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At least 10 military junta troops were killed and around 20 critically wounded in five clashes over the last two days in Myanmar’s Chin state, militia groups said Thursday, while tens of thousands of civilians have fled and are living in dire conditions as fighting has intensified in the region.
Four of the engagements took place in Chin’s Hakha township, killing and injuring regime soldiers, a Hakha-based Chin-land Defense Force (CDF) spokesman told RFA’s Myanmar Service.
The first occurred when CDF forces entered Lot Klone village on May 18 and were fired on by the junta troops, while the second took place the following morning, when a CDF unit ambushed soldiers on Matupi Road, killing seven, he said.
Heavy-Handed Riot Police Bring Wave of Criticism on Colombia
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May 05 2021, 9:45 AM
(Bloomberg) Colombia is facing a wave of criticism from foreign governments and human rights organizations over heavy-handed police tactics during recent protests.
(Bloomberg) Colombia is facing a wave of criticism from foreign governments and human rights organizations over heavy-handed police tactics during recent protests.
U.S. House Foreign Affairs chair Gregory Meeks, a Democrat, expressed concern over âexcessive use of forceâ, and warned that the so-called Leahy Law bars the U.S. from supporting security forces involved in severe human rights violations.
The U.N. Office for Human Rights said in a statement that it was âdeeply alarmedâ by police opening fire on demonstrators in Cali, Colombiaâs third-largest city, on Monday night.
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U.S. House Foreign Affairs chair Gregory Meeks, a Democrat, expressed concern over “excessive use of force”, and warned that the so-called Leahy Law bars the U.S. from supporting security forces involved in severe human rights violations.
The U.N. Office for Human Rights said in a statement that it was “deeply alarmed” by police opening fire on demonstrators in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, on Monday night.
The Washington Office on Latin America, an NGO which studies human rights in the region, called on the U.S. to suspend sales of crowd control equipment to Colombia’s security forces.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, called today to the different political, judicial, business, and social movements of the country to a dialogue “without ideological differences” to solve national problems and the violence that in seven days has claimed the lives of at least 19 people in demonstrations.
“We will install a space to listen to the citizens and build solutions (…) in which ideological differences should not be the main act but our deepest patriotism”, said Duque in a statement at the Casa de Nariño, seat of the Executive.
Colombia’s Duque calls for dialogue without “ideological differences”. (Photo internet reproduction)