67 women killed at hands of junta in June: Burmese Women's Union

By Admin 10 Jul 2024

DMG Newsroom
10 July 2024, Sittwe

Sixty-seven women were killed and 59 others were injured at the hands of Myanmar's military regime last month across seven regions and states including Arakan State, the Burmese Women's Union (BWU) said on Wednesday.

Casualties were inflicted by airstrikes, shellings, arbitrary arrests and killings, torture in prison, rape and landmine encounters, said the report. Fourteen of the victims killed were under the age of 18, it said.

"Women casualties have increased by 50 percent from May," said the BWU. According to the BWU, there were 68 female casualties nationwide in May.

Like many other parts of the country, the junta's indiscriminate airstrikes and shellings are causing civilian casualties in Arakan State almost every day. Many of the victims are women and children.

Four women and a 14-year-old girl were injured when the regime carried out an air attack on Myonepyin Village in Thandwe Township on July 2.

A female social activist from Arakan State said: "As armed conflicts intensify across the country, the regime is increasingly targeting civilians. There are civilian casualties every day. The international community must take effective action to stop this."

Children and women are bearing the brunt of the fighting in Myanmar's conflict zones, where they face limited access to food and healthcare services in addition to ever-present concerns about landmines, indiscriminate attacks and arbitrary arrest.