Global civil society statement on Myanmar
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We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds of people, including dozens of children, merely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Since the February 1, 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military junta has responded with increasing brutality to nationwide protests calling for the restoration of democratic civilian rule. As of May 4, security forces have killed at least 769 people, including 51 children as young as 6, and arbitrarily detained several thousand activists, journalists, civil servants, and politicians. Hundreds have been forcibly disappeared, the authorities unwilling to provide information on their well-being or where they
16 April 2021 9:46 GMT Updated 16 April 2021 9:46 GMT in Singapore
Oil and gas companies with assets in restive producer nation Myanmar have responded to growing calls from human rights groups for them to pull the plug on any ties with the military junta that seized power in a shock February coup.
Pro-democracy groups have argued that revenuess from producing gas fields are finding their way into the military’s coffers and they are urging industry players to place funds into escrow accounts while the Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) remains in power.
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Demonstrators have returned to the streets of Myanmar s cities, after police shot two people dead in nighttime protests against military rule. More than 70 protesters have been killed since the army took control in February.
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