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Atrocity Alert No 261: Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories - Myanmar

Atrocity Alert No. 261: Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Format COVID-19 SURGES IN MYANMAR AS MILITARY JUNTA ATTACKS HEALTH WORKERS Myanmar is in the midst of a catastrophic wave of COVID-19 infections, with the number of new cases rising daily and the positivity rate reaching more than 30 percent among those tested for the virus. The country’s health system is unable to deal with the surge in infections and deaths. Since the military deposed Myanmar’s civilian-led government on 1 February, they have reversed any progress made in containing COVID-19. The security forces’ violent crackdown, which has killed more than 900 civilians, has driven many medical professionals underground. On 7 July the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, warned that, “Myanmar is at grave risk of becoming a COVID-19 super-spreader state, impacting untold numbers of people both inside and outside of its borders.”

Safe schools | TheCable

Schools in Nigeria, in the last decade, have come under recurring security threats. This is as a result of insurgency targeted at schools and resulting in the abduction of students and teachers, destruction of infrastructure, closure of schools and increase in internal displacement of persons in areas affected and prone to these security threats. Advertisement Over the next couple of weeks, I will be sharing my thoughts on the challenges of Safe Schools in Nigeria and the measures that are being taken by security agencies and educational stakeholders to promote the safety of our schools. Security threats to our schools, most notably the Northern part of Nigeria, by various criminal groups including armed bandits, militants and terrorist groups (Boko Haram and ISWAP), continues to impact negatively on our education system in the country. School children are currently at risk of – radicalisation, recruitment, sexual exploitations including early marriage, defilement and rape, lead

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