The Daily Star Editorial
The Daily Star Editorial
April 01, 2021
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Heading (āĻļিāϰোāύাāĻŽ) Violence in Myanmar continues to escalate
=āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻŦেā§েāĻ āĻāϞāĻে;
The world must unite against the military regime
=āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻļাāϏāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻে āĻāĻ āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে;
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āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨāĻুāϞি āĻেāύে āύিāĻ
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ā§§। Violence in Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা;
⧍। continues to escalate-āĻŦেā§েāĻ āĻāϞāĻে;
ā§Š। The world must unite-āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻে āĻāĻ/āĻāĻ্āϝāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে;
ā§Ē। against the military regime-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻļাāϏāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে;
ā§Ģ। The situation in Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি;
ā§Ŧ। has only gone from bad to worse-āĻļুāϧু āĻাāϰাāĻĒ āĻĨেāĻে āĻাāϰাāĻĒāϤāϰেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻāϞে āĻেāĻে;
ā§। since the military seized power -āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĻāĻāϞেāϰ (āĻĒāϰ) āĻĨেāĻে;
ā§Ž। after refusing-āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝাāĻ্āϝাāύেāϰ āĻĒāϰ;
⧝। to accept the results-āĻĢāϞাāĻĢāϞ āĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰা;
ā§§ā§Ļ। of the country's national elections-āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻাāϤীā§ āύিāϰ্āĻŦাāĻāύেāϰ;
ā§§ā§§। in February-āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰুā§াāϰিāϤে;
⧧⧍। On March 27-āĻŽাāϰ্āĻ āĻŽাāϏেāϰ ⧍⧠āϤাāϰিāĻে;
ā§§ā§Š। while the Myanmar military junta-āϝāĻāύ āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻাāύ্āϤা;
ā§§ā§Ē। celebrated its Armed Forces Day-āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏāĻļāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻŦাāĻšিāύী āĻĻিāĻŦāϏ āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰে;
ā§§ā§Ģ। the country also saw-āĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻেāĻāϞো/āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝāĻ্āώāĻ āĻāϰāϞো;
ā§§ā§Ŧ। one of the most brutal days-āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āύৃāĻļংāϏ āĻĻিāύāĻুāϞিāϰ āĻāĻāĻি;
ā§§ā§। of the ongoing crackdown-āĻāϞāĻŽাāύ āϞāĻāĻĄাāĻāύেāϰ;
ā§§ā§Ž। on pro-democracy protesters-āĻāĻŖāϤāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻĒāύ্āĻĨি āĻŦিāĻ্āώোāĻāĻাāϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ;
⧧⧝। with 114 reported deaths-ā§§ā§§ā§ĒāĻāύেāϰ āύিāĻšāϤ āĻšāĻā§াāϰ āĻāĻŦāϰ āĻĒাāĻā§া āĻেāĻে;
⧍ā§Ļ। This included -āĻāϰāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰā§েāĻে;
⧍⧧। many children-āĻ āύেāĻ āĻļিāĻļু;
⧍⧍। including two 11-year-olds.-ā§§ā§§ āĻŦāĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϏী āĻĻুāĻāĻāύāϏāĻš;
ā§¨ā§Š। In less than two months-āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽাāϏেāϰāĻ āĻāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§ে;
⧍ā§Ē। at least 25 children-āĻ āύ্āϤāϤ ⧍ā§ĢāĻāύ āĻļিāĻļু;
⧍ā§Ģ। have allegedly been killed-āύিāĻšāϤ āĻšāĻā§াāϰ āĻ āĻিāϝোāĻ āĻāĻ āĻে;
⧍ā§Ŧ। in the violence in Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤাā§;
⧍ā§। according to the Unicef-āĻāĻāύিāϏেāĻĢ āĻাāύিā§েāĻে;
ā§¨ā§Ž। Reports suggest that-āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύāĻুāϞো āĻাāύিā§েāĻে āϝে;
⧍⧝। over 500 people-āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻļāϤাāϧিāĻ āϞোāĻ;
ā§Šā§Ļ। have lost their lives-āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻীāĻŦāύ āĻšাāϰিā§েāĻে;
ā§Šā§§। while protesting for their rights on the streets of Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āϰাāϏ্āϤাā§ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ āϧিāĻাāϰ āĻāύ্āĻĻোāϞāύেāϰ āϏāĻŽā§;
ā§Šā§¨। Despite these horrible killings-āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻā§াāĻŦāĻš/āĻŦীāĻā§āϏ āĻšāϤ্āϝাāĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄ āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ;
ā§Šā§Š। the Myanmar military junta's disproportionate use of force-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻাāύ্āϤাāϰ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāϰ āĻāϞোāĻŽেāϞো/āϝাāĻ্āĻে-āϤাāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ;
ā§Šā§Ē। against its own people-āύিāĻেāϰ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻāύāĻāĻŖেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে;
ā§Šā§Ģ। has only continued unabated-āĻাāϞি āĻ āĻŦাāϧেāĻ āĻāϞāĻে;
ā§Šā§Ŧ। Over the past few days-āĻŦিāĻāϤ āĻā§ে āĻĻিāύ āϧāϰে;
ā§Šā§। the military has even launched airstrikes-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻŦাāĻšিāύী āĻŦিāĻŽাāύ āĻšাāĻŽāϞাāĻ āĻাāϞিā§েāĻে;
ā§Šā§Ž। against the ethnic Karen population-āĻাāϰেāύ āύৃāĻোāώ্āĻ ী āĻāύāĻāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে;
ā§Šā§¯। in eastern Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦেāϰ;
ā§Ēā§Ļ। breaking an existing ceasefire agreement-āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝāĻŽাāύ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāϰāϤি āĻুāĻ্āϤি āϞāĻ্āĻāύ āĻāϰে;
ā§Ēā§§। with the armed groups of that region-āĻ āĻāϞাāĻাāϰ āϏāĻļāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻোāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āϏাāĻĨে;
ā§Ē⧍। As a result-āĻĢāϞে;
ā§Ēā§Š। there is now a growing refugee crisis-āĻāĻāύ āĻļāϰāĻŖাāϰ্āĻĨী āϏংāĻāĻ āĻŦেā§ে āϝাāĻ্āĻে;
ā§Ēā§Ē। on Thailand's borders-āĻĨাāĻāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āϏীāĻŽাāύ্āϤে;
ā§Ēā§Ģ। with thousands of ethnic Karen fleeing the bombardments-āĻোāϞাāĻŦāϰ্āώāĻŖ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦাঁāĻāϤে āĻšাāĻাāϰ āĻšাāĻাāϰ āĻাāϰেāύ āύৃāĻোāώ্āĻ ী;
ā§Ēā§Ŧ। It is clear now that-āĻāĻা āĻāĻāύ āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āϝে;
ā§Ēā§। the civil conflict in Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰে āĻŦেāϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āϏংāĻাāϤ;
ā§Ēā§Ž। will only continue to escalate-āĻļুāϧু āĻŦেā§েāĻ āϝাāĻŦে;
ā§Ē⧝। with different ethnic armed groups coming together-āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āύৃāĻোāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āϏāĻļāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āĻোāώ্āĻ ী āĻāĻ্āϝāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻšāĻ্āĻে;
ā§Ģā§Ļ। to unite against the coup-āĻ্āϝু/āĻ āĻ্āϝুāϤ্āĻĨাāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻāϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāϤে;
ā§Ģā§§। as reported by Reuters-āϰā§āĻাāϰ্āϏেāϰ āϰিāĻĒোāϰ্āĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻাāύা āϝাā§;
ā§Ģ⧍। It is high time for the international community-āĻāύ্āϤāϰ্āĻাāϤিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাā§েāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻĒāϝুāĻ্āϤ āϏāĻŽā§;
ā§Ģā§Š। to also come together and take a stand-āĻāĻāϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāĻā§াāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āύেā§াāϰ;
ā§Ģā§Ē। against the violent crackdown-āĻĒ্āϰāĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻāĻ োāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে;
ā§Ģā§Ģ। on civilians-āĻŦেāϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āϞোāĻāĻāύেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ;
ā§Ģā§Ŧ। by the Myanmar military-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ;
ā§Ģā§। as well as their unlawful seizure of power-āĻāĻŦং āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦেāĻāĻāύি āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĻāĻāϞেāϰ (āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে);
ā§Ģā§Ž। It is telling that-āĻŦāϞা āĻšāĻ্āĻে āϝে;
ā§Ģ⧝। only after being faced with a refugee crisis-āĻļুāϧু āĻļāϰāĻŖাāϰ্āĻĨী āϏংāĻāĻেāϰ āĻŽুāĻোāĻŽুāĻি āĻšāĻā§াāϰ āĻĒāϰ;
ā§Ŧā§Ļ। did Thailand ask Myanmar-āĻĨাāĻāϞ্āϝাāύ্āĻĄ āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻšāĻŦাāύ āĻাāύাāϞো;
ā§Ŧā§§। to "reduce violence" there-āϏেāĻাāύে āϏāĻšিংāϏāϤা āĻāĻŽাāϤে;
ā§Ŧ⧍। So far-āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ;
ā§Ŧā§Š। the silence of the ASEAN countries-āĻāϏিā§াāύ āĻĻেāĻļāĻুāϞোāϰ āύিāϰāĻŦāϤা;
ā§Ŧā§Ē। despite the violent actions-āϏāĻšিংāϏ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ;
ā§Ŧā§Ģ। of their neighbour-āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻļি āϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰেāϰ;
ā§Ŧā§Ŧ। has been only too conspicuous-āϏুāϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻāĻ āĻšā§েāĻে;
ā§Ŧā§। Although the UK and the US-āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻ āϝুāĻ্āϤāϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰ;
ā§Ŧā§Ž। finally decided to impose sanctions-āĻ āĻŦāĻļেāώে āύিāώেāϧাāĻ্āĻা āĻāϰোāĻĒেāϰ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āύিāϞ/āύিā§েāĻে;
ā§Ŧ⧝। on military businesses-āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻāϰ্āĻŽāĻাāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ;
ā§ā§Ļ। the response from the international community-āĻāύ্āϤāϰ্āĻাāϤিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাā§েāϰ āĻĒāĻ্āώ āĻĨেāĻে āϏাā§াāĻĻাāύ;
ā§ā§§। has also been painfully slow and inadequate-āĻāϰāĻŽāĻাāĻŦে āϧীāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻ āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤāĻ āĻšā§েāĻে;
ā§ā§¨। with the special UN rapporteur on human rights-āĻŽাāύāĻŦাāϧিāĻাāϰ āĻŦিāώā§āĻ āĻাāϤিāϏংāĻেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻĻূāϤ āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ;
ā§ā§Š। in Myanmar -āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰে;
ā§ā§Ē। calling the global diplomatic response-āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ āĻূāĻāύৈāϤিāĻ āϏাā§াāĻĻাāύে āĻāĻšāĻŦাāύ (āϏāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦেāĻ);
ā§ā§Ģ। "out of step with the scale of the crisis"-āϏংāĻāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϤ্āϰাā§ āĻāĻāĻ āϰāĻāĻŽ āύা āĻĨাāĻা;
ā§ā§Ŧ। out of step with-āĻোāώ্āĻ ীāϰ āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻāĻāĻŽāϤ āύা āĻšāĻā§া; āĻāĻāĻ āϏাāĻĨে āύা āĻāϞা;
ā§ā§। Although the UN Security Council yesterday-āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻāϤāĻাāϞ āĻাāϤিāϏংāĻ āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻ;
ā§ā§Ž। finally convened an emergency meeting-āĻ āĻŦāĻļেāώে āĻāϰুāϰি āϏāĻা āĻāĻšāĻŦাāύ āĻāϰেāĻে;
ā§ā§¯। on the situation in Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āύিā§ে;
ā§Žā§Ļ। we are yet to get any information on the deliberations-āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻāϞাāĻĒ-āĻāϞোāĻāύাāϰ āĻোāύ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻĒাā§āύি;
ā§Žā§§। We hope-āĻāĻŽāϰা āĻāĻļাāĻāϰি;
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-āĻāĻŦং āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦāĻে āĻā§āϏাāĻšিāϤ āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ;
ā§Žā§Ģ। to unite against the military regime in Myanmar-āĻŽিā§াāύāĻŽাāϰেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻļাāϏāύেāϰ āĻŦিāϰুāĻĻ্āϧে āĻāĻāϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻšāĻā§াāϰ;
ā§Žā§Ŧ। and support a return to democracy-āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻŖāϤāύ্āϤ্āϰে āĻĢিāϰে āĻāϏাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϰ্āĻĨāύ āĻāϰাāϰ;
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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".
đPrepared 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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