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Myanmar’s military intensifying killing and torture of civilians, UN says

Members of the Myanmar military march at a parade ground to mark Independence Day in Naypyidaw [File: AFP]

Myanmar’s military regime has stepped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents with tens of thousands of people arrested since the coup more than three years ago, a United Nations report has found.

The military seized power in February 2021, removing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.

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