July 29th, 2022
The Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND -Burma) has called on the international community to help establish truth and bring justice to the people of Myanmar who have been subjected to various human rights violations by the State Administration Council (SAC).
“The United Nations (UN) has commissions of inquiry to bring justice to victims of human rights violations. We would like to ask the member states of UN to cooperate to find the truth and bring justice,” said ND -Burma spokesperson Ko Ting Oo.
The ND -Burma calls on the international community, including UN agencies and ASEAN, to help develop practical measures to hold the military council accountable for its human rights violations.
“Resisting a Coup” – a new six-month report released July 28th by ND-Burma – finds that the military council has set fire to thousands of homes and murdered civilians with impunity.
The ND -Burma said the military council’s violent acts have led to a humanitarian crisis with thousands displaced and living in poverty.
The report published by ND -Burma documents the human rights violations committed by the military council from January to June 2022.
“In short, the military council arbitrarily arrests, detains and kills people. They have committed totally premeditated killings. They have burned houses and villages and forced people to flee their homes. There are cases where junta troops have murdered people and concealed the evidence,” Ko Ting Oo said.
“So, if we look back at the six-month period, we can see that the military council has committed international war crimes. We can also see their actions that are against human existence. All this happened in these six months,” he continued.
In the statement of ND-Burma released on July 28th, it said the Myanmar Army has committed arbitrary arrest and detainment, torture, rape and sexual violence, destruction of property, enforced disappearances, murder and others. The acts of violence that the junta has committed amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Accountability for their crimes is long overdue.
The group also calls for immediate international intervention including targeted sanctions and a global arms embargo.
The ND -Burma was founded in 2014 with 13 groups representing ethnic peoples, women, and transgender persons. The organization publishes joint reports and conducts advocacy activities related to human rights.
The ND -Burma includes Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), Association Human Rights Defenders and Promoters, All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress, Future Light Center, Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Kachin Women’s Association (Thailand), Ta’ang Women’s Organization, Ta’ang Students and Youth Union, Tavoyan Women’s Union, Chin Human Rights Organization, Pa-O Youth Organization, East Bago – Former Political Prisoners Network, and Progressive Voice.
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