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Coup Watch March 2021 – Junta Launches Military Offensive on Democracy Movement in Desperate Bid for Control
April 1st, 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 junta, still unable to gain political, territorial or economic control in the second month of its power grab, has escalated military offensives on both the democracy movement and border-based ethnic communities. Security forces have unleashed lethal battlefield tactics and weapons on civilians throughout the country, killing scores in the towns and cities of Ayeyarwaddy, Bago, Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing, Shan, Thanitharyi, and Yangon States and Regions.
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