1/6 The situation in #Myanmar requires an urgent response from the international community. Now is not the time for the kind of diplomatic foot-dragging that has long characterized engagement w Myanmar’s extraordinarily abusive military regime. #Myanmarcoup

2/6 The overturning of #Myanmar’s constitutional order and the arrest of the civilian government and activists has the potential to trigger a disastrous #HumanRights crisis in an already fragile country. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/aung-san-suu-kyi-and-other-figures-detained-in-myanmar-raids-says-ruling-party

3/6 The #Myanmar military has for decades engaged with impunity in wide-ranging human rights violations, starting with crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes, arbitrary imprisonment, and monopolization of the country’s natural resources. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/05/how-myanmars-armed-forces-fund-atrocities

4/6 There is a lot to be said about ASSK and her failures in responding to the situation in #Rakhine but in the context of this coup all eyes need to be on Min Aung Hlaing and remember the litany of abuses that this military has committed.

5/6 From the detention of journalists, the quashing of civil and political rights, the excessive, and at times deadly, use of force in protests, and the detentions of democratically elected officials have long been the hallmark of the Tatmadaw. #Myanmarcoup #Myanmar

6/6 . @hrw and others have long warned that allowing impunity for past (and ongoing) abuses by the #Myanmar military ran the risk of emboldening the military in continuing to engage in massive violations. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/1/world-reacts-to-military-coup-in-myanmar