Restless: Protesters running from tear gas and charging riot police in Mandalay in this file picture. — AP
THE military rulers of Myanmar now see civilians as their adversary and are making war on the country’s own people, undermining the basic ability to live, the United Nations said.
Two years on from the Feb 1, 2021 coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, the situation is a “festering catastrophe”, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said, adding that the military was operating with “complete impunity”.
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