The UN independent human rights expert on Myanmar has urged the international community to take decisive action to protect civilians from the military junta's ongoing atrocities. The junta is escalating violence against civilians amid battlefield losses and citizen opposition, prompting calls to end appeasement and engagement without conditions. US policy incoherence may have hindered efforts to pressure the junta on democracy and human rights, while setbacks for the ruling junta in Myanmar present an opportunity for outside powers.
For Myanmar’s battered people and democracy, a string of setbacks for the ruling junta presents an opportunity. Outside powers must not waste it https://t.co/Tfe3geb0P7 👇
Sadly, U.S. policy incoherence and diplomatic missteps may have squandered, for the medium term, whatever opportunity had existed to place meaningful pressure on the junta over democracy and human rights. More from @sahelblog: https://t.co/k83DHf6EMX
Myanmar’s military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield from a range of pro-democracy and ethnic armed groups, a U.N.-backed independent expert on human rights warned Wednesday. https://t.co/eEgLQfswA5
Facing battlefield losses and citizen opposition, the Myanmar junta has escalated attacks on civilians. A UN expert seeks an end to “appeasement & engagement with the junta w/o conditions”. “Going forward, the first condition must be to stop the killing.” https://t.co/otwKasfnqH https://t.co/J64MAic2KC
The UN independent human rights expert on Myanmar called on the international community on Tuesday to take strong, coordinated action to protect civilians from ongoing atrocities committed by the military junta’s forces https://t.co/BSqu0CGUrT