On Wednesday the UN Security Council should vote to cut the junta's access to funds and weapons and refer their atrocities to the ICC. Myanmar people are not deterred by junta violence. Nations should not be deterred by threats of a UNSC veto. Stand up and be counted. #forceavote
#Mar28Coup BETWEEN 1.30pm - 2.20pm
•Nurse killed by head shot in Monywa
•Man shot in abdomen in Monywa
•Woman shot dead in Myingyan Township
•One Man critical in Myingyan
•One man shot in Thaketa township.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
At least three civilians were injured when the security forces opened fire on wards in Yangon’s Thingangyun Township following a crackdown on anti-regime protesters. Police and soldiers broke into houses to detain the protesters, according to local residents. (Photo: CJ)
In response to escalating violence in Burma, the United States is designating two officials and two military units today. We call again on the military regime to release those unjustly detained, halt the brutal killings, and return power to the democratically elected government.
UPDATE
An anti-regime protester was killed and at least six were severely injured as soldiers and police used live rounds and rubber bullets on anti-regime protesters in #AungPinLae, #Chanmyatharzi Township, #Mandalay Region.
#WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar
A frontline protester named Min Min Zaw was killed by the junta’s armed forces in Monywa, Sagaing, on Sunday morning. He was shot in the head while he was preparing street barricades for a protest to start, a local doctor on strike said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
I don’t know with what kind of words I should use to describe this inhumanity. Breaks my heart into pieces to see my people being treated this way. A man was forced to carry sandbags, crawl on the ground and was beaten and kicked. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar#Mar19Coup
Police and soldiers brutalized a civilian during a crackdown in #Yangon's North Okkalapa Township on Mar.19. A citizen journalist's photos shows a policeman squeezing a man's neck between his thighs while a soldier kicks the man repeatedly until he is unconscious. (Photo: CJ)
Soldiers broke up the protest site in western Kalaymyo today, killing a 28-year-old father of three and a 25-year-old, both male. Soldiers took one injured person away, another is in critical condition and more than 10 people were hit, locals said. #WhatsHappeningInMaynmar