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.
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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