Myanmar Heading towards a Full-Blown Conflict: UN Human Rights Chief

Geneva: The ongoing repression of protests in Myanmar could spark a full-blown conflict on a par with Syria, according to the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet
 
In a press release issued on Tuesday, the UN top human rights official urged States with influence to take immediate and impactful action to halt the slaughter of civilians. 
 
"There are clear echoes of Syria in 2011. There too, we saw peaceful protests met with unnecessary and clearly disproportionate force. The State's brutal, persistent repression of its own people led to some individuals taking up arms, followed by a downward and rapidly expanding spiral of violence all across the country," she stated.

Her appeal came in the wake of yet another weekend of coordinated bloodshed in Myanmar, including the reported killing of at least 82 people in Bago, where, according to credible reports, the country’s military, Tatmadaw, opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades, fragmentation grenades and mortars.
 
"I fear the situation in Myanmar is heading towards a full-blown conflict. States must not allow the deadly mistakes of the past in Syria and elsewhere to be repeated," she added.
 
Bachelet also highlighted the need to cut off the supply of arms and finances to the military leadership that aid its commission of serious human rights violations, noting the report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, which contains clear recommendations for impactful action in relation to the military.
 
"Statements of condemnation, and limited targeted sanctions, are clearly not enough. States with influence need to urgently apply concerted pressure on the military in Myanmar to halt the commission of grave human rights violations and possible crimes against humanity," Bachelet stated.
 
 
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