Myanmar protesters pouring out of downtown Yangon▶ Click here for a larger view
At least 138 protesters have been counted to have died since the coup on the 1st of last month in Myanmar, the UN said on the 15th (local time).
“We witnessed a bloodshed weekend in Myanmar,” said UN spokesman Stephan Dujarik at a regular briefing. Said.
The figures included 18 deaths on the 13th and 38th on the 14th, a spokeswoman for the weekend, Dujarik said.
However, the actual death toll is likely to be higher than this, and it is snowballing as the days go by.
Local media, Myanmar Now, reported that as a result of collecting data from three hospitals, at least 59 people died in Yangon, the largest city on the 14th.
On the 15th, at least 11 people were killed and injured in several places in the second city of Mandalay and the central region due to firearms by the military and police, AFP news agency reported, citing words from local medical staff.
Myanmar’s military has declared martial law in parts of Yangon and Mandalay and is in a position to cope with the protests in the coup protests, raising concerns about the bloodshed.
Myanmar protesters confront the police while hiding behind shields▶ Click here for a larger view
Regarding the incident, UN Secretary-General Antoniu Gutechs said, “I strongly condemn the continued violence aimed at peace protesters and violations of the most basic human rights of the Myanmar people.” “I reaffirm the position that it is,” said a spokesman for Dujarik.
Deputy spokesman Jelina Porter of the US State Department also criticized “the military responded with bullets to the call for democracy restoration in Burma (myanmar’s old name),” and “military violence is immoral and no excuses.”
Deputy spokeswoman Porter also urged the United States to join the sanctions against Myanmar’s military, saying, “The United States continues to demand that all nations take concrete measures against the (Myanmar’s) coup and escalating violence.”
The U.S. administration of Biden launched economic sanctions last month and expanded the scope of sanctions against former and current officials of the Myanmar military unit and companies associated with them, which took control of the government through a coup.
Prior to this, UN Special Envoy Christine Schraner Berginer also issued a statement condemning the military, saying that the Myanmar military is ignoring the demands of restraint and dialogue recommendations from the international community, including the UN Security Council.
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