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13-year-old boy killed by artillery fire in Mindat

February 12, 2022/in News

The boy was hit as he and his family were fleeing an approaching military convoy travelling along the Mindat-Matupi road A 13-year-old boy was killed in Chin State’s Mindat Township on Monday after he was hit by an artillery shell fired by regime forces travelling on the Mindat-Matupi road, according to local resistance sources. The […]

The Karenni Human Rights Group and The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Release a New Joint Report Calling for Accountability for Human Rights Violations Committed in Karenni (Kayah) State

February 9, 2022/in Press Releases and Statements

9 February 2022 For Immediate Release Today, the Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG) and the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) with supporting data from a local Karenni women’s organization release a new briefing paper, “The World Must Know,” which finds evidence of crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the military […]

13-year-old boy killed by artillery fire in Mindat

February 12, 2022/in News

The Karenni Human Rights Group and The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Release a New Joint Report Calling for Accountability for Human Rights Violations Committed in Karenni (Kayah) State

February 9, 2022/in Press Releases and Statements

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13-year-old boy killed by artillery fire in Mindat

February 12, 2022/in News

The boy was hit as he and his family were fleeing an approaching military convoy travelling along the Mindat-Matupi road

A 13-year-old boy was killed in Chin State’s Mindat Township on Monday after he was hit by an artillery shell fired by regime forces travelling on the Mindat-Matupi road, according to local resistance sources.

The victim, eighth-grade student Mg Hung Ki, died while he and his family were trying to flee junta troops approaching their village, the sources said.

“His family’s house was on the side of the road, so they ran down into a valley to hide. That’s when one of the military’s artillery shells hit him,” said Yaw Marn, the spokesperson for the Mindat chapter of the Chinland Defence Force (CDF).

“He died instantly,” he added.

Several houses were also destroyed in the attack, according to the CDF Mindat spokesperson.

The forces that opened fire on the village were part of a convoy of more than 70 military vehicles, including two tanks, that has been going back and forth along the Mindat-Matupi road since early January.

The convoy has faced repeated attacks from resistance forces. At least 20 regime troops were killed as it was returning to Mindat from Matupi in late January, according to Yaw Marn.

“The junta convoy was on its way back from Matupi when it was hit by a series of explosions,” he said, adding that the soldiers retaliated by firing indiscriminately into nearby villages.

“They just blindly opened fire along the way. So many shells fell into villages,” he told Myanmar Now.

It took the convoy 16 days to travel from Matupi to Mindat—a journey that can usually be made in a single day—due to the constant harassment by resistance fighters, he said.

When the convoy finally reached Mindat at around 8pm on Tuesday, troops from Light Infantry Battalion 274 fired heavy artillery in the direction of villages north of the town, according to Yaw Marn.

“It felt like the earth was shaking,” he said, noting that the sound could be heard more than 30km away.

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Mindat villagers flee their homes in late May 2021 (Mindat People’s Administration Team)

Nearly 10,000 civilians have been displaced in Mindat Township due to the fighting, according to local relief groups. Most are said to be experiencing severe shortages of food and medicine.

The military, which cut off internet access in the township several months ago, has also disrupted food supply chains in an effort to bring the area under its control.

The township has been under martial law since May 13.

According to a statement released by the United Nations Secretary General’s country representative for Myanmar on February 7, at least 114 minors between the ages of 3 and 17 have been killed by the military since last year’s coup.

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The Karenni Human Rights Group and The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Release a New Joint Report Calling for Accountability for Human Rights Violations Committed in Karenni (Kayah) State

February 9, 2022/in Press Releases and Statements

9 February 2022

For Immediate Release

Today, the Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG) and the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) with supporting data from a local Karenni women’s organization release a new briefing paper, “The World Must Know,” which finds evidence of crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated by the military junta in Karenni (Kayah) State. We condemn the ongoing escalation of targeted attacks against civilians and call for an immediate cessation in violence.

Fighting in Karenni (Kayah) State began intensifying in May 2021. Throughout the year, Myanmar’s smallest state faced increasing military offensives which isolated the civilian population and forced over one quarter to flee for safety. The ‘Christmas Eve massacre’ on 24 December 2021, truly revealed the horrors the military junta was capable of when approximately 40 villages were arrested and set on fire in vehicles where they were burned alive. Indeed, the world must know the crimes the military has committed and the unlawful means which they have adopted to terrorize innocent people.

“The acts by these soldiers are not comparable to anything – they are not human. There are no words for the crimes they have committed which are so far outside the bounds of law. The world must know the cruel acts which have taken place in our Kayah State,” said the sister of one of the victims of the Christmas Eve massacre in an interview with ND-Burma.

Civilians are continuing to flee terrifying conditions in their homelands which have forced them to abandon their livelihoods. Thousands have been internally displaced and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Rather than respond to the needs of local people, the regime has deployed airstrikes on IDP camps and taken concrete steps to deliberately further intimidate them. These atrocities are being perpetrated by the junta in a blatant disregard for the rule of law.

The international community must take action to hold the military junta accountable for their crimes. A failure to respond with serious repercussions sends a signal to the junta that they are invincible. Since attempting to harbor power in a failed coup last year, the generals have made it very clear that they have no interest in preserving the rights and freedoms of citizens.

Coup leader, Min Aung Hlaing, is a war-criminal guilty of mass crimes including those which amounts to genocide. He, and other high-level officials must be prosecuted at the maximum level to send a strong message that widespread human rights violations are a crime and those responsible will be held accountable.

For more information:

Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma

NDBoffice@protonmail.com

Karenni Human Rights Group

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Karenni Human Rights Group is a civil society organization dedicated to reporting the current situation on the ground in Karenni state and the human rights abuses committed by the Burmese junta.

ND-Burma is a network that consists of 13-member organisations who represent a range of ethnic nationalities, women and former political prisoners. ND-Burma member organisations have been documenting human rights abuses and fighting for justice for victims since 2004. The network consists of nine Full Members and four Affiliate Members as follows:

Full Members

Affiliate Members:

Chin Human Rights Organization
East Bago – Former Political Prisoners Network
Pa-O Youth Organization
Progressive Voice

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