Coup Update
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11 March 2021
International and Regional
- ALTSEAN-Burma/ COVID-19 pandemic in Burma/Myanmar: Junta’s attacks on civil society & health workers are killing domestic COVID-19 response
- Amnesty International/ Myanmar: Vast arsenal and notorious troops deployed during nationwide ‘killing spree’ protest crackdown – new research
- BROUK (Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK)/ BROUK calls for the immediate release of 150 Rohingya refugees detained by police in India
- ERC (European Rohingya Council)/ Arbitrary Detention of Rohingya Refugees in Jammu and Kashmir
- FORUM-ASIA (Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development)/ HRC46 Oral Statement on Item 4: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
- ICR (International Campaign for the Rohingya)/ Apparel Brands Must Act to End Intimidation of Workers Engaged in the Civil Disobedience Movement in Myanmar
- India/ Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, during the 46th Session of Human Rights Council
- Thailand (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)/ Statement on the situation in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, 11 March 2021
- UN (Human Rights Council) Statement by Thomas H. Andrewsy, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar (Burmese)
- UN (Human Rights Council 46th session)/ Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas H. Andrews
- UN (Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar)/ Myanmar junta crackdown likely crimes against humanity requiring coordinated international response – UN expert
- US. (the White House)/ FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Actions in Response to the Coup in Burma
Domestic
- AAPP (Assistance Association for Political Prisoners)/ 11 March 2021 Daily Briefing, Detention and Fatality Lists in Relation to Military Coup
- BHRN (Burma Human Rights Network)/ BHRN Condemns Military’s Persecution of Muslim NLD Members
- CSO Working Group on MNHRC Reform and 56 Local and Regional CSOs and Networks/ International Partners Must End all Cooperation with the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (Burmese)
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