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A total of around 3,000 civilians have been killed in Burma by military repression since the February 2021 military coup.as reported by the Association for Assistance to Burma Political Prisoners (AAPP), one of the country’s most prominent opposition activist organizations.

The 3,000th victim has been identified by the association as a nun named Sate who was “burned alive” in the Sagaing area. The nun could not escape a military assault on the town where she lived, Let Pan Hla, in the municipality of Khin-U, where they set fire to all the houses.

The toll, collected by the opposition-linked ‘The Irrawaddy’ news portal, details that 1,229 people, or almost 41% of the total dead, were killed by the board and staff of the Pyu Saw Htee paramilitary militia. Sagaing region.

The neighboring region of Mandalay came second with 350 dead, while the Rangoon region followed with 316. The report does not include those killed fighting the junta.

The Burmese junta continues to tighten its siege against Aung San Suu Kyi: the ex-leader, already sentenced to several years in prison, was sentenced Monday to an additional six years during her mega-trial, denounced as a politician by the international community community and as "face of justice" by Washington.
The Burmese junta continues to tighten its siege against Aung San Suu Kyi: the ex-leader, already sentenced to several years in prison, was sentenced Monday to an additional six years during her mega-trial, denounced as a politician by the international community and as an “affront to justice” by Washington.

So far this year, at least 118 civilians were killed by junta forcesthough the AAPP fears the true death toll is likely to be much higher.

The regime, let us recall, accepted at the beginning of February that the current state of emergency remain in force for at least another six months, which opens the door to the continuation of a repression which was particularly evident in the weeks which followed the coup against the government by Aung San Suu Kyi.

In January, the Burmese military junta granted amnesty to 7,012 prisoners on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence.

The prisoner amnesty, a common initiative in Burma on designated days, came five days after the Fallen leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyiwas sentenced to 7 years in prison at her last trial after a lengthy trial in which she racked up 33 years in prison on charges she denies.

In previous amnesties, the junta has freed political prisoners, but only a few tens of thousands of them are behind bars and some have subsequently been rearrested.

With Europa Press information

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