His hand, clutching the small white scarf, was trembling. His voice, rising from deep in his chest, cracked again and again. Choked with a heartbreak that brought tears to his eyes, he bit his lip and went on describing what the people of Myanmar are enduring.
The white scarf, named “Theater 21,” is no ordinary ornament, explained U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. It bears the names of the heroes and innocent civilians who lost their lives during the ongoing armed revolution. It also stands for the courageous heroes and innocent people who gave their lives for freedom.
The black lettering on the scarf records the names and ages of the dead. They range from the youngest hero, a two-month-old infant, to the oldest, aged 105.
Drawing on incidents and data, this issue of BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor Weekly News Review examines the civilians killed since the coup, both by acts of violence committed by the military junta and in armed conflict, as well as the white scarf that made its way to the UN stage.
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