Tens of thousands of evidence of human rights violations committed by the army since the putsch in Burma have been gathered, a group of deputies ousted from Aung San Suu Kyi's party said on Wednesday who will transmit these elements to UN investigators.
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Nearly 600 civilians, including about 50 children and adolescents, have been killed since the February 1 coup, according to the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners (AAPP).
The toll could be heavier: some 2,700 people have been arrested.
Many, without access to their relatives or a lawyer, are missing.
Extrajudicial executions, torture, illegal detentions: our committee "
received 180,000 items (...) showing large-scale violations of human rights by the military,
" said a resistance group called CRPH (Committee to represent the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Burmese legislative body).
It brings together deputies ousted from the National League for Democracy (LND) of Aung San Suu Kyi, who went into hiding.
The CRPH, which claims the right to speak on behalf of the country, said its lawyers would meet with UN investigators on Wednesday to discuss these alleged atrocities.
"
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the modalities of dialogue
" between the CRPH and the United Nations independent investigation mechanism on Burma, he explained.
The latter, created by the UN in 2018 after the abuses perpetrated by the Burmese army on the Rohingya Muslim minority, has started to gather evidence on the violations committed since the coup.
In mid-March, Thomas Andrews, the main independent expert commissioned by the United Nations, had already denounced probable “
crimes against humanity
”.
Despite the violence, pro-democracy mobilization does not weaken, with tens of thousands of workers on strike and entire sectors of the economy paralyzed.
In Mandalay, strikers took to the streets on Wednesday, some making the three-fingered salute which is a sign of resistance, according to images posted on social networks.
Generals take advantage of divisions in the international community.
After China, Russia on Tuesday rejected any idea of sanctions against the regime.
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