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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Michelle Nichols

As with Ukraine, a coalition should pressure Myanmar's junta, U.N. expert says

FILE PHOTO: The sun shines behind the United Nations Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters from January 1, 2022, in New York City, New York, U.S., June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Russian weapons being used in Ukraine are also killing people in Myanmar, an independent U.N. expert said on Wednesday, urging countries to form a coalition - just as they have on Moscow over Ukraine - to target and pressure Myanmar's military junta.

Myanmar has been in crisis since the army ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in February 2021, detaining her and other officials and launching a bloody crackdown on protests and other dissent.

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