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The Daily Star Editorial

April 01, 2021

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Heading (āĻļিāϰোāύাāĻŽ) Violence in Myanmar continues to escalate

=āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻŦে⧜েāχ āϚāϞāĻ›ে; 

The world must unite against the military regime

=āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻļাāϏāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ•ে āĻāĻ• āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে; 

✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️

āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨāĻ—ুāϞি āϜেāύে āύিāχ

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ā§§। Violence in Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা; 

⧍। continues to escalate-āĻŦে⧜েāχ āϚāϞāĻ›ে; 

ā§Š। The world must unite-āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•/āϐāĻ•্āϝāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে; 

ā§Ē। against the military regime-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻļাāϏāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে; 

ā§Ģ। The situation in Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি; 

ā§Ŧ। has only gone from bad to worse-āĻļুāϧু āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻ–াāϰাāĻĒāϤāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āϚāϞে āĻ—েāĻ›ে; 

ā§­। since the military seized power -āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĻāĻ–āϞেāϰ (āĻĒāϰ) āĻĨেāĻ•ে; 

ā§Ž। after refusing-āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻ–্āϝাāύেāϰ āĻĒāϰ; 

⧝। to accept the results-āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰা; 

ā§§ā§Ļ। of the country's national elections-āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϜাāϤী⧟ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāϚāύেāϰ; 

ā§§ā§§। in February-āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰু⧟াāϰিāϤে; 

⧧⧍। On March 27-āĻŽাāϰ্āϚ āĻŽাāϏেāϰ ⧍⧭ āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে; 

ā§§ā§Š। while the Myanmar military junta-āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āϜাāύ্āϤা; 

ā§§ā§Ē। celebrated its Armed Forces Day-āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏāĻļāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻŦাāĻšিāύী āĻĻিāĻŦāϏ āωāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰে; 

ā§§ā§Ģ। the country also saw-āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻেāĻ–āϞো/āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝāĻ•্āώāĻ“ āĻ•āϰāϞো; 

ā§§ā§Ŧ। one of the most brutal days-āϏāĻŦāϚে⧟ে āύৃāĻļংāϏ āĻĻিāύāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি; 

ā§§ā§­। of the ongoing crackdown-āϚāϞāĻŽাāύ āϞāĻ•āĻĄাāωāύেāϰ; 

ā§§ā§Ž। on pro-democracy protesters-āĻ—āĻŖāϤāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻĒāύ্āĻĨি āĻŦিāĻ•্āώোāĻ­āĻ•াāϰীāĻĻেāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ; 

⧧⧝। with 114 reported deaths-ā§§ā§§ā§ĒāϜāύেāϰ āύিāĻšāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻĒাāĻ“ā§Ÿা āĻ—েāĻ›ে; 

⧍ā§Ļ। This included -āĻāϰāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে; 

⧍⧧। many children-āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻļিāĻļু; 

⧍⧍। including two 11-year-olds.-ā§§ā§§ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏী āĻĻুāχāϜāύāϏāĻš; 

ā§¨ā§Š। In less than two months-āĻĻুāχ āĻŽাāϏেāϰāĻ“ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿে; 

⧍ā§Ē। at least 25 children-āĻ…āύ্āϤāϤ ⧍ā§ĢāϜāύ āĻļিāĻļু; 

⧍ā§Ģ। have allegedly been killed-āύিāĻšāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āĻ…āĻ­িāϝোāĻ— āωāĻ āĻ›ে; 

⧍ā§Ŧ। in the violence in Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা⧟; 

⧍⧭। according to the Unicef-āχāωāύিāϏেāĻĢ āϜাāύি⧟েāĻ›ে; 

ā§¨ā§Ž। Reports suggest that-āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύāĻ—ুāϞো āϜাāύি⧟েāĻ›ে āϝে; 

⧍⧝। over 500 people-āĻĒাঁāϚ āĻļāϤাāϧিāĻ• āϞোāĻ•;

ā§Šā§Ļ।  have lost their lives-āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āϜীāĻŦāύ āĻšাāϰি⧟েāĻ›ে; 

ā§Šā§§। while protesting for their rights on the streets of Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āϰাāϏ্āϤা⧟ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āφāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ; 

ā§Šā§¨। Despite these horrible killings-āĻāϏāĻŦ āϭ⧟াāĻŦāĻš/āĻŦীāĻ­ā§ŽāϏ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“; 

ā§Šā§Š। the Myanmar military junta's disproportionate use of force-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āϜাāύ্āϤাāϰ āĻļāĻ•্āϤিāϰ āĻāϞোāĻŽেāϞো/āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে-āϤাāχ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ; 

ā§Šā§Ē।  against its own people-āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে; 

ā§Šā§Ģ। has only continued unabated-āĻ–াāϞি āĻ…āĻŦাāϧেāχ āϚāϞāĻ›ে; 

ā§Šā§Ŧ। Over the past few days-āĻŦিāĻ—āϤ āĻ•ā§Ÿে āĻĻিāύ āϧāϰে; 

ā§Šā§­। the military has even launched airstrikes-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻŦাāĻšিāύী āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻšাāĻŽāϞাāĻ“ āϚাāϞি⧟েāĻ›ে; 

ā§Šā§Ž। against the ethnic Karen population-āĻ•াāϰেāύ āύৃāĻ—োāώ্āĻ ী āϜāύāĻ—āύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে; 

ā§Šā§¯।   in eastern Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦেāϰ; 

ā§Ēā§Ļ। breaking an existing ceasefire agreement-āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝāĻŽাāύ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāϰāϤি āϚুāĻ•্āϤি āϞāĻ™্āϘāύ āĻ•āϰে; 

ā§Ēā§§। with the armed groups of that region-āϐ āĻāϞাāĻ•াāϰ āϏāĻļāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āϏাāĻĨে; 

ā§Ē⧍। As a result-āĻĢāϞে; 

ā§Ēā§Š। there is now a growing refugee crisis-āĻāĻ–āύ āĻļāϰāĻŖাāϰ্āĻĨী āϏংāĻ•āϟ āĻŦে⧜ে āϝাāϚ্āĻ›ে;

ā§Ēā§Ē। on Thailand's borders-āĻĨাāχāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤে; 

ā§Ēā§Ģ। with thousands of ethnic Karen fleeing the bombardments-āĻ—োāϞাāĻŦāϰ্āώāĻŖ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻŦাঁāϚāϤে  āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻ•াāϰেāύ āύৃāĻ—োāώ্āĻ ী; 

ā§Ēā§Ŧ। It is clear now that-āĻāϟা āĻāĻ–āύ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟ āϝে; 

ā§Ēā§­। the civil conflict in Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰে āĻŦেāϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āϏংāϘাāϤ; 

ā§Ēā§Ž। will only continue to escalate-āĻļুāϧু āĻŦে⧜েāχ āϝাāĻŦে; 

ā§Ē⧝। with different ethnic armed groups coming together-āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āύৃāĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āϏāĻļāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻ—োāώ্āĻ ী āϐāĻ•্āϝāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে;

ā§Ģā§Ļ। to unite against the coup-āĻ•্āϝু/āĻ…āĻ­্āϝুāϤ্āĻĨাāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻ•āϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāϤে; 

ā§Ģā§§।  as reported by Reuters-āϰ⧟āϟাāϰ্āϏেāϰ āϰিāĻĒোāϰ্āϟ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϜাāύা āϝা⧟; 

ā§Ģ⧍। It is high time for the international community-āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻা⧟েāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āωāĻĒāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ; 

ā§Ģā§Š।  to also come together and take a stand-āĻāĻ•āϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āύে⧟াāϰ; 

ā§Ģā§Ē। against the violent crackdown-āĻĒ্āϰāϚāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে; 

ā§Ģā§Ģ। on civilians-āĻŦেāϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āϞোāĻ•āϜāύেāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ; 

ā§Ģā§Ŧ। by the Myanmar military-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ; 

ā§Ģā§­। as well as their unlawful seizure of power-āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦেāφāχāύি āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĻāĻ–āϞেāϰ (āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে);

ā§Ģā§Ž। It is telling that-āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে āϝে; 

ā§Ģ⧝।  only after being faced with a refugee crisis-āĻļুāϧু āĻļāϰāĻŖাāϰ্āĻĨী āϏংāĻ•āϟেāϰ āĻŽুāĻ–োāĻŽুāĻ–ি āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ āĻĒāϰ; 

ā§Ŧā§Ļ। did Thailand ask Myanmar-āĻĨাāχāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻšāĻŦাāύ āϜাāύাāϞো; 

ā§Ŧā§§।  to "reduce violence" there-āϏেāĻ–াāύে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻ•āĻŽাāϤে; 

ā§Ŧ⧍। So far-āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ; 

ā§Ŧā§Š। the silence of the ASEAN countries-āφāϏি⧟াāύ āĻĻেāĻļāĻ—ুāϞোāϰ āύিāϰāĻŦāϤা; 

ā§Ŧā§Ē। despite the violent actions-āϏāĻšিংāϏ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“; 

ā§Ŧā§Ģ। of their neighbour-āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻļি āϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰেāϰ; 

ā§Ŧā§Ŧ। has been only too conspicuous-āϏুāϏ্āĻĒāώ্āϟāĻ“ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে; 

ā§Ŧā§­। Although the UK and the US-āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ“ āϝুāĻ•্āϤāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ; 

ā§Ŧā§Ž। finally decided to impose sanctions-āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে āύিāώেāϧাāϜ্āĻžা āφāϰোāĻĒেāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύিāϞ/āύি⧟েāĻ›ে; 

ā§Ŧ⧝। on military businesses-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāĻ•াāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ; 

ā§­ā§Ļ। the response from the international community-āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻা⧟েāϰ āĻĒāĻ•্āώ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϏা⧜াāĻĻাāύ; 

ā§­ā§§। has also been painfully slow and inadequate-āϚāϰāĻŽāĻ­াāĻŦে āϧীāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻ…āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤāĻ“ āĻšā§ŸেāĻ›ে; 

⧭⧍। with the special UN rapporteur on human rights-āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ āĻŦিāώ⧟āĻ• āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻĻূāϤ āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“; 

ā§­ā§Š। in Myanmar -āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰে; 

ā§­ā§Ē। calling the global diplomatic response-āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻ•ূāϟāύৈāϤিāĻ• āϏা⧜াāĻĻাāύে āφāĻšāĻŦাāύ (āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ“); 

ā§­ā§Ģ। "out of step with the scale of the crisis"-āϏংāĻ•āϟেāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰা⧟ āĻāĻ•āχ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āύা āĻĨাāĻ•া; 

ā§­ā§Ŧ। out of step with-āĻ—োāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻ•āĻŽāϤ āύা āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿা; āĻāĻ•āχ āϏাāĻĨে āύা āϚāϞা;

ā§­ā§­। Although the UN Security Council yesterday-āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āĻ—āϤāĻ•াāϞ āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻ; 

ā§­ā§Ž। finally convened an emergency meeting-āĻ…āĻŦāĻļেāώে āϜāϰুāϰি āϏāĻ­া āφāĻšāĻŦাāύ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে; 

⧭⧝। on the situation in Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āύি⧟ে; 

ā§Žā§Ļ। we are yet to get any information on the deliberations-āφāĻŽāϰা āφāϞাāĻĒ-āφāϞোāϚāύাāϰ āĻ•োāύ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻĒা⧟āύি; 

ā§Žā§§। We hope-āφāĻŽāϰা āφāĻļাāĻ•āϰি; 

ā§Žā§¨। the members of the council-āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻেāϰ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāϰা; 

ā§Žā§Š। will take the right decisions-āϏāĻ িāĻ• āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύিāĻŦেāύ; 

ā§Žā§Ē। and inspire the world-āĻāĻŦং āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻ•ে āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦেāύ; 

ā§Žā§Ģ। to unite against the military regime in Myanmar-āĻŽি⧟াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āĻļাāϏāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻ•āϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§Ÿাāϰ; 

ā§Žā§Ŧ। and support a return to democracy-āĻāĻŦং āĻ—āĻŖāϤāύ্āϤ্āϰে āĻĢিāϰে āφāϏাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰাāϰ; 


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Violence in Myanmar continues to escalate

The world must unite against the military regime

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The situation in Myanmar has only gone from bad to worse since the military seized power after refusing to accept the results of the country's national elections in February. On March 27, while the Myanmar military junta celebrated its Armed Forces Day, the country also saw one of the most brutal days of the ongoing crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, with 114 reported deaths. This included many children, including two 11-year-olds. In less than two months, at least 25 children have allegedly been killed in the violence in Myanmar, according to the Unicef. Reports suggest that over 500 people have lost their lives while protesting for their rights on the streets of Myanmar.


Despite these horrible killings, the Myanmar military junta's disproportionate use of force against its own people has only continued unabated. Over the past few days, the military has even launched airstrikes against the ethnic Karen population in eastern Myanmar, breaking an existing ceasefire agreement with the armed groups of that region. As a result, there is now a growing refugee crisis on Thailand's borders, with thousands of ethnic Karen fleeing the bombardments. 

It is clear now that the civil conflict in Myanmar will only continue to escalate, with different ethnic armed groups coming together to unite against the coup, as reported by Reuters. It is high time for the international community to also come together and take a stand against the violent crackdown on civilians by the Myanmar military as well as their unlawful seizure of power.


It is telling that only after being faced with a refugee crisis did Thailand ask Myanmar to "reduce violence" there. So far, the silence of the ASEAN countries despite the violent actions of their neighbour has been only too conspicuous. Although the UK and the US finally decided to impose sanctions on military businesses, the response from the international community has also been painfully slow and inadequate, with the special UN rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar calling the global diplomatic response "out of step with the scale of the crisis".

💚Prepared by Noor E Alam Siddique


Although the UN Security Council yesterday finally convened an emergency meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we are yet to get any information on the deliberations. We hope the members of the council will take the right decisions and inspire the world to unite against the military regime in Myanmar and support a return to democracy.

Prepared by Noor E Alam Siddique

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