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Coup Watch April 2021: Government Locked Out of the House While Junta Launches New Civil War Inside
May 2nd, 2021 •
Author:
Altsean-Burma
,
Burma Human Rights Network
,
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK
,
Initiatives for International Dialogue
,
International Federation for Human Rights
,
Progressive Voice
,
US Campaign for Burma
,
and Women Peace Network
•
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The SAC junta continues to escalate its war on its own civilians in a desperate attempt to gain political, territorial and economic control of the country. Brutal crackdowns and massacres of civilian protestors in Burma’s towns and cities are accompanied by deadly, indiscriminate airstrikes in Kachin and Karen States. During April alone, security forces killed at least 288 civilians and displaced over 27,000.The junta sentenced 26 civilians to death in military tribunals.
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