The United States suspends existing trade agreements with Burma: the decision was made in response to the bloody crackdown on protests in the past few hours.
At least another 36 deaths were recorded yesterday in the country, the day after the bloodiest day – Saturday – that Myanmar has experienced since the military coup on February 1st: the total death toll rises to 459. The Association reports. for assistance to political prisoners (Aapp). According to the non-profit organization for the defense of human rights based in Thailand, 13 people were killed on Sunday while the other 23 had been killed in recent days but had not been counted. Saturday’s toll was the heaviest since the anti-coup protests began, with at least 114 civilian casualties in 24 hours. 2,559 people have been arrested so far.
Burmese martyrs: “Fallen stars”
by Paolo Brera
The head of the military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, was busy organizing a big dinner while his troops were exterminating civilians. The images on social media have gone around the world, showing him dressed in a bow tie, white jacket and medals on display as he strolled on a red carpet for the Armed Forces Day celebrations. Saturday was also the full moon of Tabaung, the end of Myanmar’s lunar calendar: Buddhists usually celebrate it with feasts and visits to pagodas.
Last night – tonight in Italy – the American president, Joe Biden, called the bloodshed “terrible, it is absolutely shameful and according to the information I have received, many people were killed in a completely unnecessary way”. The European Union also condemned the “unacceptable escalation of violence” by the Burmese army on demonstrators. “I strongly condemn the violence perpetrated against the people of Myanmar. The atrocities must stop now,” tweeted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: “The EU is working with its partners to end this violence against them. people of Myanmar, initiate an appropriate political process and release all detainees “.
Myanmar: EU and defense ministers of 12 countries condemn the massacre of demonstrators
And the High Representative of the EU, Josep Borrell, denounced the path taken by the Burmese military junta as “senseless” and called Saturday a “day of horror and shame”.
Day of the Armed Forces in Myanmar, is a massacre: 91 killed, there is also a 5-year-old child
The repression against minors is also terrible. In less than two months in Burma at least 35 minors have been killed, countless others have been seriously injured and nearly 1,000 children and young people have allegedly been arbitrarily detained by security forces across the country. This was announced by Unicef. Millions of children and young people have been exposed directly or indirectly to traumatizing scenes of violence, seriously threatening their mental health and emotional well-being.
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