No end to learning: Children from Pu Phar village, displaced after fighting between the military and members of the People’s Defense Force, attend a school lesson under a makeshift structure at their refuge in the jungle near Demoso, Kayah state, Myanmar. – AFP
The “full-scale revolt” by the “People’s Defense Forces” or local militias endorsed by the elected National Unity Government is claimed to be the last resort in the face of continued attacks and alleged massacres by the Tatmadaw , “even in places where people have never seen armed conflict”, activist Khin Omar said, apart from air strikes in areas long controlled by ethnic group-run armies.
People in Aceh and Papua would know how effective such politeness is: hardly. Such crimes have largely stopped but too few have answered for them. We can argue our security forces were never as brutal as the Tatmadaw, but mostly quiet survivors may find it hard to tell the difference. Most will remain silent until there is enough safe space to speak up.
The junta has put forward military veteran Aung Thurein to be its UN envoy, while Kyaw has asked to renew his UN accreditation Top UN officials, Asean parliamentarians and activists have frequently appealed to cut off the junta’s access to finances and refer it to the International Criminal Court. The latest hope lies in the potential candidate for the new UN special envoy to Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, a former UN under secretary-general who became familiar with the Tatmadaw in the Rohingya crisis.
Reading the team’s conclusion in 2018, Marzuki said that Gen Min Aung Hlaing should be investigated for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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