Myanmar: Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity
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Coup Leads to Crimes Against Humanity in Myanmar
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Myanmar security forces have killed more than 100 teenagers in protest violence following the Feb. 1 military coup that overthrew the country’s democratically elected civilian government, sources in the country say.
Some were killed in random and unprovoked shootings, among them a 17-year-old medical student and another 17-year-old shot dead while riding his motorbike, family members told RFA in interviews, saying they still mourn their loved ones’ loss.
Khant Nyar Hein, then in his first year of medical school, was shot in the head and killed on March 14 during protests in front of a police station in Tarmwe, his father said, adding that his son had hoped someday to build hospitals and other medical facilities to provide treatment to rural people in remote parts of the country.
AFP
Families of the victims of a brutal crackdown on anti-junta protests in Myanmar are calling on the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to prosecute those responsible for the death or dismemberment of their loved ones.
On Feb. 1, the military overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government, claiming voter fraud had led to a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in the country’s November 2020 election. The junta has yet to provide evidence of its claims and has violently suppressed nationwide demonstrations calling for a return to civilian rule, killing nearly 900 people over the past five months.