Tag: Myanmar military

GENEVA:  A UN official said Friday that he is worried about the military escalating violence against civilians and opponents of a coup in Myanmar after the army intensified its dispatch of soldiers to the north. UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tom Andrews pointed out that the deployment of tens of thousands of troops and heavy weaponry, and other military assets to the north and northwest regions of the country are reminiscent of similar tactics by the military before its genocidal attacks against the Rohingya in Rakhine State in 2016 and...