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Published on: 01/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
The military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels. The army launched wave after wave of retaliatory airstrikes and artillery shelling on civilians and civilian populated areas, forced thousands of young people into military service, conducted arbitrary arrests and prosecutions. The status of the fighting The military’s 2021 takeover prompted widespread public protests. At least 6,239 were killed and 28,444 were arrested since the takeover of the military. Aung Thu Nyein, director of communications for the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar think tank, tells The Associated Press that Myanmar’s current situation is at its worst with peace and development being pushed back. The ethnic minorities have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy from Myanmar's central government and are loosely allied with the People’s Defence Force, the pro-democracy armed resistance formed after the army’s 2021 takeover. Critics say the election would not be free or fair as civil rights have been curtailed. The military government extended a state of emergency another six months. No exact date for the polls was given.
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