A License to Torture ?
Acknowledgement
Myanmar, previously known as Burma, has been ruled by various military juntas and
leaders since 1958. It is undeniable that their dictatorship system and centralized
governance have been threatened inhumanely and unjustly on the civilians for over six
decades in Myanmar. Although Myanmar military juntas and leaders had conducted
arbitrary arrest and torture on the people, the widespread use of weapons, war crime,
massacre, genocide, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and inhuman acts
against innocent people, they have been unpunished until this era. Furthermore, these
military juntas and leaders shamefully testified that they did not commit crimes or
violations in front of the international news media, representatives, and communities.
Moreover, they shamelessly stated that there were no political prisoners in Myanmar
and they also accused all political prisoners as criminals and bad people. Subsequently,
different military juntas and leaders were told that they did not commit any torture on
the prisoners.
However, in this contemporary world, the International Communities are supporting and
standing together with Myanmar people, and they are also not accepting the illogical
lies and propaganda of the Myanmar military junta and its councils. Since February
2021, civilians have protested peacefully for justice and democracy because the military
junta has attempted the coup. However, the military junta conducted extra-judicial
suppression, killing, forced disappearance, arbitrary arrest, and torture on peaceful
protesters and innocent people in the different states and regions in Myanmar.
On February 12, 2021, with order No. 59/2021, the Myanmar junta and its military council
pardoned 2334 prisoners who were imprisoned for crimes before 2021. On February
13, 2021, the military junta and its councils suspended the Freedom of Citizens and
Security Act. Furthermore, they changed and controlled the local administration system
to oppress and control civilians and peaceful protests. This is how the Myanmar military
junta and its councils have systematically and purposefully committed forceful arrests,
tortures, and horrific killings. This critical situation has worsened daily in Myanmar. The
International Communities also condemned the war crimes, crimes against humanity
and human rights violations of the Myanmar military junta, while many investigations
have been conducted on justice and accountability. Significantly, it includes the efforts
of a lawsuit led by the Myanmar Accountability Project at the prosecutor’s Office in
Istanbul, Turkey, for the allegation and abuses committed at the Ye Kyi Aik detention
center.
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Equality Myanmar