A defector shares videos that expose #Myanmar junta soldiers torturing detainees at an interrogation facility in #Mandalay Region.
Speaking about the videos he recorded, the 35-year-old military defector told @FortifyRights:
"I took ten videos. … [A]ccording to the law, during the interrogation, only intelligence officers are allowed to [interrogate] the detainees. But [at the facility], everyone [all military personnel] was doing the torture, everyone was kicking and hitting [the detainees]. … When you witness these things almost every day, after a while, I didn’t feel good inside. I felt sad, and it was devastating for me to see the military torturing people every single day. At some point, I decided that I wanted to do something. So, I started recording videos to keep as evidence for the victims who were tortured. I want to do what I can for the victims."
Member States of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should ensure appropriate protection for witnesses from Myanmar who have evidence that would contribute to accountability for ongoing potential war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
Chit Seng, Human Rights Associate at Fortify Rights:
"Collecting and preserving evidence of atrocities in Myanmar is more crucial now than ever, but without urgent witness protection, significant amounts of evidence will be lost. These videos add to the mounting evidence of the junta’s flagrant violations of international law and should compel the international community to hold the Myanmar junta accountable, including by referring the situation to the ICC."
"No one has been prosecuted anywhere in the world for the horrible atrocities unfolding in Myanmar. The Myanmar junta will not get serious about ending its attacks against civilians until the international community ends this lethal inaction,” “The junta has shown again and again that it will continue to persecute and abuse those who oppose its dictatorship. The international community and the ICC must act immediately to investigate these violations and create an environment where individuals with evidence on such crimes feel safe to share information and are actually protected.”
(source: https://t.co/Y8XjC6dmqx)
AAPP was able to confirm a junta court sentenced to death 4 of the youths, still investigating others.
The 4 (Min Htet Thar, Wai Yan Zin, Thu Htoo Aung, Ko Phyoe) accused of killing a Dagon Myothit (North) No. 45 ward admin on May 24, 2022. No indication sentence carried out yet
The terrorist military were summon idiots, religious extremist monks pick up them with light truck & send them to the Infront of the home of #ZayYarThaw & creating RIOT in the country now. https://t.co/INCqZW4hxc #WarCrimesOfJunta#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Why did the Burmese people not receive the same international support that Ukraine received against Russia/China backed totalitarianism? This is not whataboutism, this is a different front of the same war, as is Syria. #UkraineRussianWar
https://t.co/xhcHwKFDKm
The executions are a sign of how weak and desperate the military is, but trying to terrify the people into submission won’t work.
These executions demonstrate again the urgent need to increase international pressure on the Burmese military.
https://t.co/gq9r9VEXkJ
15 May 2022: A conflict began near Saung Nan Khe Village, Karenni State, Burma. An FBR Ranger team helped to move villagers to a safe place to avoid the Burma Army’s attack.
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"We were only approached by representatives of @UNOCHA to provide a "safe passage" for the planned assessment already agreed among themselves."
KNU, KNPP, CNF and NUG on the shameful efforts by ASEAN and the UN to legitimise the junta with aid.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
☑️ 28 May 2022
☑️ Kale, Sagaing
☑️ 23.198291, 94.024539
☑️ High School dormitories destroyed by fire
It is claimed that two dormitories at a High school in Kale’s San Myo ward burnt down after shelling by SAC.
https://t.co/8sYUIi2tUY
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#Myanmar#OSINT
He was sentenced to life in prison yesterday.He passed high ranking with high school and attending university as an enginner.Myanmar lost young talented leaders day by https://t.co/Jpb5c8XBeF one care and still support the killers .
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Twenty-eight burnt bodies were found near Mone Tine Pin village, YeU Township. Six villagers were burnt to death in one house, and 4 were bound by tyres and burnt to death. Two burnt bodies were found in a rice mill and ten were found in Inpin village.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
“The world must stop ignoring our struggles, and stand in solidarity with our fight for liberation because our liberation is connected to the liberation for all.”
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/Rc6rCSUOLo