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SCORES of children have been killed and 1,000 arrested since the military junta came to power in Myanmar earlier this year, United Nations rights experts have warned.
The UN child rights committee said on Friday that it had received “credible information” that 75 children had been killed since the armed forces seized power in a coup on February 1.
“Children in Myanmar are under siege and facing catastrophic loss of life because of the military coup,” committee chair Mikiko Otani said.
MAISSON HASSAN highlights how amid bombed-out cities and collapsing hospitals, women-led initiatives are keeping communities alive
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
