19 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
A total of approximately 3,000 civilians have died in Burma due to the repression of the military since the coup d’état launched by the Army in February 2021, as denounced by the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP), one of the organizations of the most prominent opposition activists in the country.
The 3,000th victim has been identified by the association as a nun named Sate who was “burned alive” in the Sagaing region. The nun was unable to escape a military assault on the town where she lived, Let Pan Hla, in the municipality of Khin-U, where they proceeded to set fire to all the homes.
The balance, collected by the news portal ‘The Irrawaddy’, linked to the opposition, details that 1,229 people, or almost 41 percent of the total deaths, were killed by the board and personnel of the Pyu Saw Htee paramilitary militia. precisely in this region of Sagaing.
Neighboring Mandalay region came second with 350 dead, while Rangoon region followed with 316. The report does not include those killed fighting against the junta.
So far this year, at least 118 civilians have been killed by junta forces, although the AAPP fears the actual number of deaths is likely to be much higher.
The regime, it should be remembered, agreed at the beginning of February that the current state of emergency remain in force for at least six more months, which opens the door to maintaining a repression that became especially evident in the weeks after the coup against the Government by Aung San Suu Kyi.
