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You USA suspended this Monday (29) a trade agreement with Myanmar after the security forces in the Asian country left more than 100 dead over the weekend during protests against the military coup. The suspension will last until the restoration of democracy, said the government of Joe Biden.
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“The massacre of peaceful demonstrators, students, workers, union leaders, doctors and children has mobilized the conscience of the international community,” said White House commercial representative Katherine Tai.
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The decision withdraws Myanmar from the Generalized System of Preferences, in which the United States grants duty-free access to some imports from developing countries if they comply with the key rules.
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Group carries coffin of victim of repression of protests against military coup in Myanmar during funeral in Taunggyi on Monday (29) – Photo: STR / AFP
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The last Saturday, Burmese Armed Forces Day, was the bloodiest day since the February 1st coup, when the country’s army overthrew the civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A HIM-HER-IT estimates the death of 107 people, including seven children. Other observers say the number may be even higher.
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“It is absolutely unacceptable to see violence against people at such high levels,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who called for “more unity” from the international community to “pressure”.
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Since the protests began, more than 450 people have died in the daily crackdown on protesters, according to the latest report by the Association for the Aid of Political Prisoners (AAPP), a local NGO.
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Myanmar has a day marked by commotion at the burials of the more than 100 killed in protests
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The UN Security Council will also discuss the country’s situation again on Wednesday, according to diplomats.
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In this Monday, China e Russia, traditional allies of the Burmese military junta in this case, they asked for moderation.
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“Violence and bloody confrontations do not serve the interests of either side,” said China’s Foreign Ministry. The Kremlin, for its part, expressed concern about the “growing” number of civilian casualties.
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However, the board does not appear to be bothered by international convictions and sanctions. Military-controlled Myawaddy television only reported 45 deaths on Saturday, justifying the crackdown by saying that protesters used weapons and bombs against security forces.
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Despite the bloody weekend, on Monday, hundreds of people demonstrated in Prata, in the Mandalay region (center), with signs that read “The people will never be defeated”.
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Sixty young people from a city in the state of Karen, in the east of the country, made their own protest, accompanied by their mothers, local media reported. Two journalists were arrested in the state of Kachin.
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A man uses a slingshot during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 28, 2021. – Photo: Stringer / Reuters
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Since the coup, 55 journalists have been arrested and 25 remain in prison, according to a local organization. At the same time, the funerals of the victims of the repression continued.
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In the Sagaing region, hundreds of people paid tribute to Thinzar Hein, a 20-year-old nursing student who was shot to death while helping rescue workers to treat the wounded.
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The British Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended that its citizens leave the country as soon as possible after the “significant increase in the level of violence”.
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On Sunday, the United States embassy in Yangon asked its citizens to limit travel and advised “caution”.
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Man holds National League of Democracy flag during protest in Myanmar – Photo: Reuters
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Karen’s non-state airstrikes
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In Karen State, the Karen National Union (KNU), one of the country’s main ethnic minority rebel movements, was the target of air strikes over the weekend, the first in 20 years.
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The attacks left four dead and nine injured, according to Hsa Moo, a Karen human rights activist. Nearly 3,000 people fled the region on Sunday and crossed the border with Thailand.
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A Burmese boy miraculously survived a bombing attack that killed his father by destroying the family hovel in Karen territory near the Thai border, a humanitarian source said Monday.
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According to the local NGO Association for the Assistance of Political Prisoners (AAPP), at least 459 are said to have died.
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Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha told the press in Bangkok that the country’s army is prepared for more Burmese arrivals.
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However, about 2,000 people were repelled as they approached the border with Thailand, local media reported on Monday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand denied this information.
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