The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup covers three days of PDF and EAO attacks, as well as regime massacres, in Kachin, Kayah and Karen states and Magwe and Mandalay regions.
Civilians are trapped in the town and at least one has been killed as the regime responded to a resistance attack with air strikes and shooting in residential areas.
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Myanmar military should end its use of violence and respect democracy
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The undersigned groups today denounced an apparent coup in Myanmar, and associated violence, which has suspended civilian government and effectively returned full power to the military.
On 1 February, the military arbitrarily detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of the National League for Democracy. A year-long state of emergency was declared, installing Vice-President and former lieutenant-general Myint Swe as the acting President. Myint Swe immediately handed over power to commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (Section 418 of Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution enables transfer of legislative, executive, and judicial powers to the Commander in Chief). Internet connections and phone lines throughout the country were disrupted, pro-democracy activists have been arbitrarily arrested, with incoming reports of increased detentions. Soldiers in armored cars have been visibly roam