Myanmar’s UN Ambassador urges decisive action against junta amid rising atrocities

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On 17 September, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, sent a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres detailing the worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in Myanmar.

His letter states that since the February 2021 coup, over 7,200 people have been killed, nearly 29,000 arrested, and 3.5 million displaced, with 22 million needing aid. It calls for the UN and Security Council to act against the junta by cutting off arms, fuel, and funds.

The report is as follows.

It has been over 55 months since the military attempted an illegal coup. The military has brutally murdered 7,265 people. Over twenty-nine thousand have been arrested, detained, and tortured, and more than 3.5 million have been displaced. Almost 22 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Half of the population is now living under the national poverty line. The military junta has executed four democracy activists who were given death sentences, and the military courts have sentenced many civilians to years of imprisonment including life imprisonment without just cause.

The junta continues to ignore the will of the people and violate their fundamental rights. Amidst people’s suffering caused by the manmade and natural disasters, the military junta has continued carrying out of aerial and artillery attacks across the country.