In response, some protesters began using homemade weapons in self-defense. In the months immediately following the army’s takeover, largely peaceful demonstrations nationwide were met with increasingly brutal suppression by the security forces. “As they discuss the weapons they were going to use, one officer says to the others, ‘You guys will handle Hlaing Tharyar.’ Another replies: ‘I will show no mercy for these people,’” it says. The report mentions a video posted on TikTok by a police officer that shows riot police preparing to advance on protesters. “We can prove, through testimonies and digital forensics, that in videos posted by security forces, and images that show security forces pointing their weapons – assault rifles and automatic weapons - against civilians, that this was planned and coordinated,” Manny Maung said. Human Rights Watch said it based its findings on interviews with six witnesses and analyses of 13 videos and 31 photographs of the violence posted on social media. “It’s necessary to make sure that such figures are made aware that they can be tried and held to account at a later time,” she said.
In her opinion, that would be the Yangon regional military commander and the city’s police chief. “Ultimately, the responsibility lies in the command structure, and whoever was responsible for ordering the crackdown and implementing the crackdown is responsible,” she said. Human Rights Watch’s Myanmar researcher Manny Maung told The Associated Press the security forces’ actions “constitute the crime against humanity of murder.” No government official was immediately available for comment. Human Right’s Watch said no action is known to have been taken against any members of the security forces. It has a population of about 54 million, most of whom are Burmese speakers, although. It neighbours Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and India. The military-installed government, which imposed martial law in the area after the violence, has described the protesters as “rioters” who burned down garment factories and blocked firefighters. Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in South East Asia. “Soldiers and police armed with military assault rifles fired on trapped protesters and on those trying to assist the wounded, killing at least 65 protesters and bystanders,” said the New York-based organization. 1 seizure of power from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Human Rights Watch accused security forces of deliberately encircling and using lethal force against crowds in Yangon’s working class neighborhood of Hlaing Tharyar that were demonstrating against the military’s Feb. BANGKOK (AP) - The killing of at least 65 protesters in Myanmar’s biggest city on March 14 this year was planned and premeditated, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice, a rights watchdog said in a report released Thursday.
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