Myanmar Disability Groups Condemn Beating of Disabled Man at Protest
Myanmar Disability Groups Condemn Beating of Disabled Man at Protest
A video of Ko Han Thet Zaw being beaten and kicked by police and a soldier.
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By The Irrawaddy 19 February 2021
Yangon Organizations representing people with disabilities and civil society organizations have slammed soldiers and police who beat a young man with mental and physical disabilities during a crackdown on protesters on Monday in Mandalay.
Myanmar Federation of Persons with Disabilities released a statement and around 60 other organizations released a separate joint statement strongly condemning the soldiers and police.
“Other citizens are also subject to beating. But he is both physically and mentally disabled and cannot run away. It is bullying by the police to brutally beat such a person,” said U Aung Ko Myint, chairman of the federation.