(Banguecoque) –BurmaSecurity forces deliberately "hanged" protesters and used deadly force during anti-junta protests in Hlaing Tharyar township, Yangon, on March 14, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. Soldiers and police armed with assault rifles shot and killed trapped protesters and those trying to help the wounded.at least 65 protesters and spectators.
Several demonstrations broke out in Yangon and other cities after the February 1 military coup against Myanmar's democratically elected government. Police and the military repeatedly used lethal force against mostly peaceful protesters, in violation of international human rights law. The fatal shooting in Hlaing Tharyar is characterized by the large number of people killed and the apparent deliberate use of deadly force by security forces.
"The massacre by Myanmar security forces of several dozen people on the outskirts of Yangon in mid-March was not a case of misguided counterinsurgency," he said.manny maung, Myanmar researcher for Human Rights Watch. "The Hlaing Tharyar killings bear the hallmarks of a planned attack on protesters for which those responsible, whatever their position, must be held to account."
Human Rights Watch remotely interviewed six witnesses to the violence in Hlaing Tharyar. Human Rights Watch also verified 13 videos of the protests recorded on March 14 and 31 photos posted on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube.
Demonstrations against the coup began in early March in Hlaing Tharyar, a largely industrial area across the Hlaing River, west of Yangon. With many unionists living and working in the area, the protests were particularly large and well organized. Before dawn on March 14, protesters erected cement block and sandbag barricades as barriers at major bus stops along Hlaing River Road, the area's main thoroughfare, before the strikes began by the 5 am.
Around 10:00 am, some 200 soldiers and policemen began moving towards Hlaing Tharyar, skirting the barricades and prompting the protesters to withdraw or disperse. Witnesses said that at 11 a.m. security forces had rounded up many protesters from both the east and west, a tactic dubbed "little cat🇧🇷 Only one witness in Mie Kwat Zay said that security forces gave a verbal warning before the military and police fired on protesters, but in all other places witnesses heard no warning.
Testimony and videos show that security forces deliberately fired at protesters in an attempt to kill or maim them without endangering the lives of security forces. A video shows the meeting of police and military at 1 p.m. on the Aung Zeya bridge that separates Hlaing Tharyar from Yangon. The forces watch the protesters in the streets below and can be heard arguing when and whom to shoot. An unidentified person says off-screen, "Shoot them in the head," as two police officers point assault rifles at the protesters. Shots are heard and the same stranger shouts: “Shoot! Shooting! Shooting!"
The six witnesses said that the security forces also fired at people trying to reach the wounded. "[We] couldn't help the wounded because they would shoot us if we tried," a witness said. "We couldn't reach them and they died. Some people who tried to help anyway advanced and were shot in the head and killed."
Witnesses said that some protesters used weapons such as rocks, slingshots and Molotov cocktails in response to fire from security forces, but no security force casualties were reported.
On March 15, a day after the killings, the junta charged the "rioters" with setting fire to garment factories and blocking firefighters, and imposed an arrest.martial lawin Hlaing Tharyar and in the nearby community of Shwe Pyi Thar. “The protesters wreaked havoc in the streets and more than 2,000 protesters also blocked the streets to prevent fire trucks from leaving their posts and fighting the flames,” the executive said.ExplanationIt is.
The United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials state that security forces should “use non-violent means before resorting to the use of force and firearms” and must use the minimum force necessary at all times. Firearms may only be used when other, less damaging means are impractical, but must be used to the minimum necessary. The intentional deadly use of firearms is only permitted if it is absolutely unavoidable to protect life. The Basic Principles further state that "in the event of death and serious injury or other serious consequences, a detailed report shall be sent immediately to the competent authorities."
Since the coup, Myanmar security forces have killed more than 1,200 protesters and bystanders across the country, committing murder, torture and other crimes amounting to crimes against humanity. The crime against humanity of homicide has been defined by international courts as death "resulting from an act or omission of the accused committed with the intent to kill or cause serious bodily injury with reasonable knowledge that it is likely to result in death." .
The State Board of Directors, the Myanmar board, is not known to have taken any action against security forces or personnel for their involvement in crimes in Hlaing Tharyar or command responsibility. The military commander in charge of the Yangon region, including Hlaing Tharyar, was Brigadier General Gen.new victory oath🇧🇷 The Yangon Area Police Chief was Brigadier General.Myo Min Htike🇧🇷 Former Myanmar military officials told Human Rights Watch that regional military commanders control police forces in joint operations.
The United Nations, regional bodies and governments, including the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, must respond to the continuing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in Myanmar by complementing, reinforcing and strengthening international sanctions against the junta and coordinated military leadership. by Mr. General Min Aung Hlaing. The measures were to include targeted sanctions against specific military and police commanders, including Brigadier General Nyunt Win Swe and Brigadier General Nyunt Win Swe.Myo Min Htike🇧🇷 a global arms embargo; and financial restrictions that would reduce the board's revenue from the extractive industries.
"Hlaing Tharyar was a bloodbath that must be brought to justice by those responsible," Maung said. "Such atrocities will continue unless the UN Security Council and affected governments take joint steps to hold Myanmar's military junta leaders accountable."
See below for details and reports on the attacks.
Murders and other abuses in Hlaing Tharyar
In early March, protesters erected barricades at several bus stops along the main Hlaing River road, which runs at right angles to the Hlaing River. Before dawn on March 14, they gathered at the barriers to join the protests from 5:00 am. At 10:00 a.m. At m., security forces reached the first barricade at Bus Stop 1. Witnesses said about 200 soldiers and policemen easily got around the barricades, forcing the protesters to retreat along the west highway or disperse into the streets. north and south sides.
At around 11:00 a.m., security forces arrived from the east and west and arrested the protesters between bus stop 3 and bus stop 5. Between 12:00 p.m. m. and 12:40 p.m. At m., security forces surrounded or "placed" protesters between Bus Stop 1 and Bus Stop 3, according to a Human Rights Watch analysis that combined key landmarks visible in two videos with satellite imagery and duration. and the angle of the shadows in the videos was compared.
Witnesses are identified using pseudonyms for their protection.
"Ko Phyo", who joined the dawn protest at the Mie Kwat Zay bus stop near the local market, said police and soldiers started shooting with live ammunition at around 11:30 a.m. They fired non-stop and held the protesters captive for the next two hours:
In Mie Kwat Zay, a group of soldiers and policemen joined the ranks in the direction of BOC [intersection] bus stop, and another group from bus stop 1 came to arrest us in the middle. The police were in front and the soldiers behind. The soldiers started shooting.
Zaw Zaw said that security forces started shooting at protesters near bus stop 5 around 11 a.m.:
They started with tear gas and then rubber bullets. After 30 minutes the live rounds began. On our side we used slingshots and stones, and some even threw Molotov cocktails... Many people died before my eyes... I will never forget that day.
"Zaw Htet", who was joining a demonstration with other labor rights activists at the Tar Tar Phyu bus stop on Hlaing River Road, said around 1:40 p.m. At least 50 military trucks arrived at the Aung Zeya Bridge near the protesters' barricade. Security forces had passed more barricades in front of them. He said that they started shooting when they reached Tar Tar Phyu. At least two members of the armed security forces were stationed in two taller buildings:
Four people were shot before me in Tar Tar Phyu. Out of four people, three died instantly and another was taken to a clinic in a taxi... A child next to me was very scared. I told him to lie down and not get up, but he was so scared that he got up to run. They shot him in the neck and he died.
“Thiri” said that when he arrived at bus stop 3 around 2:30 p.m., three people were already dead. He could see that other people were pinned down by the gunfire, but some were trying to get off the main road onto a smaller road off the main road. He could make out two security guards in a tall building pointing their guns at the bus stop, and two more under a tree across the street:
We could see the police and soldiers gradually closing in on us. So those of us who could began to back off and spread out towards bus stop 5 as we tried to make our way through the alleys and back streets. So they sent an [aerial] drone to see which way we were going. There weren't many soldiers at that time, but they knew which way the protesters were going... Right before my eyes I saw a person being shot in the abdomen and his abdomen bursting open.
Myanmar security forces used low-flying drones during protests in other parts of the country, in Monywa, in the Sagaing region and in Myanmar.Mandalay Region.
Thiri said that shortly after seeing the drone, five more military trucks crossed the Aung Zeya Bridge. They ran along with four other people, and were shot by security forces, one bullet hitting a nearby post. She fled and hid behind a barricade at bus station 5, but the security forces shot there too:
I saw policemen and soldiers going into the alleys and grabbing everyone they saw. I was at bus station 5 at this point and I saw people shooting people who were running and trying to hide behind the barricades. When additional forces arrived, the combined police-military team advanced and fired non-stop. I saw another man get shot.
"Zaw Zaw" he said:
Around 4pm we regrouped at the BOC bus stop. Police and soldiers attacked other stations like Tar Tar Phyu and Mie Kwat Zay. When we arrived at the COB station, one person was hit by a rubber bullet that went through his spine. They even chased us down smaller side streets.
Another protester, “Dear,” said that around 5 p.m., when the shooting stopped, she got on her motorcycle to see her friends:
That's when I came across a sniper shooting from a tall building, possibly the Ko Nyi Ma Swe phone shop on Hlaing River Road. I had to get off the bike and run. A man was shot earlier. I saw his blood on the street. His body was carried away by locals.
Witnesses said the shooting continued late into the night. A journalist reported that at 6:00 p.m. At m., security forces were still chasing and shooting protesters near Bogyoke Aung San Road and Hlaing River Road near Bus Stop 3.
Deliberate shooting at protesters
Witnesses described situations in which they believed security forces were aiming and shooting at protesters. Videos analyzed by Human Rights Watch corroborated these reports.
in a video, recorded around 1 p.m. m., police and military can be heard on the Aung Zeya Bridge discussing who and when to shoot and where to shoot. The suspension bridge is high above the protesters on the ground below, and two policemen can be seen on the north side of the bridge pointing their guns at Bo Ba Htoo Road. Background orders are shouted to contain the fire while the security forces coordinate the moment of the fire. Repeated gunshots can be heard out of frame.
A police officer posted a Human Rights Watch-verified video on Tik Tok showing 11 police officers wearing the distinctive Lone Htein riot police badge preparing to crack down on protesters from a location in Yangon around noon. As they discuss the weapons they will use, one officer tells the others, "They will take care of Hlaing Tharyar." Another replies: "I will have no pity on these people."Human Rights ObservatorymiOthershave long documented the highly abusive role Lone Htein riot police played in previous government crackdowns, unfairly beating and arresting protesters and often working closely with the military.
Two witnesses said they heard the use of automatic weapons during the raid. Both military and police personnel carried military-grade assault rifles that could be fired in full automatic mode. A photo released by a local media outlet shows military officers and vehicles parked on Hlaing Road between Mie Kwat Zay and the BOC bus stops between 4 p.m. m. and 6 p.m. m. and a soldier apparently carrying an MA-1 assault rifle. Other photos of police officers on the Yangon side of the Aung Zeya Bridge show them with BA-series assault rifles.
Videos and images analyzed by Human Rights Watch show security forces using deadly force against protesters. They also show security forces carrying out a coordinated maneuver to surround the protesters and block their exit routes.
In video taken just before 12:30 p.m., a group of protesters stands under a row of tarps about 35 meters from bus stop 3 as gunshots are heard intermittently nearby. Soon, tear gas is fired from the west and more gunshots are heard, prompting the protesters to disperse to the east.
A second video, filmed one block north of the 3 bus stop around 12:30 p.m., appears to show protesters running from gunfire, with tear gas visible about 10 to 40 yards east of the bus stop. . A minute later, at least 10 security force trucks are seen in what appears to be a pincer movement, driving west from Aung Zeya Bridge towards Hlaing Tharyar towards the retreating protesters. A man lies on the sidewalk with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Someone tries to help him, but gunfire forces them to abandon the man and run for cover.
The videos confirm to witnesses that security forces cut off the western and southern exit routes for protesters. A very short video and two images posted on social media appear to show security forces crossing the Bayint Naung Bridge over the Hlaing River south of the Aung Zeya Bridge towards Hlaing Tharyar around 3pm. Two other photos show at least one bulldozer and two military trucks on a causeway about a kilometer east of the Bayint-Naung Bridge in the direction of Hlaing Tharyar. The one-second video shows three trucks parked at the western end of the Bayint-Naung Bridge. The angle and duration of the shadows in the video and photos indicate that they were taken between 3 p.m. m. and 3:30 p.m.
Aim for people trying to help the injured.
The protesters took the wounded to mobile clinics set up in the infirmaries and to a clinic near Mie Kwat Zay. However, the six witnesses said they saw security forces preventing the injured from getting help and shooting those trying to reach the injured protesters or recover the bodies.
"Yadanar", a medical student, predicted the violence on March 14 and volunteered at a mobile clinic near Mie Kwat Zay. She said the patients arrived just after 1 p.m.:
At least 10 people who entered the clinic were shot. They were shot in the arms, legs, head and neck. One person died in our clinic. There may be other patients who died on the way to the hospital... When a patient came in with a shot to the head, I saw that he was having a seizure. We will send you to a hospital in an ambulance. But an ambulance carrying an injured person from our clinic to a hospital was attacked and the ambulance driver was seriously injured, so they even shot at the ambulances.
Witnesses said security forces piled the bodies in the back of military vehicles. Other bodies were left on the street when security forces fired on protesters trying to retrieve them. Police and soldiers also fired on protesters and health workers trying to help other injured protesters. Security forces fired at a health worker who was trying to retrieve a body just 30 meters away, hitting the health worker in the thigh, a witness said.
Human Rights Watch analyzed a video taken around midday about 100 meters east of bus stop 5 on Hlaing River Road, showing protesters under fire trying to move injured protesters away from advancing security forces. At least four protesters are visibly injured trying to help others who have been shot; One protester lies limp and immobile as he is carried and another is bleeding from the back on the sidewalk. Tear gas is seen in the middle of the street. Gunshots ring out throughout the video, and the police and military move together west toward the bus stop.
FAQs
Why did people protest in Myanmar? ›
jé]), began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. As of 23 June 2022, at least 2000 protesters have been killed, 14,000 currently arrested and 700,000 displaced by the junta.
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Are Burmese Chinese? ›...
| Chinese people in Myanmar | |
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| Burmese | မြန်မာတရုတ်လူမျိုး |
One country. Two names? Myanmar is the official name of the country upended by a military coup this week.
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The Burmese language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman group of the Tibeto-Chinese family of languages, but, unlike Chinese, it is not ideographic. That is, it does not have characters which originated as pictures, but an alphabet, of eleven vowels and thirty-two consonants, derived from the Pahlavi script of South India.
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Since the beginning of the military coup on 1 February 2021, at least 70,000 people have fled Myanmar, and more than one million remain internally displaced from their homes.
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Do they speak English in Burma? ›...
| Myanmar English | |
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| A welcome sign in English in Myanmar. | |
| Native to | Myanmar |
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Where does Myanmar get its weapons? ›
A subsidiary of Dynasty Group, Dynasty International Company Limited, is also a key arms supplier to the Myanmar military, with links to companies in Russia, Belarus and Germany. Dynasty International imported parts for Mi-17 helicopters since the attempted coup, according to data from the trade database, ImportGenius.
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Does Myanmar have crime? ›...
Myanmar Crime Rate & Statistics 1990-2022.
| Myanmar Crime Rate & Statistics - Historical Data | ||
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| Year | Per 100K Population | Annual % Change |
| 2020 | 0.01 | -99.59% |
| 2016 | 2.26 | 3.28% |
| 2015 | 2.19 | -7.05% |
As of November 2022, only three countries were on the FATF blacklist: North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar.
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How are human rights in Myanmar being violated? ›In a campaign of violence that has touched every corner of the country, soldiers, police officers and military-backed militias have murdered, abducted, detained, and tortured children.
What happened in Myanmar that lead to a coup? ›
Addressing the nation on 2 February, the junta used the election commission's failure to resolve the electoral disputes, which it argued 'violated the Constitution and could lead to a “disintegration of national solidarity”', as a pretext for the takeover.
Which religion is most in India? ›India's religious composition largely stable since Partition
Between 1951 and 2011, Muslims grew by 4.4 percentage points to 14.2% of the population, while Hindus declined by 4.3 points to 79.8%. Christians have made up between 2% and 3% of India's population in every census since 1951.
Five years ago, Burma's military launched a brutal campaign against Rohingya – razing villages, raping, torturing, and perpetrating large-scale violence that killed thousands of Rohingya men, women, and children. More than 740,000 Rohingya were forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in Bangladesh.
Is Myanmar a poor country? ›The report stated that poverty is estimated to have doubled compared to March 2020, with around 40 per cent of the population living below the national poverty line in 2022.
Who is controlling Myanmar? ›| Office | Name | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman Prime Minister | Min Aung Hlaing | 2 February 2021 |
| Vice Chairman | Soe Win | 2 February 2021 |
| President | Myint Swe | 1 February 2021 |
Human trafficking is currently one of the largest issues on a global scale as millions of men, women, and children are forced into labor and sexual exploitation. Religious discrimination is also very common in many places around the world.
What country has violated human rights? ›...
Countries with lowest Human Rights Protection Scores as of 2017.
| Characteristic | Human rights score |
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| Syria | -2.56 |
| Sudan | -2.47 |
| Myanmar | -2.47 |
| North Korea | -2.44 |
The official language is Burmese, spoken by the people of the plains and, as a second language, by most people of the hills. During the colonial period, English became the official language, but Burmese continued as the primary language in all other settings.
What is Australia doing to help Myanmar? ›As part of the Albanese Government's commitment to supporting the humanitarian response in Myanmar and Bangladesh, Australia will provide $135 million in2022-23 to assist with the delivery of life-saving food, water and shelter through partner organisations.