UN Appeals for Action on ‘Human-Rights Catastrophe’ in Myanmar

Myanmar UN — In this March 17, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters test an improvised weapon they have made to fight with armed Myanmar security forces in Yangon, Myanmar. The situation in Myanmar after the army’s seizure of power eight months ago has long since become an extended bloody conflict with ever-escalating violence, and popular resistance to February’s military takeover appears to be surging into all-out armed conflict.

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A new United Nations report has warned of a “human-rights catastrophe” in Myanmar that will continue to spiral downward unless the rest of the world intervenes. “The national consequences are terrible and tragic—the regional consequences could also be profound,” Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement Thursday. “The…

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