Nearly 2,000 people die during junta interrogations: rights group

By Admin 01 Nov 2024

DMG Newsroom
1 November 2024, Sittwe

Nearly 2,000 have been killed at junta interrogation centres since the 2021 coup, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said in a report on October 30.

A total of 1,943 civilians - 324 in 2021, 632 in 2022, 612 in 2023 and 375 in 2024 -were killed after being arrested by Myanmar's military regime, the AAPP report said.

Of Myanmar's 14 regions and states, Sagaing Region ranked first with 998 deaths, according to the report.

"Looking back at the regime's worst and most inhumane violations, it has invaded civilian homes and communities, arrested, tortured, brutally killed during interrogations, and committed sexual violence," said Naw Khin San Htwe, General Secretary of the Burmese Women's Union (BWU).

A total of 50 women were killed at the hands of Myanmar's military regime across the country, including Arakan State, from January 1 to October 29, the AAPP report added.

The list represents data AAPP has been able to gather, but the organisation notes that the actual figures on the ground are likely higher.

"The regime has committed many war crimes targeting the civilian population. The regime burned down villages, looted public property, brutally arrested and killed people, and used locals as human shields," Ko Moe Htet Nay, a political and research advisor for Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, told DMG.

Since the military coup, the regime has not observed the laws of war and has committed grave human rights abuses, leaving civilian populations across the country at risk.