The NGO Progressive Voice says the junta is trying to incite hatred between ethnicities by using the military’s old ‘divide and rule ’tactics and falsely blaming certain ethnic groups for military-committed atrocities.
Since January the junta has killed at least 33 civilians, including massacring 21 people at a temple in Nam Nein Village on 11 March 2023, in Pinlaung and Pekon townships, in southern Shan State, according to the CSO Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF).
Since January the junta has killed at least 33 civilians, including massacring 21 people at a temple in Nam Nein Village on 11 March 2023, in Pinlaung and Pekon townships, in southern Shan State, according to the CSO Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF).
The leaders of the Pa-O and Karenni ethnic groups have issued warnings against any attempts to incite ethnic or religious conflict between the two groups, particularly in the context of the massacre that occurred in Nam Nein Village, Pinlaung Township. On March 11, the Military Council troops killed 3 monks and over 25 residents in Nam Nein village, Pinlaung township, Shan