A total of approximately 3,000 civilians have been killed in Burma by military repression since the military coup in February 2021.as reported by the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP), one of the most prominent opposition activist organizations in the country.
The 3,000th victim has been identified by the association as a nun named Sate who was “burned alive” in the Sagaing region. The nun was unable to escape a military assault on the town where she lived, Let Pan Hla, in the municipality of Khin-U, where they proceeded to set fire to all the homes.
The balance, collected by the news portal ‘The Irrawaddy’, linked to the opposition, details that 1,229 people, or almost 41 percent of the total deaths, were killed by the board and personnel of the Pyu Saw Htee paramilitary militia. precisely in this region of Sagaing.
The neighboring Mandalay region came second with 350 dead, while the Rangoon region followed with 316. The report does not include those killed fighting against the junta.
So far this year, at least 118 civilians have been killed by junta forcesalthough the AAPP fears that the real number of deaths is likely to be much higher.
The regime, it should be remembered, agreed at the beginning of February that the current state of emergency remain in force for at least six more months, which opens the door to maintaining a repression that became especially evident in the weeks after the coup against the Government by Aung San Suu Kyi.
In January, the Burmese military junta granted amnesty to 7,012 prisoners on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence.
The prisoner amnesty, a common initiative in Burma on designated days, came five days after the Deposed leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyiwas sentenced to 7 years in prison in her last trial after a long process in which she has accumulated 33 years in prison for charges that she denies.
In previous amnesties, the junta has freed political prisoners, but only a few tens of the thousands are behind bars and some were later re-arrested.
With information Europa Press
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