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#Myanmar #military announces rare unilateral #ceasefire but they'll not apply this to #Rakhine & #Chin states which are getting heavily bombarded in ongoing conflicts with ethnic armed groups now & seeing rising number of casualties. More than 77,000 people displaced since Jan

#Myanmar #ethnic armed groups of "Three Brotherhood Alliance" including #ArakanArmy #AA deemed #terrorists by the government call the #military's unilateral ceasefire & authorities' call to collaborate to combat #Covid19 a "sham" & meant only to "lessen the pressure of #ICJ"

#ArakanArmy also issued own statement calling #Myanmar #military's unilateral ceasefire move a "political trick" & accuses military of trying to disunite"Three Brotherhood Alliance" of 3 ethnic armed groups of #AA #TNLA #MNDAA. Military ceasefire pledge excludes #Rakhine & #Chin

#Myanmar #Military's ceasefire announcement & #ArakanArmy's rebuttal comes just as a video went viral showing apparently Myanmar soldiers abusing reportedly #Rakhine civilians accused of being associated with/supportive of ethnic army #AA. Video cannot be independently verified

#Myanmar #military makes rare admission its soldiers abused detained #Rakhine civilians. Victims were accused of having ties with #ArakanArmy labelled terrorists by nation. Military says it'll investigate but such probes usually done behind closed doors myanmar-now.org/en/news/tatmad…