A Licnese to Torture ? While religious sites and worship places are not exempt from the military’s destruction and utilization as military objects, members of different religious clerics are also subjected to torture and ill-treatment of the military forces. On March 11, 2023, the Myanmar military committed a mass killing of villagers including three Buddhist monks at a monastery in Pinlaung township, a part of Pa’O Self-Administered Zone in southern Shan State.59 During the raid on Nanneint village in Pinlaung township, at least 30 civilians including three Buddhist monks and two teenagers were murdered as the photos published by Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF), an ethnic revolutionary organization and verified by an independent media agency showed.60 Of the 30, the dead bodies of 28 civilians with gunshot wounds in the head and torso of them were found scattered in the compound of the monastery. Chapter 3 Conclusion The Myanmar military has been utilizing the systematic, widespread and deliberate use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Myanmar for many decades. While there is very little or no justice for the survivors from torture in the past massive atrocities in Myanmar, the Myanmar military never hesitates to repeat its torture practice to the people. This results in gargantuan loss of human resources, gigantic human sufferings and also leads to irreparable damage to the people of Myanmar. Moreover, these continued atrocities in Myanmar represent an example of the failure of international community to comply with its obligation to protect humankind at any corner of the world, rendering sham legitimacy and impunity which the successive regimes and military juntas have enjoyed to escape justice. The Myanmar military junta must be held accountable for its international crimes against the people it is meant to protect. The voice, resilience, solidarity and efforts to hold Myanmar military accountable must not be rendered void. 34 59 “At least 22 people killed in suspected massacre at Myanmar monastery”, Reuters, March 17, 2023, https:// www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/least-22-people-killed-suspected-massacre-myanmar-monastery-2023-03-17/ (accessed June 10, 2023) 60 Junta forces kill 29, including three monks, in southern Shan State, Myanmar Now, March 13, 2023, https:// myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-forces-kill-29-including-three-monks-in-southern-shan-state/ (accessed June 10, 2023) Equality Myanmar