Burma regressing on rights since coup, says UN

Military parade on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Burma's independence, on January 4, 2023 in Naypyidaw.

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In all areas of human rights - economic, social and cultural, as well as civil and political - Burma has deeply regressed

", denounced the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk , two years after the Burmese army coup that killed at least 2,890 people.

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights denounces the situation in Burma, a few days before the second anniversary of the coup d'état in Burma on February 1, 2021. According to this UN body, at least 2,890 people died at the hands of the military and others involved in the crackdown.

Among them, 767 people are said to have died during their arrest.

In a press release, Volker Türk, wanted to " 

highlight the courage of all those whose lives have been lost in the struggle for freedom and dignity"

in Burma.

"

Far from being spared, civilians have been the real targets of attacks - victims of artillery barrages and targeted and indiscriminate airstrikes, extrajudicial executions, the use of torture and the burning of villages entire

,” he recalled.

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More than 16,000 people were arrested - including democratically elected leaders.

Mr. Türk's services also judge that on the basis of credible information, more than 34,000 civilian infrastructures, including houses, clinics, schools and places of worship, " 

have been burned down in the past two years

 " .

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk spoke of the plight of an additional 1.2 million internally displaced people and others who have left the territory.

They join more than a million others, including the bulk of the Muslim Rohingya community who have fled persecution and attacks over the past decades.

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