Myanmar's military junta detaining women, children to quell protests: UN official

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Ömer Faruk Madanoğlu
ISTANBUL
31.08.2023

Extent of sexual assault crimes against Rohingya women shocked me like never before, says UN investigator for Myanmar

United Nations Information Office in Yangon, Myanmar ( Aung Naing Soe - Anadolu Agency )

A senior UN official who visited Myanmar after the February 2021 coup said the lives of women and children in the Southeast Asian nation were at a particular risk.

Nicholas Koumjian, head of the UN's Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, told Anadolu that prior to the coup in Myanmar, the UN tried to resolve tensions between the military junta and the former government.

Stop ‘widespread violence’ against children in Myanmar, UN officials urge

UN News
Peace and Security
2 April 2021

Unsplash/Justin Min,The Sule pagoda in downtown Yangon, the commercial hub of Myanmar.

Senior United Nations officials on Thursday strongly condemned the ongoing violence by Myanmar’s security forces against civilians, including children, as the members of the Security Council expressed alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the country.

Hundreds of civilians, including at least 44 children (as of 31 March) have been killed in the crackdown across the country, including a 7-year-old girl, who was shot while in her home. Countless more have been seriously injured, since the military coup on 1 February.

UN Official Calls For Coordinated International Action To Oust Myanmar Coup Leaders

eurasia review
By Lisa Schlein
By VOA

March 12, 2021 

Myanmar's military junta leader, General Min Aung Hlaing. Photo Credit: Mil.ru

A United Nations investigator is accusing Myanmar’s military junta of likely crimes against humanity and is urging international coordinated action to isolate and get rid of the regime. The report is under review by the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Special raporteur Thomas Andrews says that since Myanmar’s military seized power from the elected government February 1, security forces have murdered at least 70 people and arbitrarily arrested more than 2,000.

He says there is video evidence of security forces viciously beating protestors, destroying property, looting shops, and firing indiscriminately into people’s homes. He says the junta has been systematically destroying legal protections and crushing freedom of expression and assembly.

Bangladesh warns UN officials over Rohingya refugees

World Socialist Web Site
By Rohantha De Silva
26 September 2019

 Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen has warned United Nations officials that they must support Dhaka’s harsh treatment of Rohingya refugees or leave the country. Momen made the remarks in an interview early this month with Deutsche Welle, Germany’s public broadcaster.