Myanmar: cycle of human rights abuses and persecution continues, Bashelet warns TOU

Michelle Bachelet Told the Human Rights Council, “What we are seeing today is a systematic and widespread use of maneuvers against the common people, in the context of which they have sufficient grounds to believe that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed. Is gone. ”

Dangerous situation

Since the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, 1900 people have died at the hands of the military and the United Nations has recorded that nearly one million people have been displaced within the country.

Apart from these, about 14 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

“The humanitarian situation is very dangerous,” said Michelle Bachelet, head of human rights.

Military coups have devastated Myanmar’s economy. Millions of people have run out of income, the country’s currency has faltered, and prices are skyrocketing.

“Despite all this, my office is doing its job to monitor and document the level and scale of human rights abuses,” he assured.

Violence, meanwhile, has deepened, with ordinary people receiving little protection from the military.

The military has violated international humanitarian law, including the burning of entire villages, homes and schools. The army has also destroyed food stores and other basic necessities.

The people of the country, despite repression and violence, have continued to oppose the army and its attempts to establish control by the army; And this courage of the people has greatly affected the UN human rights chief.

However, he also says that the common man is facing conditions like arbitrary arrests and detentions.

Death row

Since February 1, 2021, there have been reports of 13,000 people being arrested for protesting against the country’s military.
And a military spokesman recently announced that four people would be executed.

“I urge the military to immediately refrain from such repressive measures, which would not only violate the right to life, but also further jeopardize the prospects for political reconciliation,” said Michelle Bachelet.

Persecution of Rohingya

The military has continued to use hostile and derogatory language, mainly to intimidate and marginalize Muslim Rohingya in Rakhine State. Millions of Rohingya from this province migrated to Bangladesh in 2017 for security reasons.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the army has imposed very discriminatory restrictions on the movement of Rohingya people.

Over the past few weeks, 300 Rohingya Muslims have been arrested on charges of leaving their communities “illegally”, while hundreds more have been persecuted for exercising their basic right to freedom of movement. Some have been jailed for up to two years.