Burma/Myanmar: Comprehensive Action Needed to Halt Ongoing Military Rampage [ALTSEAN]

Author: ALTSEAN
Year: 11 April 2017
Country: Thailand

27  March  2017  marked  the  first  Armed  Forces  Day  under  the  NLD-l ed  government.  Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing declared the military ‘s firm commitment to “… the stability, unity and development of the country and monitoring to ensure that [the country] can walk firmly  on  the  multi-party  democracy  path  chosen  by  the  people”. Despite  such  declarations,  the Tatmadaw’s behavior has consistently undermined the peace process, rule of law, and human rights, prompting UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee to report “that the situation is now worse than at any point in the past few years.

27  March  2017  marked  the  first  Armed  Forces  Day  under  the  NLD-l ed  government.  Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing declared the military ‘s firm commitment to “… the stability, unity and development of the country and monitoring to ensure that [the country] can walk firmly  on  the  multi-party  democracy  path  chosen  by  the  people”. Despite  such  declarations,  the Tatmadaw’s behavior has consistently undermined the peace process, rule of law, and human rights, prompting UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee to report “that the situation is now worse than at any point in the past few years.

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