What’s new? Following Myanmar’s 1 February coup, newly organised militias have launched attacks in several parts of the country in response to regime killings of demonstrators. These lightly armed bands have inflicted significant casualties on the security forces, who have struck back with heavy weapons and bombardment of residential areas.
Why does it matter? The regime’s heavy-handed, indiscriminate retaliation has displaced tens of thousands of men, women and children. Local networks and humanitarian agencies are unable to adequately assist these people, due to security and access restrictions, including military arrests, confiscation of supplies, and killings of those trying to deliver aid.
Myanmar Military Restructures Panel to Defend Rohingya Genocide Case at ICJ
In December 2019, Aun San Suu Kyi â now deposed by the same military â had defended the Tatmadaw s conduct in Rakhine state.
Myanmar s junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer/File Photo
World25/Jun/2021
New Delhi: Four months after the state counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi was deposed in a coup and taken into custody, the countryâs military regime has restructured the committee to present its defence in the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.Â