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In Myanmar another 12 deaths in recent days, 247 since the start of the coup

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The Association of Assistance for Political Prisoners (AAPP), an NGO founded in 2000 to support Burmese opponents, based in Thailand and Myanmar, has documented 12 victims of repression in recent days in the cities where the protest against the coup is taking place of military state. Since the coup, last February 1, 247 have been confirmed dead, the NGO informs, although the real number of victims is probably much higher. As for the arrests, so far there are 2,345. Of these, 15 are opponents who have already been sentenced to sentences ranging from one month to two years in prison. 351 were released.

Meanwhile the demonstrations against the military junta that took power last February 1st continue, as well as the harsh repression that only yesterday caused at least 4 victims. The protests are also nocturnal, with numerous doctors in white coats among the demonstrators. The main request is the release of the country’s former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been arrested and hidden by the military since the day of the coup. Doctors, teachers, bankers and railway workers have been on strike for 6 weeks, paralyzing entire sectors of the Burmese economy, already weak before the coup.

Numerous Burmese citizens are trying to leave the country in the throes of clashes: Thailand and India are the main destinations. Today the funeral of a woman, mother of three children, killed for just leaving her front door in a small town in the interior of Myanmar is scheduled.

A few days ago, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called for a decisive and rapid response to the “brutal violence” with which the military is suppressing the protests in Myanmar after the coup on 1 February last. “A firm and joint international response is urgently needed”, said through his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, who recalled how the Burmese military junta is “challenging” the demands of the Security Council to end human rights violations. ‘Un. The highest decision-making body of the United Nations has in fact repeatedly condemned the repression in progress, demanding the release of the leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the other arrested authorities, but so far it has avoided taking measures mainly due to the opposition of China and Russia. permanent members of the Council.

The European community is also moving: the EU will sanction eleven Burmese officers involved in the repression and will implement measures against the economic interests of the members of the country’s military junta, diplomatic sources say. The decision will be formalized at a meeting of foreign ministers scheduled for Monday in Brussels. Unanimity is needed, and a modification of the sanctions regime created for Burma in 1996 will also be needed. The sanctions will therefore be taken “in two stages”, on Monday and at another meeting in April, it was specified. Sanctioned officers will be banned from visas and their assets in the EU will be frozen. Burma is under embargo on weapons and materials that can be used for repression. Fourteen military and police officers had been sanctioned by the EU as early as 2019 for persecution against the Rohingya Muslim minority.

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