🇲🇲 NEW: The Myanmar junta is waging deadly airstrikes on civilians in Karenni State and along the Karenni-Shan State border, ahead of its “sham elections,” said @FortifyRights in a new report published today.
The U.N. Security Council and U.N. member states should refuse to recognize the junta’s “sham elections,” being conducted amid the ongoing persecution, imprisonment, and killings of political opponents.
“The Myanmar military junta’s strategy for political and military gain is to kill more civilians …,” said @Sai_Rights, a human rights defender at Fortify Rights.
“The Myanmar junta … must be stopped. Failing to act now only guarantees its impunity and allows these atrocities to continue, said @itsmawinter, a human rights defender at Fortify Rights.
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