Myanmar's military has killed scores of civilians. The military has also used civilians as human shields. Fortify Rights, a Myanmar-based human rights group, said the military's continued atrocities in the country's eastern Kaya state could be considered war crimes. In a report released by the organization on TuesdayThese things have been said. According to Khabar Al Jazeera's Fortify Rights, they have collected information on military raids on churches, homes, shelters for displaced people and other civilian targets in the state of Kaya. These attacks have taken place from May 2021 to last January. At least 61 civilians have been killed so far.The Fortify Rights report is based on interviews with 31 eyewitnesses and survivors of those military attacks. In addition, the verified images and video evidence have been analyzed in making the report.
The human rights group's report on Christmas Eve in Haya Township, Kaya StateNew details of the killings have been released. At least 40 civilians, including children and two employees of the international organization Save the Children, were killed in the killings. A doctor who conducted the autopsy told Fortify Rights that some of the bodies were burned in such a way that they could not be autopsied. However, doctors were able to identify the bodies of five women. One of them was 15 years old.The doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told Fortify Rights that "some of them had their faces covered, so we were almost certain they had been killed by suffocation." They were burned alive. We have been able to gather enough evidence in this regard. "In another incident, the Myanmar army used a 16-year-old boy, his uncle and two others as human shields during clashes with Carnegie People's Defense Force (PDF) fighters in the border town of Mo Bai Township, Fortify Rights said.One of the men used as a shield by the Myanmar army told Fortify Rights, "Soldiers put guns on our shoulders and fired at the PDF forces, who were behind us." During that time many tortures were done in various ways. The soldiers kicked us in the body, hit us on the head with the handle of a gun and tortured us in various ways.The report comes as Cambodia prepares to begin a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Myanmar's military agreed to a five-point agreement with ASEAN in April last year to restore democracy. So far no progress has been made in implementing those clauses. Meanwhile, ASEAN is preparing for a meeting in Cambodia.Fortify Rights says now is the time for ASEAN to support an arms embargo on Myanmar.Ismail Wolff, regional director of Fortify Rights, said in a statement that the Myanmar junta was killing people with weapons produced in the world market. It must stop.The statement further said that some clear and precise steps are needed. So the junta in Myanmar is forced to think twice before launching an attack on civilians. Of the United NationsThe Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency's ongoing inspections in Myanmar, that it monitor Myanmar's compliance with "the steps required by the IAEA Board". And from a strategic and responsible point of view, ASEAN must support this UN decision.
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