Tag: Myanmar

Feb 2021. Protests in Maynmar

Protesters have turned out in huge numbers across Myanmar, a day after police instigated the most violent scenes yet in demonstrations against a military coup that removed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.An estimated 100,000 people gathered in the commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday, according to witnesses, with many more marching across the country.Joe Biden… Continue reading Feb 2021. Protests in Maynmar

Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2

“We wiped out about 20 villages,” Private Zaw Naing Tun said, adding that he, too, dumped bodies in a mass grave. The two soldiers’ video testimony, recorded by a rebel militia, is the first time that members of the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar’s military is known, have openly confessed to taking part in what United Nations… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2

Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1

Two Myanmar soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations and rape. The August 2017 order from his commanding officer was clear, Pvt. Myo Win Tun said in video testimony. “Shoot all you see and all you hear.” He said… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1

Aug 2020. Myanmar Soldier Shooting

August 2020. Myanmar’s army has said it shot dead at least six people detained in a village school in Rakhine state. A spokesman confirmed troops fired on unarmed detainees saying they had tried to grab the soldiers’ weapons. The detained were being questioned for links to the rebels of the Arakan Army, who are ethnic… Continue reading Aug 2020. Myanmar Soldier Shooting