susceptible to attack so as a result of that, the junta is using these helicopter gunships, there is an aircraft that are dropping bombs over these civilian areas more and more. there has been a significant uptake into the use of aircraft over the last year. that means more and more civilians, innocent people, including those killed earlier today, i going to be suffering, including many, many children. you are the un special rapporteur. how difficult is it for you to access information? we know there are regular blackouts in myanmar? the unta are like mushroom, blackouts in myanmar? the unta are like mushroom, they blackouts in myanmar? the junta are like mushroom, they thrive i are like mushroom, they thrive in the dark and everything they possibly can to hide what they are doing, particularly the atrocities against civilians but we have a network
and what that means is that soldiers that the junta puts on the ground are more and more susceptible to attack, so, as a result of that, the junta is using these helicopter gunships, these aircraft that are dropping bombs over these civilian areas more and more. we ve seen a significant uptake in the use of aircraft for these attacks over the last year. that means that more and more civilians, innocent people, including those that were killed earlier today, are going to be suffering, including many, many children. you are the un special rapporteur in human rights, as we said, in myanmar. how difficult is it for you to access independent information? we know that there are regular blackouts in myanmar? well, i ll tell you, sumi, thejunta, they are like mushroom, they thrive in the dark and they do everything that they possibly can to hide what they are doing, particularly the atrocities that they are committing
i am always shocked when i see and hear of these atrocities will stop i am not surprised, matthew. well over 3000 people have been killed in myanmar, many have been tortured. 16,000 political prisoners are behind bars right now. nearly half the country has fallen into poverty. over 17 million are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid that is being blocked by the militaryjunta. 3.7 million kids do not have education. more than 58000 omes and hospitals and clinics have been burnt more than 58000 homes and hospitals and clinics have been burnt to the ground by the junta. i m horrified to see these attacks, i m horrified to see the killing of innocent families and children, but frankly i m not surprised. yes they use these helicopter gunships, they seem to be acting
helicopter gunship came in and straight to the village for another 20 minutes with a canon firing rockets as well, we saw fragments of rockets fired by these helicopter gunships. later in the afternoon when they were still collecting body parts all over the village, a dreadful scene, the planes came back and fight people trying to clean up the scene and save those injured. it was an awful day in the village altogether and the claim by the military the injuries were caused by stalled explosives is scarcely credible, not looking at the extent of the injuries and how far does the village they were, it s possible some explosives were stored there, we know one of the people filming the carnage afterwards talked about how much you need to be careful of possible minds left but it is very unlikely these stalled explosives would have caused the dreadful, dreadful casualties that we saw. 50 the dreadful, dreadful casualties that we saw. so this is an horrific casualties that we saw. so this
political prisoners are behind bars right now. nearly half the country has fallen into poverty. over 17 million are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid thatis humanitarian aid, humanitarian aid that is being blocked by the military region to. 3.7 million kids do not have education. homes and hospitals and clinics have been burnt to the ground by the junta. i m horrified to see these attacks, i m horrified to see these attacks, i m horrified to see the killing of innocent families and children, but frankly i m not surprised. innocent families and children, but frankly i m not surprised. when you hear the regime frankly i m not surprised. when you hear the regime saying, frankly i m not surprised. when you hear the regime saying, yes, - frankly i m not surprised. when you hear the regime saying, yes, they l hear the regime saying, yes, they bombed this building, they use these helicopter gunships, they seem to be acting with total impunity? yes. helicopter gunshi