The US government has shown its "deep concern" by the air attack by the Burmese Armed Forces on a rebel area in the north of the country, which has left more than 50 dead, including children, while calling on the authorities to end the violence.
"The United States calls on the Burmese regime to end the horrific violence, allow unimpeded access for humanitarian aid, and respect the genuine and inclusive democratic aspirations of the Burmese people."reads a statement from the State Department.
The Department’s deputy spokesman, Vedant Patel, has noted that this kind of attacks "further underscore the regime’s disregard for human life and its responsibility in the serious political and humanitarian crisis that Burma is experiencing after the coup d’état of February 2021".
"The military regime must comply with the obligations imposed by International Humanitarian Law, including the rules on the protection of civilians"he remarked, before adding that Washington will collaborate with the international community so that the authorities are held accountable for the rights violations committed.
This Monday there was a air attack on the village of Pazigyi, in Sagaing, where two bombs fell early in the morning. The opposition administration, constituted as a counterweight to the junta, has assured that they would be "about a hundred" those killed in this attack and has urged to put an end to the "impunity" of the military regime.
For the opposition government, the "heinous action" perpetrated by him "terrorist army" in Sagaing — a region considered contrary to the junta that has governed Burma since the 2021 coup — is another example "of the indiscriminate use of extreme force against innocent civilians"which "constitutes a war crime".
The junta has hardened the repression in this time and accumulates more than 21,300 detainees, according to the Association of Assistance to Political Prisoners of Myanmar (AAPP, for its acronym in English). Since the coup, more than 3,200 people have been killed by forces loyal to the current authorities.
