The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, Tuesday issued a report to the Human Rights Council identifying states who have supplied weapons to the Myanmar junta, which have been used against civilians since the military coup last year.
The report documents the transfer of weapons to the Myanmar military from 2018. The world had been alerted to the military’s ongoing genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority and its war crimes against civilians. It states that arms transfers after 2018 were done with the full knowledge that the weapons are likely to be used against civilians, and names two UNSC permanent member countries, China and Russia, who continue to provide fighter jets, armored vehicles, etc. with promises of further arms supply.
Read more here: https://www.jurist.org/news/2022/02/special-rapporteur-urges-unsc-to-ban-weapons-exports-to-myanmar-junta/
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