12 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The US government has shown its “deep concern” over the air attack by the Burmese Armed Forces on a rebel area in the north of the country, which has left more than 50 dead, including children, while asking the authorities to end of violence.
“The United States calls on the Burmese regime to end the horrific violence, allow unhindered access for humanitarian aid, and respect the genuine and inclusive democratic aspirations of the Burmese people,” reads a State Department statement.
The Department’s deputy spokesman, Vedant Patel, has indicated that these types of attacks “further underline the regime’s contempt for human life and its responsibility in the serious political and humanitarian crisis that Burma is experiencing after the coup d’état in February 2021. “.
“The military regime must comply with the obligations imposed on it by International Humanitarian Law, including the rules on the protection of civilians,” he remarked, before adding that Washington will collaborate with the international community to hold the authorities accountable for the rights violations committed. .
This Monday an air attack took place in the village of Pazigyi, in Sagaing, where two bombs fell early in the morning. The opposition administration, constituted as a counterweight to the junta, has assured that there would be “about a hundred” those killed in this attack and has urged an end to the “impunity” of the military regime.
For the opposition government, the “atrocious action” perpetrated by the “terrorist army” in Sagaing – a region considered contrary to the junta that has governed Burma since the 2021 coup – is another example “of the indiscriminate use of extreme force against innocent civilians”, which “constitutes a war crime”.
The junta has toughened the repression during this time and accumulates more than 21,300 detainees, according to the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP, for its acronym in English). Since the coup, more than 3,200 people have been killed by forces loyal to the current authorities.
