Mizzima.com-Sept 17
War on the people of Myanmar can be stopped with a “collective punishment” strategy on the military junta, said the UN Human Rights Rapporteur to Myanmar.
Toms Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur said to UN Congress’s Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on 13 September, that the best way to stop war on the people of Myanmar is to deny Myanmar military three things – weapon, money and legitimacy. In his discussion, Andrews referred to Myanmar military as “the hunter”.
Andrews said that the billion-dollar death trade, more than a billion dollars worth of weapons have been transferred to the military since the 2021 coup. He said,“Notwithstanding the evidence that these weapons are almost certainly going to be used to commit war crimes and and kill and assault innocent people, the’ hunter ‘has continued to purchase the jet fuel that allows its jet fighters and helicopter gunships to attack villagers in increasing numbers.”Andrews remarked that the junta has increased aerial attacks on civilian targets, including villages, schools, hospitals, encampments for displaced people as they failed to control a widespread resistance across the country, and lost their ground. Regarding actions through “money”, the Special Rapporteur, pointed out that state-owned entity Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise supplies more than US$1 billion to the regime every year, in addition to extraction of timber, jade and gemstones in other areas of the country. Read more at: https://www.mizzima.com/article/un-expert-suggests-collective-punishment-end-myanmar-militarys-war-people
