Relying primarily on homemade, improvised weapons, Andrews said the armed groups were engaging in protection and ambush operations, while up against one of the largest militaries in the world that has responded with “indiscriminate attacks on entire villages and towns”. Andrews highlighted the civilian-led “People’s Defense Forces” (PDFs), which have formed in parts of the country, noting that the opposition National Unity Government has declared a “defensive war” against the junta and its forces. “By some accounts, the public’s widespread refusal to pay utility bills and some taxes have cost the junta an estimated $1 billion in revenue.”
“People throughout Myanmar from all walks of life are engaging in what can accurately be described as ‘citizen sanctions’ - boycotts of products produced by military-owned companies as well as the payment of energy bills and taxes,” he said. The expert urged governments to support the people of Myanmar’s own boycotts against the junta, by imposing stronger coordinated economic pressure and an arms embargo. Many continue to treat patients clandestinely despite the enormous personal risk, he added. The junta has outstanding arrest warrants for 600 healthcare workers, forcing them into hiding. Junta forces attacked healthcare workers or facilities in at least 260 separate incidences from 1 February to 25 August 2021. Medical doctors have informed him of military raids on charity and make-shift health facilities, destroying, damaging or confiscating medical equipment, while abducting, beating, and arbitrarily detaining their colleagues. Junta forces are harassing, arbitrarily detaining, torturing and killing healthcare providers in retribution for the leadership that many provided to the civil disobedience, he said. The right to health is being undermined by the junta’s assault on the health care system, Mr. The same commanders who oversaw the mass atrocity crimes committed against the Rohingya in 2017 are now overseeing the military junta, putting more than 600,000 Rohingya living in Myanmar in danger. Andrews said, denying them citizenship, freedom of movement and other fundamental rights. The junta also continues to deny the existence of the Rohingya ethnic minority, Mr. These victims include very young children as young as 20-weeks old, he said. The rights expert said he had received credible reports that at least 177 individuals were arbitrarily detained when the initial target of a raid had successfully eluded arrest. Andrews, the junta is increasingly relying on the use of collective punishment, including the abduction of family members of those who have been issued arrest warrants, but who police and military forces are unable to locate.
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Freedoms of expression, of association, the right to privacy, access to justice, and a free press have also been dismantled.
Andrews also told the Council he had received credible reports of children being tortured, including two boys who were starved and then had their legs burnt with iron rods.Ĭivil and political rights in Myanmar have also been systematically destroyed by the junta, Mr. These children were hit by junta driven vehicles, shot by junta forces or killed by junta artillery shells. Children not sparedĪs of July, the junta had killed at least 75 children ranging in age from 14 months to 17 years, the rights expert said. Entire villages have also been attacked using airstrikes, sieges and mass arson and civilians have been forced to serve as porters and human shields. This has been carried out through bombings, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, he said. Andrews described how junta-controlled military forces have killed protesters in the streets, murdered civilians in their homes, beaten individuals to death and tortured people to death while in detention.
Read more: #HRC48 /YyzbYiOHPV- UN Special Procedures September 22, 2021 The expert urges a change of course to avert further human rights abuses and deaths. 🇲🇲 #Myanmar: tells that conditions in Myanmar following the 1 February military coup have worsened.
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