Thursday, June 29

Today, we have a YNH Exclusive on the attacks in Myanmar. Enjoy!

Over 80 people are confirmed dead and dozens of others were injured in Myanmar after an airstrike in the central Burmese region of Sagaing on Tuesday, according to a report from local officials. A spokesman for the military junta explained that the village had been holding a ceremony for the opening of an office of the local defense force. A jet came across the town and dropped a bomb on the town hall, where the ceremony was taking place. A little while later, a helicopter equipped with guns attacked the town for about 20 minutes, and then left. However, soon after, it came back to the town and fired again at anyone who was trying to help the injured or collect the dead. 80 people have been confirmed dead, but hundreds of others are feared to have been killed in the brutal attack.

Sadly, violence in Myanmar is still escalating after the military seized power from the government in a coup in 2021, because people are fighting back. These individual militias can be found throughout Myanmar, and they are fighting against the military junta. Because of this, there are frequent airstrikes and bombings across the country, which unfortunately kill hundreds of innocent people. The military believes in a scorched-Earth tactic, which means they will sometimes obliterate entire villages to show that they are the ones in power, and it is useless to fight back.

There have been over 600 attacks between when the military took power in 2021 and now, killing thousands of people, but the UN is trying to take action. They say that there has been a huge disregard for human rights in Myanmar, and it needs to stop. However, what they have already done is not enough to protect the 54 million people who live in the country; UN Member States need to help and take a lot more action to stop these horrible events.