(ANSA) - YANGON, MARCH 30 - Over 500 civilians, including many students and adolescents, have been killed by the security forces since the February 1 military coup in Myanmar (formerly Burma), according to the Association for the assistance to political prisoners.
"We have the confirmation of 510 dead," says the uni, specifying that the toll "is probably much higher", with hundreds of people arrested in the last two months of which nothing is known.
The balance was particularly heavy on Saturday, 'Day of the Burmese Armed Forces', with over 110 victims including seven minors.
Despite the bloody pressure, the demonstrators took to the streets again yesterday.
Fourteen civilians died, most of them in eastern Yangon (formerly Rangoon), the country's economic capital.
Faced with this bloodbath, Washington announced the immediate suspension of the framework agreement on trade and investment concluded in 2013 with Burma, until the re-establishment of a "democratically elected" government.
LaFrance denounced the regime's "indiscriminate and murderous violence" and called for the release of "all political prisoners", including Aung San Suu Kyi, still in solitary confinement.
The United Kingdom, for its part, has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which will take place tomorrow at closed doors.
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