U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be ‘crimes against humanity’ – By Ayana Archie (NPR) / March 16, 2022
In a new report, the United Nations says the violence in Myanmar that has claimed at least 1,600 lives following last year’s military coup may be “crimes against humanity.”
Myanmar’s armed forces overthrew the civilian government, which was led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, in early February of last year. The military detained Suu Kyi along with other leaders of the then-existing National League for Democracy following accusations of fraud in the 2020 national elections.
The army said at the time that power would be transferred to Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing in a statement broadcast on military-owned television that also declared a one-year state of emergency, Reuters reported. The military, called the Tatmadaw in Myanmar, named its new regime the State Administration Council
