrest warrants.

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Weekly Update on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar : Post-Coup (September 6-12) 2021

September 13, 2021/in HR Situation

Despite seven months of harrowing violence and state-sponsored atrocities perpetrated with impunity against innocent civilians, the people have not lost sight of their unwavering commitment to dismantle the junta. On Tuesday, 7 September the acting President of the National Unity Government (NUG), Duwa Lashi Li, declared war against the Myanmar armed forces. ‘D-Day’ has been well received by civilians who have been suffering under the military’s rule for months. Even with the anticipated increase in violence and further risks civilians face, it seems the majority agree that “there is nothing worse than life under military rule.” The NUG encouraged people to stock up on food, medicine and to only travel if necessary – in anticipation of increased check points by the military.

In response, Zaw Min Tun, the junta spokesperson accused the NUG of appealing to the international community in anticipation of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on 14 September. Countries in attendance must decide which authority is the representative of Myanmar in the meetings to come.

The decision by the NUG is significant as it shows defiance not only against the junta, but also to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other international bodies who have failed in their obligations in relation to the human rights situation in Myanmar. Prior to D-Day, the ASEAN Special Envoy had called for a four-month ceasefire to allow for the flow of humanitarian aid – which the junta hastily agreed to. The NUG questioned the ceasefire agreement which was seemingly brokered between the junta – without any consultation of the NUG or the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH). The Myanmar Army has a history of regularly violating ceasefire agreements.

Fighting has already intensified in urban and rural areas against the junta’s military forces. In Yangon, as pharmacies and shops flooded with customers ‘panic buying’ military jets flew over the city and soldiers took defensive positions in several shopping malls.

Several ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) and People’s Defence Forces (PDF) expressed their commitment to the nationwide offensive against the junta including the Chin Defense Forces, the Kachin Independence Army and the Karen National Union. The Mandalay Student Union also expressed enthusiastic support of the uprising by vowing to be at the forefront of the fight against the junta.

CHIN STATE

The Myanmar junta has killed over 100 civilians in Chin State since the coup including 14 children and seven women. The regime has also refused to return the bodies of at least seven to grieving families. The Chin National Organization has been documenting human rights and has called on the UN to take action for crimes against humanity. Religious buildings continue to be destroyed by the junta across the country. Junta troops looted and destroyed a church and a Buddhist monastery in Mindat Township.

Since the NUG declared war on the junta, Chin defense forces have warned their communities against the onslaught of increasing violence.

KAYAH STATE

Karenni State has been plagued by mounting state-wide violence. According to the Progressive Karenni People Force (PKPF), there have been sixty-clashes between the junta and Karenni resistance groups since the coup. This has resulted in 83 civilian casualties which includes members of the People’s Defense Forces, and IDPs. PKPF adds that 120 others have been abducted and over 120 000 internally displaced.

Four junta soldiers were killed in an ambush by the Karenni Army (KA) and Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) in Demawso Township on 7 September. Reports are once again circulating of an increase in violence anticipated since D-Day was declared.

SHAN STATE

In Pekon Township, southern Shan State, a couple was forced by the junta to walk in front of the regime and guide them. They were used as human shields to protect themselves in any ambush by People’s Defense Forces. This is becoming a more common occurrence as civilians are trapped in the crossfire and left without any choice but to obey the soldiers commands.

On 1 September, the Myanmar junta launched an offensive against the Pekon People’s Defence Force and the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force.

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