March 3, 20242 yr From AFP/ Thai PBS World . Geneva, Switzerland – Three years of military rule in Myanmar have inflicted unbearable cruelty, leaving people trapped in an unending nightmare as the conflict spreads, the UN human rights chief said Friday. The junta is crushing all forms of dissent with total impunity, Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council, urging the United Nations’ top rights body and countries to focus on preventing further atrocities. “The human rights situation in Myanmar has morphed into a never-ending nightmare, away from the spotlight of global politics,” Turk said. “Armed conflict has escalated and spread to nearly every corner of the country. Three years of military rule have inflicted — and continue to inflict — unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty on people in Myanmar.” He said the junta was cracking down on any opposition with “total abuse of power”, while development in the southeast Asian nation was now in freefall. The junta came to power in the February 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically-elected government, ending a 10-year experiment with democracy and plunging the country into bloody turmoil. continues at https://www.thaipbsworld.com/myanmar-now-a-never-ending-nightmare-un/
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